I THINK I'M DEAD!

Mitch Garvis

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Wait... I am much better now. Let me explain:

Yesterday afternoon I logged into my CompTIA portal to make sure I could download the courseware for the class I am teaching next week. It wasn't listed... and neither were any other courses! Until a few hours earlier I had dozens of courses available and now... NOTHING. I asked the Chatbot and it said I needed to log in through my institution's specific login, and not the SSO page. I was a bit worried... it looked like I was no longer a student, let alone an instructor!

This morning it was all back where it should be. A sigh of relief could be heard above the din of the crowd.

Has anyone else experienced this wonky behaviour? Does anyone know if the site was experiencing hiccoughs yesterday?
 
Had a similar thing happen also but I couldnt access the portal. I got a http 500 error. I logged a ticket and it was resolved

Request:post (contentType application/json) withCredentials - /api/v1/authentication/signin_credentials?cacheBust=b643943e-38b4-4cef-8415-36113485e80d -- Bad Status: 500 - Data: {"login":"","pHash":"*****"}Http Status Code: 500Response: {"error":"The HTTP status code of the response was not expected (500).\n\nStatus: 500\nResponse: \n"}

Request:post (contentType application/json) withCredentials - /api/v1/authentication/signin_credentials?cacheBust=2109a841-95a5-4634-b0eb-a35cbd971c1d -- Bad Status: 500 - Data: {"login":"","pHash":"*****"}Http Status Code: 500Response: {"error":"The request was canceled due to the configured HttpClient.Timeout of 30 seconds elapsing."}
 
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That’s what I was doing… not teaching until Monday. I actually had the decks and pdf but wanted to see if the labs were working.
I haven't done the labs in more than a decade. I tell the students that the labs will enhance the lecture, but they should do them outside class hours.

Most of the CompTIA certifications lean heavily on the theory and processes, but don't particularly require much technical depth with any of the products or services.
 
Most of the CompTIA certifications lean heavily on the theory and processes, but don't particularly require much technical depth with any of the products or services.
I do not disagree… but I don’t only want them passing the exam, I want them having some hands-on experience. It also gives me a break from lecturing.