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Flashcards. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

OK CINers. I'll confess. I build and distribute flashcards to my students. I've been using Quizlet for years. In 1-on-1 engagements, it has always worked well. It's always handy to have a flashcard deck available for small-group training so students can interact, compete, and demonstrate what they've learned. I've found that I sometimes have to monitor the level of competitiveness in some small group settings. When I have too many Type-A personalities, I'll team people up (I pick the teams) to diffuse that. The problem is that some of my students have started distributing my flashcards. Without asking, and after I asked them not to. Quizlet has no DRM solution to limit sharing. And if that wasn't bad enough, somebody tried selling one of my decks, and Quizlet sent me a 'That's Not Allowed' notice.

What tools are other CINers using for flashcards? I've heard of Anki. I have a friend who uses and swears by Notion. Thoughts? Comments?
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CIN TTT Series: AI Fundamentals

Join us for the CIN TTT series covering the new CompTIA AI Fundamentals Compcert course. Our guest instructor, @Jill West, will lead us through the four-session series covering the course objectives and provide hands on examples as you strengthen your AI skills. We will discuss how to cover the content with students and suggest various labs to let students gain hands-on experience using AI safely, effectively, and responsibly.

AI Fundamentals is a credit-bearing, hands-on course designed specifically for the academic market to help institutions teach students how to understand and use artificial intelligence safely, effectively, and responsibly. This three-credit course equips non-technical learners with foundational AI literacy and practical skills that are increasingly required across academic programs and entry-level careers, regardless of major.

What: CIN TTT Series: AI Fundamentals
When: July 13th - July 23rd, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Who: Jill West, Professor, Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Where: ON24
Register Here

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CertMaster Competency Assessments

Competency exams in the the CertMaster Perform courses are used by individuals to help prepare themselves for the actual certification exams. They can also be used, in an academic environment as a final exam for the course, if the certification exam is not used.

The CompTIA CertMaster Practice product is a great practice exam package that can help prepare students for the actual certification once they have completed their coursework. This tool allows students to focus in on particular domain they may need more practice with and offers timed exams to help them get used to working in the timed exam environment.

Employers will look for the CompTIA certifications as proof of job skill readiness, as they have industry recognition.

Passed Security+ 701!!

771/750

Great exam overall. Passed the 401 in 2018. This will be my 2nd Trifecta. Passed A+ and Network+ in 2023
This is now a Course I can teach at my school using Testout In the future!

Super excited. Cysa+ 003 next up
Congratulations!

CySA+ 004 goes live on June 23, 2026. Why don't you take that one instead of the 003?

CIN TTT Essentials Series: CompTIA AI Essentials & AI Prompting

There is a Competency Certificate. View attachment 2638
I downloaded that, but I want to submit it through CompTIA's Certification/Certificate portal to use the badge for my signatures, etc. @Stephen Schneiter sorry to tag you, but I'm really curious if there is a way where we can upload the Competency in AI essentials and AI Prompting under the CompTIA Certification area and is there a way to have it in our profiles so we can use the badges in our email signatures, etc.
-Also is there going to be a point where Credly recognizes the CompTIA Certificate of Competency?

I did try to contact CompTIA and they told me there wasn't a way to add it in, but there is a Certification/Certificate section. I'm just not sure who would handle this :(

CIN TTT Series: CySA+ V4

Thanks, i like the Slides from the Presenter more then from CompTIA.
but i really hope that the PDF get a Chapter OVerview and numbered Moduls.
Also that CompTIA fixes some of the errors in the slides and text. Some are really wrong..
Sad that the slides have less graphics then V3 for some topics..

CertMaster Competency Assessments

Looking for guidance for use of Competency Exams for CertMaster Perform courses. Are the Competency Assessments certs for courses like Pentest, CySA, Sec+, etc.. used by individuals or employers?

There is also practice exams in the courses that seem just as good if not a better tool for the student's to gauge their own level of preparedness before taking an actual certification exam.
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