Adobe Illustrator Certification Study Guide

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Pathway to certification

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Adobe study packets

In preparation for the Adobe Certified Professional certification exams, Certiport and Adobe have put together a set of practice materials* and example exam items for you to review. These study materials were developed to help students and educators familiarize themselves with the key areas of the certification exam.

What you'll find in this packet are:

Topic areas and objectives for the exam
Practice materials with image assets
Practice exam item

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Curriculum and courseware

BrainBuffet (ACA Test Prep)

BrainBuffet provides targeted video-based tutorials for Adobe Creative Cloud products. Content-rich projects allow students to train by practicing using the software. Self-paced learning allows students to learn at their own rate to ensure they fully grasp the concepts and gain the skills necessary to pass the Adobe Certified Professional exams.

Video-based tutorials
Hands-on guided activities
Self-paced learning
Aligns with Adobe Certified Associate exams

Available for: Animate, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects

LearnKey

LearnKey is a premier global provider of education and training solutions for education, veterans, corporate/government, and personal users. For over two decades, LearnKey's mission has been to create flexible expert learning solutions - solutions that work for everyone because they are not only easy to use, but they are extremely engaging and interactive. LearnKey brings the classroom experience to you - where and when you need it.

Video-based e-learning courseware
Interactive labs
Prescriptive study guides

Available for: Animate, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, After Effects

Moore Solutions

The MSi curriculum is designed to address the needs of the K-12 and HED classrooms. The curriculum is engaging, hands-on, and user-friendly. It also aligns to industry certification exam objectives and can be cross-walked to your State course frameworks.

Students are assessed every step of the way reducing exam day surprise. Teachers can export grades from the LMS into the school district or institution grade book. Also, as the curriculum lives in the cloud, teachers can assign homework even if students don't have the course software on their home computers.

Available for: Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Animate

Pearson Learn ACA Series

This study guide uses more than 6 hours of video integrated with text to help students gain real-world skills to get started with Adobe Creative Cloud. It lays the foundation for taking the certification exams.

Integrated video tutorials

Available for: Animate, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Pro

Pearson Classroom in a Books Series

This best-selling series of hands-on software training books is updated annually and teaches the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Developed by the training experts at Adobe Systems, these books offer complete, self-paced lessons designed to fit your busy schedule and help you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Each book includes downloadable files to guide you through the lessons and special projects.

Integrated video tutorials

Available for: After Affects, Lightroom, Muse, Animate, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Pro

Wiley: Digital Classroom

You may be eager to learn how to use Adobe Creative Cloud tools, but you'd like to tackle it at your own speed. If so, this book-and-DVD learning combo is perfect for you. Engaging lessons, each including step-by-step instructions and lesson files backed by video tutorials, help you build solid skills at your own pace. It's like having your own personal instructor at your side.

Textbook (eBook or paperback)

Integrated video tutorials on DVD

Available for: Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Pro

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*These materials are not comprehensive across all the exam objectives.

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