Microsoft IT Academy

• Power Point posted at CNSE Dept Website.www.moorparkcollege.edu/cnse

Recognize attendees for asynchronous viewer follow-up.

Thank You

• Bill Goodman – Thank You for Video recording and coordinating the equipment setup for this presentation.

Presentation Overview• Campus Key Contacts• What is the IT Academy? • Curriculum Offerings• Key Features• Benefits- Tech Dept, Faculty, Students • Subscription Pool & First Step• Quick Curriculum Demo • Q & A

Campus Key Contacts• Legal Main Contact – Dean Dan Brown deals

with Grant/Contract adherence.• Vish Viswanath - VViswanath@vcccd.edu

Campus Program Admin who distributes and oversees “Access Codes”, etc.

• Ed Garcia – CNSE Associate Rep for CNSE deployment.

• CIS Rep – Position Open to facilitate/coordinate/collaborate on issues.

What is the Microsoft IT Academy?Microsoft curriculum which includes Corporate, Small Business, and Home User Microsoft Products Suite designed for Professional

Worker using E-Training.

Deployed Nation Wide

• Santa Barbara City College• Ventura• Moorpark• LA area• LA Independent Private Professional Training

Centers.• See Microsoft IT Academy “Find School” Link

Lots More Info• Google Microsoft IT Academy • Free Short Demo & Free Courses Link• Review Online Document Repository• Review Online FAQ• Similar to Microsoft’s Retail

Professional E-learning Series

Grant Awarded• Moorpark College Grant Recipient• $50,000 Award• Training material for Professional

Worker seeking Certification• Subscription to Curriculum provides

Online and downloadable modules for Offline instruction access.

Curriculum Offerings

• Office 2003 Specialist – Word, Excel, Access, PPT, Outlook, + other options (CIS)

• Comptia Certifications – Net+, A+ (CNSE)• Desktop Certification–Certification Track (CNSE)• MCSE + MCSA Certification Tracks (CNSE)• Developer – C#, Visual Basic, +.Net

(CompSci+CIS)

Key Features - Page 1• Curriculum can be 100% online, Hybrid or in

traditional classroom. Description: pre-built WebCT course with no student accounts but with broad learning styles. (Visual, Auditory, Task Completer, “Self-Assess” before continuing)

• Elabs+ Simulations + Mini-”Check for Understanding” at lesson completion. Interactions for students – Equipment simulator which emulates real world scenarios.

• Graphical Flash or Silverlight Illustrations with dynamic content , Audio feed(hear it /see it /do it - demonstration)

Key Features - Page 2

• Assessments that support Certification Prep ie: Task Completion, Online Labs, & Multiple Choice Exams.

• Integrated Flash exercises during the lesson to re-check understanding of key points.

• Student can reset and rerun Flash drill(s).

Grant Award => Essentials Track• Moorpark Grant => Essentials Option –

Certification Prep for Office Professional which provides Moorpark CIS dept with Microsoft based courses on Office products (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, Vista/XP, etc.

• Advanced Option IT Professional ($1,700 more/year) includes many Microsoft Certification courses such as Microsoft Engineer (7 courses), Microsoft Admin (4 courses), Exchange, Sql, etc. which are skills sought by industry and are currently offered by CNSE dept.

Current CNSE Curriculum• MCSE and MCSA programs currently uses a

piece meal model that is similar with E-labs, Certification focused lessons, Network Administration simulations, but not always from a single source.

• Requires product update efforts, lots of weekly lesson prep, constant Lab issues, etc. Recognize CIS courses have similar instruction designs with Elabs and Textbook Vendor support.

Benefits to Moorpark Tech Depts• Essentials Package –Great match for CIS since

includes Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint and XP basics, ETC.

• Market to student community new Microsoft IT Academy program. Ex: Indicate IT Academy Working Professional Series in Schedule of Classes.

• Students receive Microsoft Certificates upon course completion.

Faculty Benefits• Instructors have full access for Professional

Development and Certification• Access for Faculty/Students for e-reference

library. Other MSDN, etc materials.• Faculty Teaching tools• Leverage trend towards Hybrid learning

models.• Lots of courses offerings to expand learning

scope and expand into new curriculum.

Student Benefits (Same for Faculty)• Access to Professional Training Series normally

sold thru Microsoft E-learning Retail Channel• Hybrid courses that integrate various learning

styles.• Office Professional Track can be expanded• Office Professional – Update courses can be

offered.• Access to Library of resources + Technet, e-

library, MSDNAA

Recommendation – Further Discussion• CNSE - Pursue possible Advanced Designation.• CIS -Recommend integration with existing

courses using Essentials Curriculum and assess student Learning via Survey instrument & collaborated Faculty Feedback.

• Survey students upon completion of identified modules to assess and provide feedback to Dan/Pam about student experience and assess long term viability and deployment plan for specific courses. Vish/Ed/CIS Survey

First Step (???)• CIS - Contact Vish for Access Code allocation. • CIS & CNSE Faculty need Access Codes for

Faculty & student enrollment info. • Faculty - Review modules for Student Evaluation• Gather and collect feedback from Faculty to

assess benefits, issues for adoption, integration w/WebCT, survey students and identify issues.

• CIS Dept Rep needed to lead CIS Academy initiatives and collaborate with Vish, Dan, Pam

Subscription Pool

• Essentials Subscription pool handout • Lists courses available for Faculty to enroll

themselves.

Demo Time

• Lets go for a spin!

Q&A

• Dan• Brenda• Faculty• Lets discuss views + deployment plan