CIW Program News
CIW Simplifies Certification with Online Licensing - No Books Required
All-in-one classroom package offers increased learning flexibility for high schools, community colleges and universities.
CIW announces the availability of a comprehensive online classroom package that includes all of the materials needed to deliver CIW (Certified Internet Professional) classes.
Created for high schools, community colleges and universities, this all-in-one package includes:
- Downloadable, unlocked (printable) PDF book files
- Access to all content updates
- Online support resources including quizzes, exercises and flash cards
- Full length practice exams
- Certification exams
- Unlimited exam retakes
In addition, academic institutions that license the online package qualify as an official CIW Certified Testing Center (CTCs), allowing instructors to administer high-stakes CIW certification exams right in the classroom.
"We created the online CIW classroom package to meet the needs of our academic partners looking to offer students a total classroom and certification experience at an affordable price, said Lindsay Miller, senior vice president and general manager of VCampus Corporation, which owns the CIW program. "We see this as an ideal approach to delivering industry recognized certifications in universities, community colleges, and high schools."
Educators are excited about the impact that the CIW online classroom package will have on curriculum availability for students. "Having the textbooks in PDF format means we can make them available on Moodle,"- [a free, open-source online course management system], reported Nancy Kuzma, Web technologies instructor for Careerline Tech Center in Holland, Michigan. "This truly makes our CIW Foundations and Junior Web Developer classes [which use CIW Site Design curriculum] available anytime, anywhere. I expect this to have a positive impact on student performance!"
Academic institutions taking advantage of the CIW online licensing package enjoy the following benefits:
- Increased learning flexibility: - Students are no longer tethered to the classroom copies or to reading a paper-based book. Now students can study materials on any computer, at home, in the library or from a PDA.
- Ready access to the latest learning: - Instructors no longer need to protect and reuse classroom copies from year to year and will now have immediate access to all content updates during the term of the license.
- Elimination of the digital divide: - Students no longer need to spend additional funds to become CIW-certified and prove their professional-level knowledge. And with unlimited retakes, students can take the exam multiple times at no additional charge, subject to the CIW Exam Retake Policy.
- Reduced cost: - We pass our savings on to the customer, from reduced shipping to lower production costs. Classrooms with higher enrollments will enjoy substantial savings.
Initial course offerings available via online packaging include:
- CIW Foundations - The cornerstone of CIW certification program, CIW Foundations is divided into three areas of training: Internet Business Foundations; Site Development Foundations; and Network Technology Foundations. Certification can be earned for the entire Foundations series or in individual modules.
- CIW Associate Design Specialist (ADS) - The new CIW ADS certification is a perfect fit for academic and training organizations that want to deliver vendor-neutral Web design instruction and industry certification. Students will learn the basics of Web design along with today's most current topics such as XHTML coding, image editing, code validation, CSS, GUI editors, server-side and client-side languages, e-commerce models, e-marketing, and project management.
- CIW Site Designer - This course teaches principles in designing, implementing and maintaining Web sites using authoring and scripting languages, content creation and management tools, and digital media tools.
- CIW E-commerce Designer - The focus of this course is on standards, technologies and practices for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer e-commerce models.
CIW certifications are renowned in the industry for validating vendor-neutral IT job skills and knowledge. CIW enlists committees of educators, business professionals and employers - people who know the skills needed for success in the workplace - as the authorities to determine the skills objectives for the CIW curriculum and certification exams.
"I see this CIW bundle as being a necessity for programs leading to national industry certifications," said Patti Bonezzi, Web technologies instructor at Niceville High School in Niceville, Florida. "Education should be implementing the curriculum that is prepared by the industry to enable out students to complete in the real world as they enter employment. The industry knows the standards it expects and it is the role of educators to be sure our students can meet those standards."
To learn more about CIW's turnkey learning solution and to order your CIW classroom package for this fall, call 800-228-1027 to speak to a CIW Academic Account Manager, or visit us at www.CIW-certified.com.
