Courseware Quality... is it only me seeing it getting worse?

[Michael Schmitz]

I just go through the CySA V4 Slides, again after the TTT,
but dear, are they getting bad..
Graphics that in that size are unreadable, lot of information that is wrong or outdated.
Like WSUS at some point.
Ebook is even worse..
It still says: Twitter (since 2023 is it X).
No Chapter Numbering in the Index.
And then often this:

Examine a Forensic Drive Image with Autopsy
For guidance in using interactives in Heretto, refer to the Style Guide Documentation Heretto for Video.

and it says: 6604 Pages...
( i do not list all my findings here)

I start to update and correct the Slides now, and will improve then maybe later again,
but as they are ootb: not good..

It is not only CompTIA, but the AI Generated Content is really worse for Courseware Content.

 

[dwightwatt]

X may be real name, but notice almost all refer to as "X formerly Twitter".

 

[Michael Schmitz]

X may be real name, but notice almost all refer to as "X formerly Twitter".

page 1062: As another example, a person might want to use both Google Apps and Twitter. If Google and Twitter establish a federated network for the purpose of authentication and authorization

No, i does not say: X...
That makes it worse. It newer says once: X, formerly Twitter.
It always use: Twitter.
That is a sign for a poorly Review Process.
And in 2026, 3 years to not make it really need to refer it back..

 

[dwightwatt]

Yes just saying Twitter is out of date. Yes, something a reviewer or author should have caught. When I review books I watch for detail errors. And submit a number of errors. Too many reviewers just say it looks ok. When I wrote a textbook a few years ago all three reviewers said looks great. There was an error on teh first page.