Follow the instructions to get you started on your first course.

    Active links are supplied for each step so that you can open up the various pages to see what they look like.  Each of the links will open a new page in a separate window that you can close at any time to return to this tutorial page.

    If you want to view the forms and this tutorial at the same time, so that you can continue reading this tutorial while filling out the forms, then shrink both windows to a convenient size and place them side by side or top and bottom.

    I have tried to be clear in the instructions, but no one nor any work of man is perfect.  Therefore, if something is not clear, don't hesitate to email me with any questions you may have about the process being taught in this tutorial or even requests for clarity or even suggestions on how to improve the tutorial itself.

    All courses require use of the King James Bible.  If you do not have one (or even if you do) then you can download a free Bible program from our study helps page.  Click HERE to go to the study helps page to download your free King James Bible and bible study program.  After you are done on that page, you can close it to return here to finish your Tutorial.

    There will be a link at the bottom of this Tutorial which will return you to the main Classes page.

May God bless as you study,
Doc Van

Lets get started:

    Remember, most pictures are active links.  The ones that are not active are plainly marked.

    If you decide to take courses from us, then it is required that you fill out and submit the forms when you go to them as you progress through this tutorial.  All pages, forms, etc, that open when you click on the pictures or the active links supplied in this tutorial are the actual forms being discussed.  To make sure you have filled out all required forms, fill them out and submit them as you progress.  That way you won't have to go back to them later and submit them for your file; and you won't have tests disallowed for failing to turn in required forms and/or meet the other requirements.

APPLICATION FORM:
ATTENTION: If you have already submitted an Application, then do not submit another one. Instead, skip this section and go directly to the next section, FIRST YEAR CLASSES - the basics section of the Tutorial. (Click the words to go directly to that section.)

    Click the picture below to go directly to the Application form.
    Close the form after you have submitted it to return to this page.

On the Application/Life Experience Form page, fill out all required information.

    After filling out and submitting this form you will go to a confirmation page.
Follow all instructions and you will be directed back to the Application Form.
Close the Application Form page to return to this tutorial.

    A Pastor Recommend form is required for all students who currently attend a church. This is to let the pastor know that you are taking courses from us and that he approves. If you are not currently attending a church, then you do not need to have this form submitted.

    Have your pastor go to http://saltlakebiblecollege.org/PastorRecommendation.html and fill out and submit the form.

FIRST YEAR CLASSES - the basics

    The next step is to Sign In for your first course.

     After reading ALL of the Sign In instructions, click the picture to go to the
Sign In form.

    Follow all instructions on the Sign In page exactly.  Be sure to submit the form after filling it out.  If you do not do so, then any tests you take will not be credited to your file.  The reason they cannot be credited to you is because we will have no record of your attendance and no way of knowing if you have met the attendance requirements for the course.

    Sign in once when you first start a course.  Use the "Begin Sign In" form and then sign in once again using the "Finish Sign In" form when you have completed the entire course and you are ready to take the Final Test.  These two dated forms, one marked "Begin" and one marked "Finish," are used to compute and verify your attendance for the course.  You do NOT submit a sign in to "Begin" and a sign in to "Finish" each individual lesson in the course.  You submit the forms only when you begin and when you finish the individual courses.

Sign In form:
(This picture is NOT a live link.  The live link is at the end of the instructions for Sign In.)

    Once you submit the Sign In form you will be automatically taken to a confirmation page:
(This confirmation page picture is not an active link.)

  Once you reach that page, either print out that page so you will have a copy of all of the pertinent information or else click on the indicated link and you may print a form in pdf format for manually recording the information. 

    When you are finished on the confirmation page, you will be told to:
Close this window to return to the form.

    You then close that window, which will return you to the sign in form.

    Back on the sign in form, in moving red letters in a box, you will be told to:
CLOSE THIS WINDOW AFTER YOU HAVE SUBMITTED THIS FORM

    Once you close that form you will be returned to this page.

To sign in for more courses:
    A separate Sign In form must be submitted for each course.
    Keep a copy of the pertinent information for each individual course.

