Missed the Official Launch Webinar today, but looked into the Exam Objectvies.
1001:
1.4: need to talk about 2G/3G? in Germany / Europe these are not longer available by Providers
GPS is mentioned, but not Galileo, Glonass, Beidou und IRNSS ?They are for the Rest of the World

2.1: None Secure Protocols like Pop3s / IMAPs, LDAPs listed in the Ports Section
2.2: Still talk about HUBs? They are not used anymore.
2.4 Server Roles: Still none Database Role mentioned
Scada is listed unter Legacy / Embedded System. Usually that is a topic of its own
2.6 No VxLAN mentioned
3.1; No Cat 7 or Cat 8
IDE / SCSI are legacy interfaces. Should mentioned only as legacy Stuff.

1002:
1.1: Nothing about Windows 11? Really? a+ will now run till 2025, which is the EoL sofar for Windows 10.
4.1 Ticketing System is new.

I did not mention here the new Topics..

Why have i the Impression, that the Content is only getting more, but not reduced much?
Still way to much stuff for 10 Days.

Beside, that really important Stuff is missing?

Not Happy with the Updated Version.
Just my 2c.

Michael

AS L&D professionals, our goal is to help others learn and grow through education, but, what about ourselves? What professional development activities are of value and how do you pursue tham?

Anyone know where I can find instructor powerpoints for Secuirty +

Good Afternoon

Where do I purchase the Instructor Kit for Net + ?

Thank you

Bernard

Welcome to the new week, everyone! A slight change from our previous postings is the Poll Question above. Please participate and cast your vote. Thank you.

And here is our next question of the Week: How does the calendar feature, in CertMaster Learn, work and how is it beneficial to your students and yourself as the Instructor?

Fellow CINers,

I'm working on a project as part of the NICE Modernizing Talent Management working group. We're developing guidance for entry level job seekers in the cyber security field. I'm seeking your thoughts and advice based on what you tell your students.

#1) How do you define and describe the term ‘entry-level’ for technical, non-technical, and transitional military cybersecurity roles, regardless of age (consider career pivots)?

#2) If your student can put in the work and attain a Security+ or a Network+ (entry level) certification; how does that relate or 'count' as experience?

#3) Thinking about your most successful (in terms of employment) entry level certification student; what made them successful?

Thanks in advance for your input!

Brian

I am a member of the CompTIA instructor network and am a Platinum partner at the CompTIA Store. I am actively teaching / tutoring for Security+, CASP+ and Network+ as an independent contractor through two companies. I am interested in understanding what partner ability I have to get discounts for my students or access to student manuals for my students. I have called a couple of CompTIA phone numbers this morning and no one has been able to help. I believe that I should have a CompTIA representative that I can reach out to as an instructor who can help answer my questions. How do I find out who that person is and contact them? Thank you!

We had some awesome engagement on this question of the week and we will be reiterating some of the key facts in the comments because, well, you Instructors know your stuff - In CertMaster Learn, the ‘Impersonating’ button/feature is located on a student's profile in the Admin Dashboard and in the Boost Dashboard. When would an Instructor use this feature?

Let's start off by differentiating between being able to access the impersonation feature in the Admin Dashboard and the Boost Dashboard.

Admin Dashboard

If an Instructor has also been assigned the role of Institution Administrator, he/she will be able to use the impersonation feature by selecting the student from the Students tab and then selecting the Impersonate button on the top right of the screen. Also note, the reason we are able to impersonate a student from the Admin Dashboard is that Institution Admins are considered Managers/Mentors and are provided access to this feature should they not have an ‘Instructor’ leading the training.

Boost Dashboard

As an Instructor without the Institution Admin role, your landing page will be the Boost Dashboard and as such you will be able to impersonate your students by accessing your Student Report, then select the student and then choose the ‘Impersonate’ button on the top right.

When would an Instructor use this feature?

An Instructor would use this feature when their student requires assistance with a question/activity that they do not understand – the Instructor is able to access their profile and find the troubling item and assist the student through it.

