INTRODUCTION



STUDENT MANUAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS

|INTRODUCTION |PAGE(S) |

| Our Mission |2 |

| About Us |2 |

| Knowledge Requirements |3 |

| Technical and Instructional Assistance |3 |

| Our Promise |3 |

| Online Course Schedule |4 |

|COURSE SYLLABUS | |

| Contact Information |4 |

| Course Objectives |5 |

| Course Materials |6 |

| Required Software |6 |

| Course Withdrawal |6 |

| Completion Timeline |6 |

| ADA Compliance |7 |

| Prerequisites |7 |

| Transfer Credits |7 |

|ProEducate® OVERVIEW | |

| Course and Software Overview |8 |

| ProEducate® Illustrated with Diagrams |8 |

|Login |8-9 |

|Welcome Page |9 |

|Lessons |10-15 |

| Lessons Page |10-11 |

| Mouseovers |12-14 |

| Quizzes |14 |

| Final Exam | 14 |

| Course Evaluation | 14 14|

|Glossary |15 |

|Resources |15 |

|Communication |16 |

|Links |17 |

|Course Instructions |18 |

|Course Instructor |18 |

|Course Syllabus |18-19 |

INTRODUCTION

|Our Mission |

 

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|To maximize our position as the leader in the live and distance professional adult education industry with both our inter and |

|intra state markets by furnishing each student with the finest programs in order to promote the best possible education by |

|exhibiting top-notch training and customer service via first rate instructors and office staff that are unparalleled in our |

|industry, as well as by providing our students with state of the art materials and delivery systems in facilities that exemplify |

|an atmosphere that is unrivaled. To foster an unequalled rapport with our past and present students by not only offering an |

|acceptable educational experience, but by offering a cutting edge interactive educational experience that focuses on |

|administering course material to each student in a constructive light, which will elevate their knowledge level in a capacity |

|that is both inspiring and ethical, while representing ourselves to the surrounding stakeholders in such an extent as to earn |

|applicable business growth, while remaining a good neighbor to our community. |

 

ABOUT US

The Internet Distance Education Association (IDEA) is a multifaceted organization that provides training for a variety of different professions. IDEA offers a range of prelicensing, postlicensing, and continuing education training in real estate that is second to none. IDEA also offers programs leading to careers in real estate appraisal, mortgage loan origination, mortgage brokering, and notarial services. When you take our course, you can clearly see that it is professionally designed and administered to our students, and ProEducate®, along with our professional staff, is the reason for the course's success.  We have assembled the most educated and most experienced team of course designers and technology professionals for the sole purpose of bringing our students the best online real estate courses that are currently available on the market.

 

KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

There are no prerequisites that must be met before enrolling in one of our online courses. The level of computer and Internet knowledge that is necessary to register for an online course is very minimal. You will need a basic understanding of PC’s and the Internet to successfully finish the course; having additional computer knowledge will help you, but it is not necessary. The software that we use to host our online courses is very easy to use. Our staff is available to assist you with any technical or instructional problems that you may have while taking one of our online courses.

 

TECHNICAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE

Technical Assistance: If you have any problems with logging onto the system, please contact us immediately. You can email us at techsupport@, and we will contact you in order to help solve your problem. You can also call us at (504) 454-8250.

 

Instructional Assistance: If you have any questions about course content, an instructor will be able to assist you. We provide you with two convenient ways to communicate with an instructor concerning the material. You can email us at instructor@, or if you are logged onto the course software, you can click on the Communication link and chat with the instructor in our online Chat room.

 

OUR PROMISE

Our promise to you is simple - we will provide you with the opportunity to learn via online course delivery in a manner that promotes high quality education, while conveying the course to you in an easy to understand format. Our entire staff will give you the time, respect, and courtesy that we extend to the students who participate in our live courses. Because online distance education is becoming a vital part of formal education, we want to make sure that your experience in taking our course is a pleasurable one. Therefore, when we design our online courses, we have you in mind, because you are the cornerstone of our educational offerings.

 

ONLINE CLASS SCHEDULE

The chief advantage of taking an online course, as compared to a live course, is the versatility to work on the course at your convenience. The course can be taken at your convenience, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, even on holidays. You can take as much or as little of the course as you want without ever leaving the comfort of your home or office.

COURSE SYLLABUS

CONTACT INFORMATION:

By Phone: If you have questions regarding administrative issues, you may contact our administrative offices by phone at (504) 454-9866 or (800) 966-9866, weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. central standard time. We are closed for lunch between 11:45 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

By Email: You can contact us with course content questions by emailing us at: instructor@ or by emailing your instructor by accessing the course instructor link once you are logged into the course.

In Person: We are in the office to assist you with administrative questions Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. central standard time. We are closed for lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We are located at 4200 S. I-10 Service Rd. W., Suite 134, Metairie, Louisiana 70001 (Boy Scouts of America Building).

