Stephen Schneiter said:

At last!! We are finally ready to kick off our special TTT series around the CompTIA Compcert courses. While these will not be tied to a CompTIA certification exam, as always, we will provide a certificate of attendance that you can use to show for professional development.

Our first series will be the new version of CompTIA AI Essentials and AI Prompting Essentials. This will be a five-session series designed to provide the following knowledge and skills:

• Learn what defines artificial intelligence from other types of intelligence and computing
• Practice communicating about AI effectively
• Explore AI tools and the ways they can support your organization
• Craft effective prompts for AI chatbots
• Navigate the privacy and security concerns AI technology presents
• Prepare for AI's effect on the future of technology
• Evaluate AI outputs for accuracy, bias, and quality

What: AI Essentials & AI Prompting TTT series
When: Mondays and Wednesdays, December 1-15, 2:00 - 4:00 pm CST
Who: Nick Pierce
Where: ON24
Register Here
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Soneka Kamuhuza said:

I run my training through LabSim, and the way CompTIA has implemented SSO has been devastating to my business. My school LabSim/TestOut account has been merged with my personal SSO, and as a result I’ve lost access to all my current and archived class data.


This isn’t a minor inconvenience. My business has been directly and negatively impacted. Even if my students eventually recover their accounts, I still have no access to years worth of training reports, custom exams, and related data that I rely on to track progress, document outcomes, and run my program responsibly.


At this level, I expected a smoother transition and far more care for the data that underpins my work

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BGRiddick said:

Took the Network+ exam today for the first time and passed! I have been certified in A+ and Sec+ for some years. Glad to finally have the Networking+ knowledge.

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DaveMoehle said:

The link and invite for session 1 on Dec 1 has not come in. I checked junk folder, and quarantine and nothing.. even tried registering for it separately and still nothing.

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Nathan Denton said:

This is a big issue now. The majority of my students continue to have issues. In my opinion, this all could have waited until the end of the school year. Some of my students are telling me that they have lost their progress.

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jvolquezm said:

Hello everyone,

I’m an Information Technology instructor at a Chapter 74 Career and Technical Education (CTE) high school in Massachusetts, working under the DESE Information Support Services and Networking (ISSN) framework.

I’d like to learn from others about their experience implementing CompTIA training programs (such as A+, Network+, Security+, etc.) in alignment with state-level CTE frameworks across the U.S.

Specifically:

• How have schools structured CompTIA coursework within multi-year high school CTE pathways?
• Which CompTIA certifications have you integrated at each grade level (e.g., sophomore, junior, senior years)?
• How do you ensure compliance with your state’s CTE standards (for example, DESE’s six strands: Safety & Health, Technical Skills, Employability, etc.) while maintaining industry relevance?
• What methodologies or pacing models have proven most effective (semester-based, full-year, hybrid, or modular)?

I’m currently mapping CompTIA A+ Core 1 & 2 (CertMaster Learn v15) against the DESE CTE framework and would appreciate insights, success stories, or lesson structures that have worked well in your districts.

Thank you in advance for sharing your experience and best practices.

— José Volquez
Greater Lawrence Technical School, Andover MA

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Nathan Denton said:

I understand the reason for moving to the Single Sign On for Labsim, but doing that has caused a lot of issues for my students. Prior to this month, I was able to send my students temporary passwords if they forgot their passwords. With the new system now in place I no longer have the ability to do that. Because most of my students only have school email accounts(K12), the password reset procedure is creating a lot of unhappy students and parents. I already reached out to our corporate IT to see if they could whitelist CompTIA, but it seems to be a long and daunting process. I have also tried getting my students to move over to a personal email, but that still has its oen issues. Are there any suggestions as how to proceed with the issue? Are there any other instructors having the same issue?

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Stephen Schneiter said:

Hello @Deltaonyx, you will need to have a conversation with your CompTIA account representative for your organization. They will be able to answer all of your questions about student access and course cost.

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