Some students might be flying through the course, maybe missing an activity or two. Instructors/Mentors/Managers are able to keep a close eye on the progress the student is making and inform them that certain activities are outstanding, keeping the schedule of completed activities on track and maximizing the progress of the students.

Similarly, the Instructor is able to view the student’s instance and check whether the work they had confirmed as complete, had actually been done. Because our system updates twice a day the reporting might not update at the time at which the student has confirmed completion of an activity and so Impersonating them and confirming their progress directly is a great way of keeping your students on track.

Lastly, when you are starting out, this is a great way for you to see what the student sees. We do also have a great resource, the Clickable Demo Walkthrough, which focuses on the student's journey within their instance. You are able to click through at your own pace and get valuable insight on each step the student needs to take whilst completing their course.

***NOTE: ANY ACTIVITY THAT YOU PERFORM WITHIN YOUR STUDENT'S INSTANCE WILL ACCOUNT AS THEM DOING IT AND WILL BE FED INTO THEIR REPORTING.***

Good morning everyone.

I recently became apart of the CIN community and I am very thrilled to be here.

When it comes to future webinars, as I am already enrolled in the Data+ and the new A+ set to release next month. Is there a a section of the CIN site that I can go to in regards to seeing the future Webinar events?

Thank you for your help

Hi all;

Any one recieved PenTest+ Voucher or still not sent to instructors.

I just saw on the CompTIA subreddit that Professor Messer said that the 1001/1002 retirement has been pushed back to October 20th instead of it being August 31st like the 1101/1102 said. Is that true? Not that I don't trust Professor Messer, but just want to make sure. Thanks so much!

Found it here:
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Anyone who works with Project+ training materials is welcome to join us in reviewing the PK0-005 outline, and see some of the new features we're adding to the course.

CompTIA Learning is currently developing the next version of the Project+ training course to align with the release of the upcoming PK0-005 exam. I would love to get your feedback on our proposed course outline and timetable. We are holding round table discussions about the proposed course outline and other changes we are planning on implementing to the Project+ course. We’re interested to hear directly from instructors in the classroom, as well as other decision makers, about the new course.

We have the following 1-hour timeslots available:

Academic partners

• Monday, April 4th - 3:00pm US Central (UTC -5:00)
• Wednesday, April 6th - 10:00am US Central (UTC -5:00)
• Thursday, April 7th - 2:00pm US Central (UTC -5:00)

Corporate and Delivery partners

• Tuesday, April 5th - 1:00pm US Central (UTC -5:00)
• Thursday, April 7th - 2:00pm US Central (UTC -5:00)

If none of these times are suitable, we would be happy to make other arrangements.

Please feel free to sign up for a time at this Smart Sheet: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/e0e967f7f32646e68e0d4b57e327d0a0 or email Katherine Keyes directly at [email protected] . A member of the Learning team will provide attendees with instructions for joining the call as well as the draft course outline.

Let me know if you have any questions, thank you.

Happy Monday everyone! Who's ready for our 8TH Questions of the Week? Here it is:

In CertMaster Learn, the ‘Impersonating’ button/feature is located on a student's profile in the Admin Dashboard and in the Boost Dashboard? When would an Instructor use this feature?

According to studies:

Women only make up 24% of the cybersecurity workforce in the United States.
African-Americans only make up 9% of the cybersecurity workforce in the United States.
Hispanics only make up 4% of the cybersecurity workforce in the United States.
There is also a huge disparity of age groups, with more cybersecurity staff members older than 40 than staff members younger than 40.

What are your organizations doing to promote greater diversity? And for the non US-based CIN members, do your organizations experience diversity issues or not?

Hello Everyone, I just joined the Instructor Network Portal.

Please I am waiting for the access code

I want to participate on the A+ series that is coming up on April please alway inform me through my email.

It’s Friyay Answer Day!

Our question was: The Instructor does not see the progress of individual students in the “Boost Dashboard”. What could be the cause of this and how can this be remedied so that you can see the analytics for your students?

