As an Instructor, you are eligible to apply for access to Instructor Mode on CFITrainer.Net. Instructor Mode allows CFITrainer.Net registered users who identify themselves on their User Profile as Instructors to access special tools and resources to use CFITrainer.Net modules in the classroom and authorize their students to skip the requirement to watch all the module’s lesson videos before taking the Skills Challenge test to earn their Certificate of Completion. Authorized students can go directly to the test.

To qualify for access to Instructor Mode, Instructors must upload proof that they are an instructor for vetting by a CFITrainer.Net administrator. Examples of proof are a letter from the Instructor’s employer explaining their teaching role, documentation showing classes being offered that are taught by that Instructor, or a letter from an organization that offered the training the Instructor taught verifying that Instructor taught that class.

Once CFITrainer.Net approves the Instructor for access to Instructor Mode, the Instructor must first pass a module’s Skills Challenge test before Instructor Mode becomes available for that module. The Instructor then clicks an Enable Instructor Mode button on the module’s details page to activate Instructor Mode. This “badges” the module’s interface with “Instructor Mode” to denote that mode is active and adds features to the module. The Instructor can freely show any of the module’s sections to their class in any order. When Instructor Mode is active for a module, an “Instructor Features” button is added to that module’s interface. Instructor Features allows the Instructor to authorize students by email address to take the module without having to complete all the lessons so they can skip directly to the Skills Challenge test and take it to earn their Certificate of Completion. The network tracks the status of each student so the Instructor can see if they have registered (students must be registered with the network), started, and completed the module. This process is done on a module by module basis; students are authorized for a particular module. The student list for one module does not carry over to another module.

Instructor Mode can be deactivated at any time using the Disable Instructor Mode button on the module’s details page.

Applying for approval to use Instructor Mode is voluntary. You can identify as an Instructor on your User Profile but choose not to apply for Instructor Mode.