This article covers the steps you need to complete to get started on NOA and prepare for learners to take an assessment. Each step is linked to individual knowledge articles, which provide a more detailed description and further information on each process. 

• Use the link in your welcome email to log into NOA. 
• Set up a shortcut for the learner portal URL to enable learners to access the system easily. You can find your establishment’s learner portal URL in the top right-hand corner of the NOA homepage. This is unique to your school. 
• Add additional staff by selecting Administration, Staff, then Add (Users with Establishment Administrator rights only). 
• Ask your School Admin to create a CTF for learners who will take assessments. 
• Import the CTF to set up your learners by selecting Administration, Learners, then Import (Users with Establishment Administrator rights only). 
• Add your learners to a class by selecting Class names. This is particularly important if you have more than one class taking assessments (Users with Establishment Administrator rights only). 
• Set a learner selection by choosing Change learner selection from the NOA homepage to work with a specific group of learners, such as a class. 
• Allocate learners to an assessment by selecting NFER Online Assessments and then Allocate learners to an assessment and following the onscreen instructions. 
• Generate and print the learner passcodes. You can do this once you have allocated your learners and can return to the page by selecting NFER Online Assessments and then View passcodes. 

You are now ready to start an assessment with your learners. 

• Find out more about the Maths and Reading assessments.