Welcome!

A checking account is much more than a way to pay for goods and services.  Checking accounts are essential financial building blocks and great tools to help you manage your money.  They can help you to achieve financial stability and get more of the things you want.  What’s more, checking accounts make conducting financial business safer, more convenient, and can offer you cost savings.

CheckWise is a comprehensive guide to managing a checkbook, starting with the basics of choosing a financial institution and selecting an account that meets your needs.  It covers basic topics such as learning how to write checks, using online bill pay, reconciling your account, and offers other tips and tools to help you manage your account. 

To be successful with your finances, you need to handle your checking account responsibly.  CheckWise can help you learn how. 

Instructions

Only the person issued the login and password is authorized to take this program.

Please type your login and password carefully, including all dashes.  The login and password are case sensitive.

Upon entering the program, you will be asked some basic questions (demographics).  Please reply to as many questions as you feel comfortable answering.  After answering these questions, you will move on to a pre-assessment.  Don’t worry about not knowing all the answers; the goal of CheckWise is to help you learn this information.

After completing the pre-assessment, you can move to Chapter 1.  Once you finish reading Chapter 1, you’ll have an opportunity to complete activities that will allow you to practice what you’ve just learned.   You’ll do the same for Chapters 2 through 6 and then move onto a final course review.