Rick Butler said:

If you look on the Proof of Participation, you'll see the number of CEUs and which exams they will credit.

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Thank you for the reply. I guess I was hoping for a list of known TTT sessions that cover Network+. That way, I don't have to start participating in various ones only to find out they do (or don't) count towards it.

Have a great night.
Patrick.

Patrick Dickey said:

Hi, everyone,

I passed my Network+ in June 2024. In July, I took the Train The Trainer for Network+ 10-009 (I had tested under the 008 test). It was ten sessions for a total of 20 CEU credits. My question is what other TTT courses would count towards the Network+ CEU credits? Would DataX, Security+, or others count?

Thanks and have a great night.
Patrick.

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Just take the Sec+ exam. It renews the A+ and Net+ cert.

Patrick Dickey said:

My question is what other TTT courses would count towards the Network+ CEU credits? Would DataX, Security+, or others count?

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If you look on the Proof of Participation, you'll see the number of CEUs and which exams they will credit.

Thank you very much @Stephen Schneiter for this update. This is really helpful.

Congratulations

Congratulations that's very nice!

Jerry93 said:

In the Sneak Peak, you mentioned that the Data+ V2 will launch in October 2025 but an exact date is yet to be determined.

I'm just wondering when the exact date will be announced as well as the exact retirement date for the Data+ V1 exam.

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Hi @Jerry93, great question! I requested an update, and here is the information I received. The Data+ V2 certification is expected to launch publicly on October 14, 2025, and the Data+ V1 certification exam will retire in Q2 of 2026.

Learning content for V2 will also be available on the 14th of October with the exam launch. I hope this helps!

Stephen Schneiter said:

You can use this link to view the on-demand session. https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/5040933/545BD5A60C29D3E52561E218C7D80FB9

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Hi Stephen

In the Sneak Peak, you mentioned that the Data+ V2 will launch in October 2025 but an exact date is yet to be determined.

I'm just wondering when the exact date will be announced as well as the exact retirement date for the Data+ V1 exam.

Thanks so much!

Marais Viljoen said:

I missed the Data+ V2 sneak peek. I would love to see the video. Is there a link to watch it?

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You can use this link to view the on-demand session. https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/5040933/545BD5A60C29D3E52561E218C7D80FB9

Stephen Schneiter said:

Hello @Marais Viljoen, the date for Data+ DA0-002 has not been set yet. The exam is not scheduled to launch until later this year. Once we have more information on the actual launch date, we will begin scheduling the TTT series for it. Stay tuned here in the CIN community for the announcement once finalized.

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Thanks @Stephen Schneiter, I missed the Data+ V2 sneak peek. I would love to see the video. Is there a link to watch it?

Rick Butler said:

That's the only way I can see getting that done. 100% didactic - death by powerpoint.


You won't find it there - those kinds of things will be in the original curriculum offering for instructors. The CIN resources would just be things that instructors would share with one another (hints, training ideas, homegrown materials, etc) as well as Train the Trainer presentations.

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hahahahha Couldn't agree more about Death by PowerPoint, anyway, thanks everyone for your assistance, and help, I really appreciate it

Just registered, hope I'm not too late.

Gregory Childers said:

I agree that the 8570/8104 was poorly implemented. There should be exemptions for people in non-technical positions.

That being said, I can't condone cheating. It devalues the certification for everyone who put forth the hard work and honest effort to pass.

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On that, we agree.

I've mentioned a story before where a colleague was talking smack because he had the CASP+ and I didn't. Well, eventually, I worked up and got there. He had to retake his and...well...he didn't do so well. Then I found out he was another braindump chump - where I busted my tail to get mine. Walked out of the test center with a throbbing headache but I had passed.

Suffices to say, kids, don't be a chump. Pass the cert right and the throbbing headache will be worth every bit - at least until you get home and pop a couple Excedrin.

jasoneckert said:

Had a dusty old voucher lying around from the last TTT — figured I should probably use it before it expired and turned into digital compost.

This exam actually had a suspicious number of networking questions on it...

Props to the TTT session for giving me just enough of a guilt trip to schedule it.
Now back to pretending subnetting is fun in front of students.

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Teach them Magic Number subnetting and be their hero

I agree that the 8570/8104 was poorly implemented. There should be exemptions for people in non-technical positions.

That being said, I can't condone cheating. It devalues the certification for everyone who put forth the hard work and honest effort to pass.

Congratulations

Gregory Childers said:

When the A+/Net+/Sec+ trifecta were transitioning from "good for life" certifications to CE certifications, I was teaching a lot of CompTIA classes on military bases.

At one particular base, I was teaching Sec+. The class was engaged. They were asking pertinent questions.

At the end of class, their commanding officer handed each one of them a set of burned CDs with the name of a well-known brain dump written in Sharpie on the surface. He told them to memorize the questions and answers and that they would be fine.

I was extremely angry that they were so brazen about cheating. I reported them, even with the risk of losing future work.

There is no place in our industry for cheaters.

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This happened at our college as well. My daughter was handed a DVD with a bunch of VCE files on it. She asked me about it - I told her to shred the thing and summarily put a stop to the practice.

I'm know people out there still rely on VCEs to cheat the system.

Part of the problem within the DoD (I guess it's DoW, now?) is the pressure that military members as well as civilian contractors have to pass according to DoD 8570/8740 standards. I distinctly remember two stories where people where required to have Sec+ but were not in jobs even requiring that kind of knowledge (two ladies who did desk phones, one fellow who did surveillance cameras). They all lost their jobs because they could not get the cert in the very short timeframe. This puts a lot of pressure on people to pass an exam, knowledge of which they would not need to do their job effectively, just to keep their job.

I presented this problem directly to Todd Thibodeaux a couple years ago. While he said that CompTIA was working with the DoD to sort it, it was really 'their' problem. He was right, but that doesn't help matters with those that lost their jobs.

It doesn't justify cheating, but it does explain the motivation.

/r

Gregory Childers said:

I used to teach Core 1 and 2 in 40 hours.

I skipped every single lab, practice quiz, PBQ, and practice exam and assigned them as outside work.

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That's the only way I can see getting that done. 100% didactic - death by powerpoint.

didohawk said:

i m having problem finding the presentation planner here is what i have under resources tab

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You won't find it there - those kinds of things will be in the original curriculum offering for instructors. The CIN resources would just be things that instructors would share with one another (hints, training ideas, homegrown materials, etc) as well as Train the Trainer presentations.

yes i will be doing this too , but im trying to find the perfecet pace for each day

Gregory Childers said:

I used to teach Core 1 and 2 in 40 hours.

I skipped every single lab, practice quiz, PBQ, and practice exam and assigned them as outside work

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Tony Mationg said:

Hey there! If you have access as an instructor, under resources tab, there is what we called "presentation planner" I think it can help.

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i m having problem finding the presentation planner here is what i have under resources tab