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  1. Rick Butler

    Do You Report Cheating?

    I've told this story a few times regarding 'braindump chumps'. We had an instructor who was teaching for us once who was teaching connectorizing RJ-45/Cat5e cables. A relatively simple task for someone with A+ and Net+ training and certs - which, this person had (which we found later, he was...
  2. Rick Butler

    Recommendations for an enhanced learning environment in the online A+ and Security+ courses

    The one thing that comes to mind is installing RAM onto a motherboard. How do you simulate the gentle yet firm downward pressure you need to place on the DIMM so you don't damage it or the motherboard, not to mention the ever-satisfying 'click' when DIMM seats and the retaining clips lock into...
  3. Rick Butler

    5380 mins instructional time.

    Good luck with that. I don't see how that works effectively.
  4. Rick Butler

    How do I acquire a CySA+ Instructor manual

    You'll find one here: https://www.comptia.org/en-us/certifications/cybersecurity-analyst/#buy-now /r
  5. Rick Butler

    Need Help Accessing Network+ Instructor Resources

    So, the CIN does not have "Instructor Resource Kits" for instructors. We don't provide slides that you can use in your classroom, nor materials that you can take back and put in your learning environment. What we find in the resource area are Train the Trainer slides (if you hit the resource...
  6. Rick Butler

    Do You Report Cheating?

    Now, the ONLY time I could EVER think of using a braindump for ANYTHING would be in the form of a lab manual - that is, take the question as written, toss out the answers, and model it up in a bench situation. At that point, it's a experiential lab. But, using the question from the exam, as...
  7. Rick Butler

    Regarding CompTIA CTT+

    To add, CompTIA never has seemed to want to tell a training house/school, etc, who would be an instructor. For as long as I've been in education, I've never seen a huge push on CTT+ certified instructors in any training situation. Others' mileage may vary, but in my experience, it's never truly...
  8. Rick Butler

    5380 mins instructional time.

    That, to me, seems much more plausible, even though it put up 9 hours per day and aligns historically with how A+ is taught.
  9. Rick Butler

    Do You Report Cheating?

    I do think that CompTIA cares a great deal about exam integrity - I think we all do. And I personally have had my own run-in's with the braindump chumps and the companies that peddle them (I won't mention them by name in this forum). But yes, the VCE files that we see out there on the...
  10. Rick Butler

    Certmaster Learn or Certmaster Perform?

    I'm not sure I'd use Teams for that - probably would defer to Zoom, since it's more platform agnostic than other conference platforms. Plus, the feature set is a mite bit more developed than Meet or Teams. Google Meet is pretty streamlined. MSFT Teams is just very bloaty - shouldn't take near...
  11. Rick Butler

    Regarding Tech+ class

    I haven't taught Tech+ since it changed over from ITF+, but the principles are basically the same. The idea is to create an exam that bridges the gap between a computer power user and an entry level IT specialist. The skills are basic - in fact, I took the exam back in 2021, cold turkey, just...
  12. Rick Butler

    How to become CTT

    Confirm. CTT+ eligibility ended in 2023, due to the costs of upkeeping on a relatively unpopular certification.
  13. Rick Butler

    5380 mins instructional time.

    So, I don't think you can push both Core 1 and Core 2 into one week and have an effective class. In all the time I've taught A+ (disclosure, I have not taught v12), I have never seen both sides taught properly in a week, even in a bootcamp scenario. Perhaps the only way I would suggest it...
  14. Rick Butler

    Seeking Suggestions for Enhancing Student Engagement in Security+ Class

    Well, it looks like this has been very well covered. For my contribution to this discussion, I'm going to focus on lecture didactic. Hands on is ALWAYS going to be better for learning, but it's nigh impossible to avoid lecture. One of my favorite things to do when teaching any class, not just...
  15. Rick Butler

    CIN Sneak Peek: CompTIA Data+ V2 goes live this Thursday, August 28th!

    You too, Tracey - it's good to see you out here on CIN again...been a while!
  16. Rick Butler

    Sec+ Learning Resources

    So, general slide decks for teaching courses are not available through the CIN - you would get those through whomever your content publisher is, your CompTIA Business Development manager if you're using CompTIA content, or you'll have to construct your own, based on your requirements. We don't...
  17. Rick Butler

    Purchasing CompTIA vouchers for your college?

  18. Rick Butler

    Knowing NIST

    Entirely possible. They are out there...waiting...
  19. Rick Butler

    Cautionary tale for IT professionals

    Can't remember from where I horked the image, but I suppose if you Google "computer repair hourly rate t-shirt", you'll hit about 30 different Etsy sites...
  20. Rick Butler

    CIN Sneak Peek: CompTIA Data+ V2 goes live this Thursday, August 28th!

    I'll have to watch it on-demand. Too many meetings...
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