Your BDA Accredited course will be officially released on it's start date which will be week commencing (W/C) the 8th September 2025. You will receive an email from the eLearning Admin team with details regarding the your start date and the Course Welcome Meeting.
Your BDA Course Account - early release (W/C) 18th August.
If you would like early access to your BDA Course account and the Pre-course materials please follow the instructions below.
Your Account
Learning Materials
Pre-Course Classroom
Your BDA Level 5/7 Accredited course is hosted on Google Workspace. It is delivered fully online using eLearning and accessed via your browser or apps.
To access your online course you will first need to login to your BDA Google (Workspace) account.
Your BDA Google account has a dedicated email address which is what you use to login and keep your course communications and work secure.
The email is aligned to your BDA enrollment and will help the eLearning team to identify you if you need any support.
When logged into your BDA account profile page it will look similar to the images below, with a YourID@bdalearnining.org.uk email and a BDA student avatar. It will also confirm that it is managed by the BDA using bdalearning.org.uk.
There are 3 steps to accessing your account for the first time.
Identify if you already have an Active Google Account on your browser/app.
Add you account.
Login (if you don't have an account you just need to login to add one)
or Add your new BDA account (if you already have an active Google account)
Set up your profile on your account - optional.
Click the Google Accounts button at the bottom of this page to see if you have an active account/s on your device's browser / app.
If you are asked to login then please login with your BDA email address and password that was sent to you via email. Your BDA account is now your active account.
If you are taken to an active google My Account page then this is currently your active account on your browser / app. To use your BDA account you will need to Add your BDA account and then switch to it when accessing your BDA course.
Click on the Profile button
Click add account
Login with your BDA email address and password that was sent to you via email.
When setting up your profile for the first time you can accept all the default settings and return later to update once you get the feel for your account.
Settings include:
Personal Info
Data and Privacy
Security
People and Sharing
Payments and subscriptions. (If you would like to set-up your account for learning subscriptions on external sites feel free to do so but the BDA does not require you to use your account for financial payments.)
For more detailed information on your profile settings please click this link
Click the Account button to access you Account/s page. Please check that your account page is like the examples below and if it is different please check the instructions above.
If you have logged in successfully and if needed, added your BDA Course account, your Accounts page will look similar to this image.
The defining element is that you will have a BDA avatar for your Profile image.
With your account active in your browser you should be able to access all the resources, content and activities to successfully complete your course.
All apps (excluding Classroom and Group Forums) will show the BDA Logo alongside the Profile icon. Click on the icon to open up your account details. The image above is from 'Shared Drives'
Well done you have activated and set-up you account!
When logging in for the first time to access the Learning Materials you will need to:
Sign in with Google when asked.
See log-in screen image!
The Learning Materials are on a separate server that is aligned to your BDA Google Course account.
Click Learning Resources icon below to go to the area (Login).
If you get logged-out or access the materials from another device you will need to use the Sign in with Google button.
Click on the Learning Materials button to access your support Guides
To help you test your new account and to prepare for the course we have set up a resource area (Classroom) called just that - ‘Prepare for your Course’. In this Classroom you will find a number of optional activities to help you experience the systems, learning materials and the communication channels.
Please click the Join button on the Classroom or in the email in your BDA email account!
For Activity 4b you upload, add and hand-in a document/s. As part of this task you can also explore the Originality Reports to identify content that has not been cited or has unintentional plagiarism before you turn it in. Click on the image to go to the online demo and see how it works. Please note that the report is only set on essays and not on any other work e.g. tables.
Further info here.
If you need further support please go to the Tech Support area at the bottom of the Homepage.