What

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Whats Newwith CIW

Carlotta Eaton Professor of IT, New River
Community College
Stephen Schneiter Certification Specialist
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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?

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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

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See certification handout
Certification Tracks Available Through the CIW
Program
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CIW Foundations exam is pre-requisite to all
certifications
Certification Tracks Available Through the CIW
Program
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Associate Certification
CIW Certifications Available Through the CIW
Program
Professional Certification CIW Foundations plus
one exam

• Associate
• Professional
• Master (next slide)

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CIW Master Certification Tracks Available
Through the CIW Program

• Designer
• Administrator
• Web Site Manager
• Enterprise Developer

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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

Internet Business Foundations ITE 130 Intro to Internet Services orITE 131 Survey of Internet Services
Site Development Foundations ITD 110 Web Page Design I
Network Technology Foundations ITN 100 Intro to Telecommunications orITN 101 Intro to Network Concepts
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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

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CIW Associate Design Specialist Course Contents
CIW SITE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONS
CIW DESIGN METHODOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY

• 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!

• 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!

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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

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What is Available for CIW Classes?
See AAP handout

• Faculty Training
• Textbooks student and instructor
• Movie CD
• AssessPrep Test Prep and Assessment
• CIW Materials Pricing
• Certification Exams

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CIW Faculty Training
See Faculty training handout

• 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

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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

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CIW Movie CD

• Optional CD with movie clips that discuss
  selected technology topics

• CIW Foundations (optional)
• CIW Site Designer
• CIW Ecommerce

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AssessPREP Software

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

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Pricing (before bookstore markup)
See Parternship for VA handout

• 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)

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CIW Certified Testing Center
See testing handout

• 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

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How do we start at my campus?
See Parternship for VA handout

• 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 schooldo not need to be CIW
  certified)

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Thank You for your time!
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Contact Information

• Dara Titus
• Director of Market Development
• Prosoft Learning
• Dtitus_at_prosofttraining.com
• 888-603-9300
• Carlotta Eaton
• Professor of Information Technology
• New River Community College
• nreatoc_at_nr.edu
• 540-674-3600 x4250