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USDA Ag. Learn

What is Ag. Learn?

http: //www. aglearn. usda. gov/ Site Login (USDA e. Auth login) Ag. Learn Tour Will Ag. Learn work on my computer?

Register for Ag. Learn – Step 1 Registration Click on External Registration Note: You must have an e. Auth account before you can register.

Register for Ag. Learn – Step 1 Click on Register under Step 2

Register for Ag. Learn – Step 1 Login with your e. Auth User ID and Password

Register for Ag. Learn – Step 1 • At the User Registration screen This step requires you to validate the information in your account -- full name, address, email, and provide the name of the USDA agency and USDA point of contact sponsoring your account in Ag. Learn. • Select Partner, not Contractor, when prompted. • Select NRCS-NJ TSP as “Agency of Sponsoring Individual” • Enter “Point of Contact” – (in NJ) Doreen Dougherty (Training Coordinator) • After completing all information on the User Registration screen, click “Submit Registration”.

Register for Ag. Learn – Step 2 Verification • The “Point of Contact/Training Coordinator” will receive an email requesting that he/she verify user’s information. • The “Point of Contact/Training Coordinator” may need to verify your request with the TSP Coordinator (Nancy Paolini in NJ). He/She will then activate your Ag. Learn Account. Register for Ag. Learn – Step 3 Activation • The NRCS Training Coordinator will activate your account. • You will receive an e-mail that your account has been activated within 72 hours.

Accessing Ag. Learn – Before you start!!! Click here to see if Ag. Learn will work on your computer Ag. Learn will perform a computer check to see if your PC settings are compatible

Accessing Ag. Learn – System check Most common problem – Java settings or version

Accessing Ag. Learn Click here to access Ag. Learn Note: You will need your e. Auth user ID and password to log in

Ag. Learn – The Home Page Personal – Provides you with tools to manage your Profile and account Learning – Contains a menu of tools you will access most frequently and your Learning plan

Ag. Learn – The Home Page Career – Allows you to create and view a plan of training to manage your career development Catalog – Contains all of the learning courses you have access too

Taking Courses Please note that if you recently registered we have started populating your “Learning Plan” with the minimum required courses you will need in order to be certified as a TSP. You can additional courses as desired or if you have additional requirements based on the type of TSP activities you plan to participate in. For example, anyone becoming certified to do Conservation Activity Plans for Forestry is required to complete the following 5 Ag. Learn online courses. You may see these courses already in your learning plan. We will try to assign them when you register but if not please continue to the next slide for instructions on how to locate and add them yourself. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. TSP Orientation Introduction to Conservation Forestry Planning. Modules 1 through 5 of NRCS Conservation Planning course. NRCS Environmental Compliance for Conservation Assistance (EC Level 1) course Modules 1 -6 of the NRCS Web-based Cultural Resources Training course

Ag. Learn – Catalog If “Expand all” does not load courses, it’s usually because of Java settings To access NRCS courses, click on Ag. Learn Original Courseware Structure (give this time to load)

Ag. Learn – Catalog Next click on Natural Resources Conservation Service to access most TSP required courses

Ag. Learn – Catalog Scroll to the desired course and click Launch Content or Add to Learning Plan – please feel free to contact Doreen or Nancy if you have difficulty finding the courses.

Ag. Learn – Catalog Add to Learning Plan – With this, you can being training, stop and start again anytime until you finish

Important!! Print and keep your Certificates of Completion! We are required to deactivate your Ag. Learn Account when you have completed all of the required training courses. Therefore, you must print and keep your Certificates of Completion for each course you complete. Your account can be re-activated at a later date, on request, if you need additional courses, but we cannot guarantee that your learning history will still be available. It is best to keep your Certificates for your records. While your account is account there could be additional Security related courses added to your account. You can take these courses if you wish.

State Contacts for Ag. Learn Nancy Paolini – TSP Coordinator Nancy. Paolini@nj. usda. gov 732 -537 -6056 Doreen Dougherty – Training Coordinator (Ag. Learn Coordinator) Doreen. Dougherty@nj. usda. gov Thank you!