NewTek Software’s Free Curriculum

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NewTek is a software company that creates a number of live and post-production video tools as well as visual imaging programs. Many people know NewTek from their popular visual imaging software Lightwave 3D. Beyond Lightwave, NewTek also creates video production software such as TriCaster, 3Play, and TalkShow Skype. They also offer a great 3D Sculpting Solution called ChronoSculpt. And, lastly, they have 3D Motion software called NevronMotion. With such a wide variety of software and hardware solutions, NewTek has a lot to offer, including free curriculum and tutorials for students and teachers.

NewTek’s curriculum resources offer a wealth of information. Much of their learning resources are centered on NewTek Certification. NewTek certification ensures that potential employers know that you are familiar with the hardware and software that is utilized in post-production and live video broadcasting all across the industry. To become certified, you must pass an exam that covers a wide range of topics related to the NewTek products.

NewTek Curriculum Features

NewTEKThe NewTek Curriculum is broken down into 3 sections:

  • First, they have Video Notes, which is an outline of the many video tutorials available from NewTek. The Video Notes seek to highlight the important points from the video tutorials that will assist you in preparing for certification.
  • Next, they have an Activities section. The activities section provides the framework for different activities that cover the workflow of the NewTek products. Students are to use the activities section under the guidance of an instructor to help them get hands on with the products and to be better prepared for the certification exam.
  • Lastly, they offer an Instructor Guide. This provides the instructor with notes, video outlines, activities summaries, and answers to the Activities Masters Questions. It also helps instructors by making it more efficient to teach the material.

Tutorials and Other Resources

On top of the Curriculum documents, NewTek offers a wide variety of video tutorials for their products. These videos can be used by teachers and students and they will also be referenced in the Video Outlines document from the curriculum. Likewise, they offer Study Guides for their certification exams. The Study Guides are incredibly useful because they break down exactly what topics the exam will cover and what students should be studying before going into the exam. This ensures that students can focus on the important topics that NewTek wants their certified operators to be familiar with. Lastly, they also include User Guides for their products. User Guides are rather lengthy, but they cover everything there is to know about the specific product. Think of the User Guide as an Instruction Manual that typically comes with any other product you may purchase.

I want to reiterate that all of these learning resources can be found on this page. I think it’s important to note that they only have curriculum and training materials for certain products. Much of their training material relates to certification for their hardware solutions. If you want to find learning resources for software such as Lightwave, you have to check out their learning section on the Lightwave website. The learning resources for Lightwave aren’t organized in quite the same way as the other NewTek products. However, there is still a lot of great information to help you get started with Lightwave and to help you become a better user of the software.

In conclusion, NewTek offers a lot of opportunity and support for their products. Their in-depth curriculum and training resources will help ensure that your students get the experience they need to help them find a job after school. Be sure to see what they have to offer. Happy teaching!

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