A few quick resources for your students as they consider registering for the Online Exam. Attached are two "flyers" you can email or share with students. 1.) Online Testing Registration Process 2.) FAQs for Online Testing. Let us know what else you need!

Which of the following BEST explains the difference between SaaS. PaaS, and laaS?

A. SaaS solutions offer users a complete computing solution that encompasses the software and underlying infrastructure, while the other cloud approaches offer a partial computing solution.

B. laaS solutions provide users with the interfaces for accessing software applications hosted on a remote platform, while the other cloud approaches require users to develop their own applications.

C. PaaS solutions provide users with ready-made application products that do not require any additional development, while the other cloud approaches require software development before they are useful.

D. SaaS provides a common set of services but not the application products; while PaaS provides the application products but not the common services, and laaS provides Internet connectivity for the customer.

Hi,
Someone recently mentioned to me that CompTIA has course planners for 1 week, 8 weeks, etc.
Where can I find and access this resource for Network+ & any others?
Thanks

Hello all,

I've been a part of this CIN for some time now but am posting a thread for the first time. I just launched a new website, launchcert.com (or launchcertlogin.com to create an account) that is filled with A+, Network+, and Security+ resources. Individuals can go here for free and access flashcards and play a Space Wars exam concept game. If you create an account and pay for 30-day access ($20) you will have access to tons of practice questions, exam objectives focused notes, etc. Enjoy!

-CB

Have questions: [email protected]

SEASC is seeking full-time week instructor for its classes interrupted by Coronavirus Pandemic. Hiring need is immediate. email us [email protected] NOW!!

CompTIA Online Testing Webinar
April 14, 2020
10:00 - 11:00 am CT
Register Today!

Starting April 15th, CompTIA will be offering an online testing option for our certification exams, utilizing the Pearson OnVUE testing platform. Considering many candidates cannot currently access traditional in-person testing, online testing provides an alternative option.

Join Dr. James Stanger, Chief Technology Evangelist and Randy Gross, CIO and Executive Vice President of Certification Operations for CompTIA, as they share additional details about our new online testing option available for candidates.

In this webinar you will learn:

• Process for scheduling or rescheduling an exam
• How candidates can prepare for the online exam
• System requirements
• Policies and procedures for remote proctoring
• Where to send candidates for help before and during the exam
• Key points for success with online testing

If you're unable to join the live webinar, register here to access the on-demand recording.

If you missed the webinar we offered for moving classroom instruction virtual so far, here is the on-demand link to catch up. https://bit.ly/CIN-VirtualClassroomTips

Check back as we offer more webinars to support the community as we make the move virtual.

Hi there, g'day!

I'm currently prepping to take the CTT+ exams and am looking forward to the experience very much. I was surprised to see that CTT+ is excluded from the test-at-home online testing that will go live in about a week's time -> http://comptia.org/testing/online-testing-interest-form

Online testing is not available in China, Cuba, Iran, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Slovenia, Sudan, and Syria. Other exclusions include CTT+ and any site licenses.

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I'm very curious as to why the theoretical part of the CTT+ examination would be excluded. It does not strike me as dissimilar to the other tests.

Hi there,
I am a new member of CompTIA Instructor Network. I am an electronic engineer, I have various IT Security certifications: CompTIA Security +, CEH, CHFI, CASE.NET, ISACA CSX-P. I am also a CEI EC-Council trainer. I ask for information on what is the procedure to become an official CompTIA trainer to do online teaching for CompTIA or CompTIA training partner ?. Can anyone give me some information?
thank you
Gianluca

Greetings, check out the latest CompTIA publication.

What is DDos? A Guide for Protection

Enjoy!

Thank You

Lat week's webinar was very successful! Thank you to everyone who attended and supported the event!

During our first webinar on this subject, dozens of instructors requested we address additional items in a follow-up session. Frankly, we ran out of time covering all the challenges that COVID-19 has introduced to classroom teaching.

