Question: As an Instructor, what type of access do I have within the CompTIA learning platforms?

On the CertMaster Learn Platform an Instructor has access to the boost dashboard. Here, they have the ability to access instructor resources, reporting for groups and students assigned to them. Instructors can also impersonate the students assigned to them!

On the CertMaster Labs Platform the instructor has the ability to monitor the labs of their students in a live environment!

Hello CompTIA Instructors,

In case you missed our big news today...I am posting it here! (PR RELEASE)

February 9, 2022

The association’s first data-specific credential, CompTIA Data+, will launch this quarter. CompTIA Data+ is an early-career data analytics certification for professionals tasked with developing and promoting data-driven business decision-making.

Additional new certifications and learning materials centered on data knowledge and skills will be introduced beginning in 2023, with resources available for all career levels – early (CompTIA Data Foundations), intermediate for data analytics (CompTIA Data+) and data systems (CompTIA DataSys+) and advanced data science (CompTIA DataSci+).

“As the use of data grows in all aspects of business operations companies are learning that they need to develop teams with diverse and distinct skills at several levels, from a foundational understanding of the basics of data to advanced skillsets in areas such as data science and systems,” said Todd Thibodeaux, CompTIA president and CEO.

During the past 12 months, there were over 193,000 job postings by U.S. employers for data analysts, data mining specialists, data engineers and data scientists. More than half of the positions are in the 0-2 years or 3-5 years of experience range. The need for core data skills extends beyond data-specific job roles. Employers listed over one million job postings over the past 12 months seeking candidates with skills in data analysis, data mining or data visualization.

Yet according to CompTIA’s “Data Management and Analysis Trends” report just one in four companies report being exactly where they want to be with their utilization of data, meaning the majority recognize a need for improvement in some area. The top reported data challenges facing organizations include the need for more timely data analysis; the ability work across multiple data sets and data types; and to close data-related skills gaps among staff.

“Organizations that think strategically about overcoming data silos and developing a data-first mindset among staff will be positioned to unlock the full potential of data,” Thibodeaux added.

Data-related jobs are projected to be among the fastest-growing occupations through the balance of this decade, with some positions, such as data scientists, expected to grow up to five times faster than other occupations.

@Stephen Schneiter time to start a new Data Forum

We had a Cybersecurity company that does managed detection and response (in addition to the regular pentesting vulnerability assessments) for other organizations do a guest talk in my class earlier today. It was very interactive and engaging, and they were able to show my class the tools and processes they use.

One of the tools they use (for threat hunting & triage) is Intezer Analyze (https://www.intezer.com/intezer-analyze/).
It's a pretty amazing all-in-one tool. After their demo I'm planning on creating content and labs for it in our Cybersecurity course!

Thought I'd share this here in case it piques other's interest, or if you'd like to explore it in your Cybersecurity courses as well.
Cheers,
Jason.

Any idea when there might be an update with ITF?

Hello CIN Members,

During a routine review, we identified the necessity to adjust lab duration times to eliminate the risk of fraud, and better meet the needs of our users. CompTIA takes modifications to our courseware and labs seriously, and we are always working to optimize the user experience while upholding the integrity of our learning content. Limiting the time for lab completion does reflect what students experience within the exam environment. Please note: students still retain the ability to relaunch labs as many times as they wish.

After analyzing the average time users needed to complete each lab, along with our experience of labs most likely to generate questions (i.e., Applied Labs), limits to lab durations were made ensuring 95 percent of users had the same amount of time allocated for completion.

For example:

• If a lab was originally designated to take 30 minutes to complete and the average completion rate was 40 minutes, we raised the duration to 60 minutes.
• Each lab allows a 50% extension rate, so here the extension would be 30 minutes.
• Added together, this would equate to a total access period of 90 minutes.

Once the user reaches the lab duration + extension time it will cancel, and no score will be recorded so plan accordingly. This change will provide a timed experience that helps students prepare for the timed certification exam.

Labs are designed to be completed:

• 15-30 minutes for Assisted Labs
• 30-45 minutes for Applied Labs

CompTIA will continue to monitor the average duration of labs and adjust as needed.

Our Customer Service and Success Teams are always standing by, ready to address any instructor or student concerns. If you have additional questions, please contact https://help.comptia.org/.

Please reach out to us if you have questions.

Best,
Liz

Hello everybody, Good morning, good afternoon, good evening wherever you are? (in Stephen voice).

Am delighted to inform you all that I have finally received an access code to Pen Test certmaster materials for the webinar which is currently underway.

Thanks to CompTIA, thanks to Stephen through the CompTIA instructor network for the materials.

Stephen schneiter needs 100 likes, may I have them please

I have received the code for PenTest+ Instructor guide material.

Thank you Stephen Schneiter

Hi all,

I work for a nonprofit, and we have started offering the A+ Core 1 course via the CertMaster Learn online self-paced training. All of our students are adults who work full time, so their time for studying is limited. Does anyone have any thoughts about how to manage this type of delivery method to keep the students on track and what timeline we should expect for students to complete the course?

