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  1. Tim W

    Addressing the Skills Gap: Bridging Theory and Practice in IT Education

    I know we have had students that didn't know RJ-45s have tabs on them and would try to unplug them from our switches and routers by yanking on the cables. It's important to have those hands-on labs when you can. I would say even if you had to buy some cheap five or eight port switches at Best...
  2. Tim W

    New Instructor Advice

    Well, don't I feel like a big dummy. :rolleyes: We are using the CertMaster Learn Material and there is a Final Assessment listed that I am planning to use for the final for my course. When I went to the site to clarify what it was called and take a screen shot, I saw this. Thanks for the...
  3. Tim W

    New Instructor Advice

    Does anyone have a good idea how long the Final Assessment of the Security+ course will actually take? The planner says 180 minutes. Is that accurate or should I plan on half that, like most exams? Our normal class session is an hour and fifteen minutes. I don't think that will be enough time...
  4. Tim W

    CertMaster Learn and Learn On Demand Labs

    Thanks, Liz. That's what I thought I heard during a session in the summit a few weeks ago but now that I am getting into the class with students I wanted to make sure I was correct before I told them that. ? Current plan is to have them do a lab and send me a screen shot. I'll see how it goes.
  5. Tim W

    CertMaster Learn and Learn On Demand Labs

    Anybody using the Learn on Demand labs as a supplement to the CertMaster Learn materials? Just curious how you tie the two together. It's my understanding they don't link to each other and that's fine. Still, we would like to use the labs and since there is a pretty high possibility of us being...
  6. Tim W

    Hey Newbies - Over Here!

    Patrick, ITF is "IT Fundamentals".
  7. Tim W

    Hey Newbies - Over Here!

    Hey All, First day! In 2010, after the factory I was working in shut down, I returned to the local community college for 2 years and studied most of this but never sat for the exams because the money wasn't there and none of the jobs I was applying for required them. I had a job as a...