Navigating Financial Avenue
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON UTILIZING
THIS FINANCIAL LITERACY TOOL
Created by the Academic and Career Engagement Center
of Northwestern State University of Louisiana
May 2013
What is Financial Avenue?
Financial Avenue is an online learning
environment that empowers students
and their families for a lifetime of
success.
It emphasizes the role of financial
literacy education and default prevention
services in achieving that goal.
Go to:
https://www.financialavenue.org/
Click: “Sign Up”
Getting Started
Click: “Sign Up”
Getting Started
Enter the
access code
for NSU:
mh6y6d
mh6y6d
Click:
“Submit
Access Code”
NSU’s Access Code
Enter the
required
information
Click:
“Create my
new account”
Note: It isn’t
necessary to enter
your student ID.
Entering Your Personal
Information
After submitting your
information, you’ll be
taken to a screen
notifying you that you
have been sent an
e-mail at the address
you provided.
Click: “Continue”
Check your
e-mail and click
on the link
provided.
Your E-mail
Confirmation
After clicking on the email link, you will be
taken to this welcome
page. You are now ready
to begin.
The menu on the left of
the screen shows you the
many “Courses” and
“Mini-Modules”
available to you. You
simply need to click on
whichever topic you want
to explore.
For this tutorial, we will
go through the
“Budgeting” course.
Click: “Budgeting”
Exploring the Courses
and Mini-Modules
Because much of the
information on
Financial Avenue is
presented in audio
format, it is important
that you have the
sound enabled on your
computer or mobile
device.
After listening to the
instructions, click
“Next” to begin the
course.
Starting the
Budgeting Course
Before beginning the
actual course, you will
be given information on
navigating the
courses/mini-modules
as well as the website in
general.
After reviewing the
instructions, click:
“Next”.
Note: Pay particular attention to
the toolbar at the bottom of the
page, as you will use it on a
regular basis.
Course Navigation
After carefully
reviewing the
“Course
Overview”,
click: “Next”.
Course Overview
Each Financial Avenue
course has several lessons.
And, prior to each lesson,
you will be asked a couple
questions to “find out what
you know about…” that
particular topic.
Once you answer the
questions, click: “Submit”.
Assessing Your
Budgeting Knowledge
Once you submit your
answer, a dialog box will
appear letting you know
whether or not your
answer was correct. If
the answer was wrong, it
will give you the correct
response.
To move to the next
screen, close the dialog
box by clicking the “X”
in the top right corner.
Checking Your Answer
After responding to the
initial questions, you will
then move to the actual
content of the course.
As you will see, you’ll be
an active participant of
this course.
For instance, on this
screen, you must click on
each box to access the
information for that
particular category.
Upon reviewing all the
information, click:
“Next”.
Course Content
Once you have
completed all the
lessons for the course
you’re working on, you
will be taken to the
“Course Summary”
page.
Review the summary
and then click: “Exit”.
What to do When You
Complete the Course
At the completion of
each course (Step 1),
you will be taken to the
“Course To-Do List”
screen.
You’ll then be
encouraged to take the
course assessment,
evaluate the course, and
print your completion
certificate (Steps 2 – 4).
By taking what you
learned in this
tutorial, you are
now ready to do just
that!
The Next Step
Questions?
Academic And Career Engagement (ACE) Center
239 Kyser Hall
318-357-6980
ace@nsula.edu
http://ace.nsula.edu