Any insights or recommendations are greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Joe

Hi guys!!
I would like to know if CompTIA has a DFIR (digital forensic and Incident Response) if yes which Cert? I mean no CySA.

February is CTE Awareness Month. Briefly share your experiences of student success in your CTE courses. We are so excited to celebrate with you.

Bring it on with CTE Awareness Month!


Click the logo to find out more about CTE Month.

Hello Everyone, we are so thrilled with all the engagement over the past week! To expand off of our first question, here is our next...

As an Instructor, what type of access do I have within the CompTIA learning platforms?

We look forward to reading and engaging in your responses! See you this Friday for the answer.

Does anyone know when the Data + instructor materiels will be avail for purchase

We are looking for a security+ Instructor to teach remotely online. Please reach out if available and interested.

Thanks,

I would like to know if is there a list of certifications plan webinar? if yes please provide. Thanks

Hey everyone, thanks for humoring us and we look forward to bringing many more topics up for discussion within the CompTIA CIN Network. I want to reiterate that our goal with this forum is to create some great discussion, provide some valuable information, and have fun doing it! So, now onto the answer for our first Question of the Week!

Question: How, as an Instructor can I get FREE access to CertMaster Learn?

Answer: There are many ways to take advantage of gaining access to CompTIA's products and solutions so I will try capture as much information here as I can. One way is to reach out to your CompTIA BDM (if you are not sure who that is please let us know and we can point you in the right direction), they can start by sending evaluation copies of ANY of our products, and they can also walk you through a demo of each to showcase ALL of the great features. Also, some other ways to gain access would be by engaging in CompTIA's many webinar events and discussions forums (such as CIN). You can find more information at

(IT) Information Technology Events - CompTIA Events | CompTIA

We bring the IT community together through our onsite (IT) information technology training. This training includes executive forums, regional events and virtual meetings, that allows our community to share their own ideas and visions for the future of IT.

connect.comptia.org

. Lastly, you can simply gain FREE access once your organization has adopted CompTIA products and solutions. Instructors will always receive free access within our CertMaster Learn, CertMaster Learn+Labs, and our CertMaster Practice platforms. If you have any questions, please reach out here or contact your CompTIA BDM. Have a great weekend everyone!

I teach Linux+ at the local community college using the current CompTIA Linux+ book. We implemented the labs in the book too... which use Centos7. I'm curious to know if the version of Linux used in the materials will change due to the announcements about CentOS future?

Thanks!

Hey everyone, we are excited to officially launch our Question of the Week series! Every Monday (aside from this week) we will be posting a new question around our CertMaster Suite of products. We want to hear from all of you, so please feel free to engage and share in conversation with us! EDIT: We will be posting the answers to these questions each Friday, so please send your responses or questions in the meantime!

To kick things off, our first question is:

How, as an Instructor do I get FREE access to CertMaster Learn?

Anyone else taking the Project+ beta? What are you doing to study in addition to reviewing the objectives?

CASP+ voucher did not received yet @Stephen Schneiter

Thank you @Stephen Schneiter I have recieved voucher for CompTIA Instructor Network Train-the-Trainer series for CASP+ CAS-004.

Ahmed Saied

Hey @Stephen Schneiter - Something tells me these aren't kosher, in case you didn't know...

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Hi.
I missed PenTest+ TTT session 2 and session 3. I'm in GMT so the sessions begin in 01h00 AM in local time. Not easy sometimes for me.
So I need links to catch up, please.

Outside of academia, I kube the netes as an SRE for 2 different companies in Waterloo, Canada.
Kubernetes isn't easy to explore, so I did up a quick blog with something that students respond very well to (I have steps for both Windows & macOS hosts in there):

Recently the latest comptia Exams are testing on programming languages reading the output of a code or scripts in few programming languages. In official book or lab we don't have any info about it. For IT students it's easy for them to understand. But for non IT students even corporate people for example accounting or management people is quite hard for them to take up without knowing basic programming. We as trainer also having hard time explain to them when they ask why all this not in book but is tested in exam?

Is future comptia course going to be for IT students only?

My suggestion is add in a module to teach basic programming in our modules. Non IT Students will be able to answer the questions tested in exam.

The output from tools or OS is easy for students bcos they practice in lab and they have it in official book.

Programming languages?

My high school A+ students (15 to 16 years old) are struggling with the pace at which I am covering 220-1001. I have about 105 hours to give demonstrations, lecture, have them take notes, conduct class discussions, watch related videos, talk about current events, and give them quizzes and tests. They are complaining that we don't do nearly enough hands-on and I see they are having a hard time with the pace to get through the 600 page book in 180 days.

I teach in a comprehensive high school (40 minute classes, students have 6 other classes) where the students in my class have an array of abilities (from students with IEPs to those with no tech knowledge to a student who excels at all his classes to others that aren't that interested in technology but want to try for the cert).

Also, these teenagers aren't doing much in the way of reading or studying at home.

Any thoughts to help this struggling teacher?