Microsoft Imagine Academy

Providing benefits for students, educators, academic institutions, and your community.

The Microsoft Imagine Academy program provides educational institutions with access to a full curriculum solution for teaching technology courses and learning tools designed to help teachers gain technology skills. It also helps students achieve success through employability and industry certification. Membership is open to all accredited educational institutions

Benefits of the Microsoft Imagine Academy include:

Curriculum

• Online Learning courses (more than 200 courses)
• Digital Study Guides – mapped to certification
• Customizable lesson plans
• Digital literacy

Certification

• Academic discounts on Certification exams
• Validate student technology skills: – Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) – Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) exams – Microsoft Certifications Solutions Associate/ Expert (MCSA/MCSE)
• Microsoft Certified Educator (MCE) exams measure competency in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
• Become a testing centre and offer onsite exams
• Certification Roadmap

Educator and Staff Professional Development

• Guides and exam vouchers for Educators: – Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) – Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) – Microsoft Certified Educator (MCE)
• Teaching with Technology Curriculum
• Microsoft Certified Trainer program discount
• Online Learning access

Resources and partnership

• Microsoft Imagine Academy member website: – Program information, support materials, and resources – Posters to promote Microsoft Imagine Academy with students – Marketing materials, press kits, and videos
• Customizable, print-ready Certificate of Completion
• Program Logo

Institutions receive:

• Reduced costs and maximized IT assets
• Highly-relevant offerings
• A STEM education solution attracting top students and faculty

Educators receive:

• Access to well-designed relevant curriculum
• Time-savings options
• Engaged and skilled students

Students receive:

• Real-world education
• College readiness and employability
• Valuable industry credentials

Microsoft Certification

Skills for success

With Microsoft Certification, educators can validate their students’ technology skills, and students can prove their proficiency.

Students will gain a lifetime of benefits by earning a Microsoft Certification:

They will be able to:

• Demonstrate their skills on the latest technologies
• Have a firm measure and increased confidence in their skills
• Achieve a greater degree of success in their pursuit of higher education or a career
• Gain recognition among peers and employers, and a distinct edge in the competitive job market
• Chart a career development path for ongoing Microsoft skills

Self-Study and Classroom Content for these Skill Focus Areas:

Productivity:

• Digital Literacy
• Windows
• O365
• Word
• PPT
• Excel

Computer Science:

• Programming Basics
• Programming Concepts
• Application Development

IT Infrastructure:

• Managing Infrastructure for Cloud
• Clients
• Devices
• Databases
• and 0365

Certification site packs validate student technology skills

• Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Site Pack* — Vouchers per pack: 500
• Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) Site Pack* — Vouchers per pack: 250
• Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Class Pack* — Vouchers per pack: 30

Microsoft Volume Licensing: a simple way to buy

Order your annual Microsoft Imagine Academy program membership and Microsoft Certification exam vouchers through Microsoft Academic Volume Licensing and receive a complete technology education solution.

By using your same reseller and the convenient tools you use for other Microsoft software and services, it truly is a simple way to buy.

How do I get started?

Contact your Academic Licensing Reseller or visit:

www.microsoft.com/imagineacademy

* Vouchers per pack are associated with Volume Licensing

Microsoft Imagine Academy Video