We are continuing the discussion on April 2nd! During our lively, interactive webinar our panel including, @Stephen P, @Lee McWhorter and Jason Eckert, will share proven tips and solutions that work in today’s virtual environment.

Our panel of seasoned IT instructors will:

• Share student engagement tips
• Demo a virtual platform
• Discuss student connectivity solutions
• Q & A with our panel of instructors

The CompTIA Instructor Network is here to provide you with valuable resources as we all tackle the challenges of moving the classroom virtual. Please help promote the webinar to any teachers who may be interesting in learning more about moving their classes online!

Registration: https://bit.ly/TeachingVirtual2

Quarantines and stay-home notices means we scrape the bottom of the YouTube barrel. So, this goes out to @Stephen P :

• Pachelbel's Chicken
• Chicken Wedding
• Chickens in Africa
• The Blue Danube (Chicken Edition)

Enjoy, and stay save everyone.

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CySA CS0-002 launches April 21st. Please join CompTIA's product and marketing team for this informative webinar to be held at 10:00 am CDT on April 22nd. Register here.

We will discuss:

What is it?
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) is an IT workforce certification that applies behavioral analytics to networks and devices to prevent, detect and combat cybersecurity threats through continuous security monitoring.

Why is it different?

• CompTIA CySA+ is the only intermediate high-stakes cybersecurity analyst certification with both hands-on, performance-based questions and multiple-choice questions.
• CySA+ focuses on the candidate's ability to not only proactively capture, monitor, and respond to network traffic findings, but also emphasizes software and application security, automation, threat hunting, and IT regulatory compliance, which affects the daily work of security analysts.
• CySA+ covers the most up-to-date core security analyst skills and upcoming job skills used by threat intelligence analysts, application security analysts, compliance analysts, incident responders/handlers, and threat hunters, bringing new techniques for combating threats inside and outside of the Security Operations Center (SOC).

Any TTT for CySA+?

Today many of us find ourselves moving from our comfortable classroom instruction to teaching online. This could be a challenge on many fronts and you may have questions about how to proceed, what tools to use, and tactics to engage students.

We have assembled a webinar panel of instructors, @Stephen P, @Lee McWhorter and Jason Eckert, who teach classroom-based instruction and as well as virtual courses. They will share with you tips and tricks for moving beyond the classroom with their students, and lessons learned along the way.

We will also take questions from the audience and provide answers and support for teachers trying to get classes up and running with little prep time.
Please join us for this informative webinar.

To find out more information and register, please visit, https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/2238667/09C996BCE81D2B6C902D490880190395

We hope to see you Thursday!

Need to brush up IT skills or know someone who does? What a better way to spend self-imposed quarantine then working towards certification for free!

CompTIA and BenchPrep are offering access to CompTIA IT Fundamentals+ course for the next 30-days. Check out the details, https://www.comptia.org/newsroom/pr...on-the-fundamentals-of-information-technology

Pass it along.

As detailed below, I have been involved in a project that provides instructors and their students to a free online course that is aligned with the exam objectives for the ITF+ certification. The course is free because the development was funded from a grant I administered that was provided by the California Community College Chancellor's Office. You can look at the course content by registering for a student account by clicking HERE. The course is housed in the Canvas LMS. You can establish your own free "teacher" Canvas account by clicking HERE. You can download the ITF+ course content and load it into your Canvas account by clicking HERE.

The course development team consisted of two community college faculty and a high school teacher. There is a cost associated with the labs identified in the course. Those labs are provided by Practice-Labs. If you want to provide student access to the labs, I recommend you reach out to Practice-Labs. The recommended audience would be high school and community college students. This could be a great way to give back to your community and get students who are "sheltered at home" during these trying times.

Let me know if you have any questions. My email address is [email protected]

Steve

You may have already seen the letter from CompTIA's CEO, Todd Thibodeaux about moves CompTIA is making in response to COVID-19. In case you have missed it here is the basics.

