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General — PDF Frequently Asked Questions
Learners who enroll in the Course Portal courses will receive access.
The price of the PDFs is included with your course enrollment.
Many factors, such as the connection type and network traffic, affect download speed. For faster downloads, avoid peak hours (9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern Time). Demand for downloads can also be high the first week after a course release.
Professionally printed textbooks are available for some courses for an additional fee. Available printed materials can be found by filtering for “Printed Textbook” under Course Type in the online Learning Catalog. Other study materials are not available in print.
The PDF access will be available with course enrollment; enrollment is not available for the exam only.
Learners — PDF Frequently Asked Questions
Once you are enrolled for a Course Portal course that contains study materials in PDF, you will receive access.
If your Ed Rep has accepted the LOMA Electronic Library Licensing Agreement, your Ed Rep will have access to the files. He or she can print the study materials for you.
Yes, you are licensed to print one (1) copy.
You will be given access to the correct study materials based on your enrollment. If you purchase a course extension and the study materials change, when you re-enroll, you will then be given access to the new materials. Consult the course catalog or LOMA’s learning system to confirm the assigned materials for each course.
IMPORTANT: It is the Learner’s responsibility to verify that they are using the correct materials.
You will have access to the PDFs to download or to print 1 copy for a course that you are enrolled in until your course access period ends. Typically, for I*STAR exams, this is six (6) months from the day on which you enrolled. For paper exams, it is typically the end of June for May exams or the end of December for November exams. You can receive access to the PDF again once you re-enroll for the course.
Yes! Some study materials have been separated into several PDFs or Modules—be sure to study all of the assigned materials.
Ed Reps — PDF Frequently Asked Questions
A library of LOMA’s PDF study materials is available in-language for Ed Reps. Log in to your LOMA learning system account, and search the Learning Catalog for “Ed Rep Library.” Select the Ed Rep Library for which you need access, and click RESUME. The library will be added to the Upcoming Learning section of your account. If you need access to the Ed Rep library for a different language, please contact us at education@loma.org to request access.
Yes, updated editions of the study materials will be made available for download. Old study materials will be removed from access six (6) months after the study materials have been updated.
Your invoice will include the course enrollment fees and printed textbook purchases which you have authorized to be billed to your company. There is no additional charge for learner access to the PDFs via the Course Portal, nor for your access to the Ed Rep Library of PDFs.