Getting Started with VESi
Follow these steps to earn professional development credit through VESI online courses.
Before you start the process:
- Check with your certifying agency to determine if these credits meet your district and/or state requirements.
- Note that courses taken for professional development credit cannot be changed to academic credit.
Step 1: Apply
If you have never enrolled as a professional development student at Boise State or it has been more than two years, complete the online Boise State VESi Professional Development Admission Application.
Once you’re admitted to VESi, you’ll receive an email from Boise State Extended Studies with your Student ID number and username for myBoiseState, the system that you will use to enroll in courses. This process can take up to a week to complete so apply early!
If it has been less than two years since you were enrolled for a course at the CPD, use your previously provided myBoiseState login information to enroll.
Step 2: Enroll
- Review VESi Course Offerings and identify class(es) you wish to enroll in.
- Log in to myBoiseState to enroll in the course.
- View the step-by-step VESi enrollment directions for enrolling in your course through myBoiseState.
If you run into any issues check out the myBoiseState help page for tutorials on the software.
Step 3: Payment
Fees are due at the point of enrollment. Fees are paid through your myBoiseState student account. Fees are $235 for a 2-credit course and $280 for a 3-credit course.
Step 4: Prepare
Review VESi course requirements to familiarize yourself with course expectations, computer and technology requirements and completion tips.
You will receive an email from the Boise State K-12 Professional Development Coordinator roughly one week before your course begins with general information regarding your course.
Step 5: Begin
You will receive an email from VESi with course access information, grading criteria and course completion instructions on the first day of the course through Broncomail. All communications from VESi will go to your BroncoMail account or a personal student email account accessible from myBoiseState. Once you log in to myBoiseState, you will see Broncomail (gmail) in a list on the student page.