Our Certifications & Standards
What “Quality” Means in IT Certification Training
The IT training market is large and uneven. A learner shopping for a certification course will find options ranging from a $15 video subscription to a $4,000 instructor-led program — and the difference in outcome quality is not always obvious from the marketing. Boost eLearning publishes our standards here because we believe organizations making training investments deserve to know exactly how the content they are purchasing was built and by whom.
Instructional Design Methodology
Every Boost eLearning course is designed around our Skills-Retention framework: Skills Development, Retention, and Application. This is not a brand name for a standard approach — it represents a specific instructional sequence applied to each learning objective in every course.
- Skills Development: Concepts are introduced with technical precision, vendor-accurate terminology, and worked examples. No padded content, no re-reading bullet points aloud.
- Retention: Spaced repetition, concept-check exercises, and structured review points are built into the course architecture. Learners encounter key ideas multiple times in varied contexts before they are assessed.
- Application: Live Labs and scenario-based exercises require learners to execute — not recognize — the skills covered. Post-training reinforcement resources extend the retention window beyond the class itself.
Courses are reviewed against active exam blueprints at least once per certification release cycle and updated within 30 days of a vendor publishing a revised exam outline.
Instructor Certification Requirements
Boost eLearning instructors are required to hold active, verifiable certifications in the subject areas they teach. An instructor delivering a Cisco course must hold a current Cisco certification at or above the level of the course. AWS, Microsoft, CompTIA, PMI, EC-Council, and Red Hat courses carry the same requirement.
Instructor candidates also complete a structured onboarding process that includes a technical skills review, a live teaching assessment, and review of our instructional standards before they deliver any Boost eLearning course. Ongoing quality review is conducted through learner feedback, peer observation, and annual certification verification. Learn more about our instructor community on the Vendor & Training Partners page.
Content Quality Process
Courses go through a multi-stage review before publication: subject-matter review by a second certified instructor, instructional design review against the Skills-Retention framework, Live Lab testing against the current software versions specified in the exam blueprint, and a final editorial pass for clarity and accuracy. Courses are not published when they pass a minimum quality threshold — they are published when every stage is complete.
Accessibility: WCAG 2.1 AA
Boost eLearning is committed to meeting WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards across our online learning platform. This includes captioned video content, keyboard-navigable course interfaces, sufficient color contrast, alt text for instructional images, and accessible Live Lab interfaces. We publish a dedicated Accessibility Statement and welcome feedback from learners who encounter barriers.
Vendor Authorizations
Boost eLearning maintains authorized and aligned partner relationships with the major IT certification vendors whose exams our courses prepare learners for. These relationships ensure that our course content is developed against official exam objectives, that our instructors meet vendor certification requirements, and that we have access to current exam blueprint updates before they are widely published.
Our vendor partner program is detailed on the Vendor & Training Partners page. Vendor partnership is not a marketing designation at Boost eLearning — it is the mechanism by which we keep content accurate and instructors qualified.