Hello, I would like to inquire about the exam voucher. I don't know if anyone has received the CAPS+, Cloud+, and Network+ vouchers. It's been a long time now. I have not received my exam voucher. What should I do? I have contacted as suggested by someone. but still, no feedback back How long do I have to wait? So what should I do? Thank you.

Kindly I am going to write PEN+ exam, I would like to know if it contains simulation questions

Hi everyone and happy Friday!

We have heard great feedback on what YOU are doing today that puts students in the best position to pass the certification exam. This has included students rooting down the fundamentals, understanding the objectives of their courses, utilizing technology, and providing students as many options to help them learn. These are all great answers, and a big thank you to those who participated!

Question:
What are YOU doing today or what CAN you do to put your students in the best position to pass the certification exam?


For our answer this week, we will provide out CertMaster Suite of Solutions: CertMaster Learn, CertMaster Labs, and CertMaster Practice.




One way you CAN put your students in the best position to pass the certification exam is by using CompTIA CertMaster Suite. The following will highlight on how each solution aids in the student's certification journey:
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Instructional lessons are combined with video, practice questions, and performance-based questions. ALL content is aligned with the CompTIA exam objectives.

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The Assisted Labs and Applied Labs are great for letting Students use the skills they learned in a simulated environment. The Assisted labs will take students through a lab activity with more support, and step-by-step instructions. The Applied Labs allows students to use what they learned to complete tasks within the VM environment.
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Good morning, team! I sat and passed 220-1101 last night. Congrats to @comptia for a great job with this exam! The questions were on target with troubleshooting and the simulation questions.

A few tips:

• Know your objectives. Know the "why's" over the "whats".
• Printers! Yes, know the laser printing process and the components of the laser printer. You will be asked!
• Know your cables and how to set up a SOHO network.
• Know your port numbers and what they do. The testing objectives clearly list them for you.
• Keep your eye on the clock.
• I like to do the sims last
• Flag what you are not sure about.
• Process of elimination with your answers.
• Stay calm & have fun!

@Stephen Schneiter @Rick Butler

How do I Open A Ticket With The CompTIA Support Team? Someone, please help me out.

Hi Everyone

I am a high school teacher in NJ and I am looking for others to collaborate with on generating more interest in my IT class. We use Cisco networking academy and a few of the resources from Comptia but I am looking for additional ways to keep my students motivated as many do not take the A+ exam. Any other HS teachers have any suggestions?

Hi All,
I have just tried to redeem the Access Code for A+ Core 1 and do successfully. You can try with those steps:
Step 1: Login into the main account with https://login.comptia.org
Step 2: Scroll down and input the access code (from Mr. Stephen) into the Redeem Access keys and press Redeeem Now



Step 3: Wait the system to process and press Access new my training button to access the course.



Step 4: Let's go with the course

Hello All,
The new code I received for A+, isn't working either. Has anyone has any success with Login with it?

The job has been officially posted, so a few new details:
View the job posting on Indeed
I work for Cascades Job Corps, a residential vocational training program funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. Our students are disadvantaged youths, ages 16-24.
We are located in Sedro Woolley, WA, USA.

We are looking for an experienced Network+\A+ instructor, ideally with recent industry experience.
It's a salaried continuing contract position, and a great opportunity for someone who wants to transition away from teaching online.
The position's starting pay is $55,000
The position does not require a college degree, or teaching certificate, but excitement about teaching young people is essential.

To Clarify:
This is an on-site position. The job is teaching A+ and Network+ to a class of 15-25 students. We have open enrollment, and your students live on Campus, so they nearly always show up to class. We have a lot of great equipment, and we have a lot of autonomy about how we run our classes. It's a fun position.

Please reach out if you would like to learn more. Thanks!

Where can I go to get the A+ teaching material and core 1 lab material?

I was told this information was available to us partners.

Richard

I was asked a question, why does the Network + course have to be a week long course?

How long do take to train the Network + course? a week, two weeks?

What would your answer be when posed this question? why a week or longer? and would i show them my detailed plan for the training?

Theres another question in there, how do you plan for the week or forever long you train your course?

I always want to improve so some insight will be appreciated.

Until recently if you renewed a CompTIA certification by taking an exam your certification was not renewed by 3 years from expire date but date you took test on. If used CEUs and renewed early it renewed from expire date.

When I just passed Security+ and it renewed network+ and security+ for 3 years from expire date. So mine expire in 2027. I am glad they do this.

I agree with following but caveat for you. If you do then have a long expire date, nothing counts for renewal on that new cert date until you get in 3 year window to expire date.

Thank you @Stephen Schneiter

I received now access Code to the Official CompTIA A+ Core 1 Instructor Guide (220-1101).For participation in the A+ Core 1 220-1101 TTT through the CompTIA Instructor Network

Happy Tuesday!

I hope you all enjoyed the last question of the week, and thank you to all who participated! We really value the thoughts and questions that our CIN members and we are taking your feedback and will be sure to follow up with some information to answer your questions. There is no need to worry if you missed this Giveaway as I am sure there will be more in the near future.

This week we are starting on a Tuesday, but the answer will still be provided for you on Friday. As always, who’s got the answer for the Question of the Week?


Question:
What are YOU doing today or what CAN you do to put your students in the best position to pass the certification exam?


