Oracle Academy
Oracle Academy advances computer science education globally to drive knowledge, innovation, skills development, and diversity in technology fields.
Supporting Long-term Success for Students and Teachers
Each year, Oracle Academy reaches more than 3.5 million students in 120 countries. In our past fiscal year, we delivered nearly US$3.75 billion in resources to help prepare students for life and work in our modern technology-driven global economy.
Oracle Academy leverages Oracle’s global technology leadership to offer a complete portfolio of computer science education resources to secondary schools; technical, vocational, and two-year colleges; and 4-year colleges and universities, with the goal of helping students become college and career ready.
To support continuous computer science learning at all levels, we make available a variety of resources that can be used in the classroom and in not-for-profit academic course- and degree-related research, including technology, curriculum and courseware, student workshops, educator training, and Oracle industry certification and exam preparation materials. Students develop IT and business skills while using production software used widely across hundreds of industries, and educators keep pace with current technology through ongoing professional development.
Education is a prerequisite to community stability, economic prosperity, and future innovation, and students and educators who engage with Oracle Academy gain industry-relevant skills and knowledge that enrich their futures.
Certiport
Certiport is dedicated to helping people succeed through certification. Our globally recognized credentials are aimed at enhancing individual productivity, marketability, and value.
Certiport, a Pearson VUE business, was established in 1997 and is now the leading provider of certification exam development, delivery, and program management services. Certiport exams are delivered through an expansive network of over 14,000 Certiport Authorized Testing Centers worldwide.
Certiport delivers more than three million exams each year through the secondary, post-secondary, workforce, and corporate technology markets in 148 countries and 26 languages.
Certiport works with industry-leading certification providers to bring their programs successfully to market. With particular expertise in academia, we are able to create a unique go-to-market plan that drives global program performance. Certiport manages a sophisticated portfolio of leading certification programs including:
- Microsoft® Office Specialist
- Microsoft® Technology Associate
- Microsoft® Certified Educator
- Adobe® Certified Associate
- Autodesk® Certified User
- Autodesk® Certified Professional
- Intuit® QuickBooks Certified User
- IC3 Digital Literacy Certification
- Entrepreneurship and Small Business Certification
In addition, Certiport provides certification candidates with learning materials and certification practice tests to prepare them for high-stakes, career-oriented certifications.
Adobe Certified Associate (ACA)
Because creativity can change the world
Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) certification is the perfect place to recognize and inspire creativity in your students. It allows students to approach tasks and projects in new ways, working out solutions they couldn’t have seen before; and helping you as a teacher become involved with your student’s creative process on a new level.
ACA certification offers your students a foundation for success by validating their digital skills, and offering you the ability to assess your student’s progress, engagement, and involvement.
Value of ACA certification
Edelman Intelligence recently conducted in-depth research on the impact ACA certification can have on the success of an aspiring creative professional.
- Key benefits
- Measure success by incorporating exams into current courses
- Prove students hands-on knowledge through authentic assessment of application experience
- Meet the popular demand to validate skills in the Adobe applications
- Take advantage of today’s industry standard digital software and official Adobe certification
- Enhance your courses with free curriculum from Adobe Education, which maps to the exam objectives
- Resources to learn, practice, certify, and share
- Through Certiport’s full pathway solution you can prepare your students for ACA certification with tailored learning materials, practice tests, and Adobe endorsed certification exams. Adding these materials into your curriculum is easy and seamless.
Autodesk Certified User (ACU)
Strong design software skills are a great asset in both the academic and professional arenas. Teaching students to use state-of-the-art Autodesk® design software such as AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit, Maya, 3DS Max, and Fusion 360, along with providing Autodesk Certified User certification gives them a significant advantage in achieving college or career success.
The full pathway solution to ACU certification
Through Certiport’s full pathway solution you can prepare your students for ACU certification with tailored learning materials, practice tests, and Autodesk endorsed certification exams. Adding these materials into your curriculum is easy and seamless.
Autodesk Certified Professional (ACP)
Strong design software skills are a great asset in both the academic and professional arenas. Teaching students to use state-of-the-art Autodesk® design software such as AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Inventor, Revit, Maya, 3DS Max. Autodesk Certified Professional gives them an advantage to achieve college or career success.
The full pathway solution to ACP certification
Through Certiport’s full pathway solution you can prepare your students for ACU certification with tailored learning materials, practice tests, and Autodesk endorsed certification exams. Adding these materials into your curriculum is easy and seamless.
Entrepreneurship and Small Business
ESB is the first certification product in the new Certiport Business Fundamentals Certification Program. The ESB exam is intended for use primarily in academic settings including secondary schools, vocational schools, community colleges, and technical colleges.
Candidates for ESB certification will be expected to have key conceptual knowledge of entrepreneurial and small business principles, although it is not required for students to have had real-world experience as a small business manager in order to take and pass the exam. Successful completion of this certification will validate skills and knowledge for those students interested in working in a middle-skill trade profession as their own boss and those with entrepreneurship and small business career aspirations.
Why should students study and seek certification in ESB?
Whether it is a beauty salon in a large metropolitan city, a taco shop in a booming resort location, or a car repair garage in the suburbs, an incredible number of small businesses can be found almost everywhere. In fact, in a recent report from Business.com, “every minute a new business is started in the U.S. and according to some, more than 50% of all workers will be self-employed by 2020 .” (The State of Small Business in America , 2015, Business.com, emphasis added.)
ESB certification engages and prepares students who will pursue additional postsecondary training or those who elect to enter the small business sector immediately upon high school graduation. The entrepreneurial concepts validated by this certification ensure that these students are college and career ready.
The full pathway solution to ESB certification
Through Certiport’s full pathway solution you can prepare your students for the ESB certification with tailored learning materials, practice tests, and a performance-based certification exam officially endorsed by The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). Adding these materials into your curriculum is easy and seamless.
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) overview
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) 2016 provides industry-leading assessments of skills and knowledge through our new project-based testing, giving students and professionals real-world exercises to appraise their understanding of Microsoft Office.
This guarantees that every certified user has demonstrated the ability to command the full features and functionality of Microsoft Office, preparing them for future academic or workforce opportunities.
Microsoft Technology Associate
The Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certification is an entry-level credential that validates fundamental technology skills and knowledge among students and job-seekers who are pursuing a career in technology. MTA addresses a wide range of critical technology concepts with exams that are designed to assess and validate core technical concepts in three primary areas: Developer, Database, and IT Professional.
As the preferred path to Microsoft’s Certified Professional exams, such as Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), MTA is the ideal starting point for anyone interested in starting a career in technology.
Toon Boom Certified Associate (TCA)
Please be informed that Certiport is no longer selling Toon Boom Certified Associate (TCA) exams. Existing Certiport Authorized Testing Centers can continue to use their Certiport TCA exams with Certiport through 09 April 2019 or starting 01 July 2018 they can use their Certiport inventory with Toon Boom.
If you have taken a TCA certification at a Certiport Authorized Testing Center before 09 April 2019, you can continue to view your TCA certification information on Certiport.com and download a digital certificate.
Toon Boom creates award winning Animation software that is widely adopted and used worldwide. Many of the top television, movies, games and other animated programs are created using Toon Boom software. Now, you can set your students on a course towards unlimited opportunities in the world of animation by becoming a Toon Boom Certified Associate (TCA). If your students can imagine it, Toon Boom software can help them create it.
