For all navaids my IMCR instructor taught me
Tune - tune navaid
Identify - listen to ident and confirm right one
Test - for VOR, reverse OBI and look for to/from flag to flip. For ADF, turn to 'ident', needle should point at 9 or 3 o'clock, then turn back to 'ADF', needle should come to proper bearing smartly not sluggishly
Select - set desired course (if VOR)
and he would use the phrase 'tits-up' as in 'tits-up the Compton VOR'...
I always remember it, I guess!
Tim