Hello seasoned Instructors out there, I have been tasked to teach N+ in 5 days, and it looks like the curriculum needs two weeks to fully cover it all. How are you managing to fully cover the curriculum in 5 days. Please can you share your approach.
Network + in 5 Days
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The schedule of two week is for covering every item, lab, quiz, etc. in the classroom.
What I do is leave the quizzes and a majority of the labs for students to complete on their own. I pick several labs that I feel are critical for the exam based on my experience and knowledge of the exam itself (I take each new exam when it comes out to maintain my cert vice doing CEU’s).
There is course outline and planner available for instructors in the CertMaster resources. Download it and set it to the 5-Day option. It provides a timeline with section times of coverage etc.
One thing to note is that a Bootcamp course like what you are teaching requires the learner to basically walk in understanding all of the prerequisite material (A+ and Tech+ objectives) and having that recommended experience listed on the objectives. They really are not designed for a beginner in networking who is trying to just get started and doesn’t have that background experience and knowledge.
Make sure you explain this to your students so the know they have to put in effort and study. Yes they will have to read the material and not simply rely on you to read it all for them. Just my $0.02.
What I do is leave the quizzes and a majority of the labs for students to complete on their own. I pick several labs that I feel are critical for the exam based on my experience and knowledge of the exam itself (I take each new exam when it comes out to maintain my cert vice doing CEU’s).
There is course outline and planner available for instructors in the CertMaster resources. Download it and set it to the 5-Day option. It provides a timeline with section times of coverage etc.
One thing to note is that a Bootcamp course like what you are teaching requires the learner to basically walk in understanding all of the prerequisite material (A+ and Tech+ objectives) and having that recommended experience listed on the objectives. They really are not designed for a beginner in networking who is trying to just get started and doesn’t have that background experience and knowledge.
Make sure you explain this to your students so the know they have to put in effort and study. Yes they will have to read the material and not simply rely on you to read it all for them. Just my $0.02.
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Hi Nick, thank you for taking your time to share your '2 cents', much appreciated. I will check the instructor resources as you suggested. Considering your advice, I might have to run two different classes: The 2 weeks for beginners and the one week bootcamp for the more experienced learners. Cheers Nick.
There is not enough time to cover the lectures, labs, and quizzes in one week.
If you only do the lecture, and tell the students to complete the labs and quizzes on their own time, you can cover the class in one week.
If you only do the lecture, and tell the students to complete the labs and quizzes on their own time, you can cover the class in one week.
Yeah we used to offer the bootcamps but had higher requirements for those courses and explained that the fast paced class in a bootcamp are NOT meant for those entering into the IT/Cyber field. They are meant for professionals that have the experience and knowledge but need guidance on how to apply that to a proctored exam.
A majority of our students were transitioning into IT so we offer a longer term course, usually two nights a week for 3-4 hours, for several weeks this allows time for the students to digest the material covered and work on reading and lab activities before we dive into new content.
Thanks for your reply Gregory, I will take this into consideration, when I plan for my upcoming classes.
Thank you Nick, you have given me very useful information. On a separate note: I enjoyed your CySA+ TTT Series, thank you so much for running such an insightful series.