Microsoft IT Academy

As a Microsoft IT Academy member you receive unlimited access to up to 250 award-winning Online Learning Courses that have been specially chosen to align with Microsoft IT Academy programs. Online Learning provides students with more hands-on practice through a multimedia learning experience. In addition to the Online Learning Program content, you also have access to the Digital Literacy Series.

Digital Literacy

Whether you are entirely new to computing or have some experience, this curriculum will help you develop a fundamental understanding of computers. From using the Internet, to sending e-mail, to creating a résumé, the Digital Literacy Curriculum helps you develop the essential skills you need to begin computing with confidence. No codes or Logins are needed to access this content.

Link to Digital Literacy Series

Microsoft IT Academy Online Learning Program

The Online or E-learning courses are more comprehensive and focused. Here is what you need to do to get started.

Determine which courses you would to take
Request access codes for those courses and access to the IT Academy site
After examining your course content, determine if you need to download any software.

I. Figure out which course you would like to take

There are two ways to structure your E-learning content, Through Career Paths and Single Courses and Collections.

Career Paths

If you are planning to take a certification exam or would like to work towards mastery of a certain job role consider the ICT Curriculum Road Map. ICT Road Map Job Roles include the following:

Desktop support technician	Systems engineer
Systems administrator	Business worker
Database administrator	New: Server administrator
Web or Windows developer	New: Enterprise administrator

Each job role has a list of Elearning courses associated with it. After completing all the courses of that road map, you will achieve competency in that area and be ready to take an exam. Courses available through the IT Academy are listed in the E-learning Column.

Link to Entire ICT Curriculum Road Map and Descriptions of Certifications

Single Subject Courses and Collections

You may elect to review a single subject such as Word 2007 or Windows Vista Configuration. Peruse the course list to see what is available.

Course List of all availabe E-learning Offers

II. Access Online Learning Program

Once you have noted which E-learning courses you would like to take, you need the Access Codes for that content

Request Desired Elearning Content Codes

Login to the Access Code Request site . If you do not have an account yet, select "Yes Help Me Login " You will be sent your credentials to your valid cma email.
Once inside the site, click on "Select Your Courses" and fill out the form , noting which courses are available.
You will then receive an email listing all the access codes you need for your content.

Enter Codes at IT Academy Site

Now that you have the access codes, go to the IT Academy Student Page.
Enter your access code. (You must repeat this process for each code).You will then be asked to sign in. If you have not created an account yet, this system will prompt you through the process.
You will then see your course content in the MyLearning page.

If you have any questions, please contact please submit a helpdesk ticket.

III. Download Free Software

Important Instructions for Downloading Software

If you select the Download option to receive your software, you will end up with aan ISO file.

ISO images are images of a disk containing all files as well as boot files necessary for automatically launching the installation wizard.

These files need to be burned to a disk specifically as an image, instead of a 'data' disk, which will extract the ISO into the required setup files. By burning the file to a disk as a data disk, you will simply end up with an .ISO file on the disk, which cannot be used for the installation.

Once you downloaded the software, you will end up with the ISO file which by default is saved in the C:\temp folder. You will have to burn it on a CD to make it “bootable.” You need a special software to do this. If you don’t have one, try the following:

A free disk burning program, Active@ ISO Burner, is available by NTFS.com that will allow you to burn ISO or disk images to a disk.

Download Active@ ISO Burner.
Instructions on how to use ISO Burner .

Additional disk burning programs can be downloaded free at the following link(s):
http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/dvdcdburning.shtml