    To sign in for additional course(s), simply follow the instructions found on the confirmation page.

(This page IS an active link.)
    Now click on the Sign In form picture above and you will be taken to the form.  On that page click only the link for the "Begin Sign In" form.  Read it and submit it and follow the directions to return to this tutorial.

TESTING INSTRUCTIONS - Without reading and submitting this form you will not know how to fill out the opening page of the tests; and if the opening page of the tests is not filled out correctly and completely, then your test will be disallowed and you will have to take the test again in order to receive credit for it.

    This form must be read and followed exactly or you won't know how to input information on the opening page of the tests.  What to use for your User Name and User ID will also be explained on the Testing Instructions form.  On this form you will also find, in answer to a commonly asked question, an explanation of why we insist that all instructions be followed exactly.

    Once you have submitted the Testing Instructions form you will see a confirmation page with instructions on how to return to the Testing Instructions page.  When you have returned to that page you will be instructed to: CLOSE THIS PAGE WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED.  Close that page and you will return to this tutorial.

    Now click the picture to go to the Testing Instructions form- fill it out and submit it and then follow instructions to return to this tutorial.

SALVATION COURSE: This is the first of the courses that are required for all students.

ATTENTION:
    Please read all of the rest of this tutorial before going to the Salvation course main page to begin your first lesson.  A live link will be supplied at the end of the tutorial which will take you directly to that course so you may begin your study.

SALVATION course main page representation:

This picture is not a live link. The live link can be found at the end of this tutorial.

    When you reach the SALVATION course main page, then read and follow all instructions as you scroll down the page.  If you have not yet signed in and indicated "Begin" on the form, then do so from that page before starting the course.  If you have not yet read and submitted a Testing Instructions form then do so from that page.

    When you reach the list of lessons under the heading SALVATION COURSE, then click on lesson I. Salvation- What is it?.

That link will take you to your first Lesson in the Salvation course.

    When you arrive at this page, you will find a link where you can sign in for the course if you had not done so already.  If you have not yet signed in to "Begin" this course, please do so from this link.  You do not turn in more than one sign in form to "Begin" each course.  This means the entire course; i.e., you do not sign in when you begin each lesson, you only do so when you begin the course.  You will only sign in again when you "Finish" the entire course and you are ready to retrieve the Password to take the Final Test.

    Study this lesson, looking up ALL scripture references in your King James Bible.  All courses require that the students look up all scripture references in all of the lessons.  Pay particular attention to the instructions in the yellow boxes with red borders which, in this particular course, are at the end of the lesson.  They contain some specific and important instructions that must be followed.

    When you reach the end of the lesson, please pay particular attention to the instructions in the yellow box with the red borders.  They must be followed exactly.  Once you have read those instructions and followed them, then click on the link to the SECTION ONE TEST.

CAUTION:  As has been stated on the Testing Instructions form, a glitch in the Test writing software causes some of the tests to not immediately open to allow you access.  If this happens, then please refresh the page and the test will open for you. On rare occasions, depending on your computer and how it is processing the opening page, you may have to refresh the test more than once to get it to open.  If it will not open, please contact us and we will try to assist you.

ATTENTION USERS OF MOZILLA FIREFOX:  Some students have reported intermittent problems submitting various forms and tests while running Mozilla Firefox.  When they switched to Internet Explorer while taking and submitting tests and various forms, the submission problems were usually solved.

    After you fill out the Salvation 1 test opening page according to the instructions you received on the Testing Instructions form that you read and submitted earlier, then click Start... and complete the test.

The test is self-scoring and a copy of the test results will be automatically sent to you by email.  As a precaution against possible failure of your computer or web browser to properly submit the test, it is suggested that you print out the Results page of each test and keep them in a file.  The results page has your name and score and can be used as an emergency validation of the test and your score.  The Results page is the page you see from which you submit the test.  In the upper right-hand quadrant of the page is a print icon on the narrow solid bar at the top of the page.  Click that icon to print the Results page before submitting the test.  If you do not receive a copy of your test by email within a short period of time, then please contact me to see if I received our copy.  If I did not then I will request that you scan the results page and attach that copy to an email and send it to me as validation for your file in lieu of a copy of the test itself.  Do not send that copy unless I request it.