COURSE OBJECTIVES

This course is designed to better equip licensees with the necessary knowledge that will heighten and enhance their skills in order to better promote both client and customer service, as well as to protect the general public. These purposes can be achieved by implementing the following objectives, which will solidify the student’s:

• Ability to distinguish between various types of mortgages

• Ability to distinguish between primary and secondary mortgage markets

• Ability to distinguish between the differences in loan origination fees and loan discount points

• Ability to define and describe federal legislation that impacts mortgage lending

COURSE MATERIALS:

This course is inclusive and no other materials are needed to successfully complete the course. However, additional resources may be obtained for an additional fee by contacting our office. These extra materials include:

REQUIRED SOFTWARE:

You will not have to purchase any expensive software to take this online course. The only program that is utilized in this course is Adobe Acrobat Reader®, which can be downloaded under the Resources link. This program is needed in order to view certain documents throughout the lessons and all the documents found under the Resources link.

In order to access the course, students need to use Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher; AOL browsers should not be utilized.

COURSE WITHDRAWAL:

It is our policy to provide students with a refund for this course if a written request is

emailed to our office administration@ within 48 hours after registering. This refund is specifically defined as 75% of only the course tuition.

COMPLETION TIMELINE:

Upon registering, you will have six months to finish the course and pass the final exam. After the six-month deadline has passed, your password will be inactivated. If you have not started the course within 30 days of registering, an instructor will contact you with assistance. If you have not finished the course within 5 months of registering, you will also be contacted to inform you that your deadline for finishing is approaching. If there are any circumstances that do not allow you to finish the course during the prescribed period, please contact our office. Additional fees will be assessed for an extension.

ADA COMPLIANCE:

Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request to individuals with a documented disability to assure that an equal opportunity to participate in this course is provided. For further information, contact our office at (504) 454-9866 or

(800) 966-9866.

PREREQUISITES:

Continuing Education

In order to receive continuing education credit, you must hold a current active or inactive Louisiana Real Estate License.

ProEducate® OVERVIEW

 

COURSE AND SOFTWARE OVERVIEW

Welcome to one of the most cutting edge real estate courses in America. Online programs of study are the future of education. We are providing you with the opportunity to learn about the fascinating field of real estate with true Internet innovation. We are pleased to offer this course through our use of ProEducate® Software, which is the most well organized and easy to use software in the education marketplace. Most educational software is not designed for online courses, but rather for online course assistance. In essence, these software packages were developed to store and manage materials, as well as to take quizzes, but ProEducate® was designed solely for the purpose of taking an entire course online. It is educational software, and not just management software. Through the use of ProEducate®, we are able to bring you one of the highest quality courses that Internet education has to offer.  In the next section, you will see a preview of the ProEducate® system, which will allow you to envision the course before you actually start.

 

ProEducate® ILLUSTRATED WITH DIAGRAMS

In this section, you will be able to see the major components of the ProEducate® system. The purpose of offering these illustrations is to put you at ease with the system by giving you a tutorial before you begin the course. After you finish with this preview, you should be able to understand ProEducate’s® format and purpose, which will minimize any problems taking this online course with ProEducate® software. Our goal is to assist in making this course user-friendly for you, while maximizing its educational value.

LOGIN TO PROEDUCATE

Open your web browser, (AOL users must use Internet Explorer), and type in . ProEducate® requires that you use Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher. Next, type in your Username (Figure 1-A) and Password (Figure 1-B) that you received in you confirmation e-mail after registering for this course. Then, click on the Login button (Figure 1-C) to enter your course.

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WELCOME PAGE

By default, the Welcome Page (Figure 2) is the first page that you view once you login to ProEducate®.  This is considered the student Home Page because when you click on the home link at the bottom of the page in each lesson, it will bring you back to this page.  The Welcome Page also displays your first name, along with which course you are taking.

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 LESSONS

Click on the Lessons link (Figure 3-A), and you will see a list of lessons.  This list contains each lesson that you will take in order to finish the course.  When you start the course, only Lesson 1 (Figure 3-B) will be highlighted and accessible.

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LESSON PAGE

On each page of every lesson, there is a navigation bar with six icons that allows you to move through your lessons. The email link (Figure 4-A) allows you to email your instructor a question you may have regarding the course material. When you click on this link, it will open in a new window (Figure 5). This email function is web-based, therefore, there is no need for you to have an email program installed on your computer to use this feature. ProEducate® will automatically enter your email address for you (Figure 5-A). All you have to do is type in your question (Figure 5-B) and submit your question (Figure 5-C). The normal response time to email sent to an instructor is less than 24 hours. (Figure 4-B) is the button used to return to the first page of the lesson you are viewing. (Figure 4-C) allows you to visit the previous page in the lesson. (Figure 4-D) will take you back to your student Welcome page. (Figure 4-E) allows you to navigate to the next page in your lesson. (Figure 4-F) will log you out of the system.

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MOUSEOVERS

ProEducate® also uses mouseovers as shown in Figure 6. When a word is highlighted in blue (Figure 6-A), just run your mouse over it, and a definition or example relating to the word will appear (Figure 6-B). Do not click on the word; simply place your mouse over it. On occasion, the word will also be formatted as an external link, in which case the mouseover will inform you of this, you may click on it to visit the external site. When an external link is present and you click on it, a new window will pop up and allow you to visit the external site without losing your place in the course.

