ECDL ImageMaker
ECDL ImageMaker has been specifically designed for people who wish to acquire the skills to work with digital images, without having to commit to the time and expense of a professional-level digital image editing certification.
Developed by ECDL Foundation, ECDL ImageMaker is a certification designed to give you the knowledge required to use and manipulate digital images.
ECDL ImageMaker gives you the practical skills you need to get the most out of your digital images. This makes ECDL ImageMaker an ideal certification for second-level students, small businesses, community groups or individuals.
Who is ECDL ImageMaker for?
ECDL ImageMaker is an ideal certification for:
- Second-level students
- Small businesses
- Community groups
- Individuals
ECDL ImageMaker requires approximately 20-30 hours of tuition followed by the successful completion of a simple 45 minute test.
Benefits of ECDL ImageMaker
With the arrival of digital cameras, computers, scanners, camera phones and digital image manipulation software, everyone now has the opportunity to work with digital images for a variety of purposes. The possibilities are endless - if you understand the main concepts of digital images and have the skills to manipulate and edit them. Until now, acquiring those skills has involved committing to professional or third-level programmes.
Now the introduction of ECDL ImageMaker offers Candidates the opportunity to acquire the skills to work with digital images without having to commit to the time and expense of a professional-level digital image editing certification.
- Simple, easy-to-follow programme
- Explains the concepts behind digital images
- Gives a solid grounding in working with digital images
- Can be applied to a variety of digital image editing software from professional packages to 'freeware'
- A quality certification developed with input from international Subject Matter Experts
- Certifies best-practice in basic digital image editing
- Backed by the international reputation of ECDL Foundation
How does the ECDL ImageMaker programme work?
When Candidates register to sit for an ECDL ImageMaker test they purchase a Registration Number. The Registration Number fee incorporates the external marking by ECDL Malta and the issue of the ECDL ImageMaker certificate.
Registration Numbers may be purchased from any accredited ECDL ImageMaker Test Centre. Only an accredited Test Centre can carry out testing and issue Registration Numbers. Test Centres are approved and monitored by ECDL Malta.
Tests
- The ECDL ImageMaker test is undertaken at the computer at an accredited ECDL Test Centre. Candidates are provided with a test paper that contains a set of questions. Candidates work through these questions on the computer.
- The duration of each test is 45 minutes. No books or other help may be used during the tests.
- The tests are marked externally by ECDL Malta.
- The pass mark for each module is set to be 75%.
- Candidates failing the ECDL ImageMaker tests are allowed to retake the tests at the same Test Centre. Candidates are encouraged to attempt the sample test papers before taking tests.
- Any candidate who is not satisfied with the assessment process of his/her ECDL ImageMaker test is encouraged to discuss his/her concerns with the Test Centre. If s/he is not satisfied with the outcome of these discussions, s/he is encouraged to send an email/letter to ECDL Malta explaining his/her concerns. A fee will be charged for revision of tests.
Syllabus
At present all tests are based on ECDL ImageMaker Syllabus 1.5 in PDF* format.
The ECDL Foundation has launched a new syllabus for ImageMaker in October 2009. The new syllabus was developed to ensure that the ECDL ImageMaker certification programme, which was originally developed in 2004, continues to reflect advances in technologies and current practices of users of image editing applications.
The main principles underlying the revision of the syllabus were the need to accomodate changes in the usage of applications in today's fast developing ICT world, to reflect the typical behaviour of users in this domain, and to ensure seamless integration with ECDL Core Syllabus 5.0.
The ECDL ImageMaker qualification has been renamed ECDL Image Editing to keep with the naming approach used in other ECDL Core modules e.g. ECDL Word Processing and ECDL Spreadsheets.
Local Test Centres will be able to offer testing on the new syllabus during 2010. More details will be made available on this page.
The ECDL Image Editing Syllabus 2.0 is available here in PDF* format.
*You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDF files on your system.
Sample Tests
In order to download the ImageMaker Sample Paper files to your PC, do the following:
- Select the ImageMaker Sample Paper link provided below
- In the dialogue box that appears, select "Open this file from its current location"
- In the dialogue box that appears, select the required path to extract files to.(e.g. C:/My Documents)
- This will extract all the files into the chosen folder above ( you may require a compressed folder extraction tool e.g. jZip)
- In this folder, open the files and follow instructions.
ECDL ImageMaker Sample Test Papers
How to get Started
Contact one of the locally accredited ECDL ImageMaker Test Centres.
