Assessment vs Evaluation

Certification Evaluation

User level Certification 20 to 30 hrs with software

Associate 20 to 40 hr Microsoft Technology Associate - Fundamental
Professional level Certification 40 to 60 hr MCP ACP
Expert level Certification 60 to 90 hr BIM
Architect + 120 hr

CERTIPORT started in 1997

Guidelines for exam

Certification program for Academia

Certiport exam is designed not more than 1 hr
Its an online exam as its related to IT.
Timer is available for each question.
Exam resumes from where stops if power goes, all over again if 2 hr power
and 7 days it can be rescheduled.
IT based: Proctor is like an administrator and machine has to be test ready.
Computer lab can be the test center. No infrastructure investment.
In-application exams.
Convenience and flexibility.

2.5 million exam in Microsoft from 1997. Certified by Microsoft. Exam has 1 year
validity.
CATC Certiport Authorized Testing Centre
Products
Microsoft
Microsoft Office Specialist 9 exams: Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Access, Outlook,
Sharepoint, One Note, WE, XE
Pass is 70% - 16 to 20 tasks in 50 mins.
Microsoft Office World Championship: Max score to achieve 1000 and the time is
taken into consideration. Country finals in Delhi. 2013, 2016. The participant
should be between 13 to 22years and they should be students
2007, 2010, 2013, 2016
MBA XE
Microsoft Technology Associate IT Electronics and related disciplines 10 separate
exams. 2nd and early 3rd year engineering students

Software development, Database track and IT architecture

Microsoft Certified Educator only for teachers Learning content for the exam is
free. Also a practice test is free
Adobe
Adobe Certified Associate 6 separate exams Photoshop, dreamweaver, flash/
animate,
Premier Pro, Illustrator, In-designer
Adobe Certified Expert 6 separate exams
Design Challenge Championship
Visual Communication, Architecture, BBA
Autodesk
Autodesk Certified User 5 exams, AutoCAD, Revit Architecture, Inventor, Maya,
3DSMAX
Autodesk Certified Professional 5exams + 1 BIM exam
Intuit publishes an accounting software Quick books (similar to Tally)
Quick Book User Certificate
Global Digital Literacy Council
IC3 Internet and Code Computing : Hard ware and software, Application,
Internet based living on the net.
IC3 Spark for primary school Paint
Vietnam, Thailand, Italy, Iraq, Mauritius

Sell a solution:
Learning Practice Certified
Learning can be from content and Instruction
Outcome: Pass the practice test or fail the practice test

Autodesk Content for students is available in digital stream.

User level exams is done in the form of Workshop module Bridge.

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Two levels:
Solution providers
Resellers not in India ICA Institute of Computer Accountancy
ICPL (All)
Etraining India (All) Resellers
Vinsys Resellers
Veloces own
CADD Centre own
Microsoft

Exams are sold in 3 forms:

1. Vouchers (16 digits code) CATC Public and Private
2. License called as Campus license bundle of 100, 250 and 500 exams.
This cant be shared, split and transferred. This is for academic.
3. Exam Inventory Hybrid of 1st and 2nd forms.

500 licenses:
Failure
Student can take 2
Price

Solution: Bundle is Practice test + certified exam

GMetrix and Measureup: for Practice test: 2 to 4 dollars.
Certiport.com/go
Proctor, org admin, marketing

Training + Practice + Certification