Table of Contents:
- New Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) Certifications:
- Existing ACP Certifications:
- Importance of Perkins Program and ACE endorsements:
- Adobe Digital Academy partner courses
- Coursera
- LinkedIn Learning
- YouTube
- Support for educators interested in certification:
- Certification exam costs:
- Emerging importance of digital credentials:
New Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) Certifications:
- Content Creation & Marketing Using Adobe Express
- Document Creation & Management Using Acrobat Pro
- Product and Experience Design with AI Using Adobe Firefly
Existing ACP Certifications:
- Visual Design Using Photoshop
- Graphic Design & Illustration Using Adobe Illustrator
- Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign
- Digital Video Using Adobe Premiere Pro
- Visual Effects & Motion Graphics Using Adobe After Effects
- Multiplatform Animation Using Adobe Animate
- Web Authoring Using Adobe Dreamweaver
Importance of Perkins Program and ACE endorsements:
- ACE (American Council on Education) evaluates various educational programs, including corporate trainings, exams, certifications, and nontraditional education experiences.
- ACE endorses programs that help learners access higher education and employment opportunities. Students completing ACE-approved courses and certifications can earn college credits.
- All seven of Adobe’s current certifications have ACE endorsement.
- Perkins Program aims to improve career-technical education: 1) It integrates academic and career-technical instruction. 2) Serves special populations and addresses gender equity needs. 3) Evaluates certification programs, maintains state-approved lists, and allocates funding to educators. 4) Many K12 certification customers fund their classrooms through Perkins.
Adobe Digital Academy partner courses
Choose how you want to learn the AI, creative, and marketing skills employers want. Browse Adobe Digital Academy courses across Coursera, LinkedIn Learning, and YouTube, from quick tutorials to full courses and certificates here.
Coursera
Earn Adobe certificates and specializations through Coursera. Access the full course menu here.
Professional Certificates
- Adobe Content Creator Professional. Link to course.
- Adobe Graphic Designer Professional. Link to course.
- Adobe Marketing Specialist. Link to course.
Specializations
- AI-Powered Content Marketing and Strategy. Link to course.
- Adobe Digital Marketing Strategy. Link to course.
- Build Your Creative Business Using Adobe Tools. Link to course.
- Create and Enhance Visuals With AI. Link to course.
- Creative Design Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat. Link to course.
- Generative AI for Creative Workflows. Link to course.
- Generative AI in Adobe Creative Cloud. Link to course.
- Photoshop: Image Editing, Compositing and AI. Link to course.
- Social and Multimedia Content Creation. Link to course.
Adobe Certified Professional Specialty Credentials: Supercharge your creativity and career growth by earning industry certifications for multiple Adobe Creative Cloud apps. If you’re a multidisciplinary creator who can work across products or formats, the possibilities are endless. Specialty credentials are automatically awarded to Adobe Certified Professionals who complete an eligible pair of certifications. All certifications except Adobe Express must be earned through live-in-the app exams (2018 or later) to qualify. Learn more and sign up here.
LinkedIn Learning
Access the following Adobe Digital Academy courses directly within LinkedIn Learning. Link to full course menu: here
- Storytelling through short-form video: link to course
- Data Storytelling with Adobe Express: link to course
- Social Media content creation with Adobe Express: link to course
- Introduction to generative AI with Adobe Express: link to course
- Presentation design with Adobe Express: link to course
YouTube
Access free Adobe courses via YouTube here: link to full course menu
- AI Tools for Creatives Powered by Adobe Firefly: link to course
- Multichannel Content Marketing: link to course
- AI Foundations for Creativity: link to course
- Intro to Generative AI: link to course
- Design Fundamentals with AI: link to course
Support for educators interested in certification:
Educators interested in establishing certifications programs can:
- Use exam guides tailored to each certification as a curriculum blueprint or study tool for their students. An exam guide for the new Acrobat Pro exam is in development. The exam guides can be found under the links above for each different exam/product.
- Access the free Teaching Resources and Professional Learning opportunities on the Adobe Education Exchange.
- Take advantage of free exam opportunities at Certiport’s CERTIFIED conference and Adobe MAX.
- Take our free Certifying Adobe Skills in the Classroom course.
- Utilize the Adobe Creative Careers Curriculum - a series of projects designed to support educators who teach creative media applications to students.
- Access training materials and resources through Certiport from vendors like Brain Buffet and LearnKey.
Certification exam costs:
- Certiport offers education discounts via volume purchasing.
- Site licenses are available for institutions and test centers.
- For more details, you can contact Certiport’s global sales team or reach out to Emily Simas at Adobe for an introduction (simas@adobe.com).
Emerging importance of digital credentials:
Read more about the emerging importance of digital credentials here.