Please keep the copy of the test that is automatically sent to you.  Sometimes things get lost when sent over the internet and also sometimes computer problems happen here at the school like they do with any other internet endeavor.  If you keep the test copies that are sent to you, then you can forward copies to us if we request them in case of problems on the net or here at the college.  This will save you the extra work of having to repeat a test should data loss occur here.  We keep quadruple backups of data.  Some backups are in our main computer and some are on external hard drives.  We also keep copies on our servers at bluehost.com.  However, problems could still feasibly happen so we recommend that you keep copies of everything that you submit to us.  We have auto- responders set up to send a confirmation to you for everything that you send to us.  The autoresponder will list
specifically what it is that we received and will mention what it was by name.  Should you submit something to us
and not receive an autoresponder confirmation stating specifically what it was that we received, then you will know
that we did not receive it.  In that case you will know you need to resend whatever it was that you submitted.  If you
still don't receive an autoresponder message, then please contact us through the Contact Us form and we will try to
help you resolve the problem.

MISSPELLED EMAIL ADDRESS: If you do not receive a copy of your test by email, that generally means you accidentally misspelled your email address on the information page of the test and the test program tried to send your copy to the misspelled, and probably non-existent, email address that you entered on it.  If you do not receive your copy, then please contact us and, if it successfully submitted our copy to us, we will send one to you.  Please take extra care when entering your email address on the opening page of each of the tests.  Accurate and complete information input by you will help us greatly in reducing the workload here at the college.  The processing time to send you a copy from here entails hand-processing and increases the handling time for your tests by at least 5,000%.

    At the end of the test you will be asked if you want to let the program close the window, click yes to allow it.  If you are not asked that question, then close the window yourself.

    This will return you to the first Lesson, I. Salvation- What is it? page.

    If you fail the test then you are required to study the lesson again, finding all of the correct answers to the questions you missed.  You will have your copy of the test that was automatically sent to you to use for comparison purposes.  All of the correct answers are in the large right-hand column on that test copy and you can use them to make sure you have found the correct answers in the lesson text.  You may not retake any test on the same day that you failed it.  You may retake the test on or after the next day and then only if you have found all of the correct answers to the questions you missed on the failed test.

    If you receive a passing grade on the test then you are required to find all of the correct answers in the lesson text to any questions you may have missed on the test before proceeding to the next lesson.  You may start your next lesson on the next day after passing the current lesson test and finding all of the correct answers to any questions missed.

    First lesson of the SALVATION course,  I. Salvation- What is it and the first lesson test are now completed.  Close the Lesson One window and you will be returned to the Salvation course main page.

    Now that you are back on the Salvation course main page, scroll down and click on the rest of the lessons and take them one at a time and in order.

    Once you have finished all of the lessons and their section tests, all in proper sequence and spaced the minimum per-lesson time requirement apart, then return to the SALVATION course main page.

FINAL TEST for the SALVATION course.

    The Salvation course Final Test is an Open Book Test.  Some other courses, however, require that you take the Final Test, or other tests, as a Closed Book Test.  When such a test is indicated, you will receive plain instructions for you to submit a Closed Book Test Contract form.  That form will be used by you to retrieve the Password for the Closed Book Test.

    For the Salvation course (and other Open Book Tests), scroll down the SALVATION main page, reading and following all of the instructions, until you reach the bottom of the page and see the RETRIEVE PASSWORD link.

RETRIEVE PASSWORD
   

    Click on that link and follow all instructions to retrieve the Password and then return to the SALVATION main page.  It may take up to two days for you to receive the password for the Final Test.  Please be patient.  If you do not receive it within two days, then we may be temporarily unavailable.  If we are to be unavailable for more than two days, you will receive an auto-responder message explaining the situation.  Usually I can get my email wherever I am and I will send the password as soon as possible.  If you do not receive it by the third day, then please submit another request on or after that day.  Very rarely the requests are lost in cyberspace but once or twice it has happened.  So please send the repeat request on or after the third day just in case.