There are multiple answers to this question, so feel free to share!
Enjoy the rest of your week, and check back in Friday for our answer!

Hey everyone, thanks so much for your input on last week's post! we will be working to try and tailor some weekly questions around the hot topics that were presented, as well as working to try and provide some more immediate answers or direction around the feedback. As we mentioned, everyone would receive an entry into the giveaway with their participation, so without further ado, here are the winners below. Please reach out to us to claim your prize of either some nice CIN Swag or a piece of CompTIA Content of your choosing. Don't forget we will be doing this again so please keep an eye out for ALL of our posts!

Jeremiah Minner
jgoodrich
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Tess Sluijter
Abby Krane

Hi @Stephen Schneiter

Good day to you.

""NOT REGARDING EXAM VOUCHER""

I registered Data+ using my outlook email address.

I watched all the videos. However, I never got the materials.

I checked with my fellow trainers and they have received the materials. Can you look into it?

Regards
U

The material seems to imply that delimited files are structured, but on the practice exam there was a question asking which file types are considered unstructured and the only right answer was Delimited. Was that an error on the question? or are delimited files a weird hybrid of both structured and unstructured?

CompTIA is expanding our online training program and we are looking for CompTIA certified instructors in A+, Network +, Security +, Data +, CySA+, CAPP+ and PenTest +. Prior teaching experience in an online environment is required as is a passion for helping adult learners succeed in IT. Our classes run M-F for 2 weeks from either 10 am - 1 pm CT or 5 pm - 8 pm CT. Please send your resume if interested to [email protected].

Hi everyone and happy Fri-YAY!

The winners of this week's Question of the Week GIVEAWAY will be announced on Monday, May 2nd!

This week, we asked YOU to submit questions for a future topic or a question you have that is relevant to you.

Check out this week's "Question of the Week and GIVEAWAY" to find out how you can get some Free content or "CIN Swag."

Best of luck to all of you, and check back in Monday to see if you have won!

Have a great weekend!

Join the CompTIA Instructor Network as we welcome Allen Stubblefield who will lead our A+ Core 2 220-1102 TTT series. The series will consist of 10 sessions covering the A+ Core 2 exam domains. Allen will teach the key technology concepts covered on the exam as well as hands-on activities.

We will also discuss instructional strategy for presenting the concepts to students and best practices for implementing a A+ course.

CompTIA A+ certified professionals are proven problem solvers. They support today's core technologies from security to cloud to data management and more. CompTIA A+ is the industry standard for launching IT careers into today's digital world.

• The only credential with performance-based items to prove pros can think on their feet to perform critical IT support tasks in the moment
• Trusted by employers around the world to identify the go-to person in end point management & technical support roles
• Regularly re-invented by IT experts to ensure that it validates core skills and abilities demanded in the workplace

What: 10 session webinar series
When: Begins Tuesday, May 15, 2022
Where: ON24
Who: Allen Stubblefield

Register Here

Can it really be, that the last Moduls of 1101 are on the same day as the bginning of 1102 only one hour apart ?

I just registered for the 1102 Series and added the Dates via .ics to Outlook:
17th :
0600 CDT: Session 1 for 220-1102
0700 CDT: Session 11 for 220-1101
19th:
0600 CDT: Session 2 for 220-1102
0700 CDT: Session 12 for 220-1101

I though the Sessions running each for 2hours.

Is that by purpose?

I watch them later, since this is in the middle of the Night for me, so i doesn`t apply for me, only if you following live...

Michael

Stephen

I went to schedule my Security+ exam and cannot find my voucher. I am not sure I ever received it as I cannot find an email containing it. I have all other vouchers in their emails. Is there any way I can get the voucher?

What are your indicators that a relationship between you and a potential student is not going to work? I recently had a student who demanded I change my family schedule (start class later) to be able to let her sleep in to mid morning. This student also refused to communicate by phone and was surprised and offended when I suggested that they would need to rely on personal study and practice test taking in order to take in the information (change it from passive understanding to active application of knowledge) well enough to pass the certification exam (which this student had already failed once).

I am NOT trying to start a string of complaints about students. I AM asking if you have a metric or threshold that you use to measure your potential effectiveness with students.

In this case, after a few more conversations, I declined to further work with the student.

Happy to share that I passed the PenTest+ exam today. Thanks for running the TTT, helped with my studying and is good prep and direction for studying and future teaching opportunities. Having this resource in my arsenal was pretty valuable. For those still prepping and studying for the exam get your hands on as many study materials as you can from different sources, that will make the difference. Good luck to the rest of you!

So I was sitting in my chair reviewing the A+ TTT for Session Five, and of course, treated to my own wondrous and melodious voice and picture of me. BTW - Alan is doing a great job, so if you're not watching them, you need to start!

My oldest (23) comes in, looks at my screen, "So, whatcha watching - is that a recording?"

Without missing a beat, I say, "No kiddo, it's live."

I love my daughter. She's a genius programmer, making that crazy money in software development. Degree in CS and Math. Knows about five languages and can speak Ansible natively. And apparently, she had a tough day dredging through tickets.

But...

She figured it out after a minute. Had a chuckle - went on to play Mass Effect.

A day in the life in the Butler household. Good times.

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