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Effi onboarding course

Effi Support·October 12, 2026

Go from new user to confident in Effi in about 12 hours, at your own pace.

Who this is for: Brokers, Enterprise admins, Referral partners

A self-paced course for everyone in your business: brokers, admin staff, team managers and referral partners. Each lesson is a short help article. Read it, try it in your own portal with a practice lead, then take the module check.

Choose your path

You are

Do these modules

New broker

All seven, in order. Modules 1–5 in your first fortnight.

Admin or support staff

1, 2, 4 and 5

Team manager

1 and 2, then 6

Enterprise or business admin

1, then the workflow lessons in 2, then 6

Referral partner

7, plus 3 if you message clients

Prefer video? Start with Effi in 5 minutes: a tour of the broker portal.

Module 1: Foundations and account setup (60–90 min)

Get your account, tools and team ready before you touch a real lead.

  • Set up your profile, signature and availability

  • Connect your email and calendar

  • Install and navigate the mobile app

  • Connect and import from Salestrekker

  • Connect and import from Connective

  • Invite users, roles and permissions

Try it: Complete your profile, connect your email and calendar, install the app and invite one team member.

Module 1 check: quiz and practice tasks

Module 2: Contacts, leads and pipeline (120–150 min)

From first enquiry to a moving pipeline.

  • Understand Accounts & Contacts

  • Add a lead manually

  • Import leads with the Lead Import Tool

  • Filter, sort, label and pin leads

  • Leads page views and settings

  • Create workflows and stages

  • Set up lead distribution rules

Try it: Add three practice leads in different ways, label them, pin one and move them through three stages.

Module 2 check: quiz and practice tasks

Module 3: Client communication (120–150 min)

Email, SMS, calls, meetings and the AI tools that draft and summarise for you.

  • Email, SMS and document-request templates

  • Write emails with AI

  • Send SMS from your own number

  • Messaging tab filters

  • Effi NoteTaker for meetings

  • Group bookings and your booking page

  • Tasks: create, reassign and use the Task Dashboard

Try it: Draft a follow-up email with AI, send a test SMS and log a task against the same lead.

Module 3 check: quiz and practice tasks

Module 4: Document collection and management (90–120 min)

Collect documents once, check them automatically and get them signed.

  • Request documents from a client

  • Collect bank statements

  • Check documents with Document Analyser and fraud detection

  • Redact and edit PDFs

  • Generate documents from templates

  • Sync to SharePoint and set naming rules

  • Automate e-signature requests

Try it: Send yourself a document request, complete it as the client, then run Document Analyser on it.

Module 4 check: quiz and practice tasks

Module 5: Fact find and application processing (90–120 min)

From client intake to serviceability: where you’ll spend most of your time.

  • Start and complete a fact find

  • Invite a secondary applicant

  • Auto-fill a fact find with Smart Fill

  • Household expenses and the debt calculator

  • Clone an application and link multiple loans

  • Run an Equifax or illion credit report

  • Use Quickli and lender calculators

Try it: Complete a practice fact find with a secondary applicant, then run a serviceability check.

Module 5 check: quiz and practice tasks

Module 6: Compliance, reporting and advanced tools (90–120 min)

Stay compliant and see how your business is performing.

  • Send a credit guide for e-signature

  • Branding and white-label: logo, favicon and policies

  • Broker dashboard

  • Smart Reporting: build, favourite and use the canvas

  • AI Smart Reporting and the Q&A tab

  • Conversion rate: how it’s calculated

  • Upcoming birthdays and client retention

Try it: Upload your credit guide, build one report and save it as a favourite.

Module 6 check: quiz and practice tasks

Module 7: Client and partner experience (45–60 min)

See Effi from the other side: what your clients and referral partners see.

  • Log in to your client portal with a one-time code

  • Complete your fact find

  • Upload documents and sign

  • Set up referral partners

  • Track referral status and messages

Try it: Add a referral partner and check what they can and can’t see on a shared lead.

Module 7 check: quiz and practice tasks

Quick reference: your first days

Day 1

  • Complete your profile

  • Connect your email and calendar

  • Install the mobile app

  • Follow your first lead end to end

Week 1

  • Finish modules 1–3 and their checks

  • Set up your workflow stages

  • Connect your aggregator

  • Send a document request

Month 1

  • Complete all seven modules

  • Process your first real lead end to end

  • Set up your reports

Need a hand?

Email [email protected] and our team will get back to you.

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