May 2012

NASBA has recently launched a new innovative training tool, designed for Executive Directors and Board Members. The training is called “Getting Started with the ALD and CPAverify” and covers Data Feeds, System Security, Data Integrity and System Features in just 13 and a half minutes.

What we love about this tool is that it is divided into chapters so you can easily manage the content to best suit your needs, and you can easily reference them later. If you play the training module by clicking on the video icon, you’ll notice to the left of the presentation, the chapters are listed under the Contents tab.

You can revisit chapters that matter most to you or share certain relevant chapters with individual stakeholders at the Board, if you so choose. The chapters are listed below. You can also find critical documents available for download under the Attachments tab, such as the ALD Data Sharing Agreement and ALD Security Statement. Feel free to download and print the documents to use as handouts for your Board or for meetings with your IT folks. This tool is for you to use as you see fit.

Introduction

1. Welcome
2. Agenda

Data Feeds

3. What Data

Security

4. Data Sharing Agreement
5. Security Statement
6. Network Security
7. File Transfers
8. ALD User Access
9. CPAverify User Access
10. Linking Records

Data Integrity

11. Audit Processes
12. System Reporting
13. Manual Cross-checking
14. ALD Integrity Review

Features

15. Wildcard Searches
16. Disciplinary Alerts

Contact Us

17. Contact Us

This is the first in a series of training modules that NASBA, in cooperation with the Training and Outreach Strike Force, is developing for the ALD and CPAverify. NASBA is finalizing a training module like this one for IT folks or anyone responsible for putting together feeds for the ALD. That video training will be highly technical, but contains the exact in-depth information needed to complete implementation and set up sustainable, accurate feeds for your Board to the ALD and CPAverify. The next module to be developed will be designed for training Board staff on how to best use the ALD and CPAverify. All of these training videos will be permanently housed and conveniently located in a new Help section inside the ALD, accessible after logging into an ALD account.