Cisco Academy of Digital Signage (ADS)

• Media professionals who want to add a marketable credential to their skill set
• Content and media companies interested in creating digital signage formatted content
• Cisco Channel Partners who would like to expand their solution capabilities

• Skilled in rich media content creation and video production
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Flash
• Adobe Premiere
• Adobe Dreamweaver

Cisco Academy of Digital Signage (ADS) is a 2-day innovative education initiative that teaches media professionals how to create and optimize media content for digital signage. Cisco ADS provides an instructor-led course to help develop the skills needed to produce digital signage for every market and customer. You will learn the following concepts during the two day course:

• Content Creation will highlight best practices for creating high-definition, on-demand video, network-broadcasted and CCTV live video, multimedia and Web design, flash automations, still and animated images, text, dynamic content, and modular designs.
• Content Management instruction will focus on content control, organization, playlisting, scheduling, digital signage management, content rights and administration.
• Content Distribution will include best practices for content-delivery networking, store-and-forward, IP multicasting, content assessment, network and system readiness assessment, and streaming video (architecture, design and protocols).

If the attendee passes both the lab and written portions of the Exam they will become a Cisco Qualified Digital Signage Media Professional.