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Certmaster Learn or Certmaster Perform?

Ayomide Oluwaga
Hey Tony, i might need more details, but if it's online, I'd suggest Teams (because it's been available for quite a while and has a lot of features you will enjoy, including AI summaries and all),
If you are looking at simplicity, I'd suggest google meet (it runs on the browser easily and most of ur users can access easily - also comes with AI features and all)
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imsrj.cse
Is it possible to get either Linux+ or Server+ voucher, I am already done with ITF+, A+, Network+, CLoud Essentials, CLoud+, Security+, Pentest+, CYSA+ but never got any free voucher from CompTIA for any of these exams but did myself
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Regarding Security+ Labs

imsrj.cse
Gregory Childers said:
I taught boot camps for 20+ years. With the amount of lectures, labs, practice quizzes, and exams, I couldn't possibly fit all the content into a 40-hour boot camp. So, I skipped all the labs and practice quizzes/exams on focused on the lecture and demonstrations. My goal was to ensure the learners understood the theory of how things worked, and gave demonstrations on how to do them. I assigned the labs and quizzes/exams as outside homework.

This is why I absolutely detest pre-recorded videos like Udemy or Professor Messer. The students gain nothing useful by mindlessly watching 30 hours of video where the trainer regurgitates facts. They get no comprehensive understanding of the theory, nor hands-on activities.
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Thanks for sharing that
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Regarding Security+ Labs

imsrj.cse
BrianFord said:
imsrj.cse,

So I imagine you are running the course so that students work through the reading and practice on their own time and your ILT meetings are focused on the labs.

In that learning environment I'd suggest taking some time at the start of the day and after lunch to introduce topics covered in the labs. I call this 'Connecting the dots'. This is critically important to both learning the technology and passing the exam.

If I might ask how do you envision working through labs with students? Will you 'drive'; leading students through the lab that you display from your station? I find that helpful at the start of a cohort as many of my adult learners are let's say 'timid' in an online lab environment. OK. They're afraid. If I walk through a lab at the start I require that learners help direct me. After the first several commands I'll ask 'what do I do next?' or 'how do I get to the next step?'. This help me identify who won't have a problem with the labs. I then go over the roster and try to identify who I didn't hear from so I can draw them out by calling on them later.

I try to have a learner or a small team of learners drive in later labs. I try not to pick just one person. I'll ask two or three learners to lead a walk through. Multiple learners working together seems to move faster and avoids the uncomfortable situation were one person might get stuck.

I'd also suggest having a brief lab synopsis ready to deliver. Some of the labs (vulnerability assessment and packet capture/analysis) cover key concepts and are important to connecting those dots.

I'd also suggest assigning a few labs as homework to be completed outside of ILT and then go over important points or the questions that are asked after the labs completed.
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Regarding latest pentest+ course

imsrj.cse
jarrelrivera said:
For personal study, yeah sure.
For classroom delivery, maybe not; especially if you intend to deliver it in a short time frame.

There are 10 modules:
Module 3 - 4 labs
Module 4 - 6 labs
Module 5 - 3 labs
Module 6 - 7 labs
Module 7 - 14 labs
Module 8 - 1 lab
Module 9 - 9 labs
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Thanks for elobrating that in detail
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5380 mins instructional time.

Rick Butler
So, I don't think you can push both Core 1 and Core 2 into one week and have an effective class. In all the time I've taught A+ (disclosure, I have not taught v12), I have never seen both sides taught properly in a week, even in a bootcamp scenario. Perhaps the only way I would suggest it would be for established professionals that are merely reviewing content. Even then, that's an overly ambitious pace.

Mathematically, 90 hours divided by 5 is going to be 18 hours per day if we're understanding it correctly. Perhaps the schedule is a 5d/wk schedule across two weeks, making it 9h/day, which may be more reasonable?
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Seeking Suggestions for Enhancing Student Engagement in Security+ Class

Rick Butler
Well, it looks like this has been very well covered. For my contribution to this discussion, I'm going to focus on lecture didactic. Hands on is ALWAYS going to be better for learning, but it's nigh impossible to avoid lecture.

One of my favorite things to do when teaching any class, not just Sec+, is something that @BrianFord alluded to - where have I seen this before. For me, what I like to do is randomly toss a question from "the last module", as I move through a day's worth of material. So, for example, let's say I spent an hour or so talking about basic cryptography and now I'm, say, going into PKI. About midway into the PKI conversation, I'll toss out a question from basic crypto - just to see if they are short-term retaining things.

The human brain requires about seven exposures to the same information, and in different methods, such as visual, auditory, or kinesthetic, in order to process it into long term storage. Further, it has to connect to something that the student already knows, which creates that neurological connection.

I've also been known, in classroom situations, to toss candy for correct answers. It's amazing how much an incentive a tiny treat like that can have.

At the end of the day (although hardly the end of the conversation), it's all about engaging the student in a two-way fashion, not just the ol' sage-on-the-stage, when lecturing. Feedback and questioning, engaging the learners directly will do a lot to engage them.

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5380 mins instructional time.

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I'm about to deliver the combined A+ Core 1 and 2 (1201/1202) course.


According to the pacing guide, the course allocates 5,380 minutes of instructional time for the 5-day schedule, which works out to roughly 90 hours.


Has anyone delivered this course yet? I'm struggling to see how all the content can fit into the time allocated.
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Cautionary tale for IT professionals

Jzol
jasoneckert said:
I recently visited a Canadian National Park. While in the visitor's centre, I stopped to take some of the pamphlets at the at the round information kiosk:

Lady behind kiosk: If you like, you can sign our visitor's guestbook over here.
Me: Sure, I'd like that.
Lady behind kiosk: So, where are you coming from today?
Me: Cambridge, in the Kitchener-Waterloo area of Ontario.
Lady behind kiosk: That's great - I have family who live in Waterloo and Guelph.
Me: So you know the area well, then!
Lady behind kiosk: I do. What does your shirt mean?
Me: Oh, that's a tech pun - I work in the tech industry and the shirts they give out at tech conferences usually have punny slogans.
Lady behind kiosk: You work in tech? Would you know why this iPad we have can no longer connect to the printer here?

Yes, I ended up fixing the DirectPrint settings in the app for their Brother printer.
If you work in IT, remember: No matter how far you go, the printers will find you... :cautious:
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Was it out of Cyan? Have you tried throwing it on the ground and hitting it with baseball bats?
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Me, (FACILITATOR) WITH my STUDENTS

Ayomide Oluwaga
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Me, (FACILITATOR) WITH my STUDENTS
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My students

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My trainees

My students
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Are Project+ and Server+ changing from "good for life" to CE certifications?

jarrelrivera
Gregory Childers said:
There are multiple threads on Reddit (I know I really shouldn't keep visiting that site) that claim CompTIA has sent out notices that Project+ and Server+ are changing from "good for life" certifications to CE certifications on October 1, 2025. I personally did not receive any notification, nor can I find any reference to it outside of Reddit.

Can anyone definitively confirm or deny this claim?

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Yes, this is confirmed.

For those who didn't get the email, see link for reference:
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Regarding latest pentest+ course

jarrelrivera
imsrj.cse said:
Like the coursecontent and labs are properly balanced so that you can complete labs and coursecontent in 5 days, compared to other courses where there are more labs for some modules
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For personal study, yeah sure.
For classroom delivery, maybe not; especially if you intend to deliver it in a short time frame.

There are 10 modules:
Module 3 - 4 labs
Module 4 - 6 labs
Module 5 - 3 labs
Module 6 - 7 labs
Module 7 - 14 labs
Module 8 - 1 lab
Module 9 - 9 labs
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