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Types of Academies and Their Responsibilities

Q: What are the different types of Academies and their responsibilities in the Fundamentals of Web Design Academy Program?
A: There are three types of Academies: Local Academies, Regional Academies, and Cisco Academy Training Centers (CATCs).

Local Academies teach the curriculum to students. These are usually high schools/secondary schools and colleges, but can also be other agencies with education programs.

Regional Academies are usually colleges, but may also be high schools/secondary schools, education service centers and other agencies with education programs. Regional Academy instructors train and mentor Local Academy instructors in the operation of the program and the teaching of the curriculum.

CATCs are Cisco-selected Regional Academies that train instructors from other Regional Academies. CATC instructors get their training directly from Cisco.

CATCs and Regional Academies can also be Local Academies if they teach the curriculum to students.



Curriculum

Q: What is the general Web Design course description?
A: Fundamentals of Web Design focuses on the overall production processes surrounding Web site design with particular emphasis on design elements involving layout, navigation and interactivity.

Q: How many hours of instruction does the online curriculum include?
A: The curriculum contains 70-hours of instruction. About half of this time is spent using the instructor-facilitated online multimedia material and the rest is spent on lab exercises.

Q: How is the online curriculum provided to the students?
A: The online portion of the curriculum resides on a Web server at each Academy. Students access the curriculum from their workstations over the classroom LAN. Students will also have access to view the curriculum during non-classroom time.

Q: Are there any prerequisites for enrolling students or for instructors?
A: The curriculum assumes no prior knowledge of computers or networks on the part of the students. An eighth grade reading, writing and math proficiency is expected.

Local Academy instructors will find it helpful to have basic computer literacy and a general knowledge of the Web, but these are not absolutely necessary.

Regional Academy and CATC instructors should not only possess basic computer and Web literacy, but would also find it helpful to have some knowledge of Web design practices.

Q: Is the Web Design curriculum available outside the United States and any other languages?
A: The Web Design curriculum is only available in the United States and in English.

Q: What kinds of controls are there on course materials?
A: The curriculum is copyrighted. Access to the curriculum should be provided only to students enrolled in Networking Academy classes and the personnel within the institution offering the program.



Equipment

Q: What software is needed to teach the Web Design course?
A: Adobe Systems, Inc. is providing members of the Cisco Network Academy Program the latest Adobe software at a significant discount. The software for the Fundamentals of Web Design course includes Adobe Illustrator, Adobe LiveMotion, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere and Adobe GoLive.



Instructor Training

Q: How are Academy instructors trained?
A: Local Academies are trained by Regional Academies, Regional Academies are trained by CATCs and CATCs are trained by Cisco.

Q: Where is the training for Academy instructors held?
A: Training is typically conducted at Regional Academies and CATC training sites.

Q: How long is the Web instructor training?
A: Training for the Fundamentals of Web Design is 6 day.



Certification and Assessment

Q: What is the name of the certification that students earn who complete the Fundamentals of Web Design course?
A: The World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) has a Certified Web Design Apprentice (CWDSA) certification. The Fundamentals of Web Design will help prepare students to take this exam.

Q: Are Web Design students assessed as they progress through the curriculum?
Yes. Cisco has developed a state-of-the-art assessment system to provide students, instructors, administrators, and Cisco personnel with detailed data on student progress.




General Program Questions

Q: What sort of commitments do Academies make when they sign up for the program?
A: CATCs and Regional Academies sign contracts that list their commitments as well as Cisco’s commitments to them. The Regional Academy contract is available from AAMs or MDMs. The CATC contract is provided only to certain Cisco-selected CATC candidates. The relationship between Regional Academies and Local Academies is owned by the Regional Academy, which may or may not ask its Local Academies to sign a contract.

Q: What is the process of starting an Academy?
A: A school can begin the process of starting an Academy by filling out the Cisco Networking Academy Program online application.

Q: Where are the various Networking Academies located at?
A: For a complete list of Academies see the Academy Locator.

Q: Are for-profit training centers eligible for participation in the Program?
A: Yes, Cisco has created a special program to work with proprietary institutions known as the Accredited Career College Program. For details contact netacad-acc@cisco.com or the Accredited Career College FAQs.

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