CIW Certification Overview for Educators

1. What’s Newwith CIW Stephen Schneiter Certification Specialist Carlotta Eaton Professor of IT, New River Community College

2. Agenda • What is CIW? • How does CIW fit in the VCCS? • CIW Virginia Statewide Partnership • Industry Certification Requirements • How to get prepared to teach CIW? • What curriculum is available? • How do I get students certified?

3. What is CIW? • CIW = Certified Internet Web Professional • Popular Internet skills certification • Vendor neutral based on job roles • IT Career Clusters • Design, develop, administer, secure and support Internet or intranet-related services • Administered through Prosoft Learning a VCampus Company

4. See certification handout Certification Tracks Available Through the CIW Program

5. Internet Business Foundations Site Development Foundations Network Tech Foundations CIW Foundations exam is pre-requisite to all certifications Certification Tracks Available Through the CIW Program

6. Associate Certification CIW Certifications Available Through the CIW Program Professional Certification: CIW Foundations plus one exam • Associate • Professional • Master (next slide)

7. CIW Master CertificationTracks Available Through the CIW Program • Designer • Administrator • Web Site Manager • Enterprise Developer

8. See articulation handout How can we teach CIW skills in VCCS IT courses and high schools? • Statewide articulation agreement (see proposal handout) • CIW Foundations maps to the following courses:

9. CIW SITE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONS CIW DESIGN METHODOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY CIW Associate Design Specialist Certification • New CIW Certification • The CIW Associate Design Specialist certification creates a certification track for your design students by combining two of our most popular CIW courses from our Master Designer track. • Certification Path • CIW Site Development Foundations • CIW Design Methodology and Technology

10. Site Development Foundations Introduction to Web Site Development Markup Language and Site Development Essentials XHTML Coding Hyperlinks Web Forms GUI HTML Editors Tables and Frames E-Commerce Practices And more! CIW Associate Design Specialist Course Contents CIW SITE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONS CIW DESIGN METHODOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY • Design Methodology and Technology • Web Page Layout and Elements • Web Site Usability Testing • Navigation Concepts • Web Graphics • Cascading Style Sheets • Site Development with Microsoft Front Page • Site Development with Macromedia Dreamweaver • Site Development with Macromedia Homesite • And more!

11. CIW Designer Tracks Associate Design Specialist Certification Track Traditional Master Designer Track • CIW FOUNDATIONS: • INTERNET BUSINESS FOUNDATIONS • SITE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONS • NETWORK TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATIONS SITE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONS • CIW SITE DESIGNER: • DESIGN METHODOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY DESIGN METHODOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY • CIW E-COMMERCE DESIGNER: • E-COMMERCE STRATEGIES & PRACTICES

12. See AAP handout What is Available for CIW Classes? • Faculty Training • Textbooks – student and instructor • Movie CD • AssessPrep – Test Prep and Assessment • CIW Materials Pricing • Certification Exams

13. See Faculty training handout CIW Faculty Training • Training delivered using official CIW courseware • instructor manuals • e-learning and assessment (individual AssessPREP license) • Instruction by experienced CIW Certified Instructors • Preparation for faculty to take CIW Exams • Includes CIW exam voucher ($125 value) • Preparation for faculty to teach using official CIW curriculum • Share experiences and best practices with other educators

14. Official CIW Curriculum by Prosoft Student CD-ROM Features • Student Guides • Instructor Guides • Certification preparation software • And Movies! • Lab Files • Appendixes • Exam-to-Courseware Mapping Instructor CD-ROM Features • Lab Files • Appendixes • Handouts (Activities, Optional Labs, Quizzes) • Answer Keys • Syllabi (Academic version only) • Instructor Slide Show

15. CIW Movie CD Optional CD with movie clips that discuss selected technology topics • CIW Foundations (optional) • CIW Site Designer • CIW Ecommerce

16. AssessPREP Software • Aligns with CIW Instructor Led Curriculum • Certification Exam Preparation • Works in certification mode and has exam • certification objectives

17. See Parternship for VA handout Pricing (before bookstore markup) Order through Course Technology • Textbooks - $75.00 Set (complete Foundations course) • $15 Network Technology Foundations • $30 Internet Business Foundations • $30 Site Development Foundations • $99 Blackboard bundle (complete course) • $109 Blackboard, movie and textbooks (complete course) • Movies - $200.00 Classroom • or $10.00 with textbook Order through Prosoft Learning • AssessPrep - $300.00 classroom annual license • $49 individual license (consider for Distance Education)

18. See testing handout CIW Certified Testing Center • Normally $750 annual fee per campus – covered under Virginia statewide contract with VCCS & DOE • VUE and Prometric - CIW exams $125 each • Module testing not applicable • Certified CIW Proctor administer exams • Test in classroom with an Internet connection Exam Discounts • CIW Foundations $65 • Internet Business Foundations $25 • Site Development Foundations $25 • Network Tech Foundations $25 • CIW Professional Exams $75

19. See Parternship for VA handout How do we start at my campus? • VCCS has signed Prosoft agreement (do not need to sign up your campus) • CIW Authorized Academic Partner • Attend a faculty training (optional) • Take a CIW certification exam • Complete CIW instructor application • Complete CIW proctor application (need at least 1 proctor per school;do not need to be CIW certified)

20. ThankYou for your time!

21. Contact Information Dara Titus Director of Market Development Prosoft Learning Dtitus@prosofttraining.com 888-603-9300 Carlotta Eaton Professor of Information Technology New River Community College nreatoc@nr.edu 540-674-3600 x4250