CompTIA exams will be available for remote delivery beginning approximately 30 days from today. Please use the link below and register to receive continuous updates regarding remote testing availability. We also recommend you share this link with candidates.

https://www.comptia.org/testing/online-testing-interest-form

Any previously purchased vouchers will be usable with the remote system and all vouchers scheduled to expire from March 17th through April 30th, 2020 will be extended through June 30th, 2020. We'll continue to monitor timelines and make further adjustments for other periods if warranted.

I am excited about the changes being made and look forward to the online testing. Check back for status updates as I will post them here as they become available!

As some of you know effective June 30, 2020, I am retiring from the California community college system. One of the consequences of retiring is that I cannot teach for California's public educational institutions for a period of 180 days (meaning until after December 30, 2020). After that date, I can begin teaching and because I want to stay off of California freeways, I've decided to focus efforts on qualifying as an online instructor, available to serve our California students. To do that I must satisfy college requirements, which include completing training as an online instructor. I wish they were uniform, but with 115 colleges and 72 districts, uniformity is out of the question. The best way to go is for me to take an online course provided by @One. This 12-week course will enable me to teach online IT/cybersecurity courses as a majority of the colleges. My sense is this current situation will result in the online courses will increase and after the emergency will continue to be more commonplace as students get use to being training in this manner.

Thought you might be interested!

Hello Everyone: Due to the impacts of COVID-19, all CompTIA exam vouchers with an original expiration date between March 17th, 2020 to April 30, 2020 are now valid through June 30, 2020. CompTIA will continue to monitor timelines and any additional updates will be communicated.

*Please note for the latest information on certification exam test delivery and testing policies pertaining to COVID-19, please refer to the Pearson VUE update site.

Please post or reach out with any questions.

Best,
Liz

See: https://home.pearsonvue.com/coronavirus-update

Darn. I was scheduled to take the beta exam for the Server+ on March 26th. I wonder if I'll be permitted to take it at a later date......

We are experiencing crazy times! So many schools are closing down and many schools are having Spring Break this week uncertain or knowing they will not return to the classroom next week. This may be a challenge to many face-to-face instructors having to switch to a virtual platform for teaching with zero prep time.

We have a great blend of teachers in this community. It would be great if our virtual instructors would share some tips and tricks for getting course up and running quickly. Thanks to @Steve Linthicum for sharing the resources he found for special offers of virtual training services. This is a great start. What other advice can we offer to support teachers facing this task. Suggestions for best practices, tools to use, advice for student engagement, how to for creating screen-casts, or over all suggestions to help students provide guidance to their students.

I know this is a great community! Let's stand together and help each other out!

Greetings,

In addition to all the great resources @Steve Linthicum mentions, CompTIA also has a valuable Free Resource called The Future of Tech. Here you will find content idea for providing students with baseline digital literacy and familiarity with emerging technologies. This content is aimed at the "Fundamentals" course. On this site you will find the following 5 Lessons, plus 2 bonus Lessons.

Future of Tech Topics/Lessons:

• Big Data
• AI
• IoT
• CyberSecurity
• Digital Health

Bonus Collections/ Lessons:

• Ethics in Tech
• Personal Data Ownership

Each lesson is organized with reading, video and interactive exercises. There is no formal assessment, however would be idea to assign a written assignment or team-based assignment. This content is also ideal if you have eLearning classroom which may not have access to all of the right "applications" at home and you need to switch gears.

For those teaching courses geared towards our CompTIA certifications, you have access to the following eLearning options include:

1.) CertMaster Learn (both self-study and instructor-led versions) fully scoped and sequenced course (with or without the instructor admin tools)
2.) CompTIA labs (hosted on Learn on Demand Systems)
3.) CertMaster Practice (certification exam prep)

Please let us know if you need help with your course. You can contact [email protected] or post here and we will get in touch with you ASAP.

Thanks so very much!

Best,
Liz Wannemacher
[email protected]