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QUIZZES

After clicking on lesson one, you will progress through the material by reading each section, and then by passing a quiz.  Once you submit your quiz by clicking on "Grade Quiz" (Figure 7-A), your results will appear on the Quiz Results Page (Figure 8).  If you do not pass the quiz, at the bottom of your Quiz Results Page, you will have a choice of remediation.  You can either refresh the quiz (Figure 8-A) and take the quiz again, or you can link back to the material (Figure 8-B) that was the content for the quiz in order to study the material again before you retake the quiz.  Anytime you have to retake a quiz, some or all of your questions will be different because of the use of ProEducate's® test bank.  Once you pass the quiz, another message will appear at the bottom of the Quiz Results Page that allows you to advance to the next section (Figure 9-A).

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After finishing lesson one, lesson two will be highlighted and accessible. Each lesson contains lesson objectives, the material, multiple-choice quizzes, and a final summary of the material. If you have to quit a lesson before finishing it, ProEducate® will allow you to bypass all of the quizzes you already passed in that particular lesson. After you finish Lessons 1 and 2, you are eligible to take the final exam.

FINAL EXAM

The final exam contains 40 multiple-choice questions. You must score at least a 70% (28 out of 40) or higher on the final exam in order to pass the course, and there is a 2 hour time limit on the exam. The questions come from a test bank, so each time you take the test, some or all of your questions will be different. The exam is timed; your countdown timer will appear in the Status Bar at the bottom left of the page (Figure 10-A). One of the greatest benefits of the final exam is ProEducate’s® final exam results page. Within a few seconds of submitting your final exam for grading, your score will appear on the screen. Your score will also be accompanied by the target score (the score needed to pass), and a chart that categorically details your test. The chart will show each topical area that was covered on the final exam (i.e., property ownership), along with the number that you correctly answered (i.e. 9 out of 10). Therefore, this innovative feature of ProEducate® will enable you to better understand the material in the course. Once you pass the final exam, then you may proceed to the last step in the course.

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COURSE EVALUATION

• You MUST also complete the Course Evaluation form at the bottom of the Lessons Page in order to complete the course.  Once you submit the Course Evaluation, CONGRATULATIONS.  You have successfully completed the course.  Upon submission of the Course Evaluation form, our office will receive confirmation of your successful completion, and we will promptly email you a certificate detailing your successful completion of the course. 

 

GLOSSARY

Click on the Glossary link (Figure 11-A), and you will see a list of words with their definitions. This list contains words that are used throughout the course lessons. If at any time during a lesson you need to look up a word in the glossary, click the link in the left hand navigation bar and the glossary will open in a new window (Figure 11-B) so you will not lose your current spot in the course. You may print the entire glossary if you wish to retain a hard copy by clicking on the printer icon at the top of the page.

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RESOURCES

Click on the Resources link (Figure 12-A), and you will see a list of files that are used throughout the course, as well as documents that are pertinent to the Louisiana Real Estate Commission.  The files that are in the course are also placed in the Resources Page to allow you to study them without having to search for them in each individual lesson.

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COMMUNICATION

Click on the Communication link (Figure 13-A) in order to use the Chat Room.  You will enter your name (Figure 13-B) and your profile (Figure 13-C), then you can enter the Chat Room by clicking on the login button (Figure 13-D).  Your profile is any information that you want others to know about you.  For example, you may want to put your email address, or you do not have to enter a profile at all.  Once you enter the Chat Room, your name will appear on the right (Figure 14-A), and in order to participate in the chat room, you will type your message in the white text box at the bottom of the page (Figure 14-B), and hit the Enter key on your computer's keyboard.  If you want to have a private chat with the instructor or another student, you can double click on his/her name.

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LINKS

The Links page (Figure 15-A) provides content consistent with the course’s objective or area of study. The hyperlinks to the websites are in alphabetical order and are followed by a brief description of the website. When you click on a link, the website opens in a new browser so that you do not have to log back into ProEducate® after viewing the website.  Many of these links are also used in different lessons throughout the course.

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COURSE INSTRUCTIONS

Click on the Course Instructions link (Figure 16-A) in order to view the course instructions.  Because ProEducate® is so easy to use, there are only five simple steps that you must follow to complete the course.

COURSE INSTRUCTOR

Click on the Course Instructor link (Figure 16-B) in order to learn more about the instructor.  A brief biography and picture of the course instructor is presented for the purpose of allowing you to become more acquainted with your instructor, as well as to learn more about his/her qualifications.  This page also supplies you with Contact Information for the instructor, as well as a current Chat Room schedule.

COURSE SYLLABUS

Click on the Course Syllabus (Figure 16-C) in order to obtain important information about the course and our school.  Here you will find contact information, the objectives for the entire course, as well as statutory and school regulations.

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