Mrmo said:

Mitch, thank you for your speedy answer. If you have taught the class, did you teach it with the CompTIA curriculum? If so, what did you do for labs seeing that the curriculum has no embedded labs. Just asking out of curiosity. I must assume the AI-900 has no lab activities with it?

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I actually said that I taught AI-900, not the AI Essentials. I used the official Microsoft curriculum.

Rick Butler said:

Well, that's what we've often said here in CIN:

Objectives + Google = Study Guide

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Thanks Rick, that makes more sense. Although I believe you left out an addend in your equation. Here, let me rewrite it for you:

Objectives + Google - CompTIA Essentials = Study Guide

So glad you recommended that in an implicit way. It is back to Microsoft I go

Mitch Garvis said:

Google is your friend!

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Well, that's what we've often said here in CIN:

Objectives + Google = Study Guide

Haziq Mudzakir said:

Hi all, just curious is it still applicable to get the voucher exam Linux+ if I completed TTT by this week?

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No sir. I'm afraid you have two weeks after the end of the TTT series to complete any sessions that you may have missed. /r

Mitch Garvis said:

I've taught AI-900; I have written the exam for AI-900.

According to this page (https://www.comptia.org/en-us/certifications/ai-essentials/) there is a class for it. According to this page (https://www.comptia.org/en-us/certifications/#ai) there is a certification for it.

Google is your friend!

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Mitch, thank you for your speedy answer. If you have taught the class, did you teach it with the CompTIA curriculum? If so, what did you do for labs seeing that the curriculum has no embedded labs. Just asking out of curiosity. I must assume the AI-900 has no lab activities with it?

I've taught AI-900; I have written the exam for AI-900.

According to this page (https://www.comptia.org/en-us/certifications/ai-essentials/) there is a class for it. According to this page (https://www.comptia.org/en-us/certifications/#ai) there is a certification for it.

Google is your friend!

Congratulations

Danai Nathan Chinyenye said:

Thanks to CompTIA and Stephen, just got my Data exam results today.

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Congratulations

Amelia A. said:

I passed the DataX certification exam this week, all thanks to the CIN Series. I re-watched the course videos and reviewed the Certmaster material. Those are the only study tools I used to prepare for the exam. Thank you, CIN!

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congratulations

Amelia A. said:

I passed the DataX certification exam this week, all thanks to the CIN Series. I re-watched the course videos and reviewed the Certmaster material. Those are the only study tools I used to prepare for the exam. Thank you, CIN!

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Congrats

jasoneckert said:

CongratsX!

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ThankYouX!

Rick Butler said:

I think a lot of people who are well prepared for an exam often stress that they haven't prepared enough, going in.

Good job, and congrats on your win!

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Amen to that philosophy. I always over-prepare and yet always lacks confidence. I have to find a way to work on improving that lack of confidence and begin to trust myself. Perhaps taking more practice tests will help. Any and all advice is welcome. I have 7 exams scheduled through March 2026,

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Congratulations!!!

I haven't signed up for the Beta but part of me wants to obtain the certification so I can say "CompTIA rolled out AutoOps+" (insert Autobots roll out joke here).

@Tangobro If you can (sorry if this was mentioned) have them do journals (I give mine 3 or 4 questions to think more cybersecurity) and let them know to remember to not break anything regarding CIA. With the students attending the internship, can you have them do assignments? little "journals?" I do journals and always ask the question of "when you go to your site, do you see a card reading? do you use a card to get in? Is there a rule to not hold the door open for someone? What about if you know the person? (This one is fun because you can always let them know they are thinking smart BUT what about if the employee was fired, you let them in, and now they are disgruntled?"
I haven't taken Tech+ but if you can, create a group in Canva, they can make flashcards and have fun with it Canva is free for k-12 teachers and students. They do have eligibility guidelines here: https://www.canva.com/education/eligibility-guidelines/ but teaching college students, I go back to games, and fun. They love it, learn, and have a great time vs. sweating and crying in the corner because college is college and it's scary!!!
Hope this helped!!!! I think Tech+ is manageable, remember teachers and students get Microsoft 365 for free Microsoft 365 Student and Faculty Licenses but remember Microsoft offers free training, and they have the student hub for more information: Microsoft Learn Student Hub The one major thing I notice is students that come into college struggle using Office 365 because they use Outlook's 365 and don't download the suite which has all the bells and whistles so when they realize here is a fancy key vs. what Office 365 provides they learn and ask questions "When I open my Word, the bar for autosave is on" I'll ask them "Where is it going?" This is more Introduction to Computers but a lot of students sometimes forget the basics and what is all out there! YOU GOT THIS!!!!

Chiming in since we are talking about certifications, for Security+ at a 4 year college, I feel it should be a higher level class (I guess it depends what is all taught, etc.) but does anyone have the class they teach and what level are you teaching it in? We do 2 parts which is amazing but I need to find a way to get it into the students brains, YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A MASTER WHEN YOU READ THE CONTENT DAY 1, it takes times. It's an intimidating class for those who are jumping into cybersecurity. What are ways you approach it and make it less intimidating for the students that (I was once this person) read the content and NEED to know it ALL? I've let them know I was you to understand the concept because you see it more than once. Obviously we teach content, not to pass the certification. They have extra time after for those who want to take the voucher to study more which is nice, but I'm trying to find different approaches and a less scary class Throw methods and thoughts at me! How do you break it down? Do you take out labs? have them do different activities? Hope I'm posting in the right forum and keep to keep it going!

Rick Butler said:

Good fix, @precious - since I didn't get a Data+ or Cloud+ voucher, myself, I didn't see what happened. Anyway, good job.

@Jill West - Never give up! lol

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@Jill West 2 for 1? Take Data+ AND Cloud+ Back to Back, you got this!! Also correct, never give up. Especially when you are signing into Pearson Vue and want to slowly cry while it spins and you checked your PC 200 time haha

Shea Bennett said:

10 post minimums! ROFL

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I actually am still learning a lot of the CIN network, I love it! But I was posting a new forum vs. asking a question in one so I made some rookie mistakes, embarrassing...but everyone is amazing in the CIN community! Helpful, respectful and we all can't be tech gurus like Stephen (I didn't want to tag the wrong Stephen - I thought I found his profile...didn't need to embarrass myself more, ...and @Rick Butler haha. Everyday can't be perfect, if it is, give me the magical key

Amelia A. said:

It was not nearly as difficult as I expected. I was in total freak-out mode during the days leading up to the exam, but I was pleasantly surprised to find I was well-educated. I can't stress enough that the CIN material was the key to passing. I have severe math anxiety, and I thought it'd be really "math-y" but it wasn't.

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So glad it wasn’t as “math-y” as feared, just courage and CIN magic! . Congrats once more.

CongratsX!