How to get live continuing education hours for certification
Meeting strict live instruction and continuing education hour requirements blocks exam eligibility because finding approved real-time courses is difficult. People trying to clear these hurdles end up stalling their applications or searching for specific regional resource websites to finish the mandatory credits.
What the numbers show
Counted from the threads quoted below. How we count
- The most recent one is from October 2026.
- This comes up 15.6× more often in r/Accounting than across the site as a whole.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
Share your steps and trade-offs so fellow engineers don't have to reinvent the wheel. No account required.
- 1Taking graduate courses where semester credit hours map to professional credential creditsDid this help you?
- 2Attending in-person or live synchronous online lectures to fulfill live hour requirementsDid this help you?
- 3Checking local websites for free coursesDid this help you?
- 4Using platforms like LumiQDid this help you?
- 5Finding online self-guided CPE courses with questions that provide large amounts of credit within a few hoursDid this help you?
- 6Rushing to finish remaining hours or debating whether to risk a compliance auditDid this help you?
- 7Searching for alternative low-cost CPE course providers onlineDid this help you?
- 8Attending in-person conferences to rack up credits quicklyDid this help you?
- 9Using unlimited CPE providers like SequoiaDid this help you?
- 10Taking quick 1-hour courses on MasterCPE with no video requirementsDid this help you?
- 11Using Earmark to load up on creditsDid this help you?
- 12Submitting non-traditional qualifying courses like Red Cross CPRDid this help you?
- 13Searching for quick and low-cost recertification credit options or tips onlineDid this help you?
- 14using school-offered PD hoursDid this help you?
- 15searching on pro-traxDid this help you?
- 16Using free platforms like CPA Academy and Deloitte debriefs or webcastsDid this help you?
- 17Relying on company-paid subscriptions or conferencesDid this help you?
- 18Paying only for mandatory ethics courses while getting other credits for freeDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Anyone have any cheap places to get CPE? My firm doesn't have a subscription anywhere.”source ↗
“Been looking at [https://study.learncpe.com/cat/all-cpe-courses](https://study.learncpe.com/cat/all-cpe-courses)”source ↗
“Yup, as you’ve already noted, I’m a pretty lazy person. I’m way behind in CPE and my renewal is soon.”source ↗
“Looking for websites/resources to earn Canadian CPA CPD hours.”source ↗
“I had been using cerify CPE the last couple years but it getting up to $400+ a year just not sure it’s worth it anymore. Any recommendations?”source ↗
“Anyone struggle to get their CPE done and just submit to renew their license?”source ↗
“One year I was so desperate for CPE that I listed a Red Cross CPR class.”source ↗
“Hi I need help getting PDC credits for Shrm quickly and without costing a lot . Does anyone have any tips On how I can do it ?”source ↗
“where are you getting your hours for CTLE requirements? Though my school does offer/require PD hours they're not always for ELL. Curious as to where fellow teachers are getting the ELL hours and preferable for free.”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
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- 9Why do we keep sitting through professional development we already know?
- 50Are professional certifications actually worth the money for a promotion?
- 2Paying for IT certifications without company sponsorship