Online Portals Access + How to's

Below you will find all the essential details about how to access your online learning portals, community portals and learning tools.

SETTING UP YOUR AXCELERATE STUDENT ACCOUNT

Please complete the following steps when setting up your aXcelerate student account for our academy.

1. Email 1 - Create your aXcelerate account

You will have received an email from our student support team. Click on this link to create your aXcelerate learner portal account.

Your link is unique. Please do not share it, or use someone else’s link. Only new learners receive this email, learners with an existing aXcelerate account will not.

2. Choose you login method

The link from step 1 opens a webpage where you create your Axcelerate account. Choose the login option that suits you.

Note: Every student must have their own accelerate account. You cannot use someone else's as it is a record of your assessment and certification.

3. Create an account using and email address

Every student MUST have a unique log in. If you login with an email address each student must use a different email address.

Make sure to use your correct legal name when you create the aXcelerate account not a shortened name or nickname. (i.e. for Joan, don’t put Jo or JJ).

4. Account Confirmation

You will emailed a verification code - Enter it in here.

Then click the button to go into your learner portal interface. Your aXcelerate account is now created and ready to use.

ACCESSING MODULES IN AXCELERATE - CHILDCARE

1. Open your learner portal

Login to your Axcelerate account. Once you have logged into the learner portal, it will look like this picture.

2. Access your learning plan

To access modules, click on Learning Plan tab.

3. Accessing modules

Now you are in the learning plan and you can click on the units and assessment to start working on you course.

ACCESSING MODULES IN AXCELERATE - HAIRDRESSING & BARBERING

1. Open your learner portal

Login to your Axcelerate account. Once you have logged into the learner portal, it will look like this picture.

2. Access your learning plan

To access modules, click on Learning Plan tab.

3. Accessing modules

Now you are in the learning plan and you can click on the units and assessment to start working on you course.

HAIR & BARBERING COMMUNITY- HOW TO LOGIN

1. Login & Join the community

Go to the Hair & Barber Community Portal - https://community.hairandbarber.com.au

From here if you are already a member you can use your login to access or select the New User Signup link.

2. Create an account

On the signup page enter your name, email and password then click Signup button.

3. Confirm Account

You will then be emailed a confirmation Secure code. Enter this code into the OTP Secure Code Page then click Verify Secure Code bunion to get access to the community.

3. Access Hair & Barber Community

You will now have access the Hair & Barber Community Page. You will be allocated access to different groups shown at the top left hand side as well as courses and training in the Learning Tab.

HAIR & BARBERING COMMUNITY- HOW TO ACCESS COURSES

1. Login to the community

Go to the Hair & Barber Community Portal - https://community.hairandbarber.com.au

2. Select your Community Group

In the top left you can select the group that you have been allocated to for you course level. Each group has access to different courses and learning depending on the student account.

3. Select the Learning Tab

In the community dashboard you will be able to select the Learning Tab to access your course content and learning dashboard.

4. Select Your Course

When a course opens you will be able to select Start Course and then begin working through the course lessons. You need to select a lesson to open the lesson. Each course will also give you a progress of completion

5. Start Course

You will be able to work through the lessons and units for each course and will also see a progress bar on the right hand side.

5. Course Progression

When you have completed a lesson, Select the Mark as Complete button to progress to the next lesson.

6. Record of Progress

You can leave and a resume a course at any point and the system will keep a record of you progress and display it in your learning dashboard.

7. Course Completion

When you have completed the course you will be presented with a certificate of completion which will be added to your account.

HAIR & BARBERING COMMUNITY- HOW TO CHANGE PASSWORD

1. Go to the community login page

Go to the Hair & Barber Community Portal - https://community.hairandbarber.com.au

From here if you are already a member you can use your login to access or select the Forgot Password link.

2. Reset Password

Enter your email address and click reset password.

3. Email to reset password

You will emailed a change password link that you need to click on the link.

3. Set New Password

You will be sent to a page where you need to enter a new password and then click the Change Password button.

3. Password change successful - login

The change will be confirmed and you will be able to access the login page and use your new password to access the Community.

HAIR & BARBERING COMMUNITY- ACCOUNT DETAILs

1. Login & Join the community

Go to the Hair & Barber Community Portal - https://community.hairandbarber.com.au

From here if you are already a member you can use your login to access.

2. Access your account

In the top right of the page you can select your member icon and then manage account.

3. Manage Account

This page will also you to edit your profile, password, social media links, certificates, communities, subscriptions and any notification settings.

CHC Early Learning ebook

1. Accessing your eBook

Login to your learner portal, you will now be able to access your ebooks. As you are completing the Certificate III you will need access to 2 textbooks,

2. Access your resources

Click on RESOURCES and scroll down until you see KAREN/The Big Picture ebook/eChapter/READ THIS - Click on this to be directed to the eBook site.

3. Setting up VitalSource

You will then be taken to the VITAL source Bookshelf – here you will need to create an account and then you will have access to your ebook. Follow the prompts to create an account.

SHB HAIRDRESSING & BARBERING EBOOK

1. Accessing your eBook

Login to your learner portal, you will now be able to access your ebooks. As you are completing the Certificate III you will need access the Hairdressing & Barbering textbook,

2. Access your resources

Click on RESOURCES and scroll down until you see Hairdressing and Barbering/ EBook/eChapter/READ THIS - Click on this to be directed to the eBook site.

3. Setting up VitalSource

You will then be taken to the VITAL source Bookshelf – here you will need to create an account and then you will have access to your ebook. Follow the prompts to create an account.

BARBERING SKILLSET WORKBOOK

1. Login to The Hair & Barber Community

Go to the Hair & Barber Community Portal - https://community.hairandbarber.com.au

From here if you are already a member you can use your login to access.

2. Select the Learning Tab

In the community dashboard you will be able to select the Learning Tab to access your course content and learning dashboard.

3. Access your courses

Select your required course that you are working through

4. Download Workbooks

Each course has a dedicated unit for workbook downloads, select the course to access the digital downloads.

5. Select Download

Select the downloadable pdf to access the workbook.

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