    Remember, however, that the College offices are only open Monday through Friday from 10:00 A.M to 10:00 P.M., Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, time.  If you make a request over the weekend, you will probably not receive your password until Monday or the following day and probably not before noon.

    Once you are back on the SALVATION main page, then scroll to the bottom and click the FINAL TEST link.

    When you reach the opening page of that test, enter the password you retrieved and remember that it is case sensitive.  When the page opens, then fill out the information according to the instructions you learned earlier from the Testing Instructions form that you have already read and submitted.

    Then click Start... and take the test.
    This particular test is "open book" which means you can use your textbook and other study materials to find the answers while taking the test.

CAUTION: Some tests are "closed book" which means you can not use your textbook nor any other written, visual, or audio materials while taking the test.  Neither can you have anyone help you.  The entire test must be taken exclusively from memory.

    If the test is "closed book" then you will see instructions right before the "FINAL TEST" link telling you the following:
FINAL TEST  This test is closed book!  There will be a time limit on the test.
-  You may NOT use your text nor any other type of material to help you while taking this test.  You may NOT have someone else help you with this test.

-  You must turn in a Closed Book Test Contract form.

    You can click the words "Closed Book Test Contract" in the statement above and it will take you to the form.

    You may do so right now to see what the form looks like, but do not fill it out and submit it at this time.  Follow the instructions to return to this tutorial.

    After you fill out the Password Request form (do not do so until you have finished the entire course and you have submitted a Sign In "Finish" form for the course) then submit it and then follow the instructions to return to it from the Confirmation page, then close that page to return to the Class page.

    Once that form is submitted, and you have received the password, then at that time you can click on the link to go to the Final Test and input the password to open the test.

    Take the test and then follow the instructions to return to the main page for that particular course.

    At the end of the test a copy will be automatically emailed to you and a copy will automatically be sent to me so I can place it in your file.

CAUTION:
1. If you do not receive a copy of your test, contact me and I will send you a copy or give you further instructions.
2. If you do not receive an autoresponder message from us specifically stating we have received that test, including the name of it, then that means we did not receive a copy of the test.  In that case contact us through the Contact Us form and we will send you instructions.  Those instructions will probably include a request for you to send us a copy of the test Results page that you saved as per the instructions given to you earlier in this Tutorial.

    The reasons you may not receive a copy were already discussed earlier in this Tutorial.

    If you followed the process, then you should now have finished the Salvation course.

    You have followed instructions and should now be back on the SALVATION course main page.

    On this page you can now go to the Navigation bar on the left-hand side of the page.

    Find the small print link that says: Courses Main.
    Click that link and it will return you to the CLASSES main page where you started.

    From there you can go back to the First Year Classes page and choose another course to take.

MULTIPLE COURSES:
    You may take more than one course at a time.  As in any other college, most students take several classes at the same time.  Other students, because of time constraints, only take one course at a time.  That choice is completely up to you.  You decide how you want to proceed with your education; but, be aware that the more courses you take to run concurrently, the sooner you will earn your degree.  And the fewer you take, the longer it will take to reach your goal.

   However, be aware of all constraints on your time from all areas of your life.  Do not overload yourself to the point where you become frustrated that you don't have enough time to properly do you homework for the courses.  If that happens, do not just give up and stop all together.  Simply put some of the courses on hold and continue with the ones that you do have time to work on properly.  Just send us an email informing us of the situation and we will keep your dropped courses active and then you can simply start them up again when you have time, continuing on from the spot where you had stopped.

    If you have any question, please contact me by email and I will try to help coach you through whatever problem you may be having with the process of getting to and completing whichever course you are attempting to take.

    Now click the first picture above to go to the Salvation course main page and start the Salvation course.