Recently, I was asked to review a product "Adobe Photoshop 9A0-150 PrepKit". Made by uCertify, this software is aimed to get IT certification in Photoshop. I took up the challenge, and here is my review for the training product for Adobe Photoshop. I would quote uCertify on it,
The product featured a very clean and neat, with all information nicely organised. There are exams on the top (each featuring 15-100 questions), and a study helper, which nicely walks through basic tasks (introduction to layers) till advanced tasks (retouching and manipulating images)
Scrolling down a bit will get to "Study material". It features around 500 tutorials, which are presented in form of study notes, visual How-Tos, and articles.
Later on you find your progress tracker. You can go there anytime, and see in what exams you passed/fail, with what percentage.
"uCertify’s flagship product is our unique, smarter learning platform – the PrepEngine. It is an interactive, electronic learning platform that combines step-by-step, guided learning with realistic exam simulation for IT certification exams. Our mantra is “LEARN SMARTER, NOT HARDER”. This platform supports over hundreds of uCertify products reflecting this philosophy. We take pride in making our products easy to use, effective and fun. Learning is a big deal to us. We don’t just want to create software - we want to create software that rocks! We architect and build software that helps our customers learn the exam material so they really know their stuff! Our commitment to product quality, to our team and to our customers continues to differentiate us from our competition. A customer pass rate of over 98% over the past 15 years, backed by our industry leading 100% money back guarantee, is testimony to the quality of our products."
First Looks
The product featured a very clean and neat, with all information nicely organised. There are exams on the top (each featuring 15-100 questions), and a study helper, which nicely walks through basic tasks (introduction to layers) till advanced tasks (retouching and manipulating images)
Scrolling down a bit will get to "Study material". It features around 500 tutorials, which are presented in form of study notes, visual How-Tos, and articles.
Later on you find your progress tracker. You can go there anytime, and see in what exams you passed/fail, with what percentage.
At the end there are "tips" for you - a feature which I quite liked. You can scroll with the orange arrows...
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| "Don't Panic". Accident, or intentional? |
Exams and Study helper
At the top, you will find all of your exams, and in another tab there is the study helper.
Exams
The first exam, the practice exam, tests your basic skills, and tells you where you are weak/strong.
For other exams, you "learn" first, then give the exams.
There are around 400 questions, 5 exams.
Study Helper
The study helper first teaches you about a specific thing, (for example, layers) and then presents a mock test to you upon it.
Study Material
Study material section is TOO GOOD. It has a lot of tutorials, again, from basic to advanced. Tutorials come in the form of How-Tos (which are visual), study notes (sometimes with images) articles, study tips, and my favourite, "Key terms"
Key terms tell the full form of a word... Quite a nice Idea!
Tracking Progress
The software tracks all your progress, so you can go back, and see anytime where you failed, and on which questions did you fail.
Conclusion
Overall, it is a nice preparation software,with helpful tips, and will surely help you pass your IT exam.