Comments on: CS3 Certified http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified information. instruction. insight. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:54:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Ammar Midani http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-1252 Ammar Midani Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:56:33 +0000 http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-1252 They said Adobe fixed it. http://photoshoptechniques.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26955&highlight=indesign They said Adobe fixed it.
http://photoshoptechniques.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26955&highlight=indesign

]]> By: Jack Martin http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-981 Jack Martin Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:26:17 +0000 http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-981 I'd like to be certified, but I'm also wondering what the point is. How are people using their certification after all the effort? To get better jobs? To prove you're qualified to teach? To show Dad you didn't waste his college money? :-) I’d like to be certified, but I’m also wondering what the point is. How are people using their certification after all the effort? To get better jobs? To prove you’re qualified to teach? To show Dad you didn’t waste his college money? :-)

]]> By: Michael Murphy http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-930 Michael Murphy Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:21:41 +0000 http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-930 Robbie -- The answer to this question -- which I get asked a lot -- is better suited to a full blog post than a comment. Look for that in a couple of days. I can only answer based on my own experience, but I think that's worth sharing with everyone who's seeking certification. Robbie –

The answer to this question — which I get asked a lot — is better suited to a full blog post than a comment. Look for that in a couple of days. I can only answer based on my own experience, but I think that’s worth sharing with everyone who’s seeking certification.

]]> By: Robbie L. Douglas http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-929 Robbie L. Douglas Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:36:40 +0000 http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-929 I am very interested in obtaining my Adobe Certification in InDesign CS3. Are there any practice exams that you would recommend to prepare for this certification. Thanks. I am very interested in obtaining my Adobe Certification in InDesign CS3. Are there any practice exams that you would recommend to prepare for this certification. Thanks.

]]> By: Joe Suraci http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-658 Joe Suraci Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:37:15 +0000 http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-658 Just for laughs, I have suggestion for an ACE-like test question: How many yellow lights can be seen on the Friendly Alien's spacecraft? a. 8 b. 9 c. 9, while pressing the Shift key d. 8 lights and 1 yellow anti-gravity flux capacitor Just for laughs, I have suggestion for an ACE-like test question:

How many yellow lights can be seen on the Friendly Alien’s spacecraft?
a. 8
b. 9
c. 9, while pressing the Shift key
d. 8 lights and 1 yellow anti-gravity flux capacitor

]]> By: Joe Suraci http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-654 Joe Suraci Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:42:06 +0000 http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-654 Michael- Ya know, that seems like a valid point. I have to say that was exactly the kind of insightful response I needed to make me put down my weapons and smile. Thanks. Michael- Ya know, that seems like a valid point. I have to say that was exactly the kind of insightful response I needed to make me put down my weapons and smile. Thanks.

]]> By: Michael Murphy http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-640 Michael Murphy Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:45:17 +0000 http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-640 As cynical as I know I can be, Chris, I'm not quite <em>that</em> cynical. I think if anyone who was just plain good in the application could pass this test, the "expert" certification would be diluted and mean far less. I don't think the test costs are excessive (and I've paid twice...once to fail and once to pass), or are really making Adobe much money in the big picture. And seeing as they are <a href="http://indesignsecrets.com/indesign-cs3-certification-exam-news.php" TARGET="_blank" rel="nofollow">giving people full credit to re-test for free</a> based on the problems with the first version of the test, this particular problem sounds like an embarrassing blunder, not a deliberate strategy. As cynical as I know I can be, Chris, I’m not quite that cynical. I think if anyone who was just plain good in the application could pass this test, the “expert” certification would be diluted and mean far less. I don’t think the test costs are excessive (and I’ve paid twice…once to fail and once to pass), or are really making Adobe much money in the big picture. And seeing as they are giving people full credit to re-test for free based on the problems with the first version of the test, this particular problem sounds like an embarrassing blunder, not a deliberate strategy.

]]> By: Chris Myers http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-638 Chris Myers Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:50:41 +0000 http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-638 It seems as with some other types of certification tests that the questions are moving along this line because the producers know people will pay to retake the test if they fail. It's a great way to make easy money for Adobe. It seems as with some other types of certification tests that the questions are moving along this line because the producers know people will pay to retake the test if they fail.

It’s a great way to make easy money for Adobe.

]]> By: Michael Murphy http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-626 Michael Murphy Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:05:56 +0000 http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-626 Joe -- I don't disagree with you in principle on any of what you've said. I was already doing my podcast for several months when I took my first certification and I failed it. Even when I passed the second attempt (and the re-certification recently), it wasn't a test I'd hang up on the refrigerator with pride. I think the test proves more about your ability to pass the test than it does in InDesign, but I will say this: I have noticed over time as I get asked more and more questions about the application, that I can trace back my ability to answer those questions to things I learned when studying the User Guide for the exam. So there's some benefit there, or at least there has been for me. I still think the tests are fundamentally flawed, but I wouldn't say they're entirely without some merit or value. Joe — I don’t disagree with you in principle on any of what you’ve said. I was already doing my podcast for several months when I took my first certification and I failed it. Even when I passed the second attempt (and the re-certification recently), it wasn’t a test I’d hang up on the refrigerator with pride.

I think the test proves more about your ability to pass the test than it does in InDesign, but I will say this: I have noticed over time as I get asked more and more questions about the application, that I can trace back my ability to answer those questions to things I learned when studying the User Guide for the exam. So there’s some benefit there, or at least there has been for me. I still think the tests are fundamentally flawed, but I wouldn’t say they’re entirely without some merit or value.

]]> By: Joe Suraci http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-625 Joe Suraci Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:59:08 +0000 http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/cs3-certified#comment-625 Hi all. I've just finished reading the 69 posts on the IDSecrets page and the 21 here. Between this page and that one, I am terrified to waste the money on the cert despite the revision. I am a teacher/designer and strongly disagree with Adobe's method of assessment. Semantic games alone do not produce a VALID test. I have read the practice questions and three letters come to mind on some questions, WTF! I have been using ID for years, though I knew the back and sides of it, but to my dismay I realize what makes me an EXPERT is my ability to MEMORIZE the Help file? What? How can you sit and read a help file word for word (btw, if anyone has a link to a printable version t'would be appreciated, lol). I believe expertise should be measured by one's ability to PROBLEM SOLVE (translation for people at Adobe: problem solve= find a solution to a specific problem) any potential "real-life" scenario in the software, and not to be required to memorize what every side note states in a help file. Absurd. Hi all. I’ve just finished reading the 69 posts on the IDSecrets page and the 21 here. Between this page and that one, I am terrified to waste the money on the cert despite the revision. I am a teacher/designer and strongly disagree with Adobe’s method of assessment. Semantic games alone do not produce a VALID test. I have read the practice questions and three letters come to mind on some questions, WTF! I have been using ID for years, though I knew the back and sides of it, but to my dismay I realize what makes me an EXPERT is my ability to MEMORIZE the Help file? What? How can you sit and read a help file word for word (btw, if anyone has a link to a printable version t’would be appreciated, lol). I believe expertise should be measured by one’s ability to PROBLEM SOLVE (translation for people at Adobe: problem solve= find a solution to a specific problem) any potential “real-life” scenario in the software, and not to be required to memorize what every side note states in a help file. Absurd.

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