IT Academy at the Marshall CenterPresented by M. Lubos

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What is the Microsoft IT Academy Program?

IT AcademyProgram

Office SpecialistMembership

IT Pro PlatinumMembership

•Consistent instruction•Certification•Latest Microsoft technologies•Online learning resources•Annual membership

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Office Specialist Membership

E-learning resources (Office only)

Instructor Resource Center

Microsoft Office Specialist exams for $ 30

USD in our lab

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Office Specialist Certification Tracks Specialist Certification

Only one core exam (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access or Outlook)

Expert Certification Word Expert and Excel Expert exam

Master Certification Word Expert, Excel Expert, PowerPoint plus

elective (Access or Outlook) Requirements:

www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/Officespecialist/requirements.asp

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IT Pro Platinum Membership E-Learning resources

www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp Academic pricing (courseware, seminars, workshops) Promotional pricing for MCP exams ($35 USD) MSDN Academic Alliance (MSDNAA) membership included

Operating Systems, Visual Studio, Visio, Project…, no Office MSDN Library Knowledge Base Technical Support Library Betas, new releases, updates For instructional and research use Enables departments to load any number of copies of the products on

their lab machines for instructional and research use May not be used to run infrastructure of school or department

Student taking at least one course in the department may load the software on their personal machines for use in their coursework and personal projects

Students do NOT need to take the software off at the end of the course Professional Support

4 incidents; managed newsgroups; online concierge www.msdnaa.net

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Accessing the IT Academy

itacademy.microsoftelearning.com

Enter your Windows Life IDonly once:-Create ID-Register courses

Study

Take an exam

Advantages•It’s web based: Learn whenever you want•Most online courses are interactive•Update your skills•Internationally recognized certifications

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Example of an Excel Core exam 18 tasks 50 minutes All menus available. Help file not longer available.

Demo (2 Questions)

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IC3 Certification Maybe interesting for MC employees? www.certiport.com Pass three exams IC3 Certification One exam costs $ 28,50 USD, all three 69 EUR (88 $) Key Applications exam covers Word and Excel basics