There are a variety of scenarios around the reasons an Instructor might not see the progress of their individual students in the “Boost Dashboard”.

Groups
If the student is not tied to the Instructor in a Group, the Instructor will not be able to see the reports of the Group/’classroom" and students tied to it. In order to create your Group or ‘classroom’ simply navigate to the Groups tab on the left navigation bar, select it and then select ‘New Group’. For Group name, we recommend you choose the naming convention that is best suited to your Organization or something that is identifiable within your organization. If you, as an Instructor, do not have Institution Admin rights (assigned the Institution Admin role) then the Institution Admin would be the one setting up the Group/’classroom’. Creating Groups is an Administrative function and as such, you would need to have the Institution Admin role assigned to you in order to complete this function.

Instructors access / User Roles
As mentioned above, as an Instructor you will need to be linked to your students within a Group in order to see the reporting for those students. In this instance, the Instructor would only be able to see the reporting for the students within that Group. If there are 50 students within the Institution and the Instructor is tied to 20 students via the Group feature, then the Instructor would only be able to see the reporting for those 20 students within his Group / ‘class’.

Supervisors access / User Roles
The Institution Supervisor does not need to be within a Group to view the reporting and they are not limited to only a few students. An Institution Supervisor has the ability to see the reporting for ALL students within the Institution. The only reason an Institution Supervisor would not see the reporting within the Boost Dashboard is if the Student has not made progress in their course work.

Student progress
If a student hasn’t made any progress in their course there will be no data to filter into the Boost Dashboard. If a student has confirmed that they had made progress in their course and you do not see any analytics for that student in the Boost Dashboard, you can do 2 things:

• Ensure that the platform updates have taken place. You would see ‘Date is accurate as of:’ at the top right of your screen. Our system updates twice a day at 3 am and 5 pm CST.
• Impersonate the Student. This feature will allow you to view the Student's instance and check whether the work that they had confirmed as complete, had actually been done.

And that is it! Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Greetings

I would like to request the instructor book which gives 1 month access to go thru can be extended to 3 months. Because 1 month is too short for us go through the cert master ebook.

We have the downloadable book. It's very good the cert master going thru chapter by chapter and also the assessment questions. All the instructor also will agree 1 month is too short for us to go thru. Hope Comptia can give us at least 3 months.

Hello!
Can anyone explain what we should be covering with students to prepare for 1101 objective 3.6 in the following topic area?

Network scan services
Email
SMB
Cloud services

Thanks!
Faithe Wempen

Hello everyone,

We're Knox Technical Center, and we're looking for someone that could teach A+, Network+ and Security+ four nights a week as a part-time instructor.
We're located in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. the position is IN-PERSON only,

For more information about the job posting, visit this link.

Best regards,
Varvara

Willamette Career Academy harnesses the power of connection and collaboration to be a regional hub for career and technical innovation. We serve students and business partners across Marion, Polk, and Yamhill counties. WCA provides innovative programs to prepare students for high-wage, high-demand careers in Oregon.

We are actively seeking an Information Technology Teacher for our brand new program that will open in September of 2022. Please take a look at our website and posting and don't hesitate to contact us with any questions!

Johnie Ferro
Pronouns: She/Her
Principal | Willamette Career Academy503.370.5001 - phone

Hello @Stephen Schneiter I was wondering if it's possible to increase the period of access for the PenTest+ CertMaster resources.

Thanks.

Hi

We are a CompTIA Platinum Partner with offices in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

We are using a flipped classroom model to training our students who learn online and then attend virtual classes to embed their learning.

We are planning to run more classes in evenings and at weekends for various CompTIA certifications across our time zones and are looking for instructors to help us scale up.

Initially we are hiring for A+, Network+ and Security+ with CySA but in due course would expect to roll out across the whole suite of CompTIA Certifications including Data+.

If you would be interested or know someone that is, please email me, [email protected].

Best regards

Mark

Mark Wheatland
Head of Curriculum
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