| Pretty Pictures |
| #1 |
CIW course that focuses on design skills that teach students how to build and publish Web sites. |
CIW Web Design Specialist |
| #2 |
The process of getting your Web site to rank highly in a list of search engine results in a way that is considered “free,” “organic,” “editorial” or “natural.” |
search engine optimization (SEO) |
| #3 |
The CIW Web Design Specialist course introduces the learner to design applications such as Microsoft Expression Web, Adobe Dreamweaver and this application for creating and managing graphics. |
Adobe Fireworks |
| #4 |
An aspect of Web design taught in CIW Web Design Specialist that refers to the site user's experience, including the Web site’s aesthetics, navigation, usability and accessibility. |
Web design elements |
| #5 |
Technologies you can install that allow you to extend the capabilities of a Web browser. |
plug-ins |
| I’ll Buy That |
| #1 |
Three-word term used to describe traditional commerce when comparing it to e-commerce. |
brick-and-mortar |
| #2 |
A term that describes a type of commerce in which businesses perform transactions between each other. |
B2B (business to business) |
| #3 |
E-commerce software technology that allows site visitors to keep track of items they have selected for purchase and make changes to their selections before checking out. |
shopping cart |
| #4 |
The ability to find products, security in the transaction and site aesthetics are among the most important features of an e-commerce site. Another feature that is important for customer satisfaction is this. |
customer support or customer service |
| #5 |
CIW E-Commerce Specialist covers a broad spectrum of non-technical topics including Web marketing strategies, online product promotion and these legal topics. |
taxation and/or international shipping |
| Propeller Head |
| #1 |
A sophisticated animation development platform. Also a DC Comics superhero. |
Flash or Adobe Flash |
| #2 |
A non-technical intro course that some customers use as an intro tech course. Does not meet skills requirements for some states’ standards, and is not a CIW product. |
IC3 |
| #3 |
Term for a software application such as Blackboard, Angel, Moodle or CIW Online Learning Portal used for the administration, documentation, tracking and reporting of training programs. |
Learning Management System (LMS) |
| #4 |
Social engineering is an often-used method of obtaining this type of information, which is why CIW Internet Business Associate should be taught in every school. |
personal information |
| #5 |
Term for the delivery of computing as a service rather than as a product, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility (like the electricity grid) over a network (typically the Internet). |
cloud computing |
| Back to the Portal |
| #1 |
You get access to the CIW Online Learning Portal when you do this. |
purchase any CIW courseware |
| #2 |
This feature of CIW Online Learning Portal is enabled for identified instructors to help them track student progress. |
reports |
| #3 |
When students create their accounts in the CIW Online Learning Portal, they use this to gain access to the CIW courses they will be taking. |
access code |
| #4 |
Students get off to the right start preparing for a CIW certification exam when they first do this. |
take the CIW pre-assessment |
| #5 |
CIW Online learning resources that come with student courseware include pre-assessments, interactive exercises, Course Mastery, videos and these essential resources. |
student supplemental files |
| Blast from the Past |
| #1 |
I am currently taking the CompTIA A+ certification course. It is interesting that a lot of terminology I am seeing is the same as what I saw in this course. |
CIW Network Technology Associate or CIW Web Foundations Associate |
| #2 |
You may want to consider this CIW course as your introduction to digital citizenship. |
CIW Internet Business Associate |
| #3 |
To stay current with the Web design industry, it is becoming increasingly important to understand these three technologies and how they work together to present information on a Web site. |
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript |
| #4 |
CIW develops courseware and certifications based on job skills and standards recommended by the CIW Advisory Council, initiatives such as States Career Cluster, and this standards-based organization. You see this group mentioned in a lot of URLs. |
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) |
| #5 |
CIW is known as this type of solution because it provides everything the instructor needs to teach Internet technology job skills to students and get them certified. |
turnkey solution |
