Instructional Leadership, emphasis: K-12 School Leadership (MEd)
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  1. NAU
  2. Research
  3. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
  4. Instructions for registering for the CITI tutorial

Instructions for registering for the CITI tutorial

The NAU IACUC uses the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) program as its required tutorial. All NAU faculty, staff, and students planning to conduct research or work on a research project as key personnel must successfully complete the tutorial.

The CITI program is an online collection of learning modules, each of which focuses on a different aspect of IACUC. At the end of each module is a short quiz. The results of your quiz are required with your application for approval for research. Updated quiz results are required every three years.

Directions for getting started with CITI

  1. Click on the link that takes you to the CITI program.
  2. Select “new users register here.” This will take you to a course registration page.
  3. Under “1. Select your Institution or Organization,” find Northern Arizona University in the drop-down box under “participating institutions;” do not enter anything else in the other drop-down box fields.
  4.  Under “2. Select your Username and Password,” create a unique username and password according to the parameters described in the instructions. Write down your username and password so you can access CITI at any time.
  5. Fill out “3. Enter your name.”
  6. Fill out “4. Enter your email address.”
  7. Click the “submit” button. This will take you to a second registration page.
  8. Provide the information requested.  All fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.
  9. Under “role in research” you have a range of choices. Select whichever option best describes you. This will not affect the curriculum you are assigned.
  10. For the question, “which course do you plan to take?” select “Laboratory Animal Welfare”.
  11. Click “submit.”
  12. On the third registration page, select curriculum:
    • Yes, I conduct research or teaching activities that utilize live, animal subjects or tissues derived from live animal subjects.
  13. Click “next question.”
  14. On the next screen, select “curriculum that is most appropriate,” then click “next question.”
  15. On the next screen, Select “curriculum” and choose “working with animals in biomedical research,” and any others that may apply. Click “next question.”
  16. On the “select your institution or organization page,” make sure you have registered with Northern Arizona University and click “no.”
  17. You are now at the main menu which will come up automatically every time you log into the CITI program hereafter.
  18. To begin reviewing the modules and taking the quizzes, click on “enter under my courses” to see a screen listing all the courses you are registered to take.
  19. Click on the integrity assurance statement and read the information first. You must respond to the item at the bottom in order to move ahead with the quizzes.
  20. You will not receive an email confirmation from CITI regarding your completion of the tutorial.