Certification Overview
In the era of globalization, where life becomes difficult and world cannot run without World Wide Web, it is quite mandatory to learn the technology of web which will keep you ahead of others. This certification is for those individuals who want to develop the skills necessary to specialize in website design. The certification will help to test your skills in various areas like website development essentials, elements of web design, advance technologies for web designing and tools related to that. It also help's you to understand the web development process and also gives you an idea of latest technologies involved in the process. Clearing the certification will get in roles of consultants, designers in top level MNC's. The CIW certification started in 1997 and it's standard accepted by business worldwide. This certification is for people, who wants to make out a career in web technologies.
Who can do this Certification
This certification is basically meant for professionals who are planning a career in the field of Web and internet. The exam is best suited for indiviuals, who are planning a headstart career in the role of Web Designers, Internet Consultants, Software Developers, Marketing and Business professionals. There are notions among people about this certification, as individuals think that this exam is only for IT professionals, which is not true. This certification is also for professionals related to business, marketing and finance.
Benefits
Clearing this certification will put you in top notch companies as front runner in profiles like marketing manager, web and graphic designer, web entrepreneur, software application developer, internet consultant and so on. There are less availability of CIW web design professionals in current market, so getting certified in same will take you ahead from crowd. Today's industry work revolve around web, so getting things on top is a high priority. to get the thing's on top, all you require is upgradation of technologies. This only happens with right kind of resources, whose work is to implement latest technologies on projects. So companies are always's on the look for right kind of resources who have this "niche" knowledge. As new generation job market says "Work smart", this certification will take you many more ladders high in job market.
Associated Exam
The CIW Web Design Specialist certification is one of the certification which falls under the category of CIW Web Design Professional Exam. The other Exam which comes under the CIW Web Design Professional Exam is CIW E-commerce Specialist certification. Clearing both the certifications will automatically earn you CIW Web Design Professional. The best part of this certification is no pre exam to be cleared to sit for this certification.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required for taking CIW Web Design Specialist certification. Anyone who is interested and passionate for a career in internet technologies will benefit from earning this certification. However the certification exams are challenging, anyone who doesn't have a similar background, it is always advisable to enroll themselves for training programs. These programs will give you clear understanding of the technology and will help you in our certification. There are foundation courses available for beginner's and these will help in their certification exam. There are no prerequisites exam, which an individual needs to clear for this certification, however there are other certification's aswell which covers other aspect of web technologies. So it is always a good practice to increase your learning everytime.
Examination Overview
CIW Web design Specialist exam (1D0-520) underlined list of topics:
- Introduction and essential for Web Development
- Elements of Web Development process.
- Identification of legal and ethical issues in Web Development.
- Creation of design of a Website.
- Elements of Web design
- Introduction to Enhancing viewer experience.
- Insights on navigation, usability and accessibility.
- Technologies involved in Web Design
- HTML and X/HTML usage in web technologies.
- Usage on extended technologies.
- Introduction to GUI site development applications.
- Advancement of Web technologies
- Introduction to plug-in technologies.
- Insights on server-side programming.
- Database connections.
The Exam requires prior knowledge of Web Development Process and website creation. It includes topics like navigation, user accessibility. Understanding of topics HTML and X/HTML will help in certification exam for the individual.
The Web design specialist certification has multiple choice questions. The number of questions in the certification is 70 and the time duration for the certification is 75 minutes (One hour and fifteen minutes).
Passing the Exam will earn you a CIW Web design specialist certified Professional. A certified professional will have a skill set of essentials of web technology along with technologies involved in it.
Validity of the Certification
Unlike medicines which has expiry, CIW Web Design Specialist Certification has no expiry. Once you clear the exam, you are certified professional for life. However as we all know market changes all the time with enhancement in technologies. So to keep things updated with the industry, the certification exam content get enhanced periodically. So CIW always encourage participants to keep themselves updated with the market by taking newest version. This will keep you updated in job market place. CIW update's it's conent of certification according to market requirement on a timely basis, this gives indiviual's an edge over the others. The various certification conducted by CIW, covers each and everything which is related to jobs in markets.
Expert Review
There are lot of option's available in the market to become certified web professional. CIW offer's best in class certification to expand individual knowledge, accepted by worldwide business. Check the CIW website for more details on topics and individual exam.
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