{"id":29312,"date":"2016-05-17T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=29312"},"modified":"2016-05-18T08:28:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T12:28:58","slug":"greatly-increase-ability-become-solidworks-certified-mysolidworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2016\/05\/greatly-increase-ability-become-solidworks-certified-mysolidworks.html","title":{"rendered":"Greatly Increase Your Ability to Become SOLIDWORKS Certified with MySolidWorks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most common questions we receive regarding SOLIDWORKS certification is \u2018What\u2019s the best way to study for an exam?\u2019\u00a0 Our first suggestion is to direct users to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/my.solidworks.com\/training#getcertifiedJump\" target=\"_blank\">MySolidWorks.com<\/a><\/strong> where they can find loads of videos designed to help them prepare for the Certification exams.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015 we offered a special certification promotion via MySolidWorks. The promotion included open access to <a href=\"https:\/\/my.solidworks.com\/training\/path\/13\/cswa-sample-exercises\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>preparation materials<\/strong><\/a> and quizzes associated with preparing for the CSWA exam.\u00a0 Typically the CSWA exam has a pass rate of around 65%, but thanks to last year\u2019s special offer providing access to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/my.solidworks.com\/training\/path\/13\/cswa-sample-exercises\" target=\"_blank\">preparation materials<\/a><\/strong> on MySolidWorks last year <em><strong>the exam pass rate increased to nearly 85%<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/cswa_mysw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/cswa_mysw.jpg\" width=\"780\" height=\"521\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a SOLIDWORKS customer who has an <strong>active<\/strong> <strong>Subscription Service contract<\/strong>, you have access to <strong>MySolidWorks Standard <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/my.solidworks.com\/?&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>when you log into or join MySolidWorks<\/strong><\/a>, which provides access to the preparation materials designed to help you become a Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate.\u00a0 The materials walk you through the related topics found in the CSWA exam.\u00a0 In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/my.solidworks.com\/?&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>MySolidWorks Standard<\/strong><\/a> gives you access to more than 600 product tutorial videos, online storage services for sharing designs, and a worldwide network of manufacturers who can help bring designs to life.<\/p>\n<p>If the thought of exams and studying sends shivers down your spine remember this: since introducing the CSWA program on <a href=\"https:\/\/my.solidworks.com\/training\/path\/13\/cswa-sample-exercises\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>MySolidWorks<\/strong><\/a>, users who completed the preparation course have experienced a 20% greater success rate of passing the exam on their first try than those who have not reviewed the preparation materials.<\/p>\n<p>What are you waiting for?\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/my.solidworks.com\/training\/path\/14\/cswa-exam-prep-course\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Start preparing to be a Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate now<\/strong><\/a> or enhance your SOLIDWORKS skills with <a href=\"https:\/\/my.solidworks.com\/training\/catalog\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>online product tutorial videos<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Simply <a href=\"https:\/\/my.solidworks.com\/training\/path\/14\/cswa-exam-prep-course\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a> and log in or join.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/my.solidworks.com\/?&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/3ds_2016_swk_mysolidworks_webbanner_961x250.jpg\" width=\"961\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how you can increase your ability to pass the Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate exam by taking advantage of preparation materials available on MySolidWorks.<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2016\/05\/greatly-increase-ability-become-solidworks-certified-mysolidworks.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":29310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,58,18],"tags":[148,162,1090],"class_list":["post-29312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-certification","category-mysolidworks","category-solidworks","tag-cswa","tag-mysolidworks","tag-solidworks-certification"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}