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Curent Special Activities by BiASC

Through this difficult time with no people in offices, training centers and schools,  BiASC is busy with a lot of topics, making use of extra time having not to travel or commute for 10-15 h every week.

[A] CCNA v7 bridging course
=> 125 online participants

[B] CCNP v8 Instructor Evaluation (no instructor training)
=> 26 online participants in one week
=> More information: https://honim.typepad.com/biasc/2020/03/new-ccnp-enterprise-core-networking-ccnp-encor-v8-course.html

[C] FROM CCENT TO FULL CCNA
=> Proposal by Semyon Ovsyannikov 
=> More information: https://honim.typepad.com/biasc/2020/03/ccent-netacad-instructors-upgrade-to-full-ccna.html

[D] INTRO TO CYBERSECURITY:
=> Online training for 150 business students  
=> Catch up online for lost internship days with relevant information

[E] WEBEX FOR EDUCATION PROJECT
=> Started last year, received a boost lately
=> More information: https://honim.typepad.com/biasc/2020/03/webex_didactics_quality.html

[F] TWINNING PROJECT => TWINING COMPETITION EUROPE NORTH & BENELUX
=> connect labs for students + instructor training

[G] ACADCONNECT PROJECT
=> Offering refurbished lab equipment that is still useful: Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Madagascar, Suriname, ...
=> More information: https://honim.typepad.com/biasc/2019/11/acadconnect-donations.html

[H] CERTIFICATION VOUCHERS: CCNA, CYBEROPS, CCNP
=> lots of interest
=> waiting for Pearson Vue Test Centers to reopen
=> More information: https://honim.typepad.com/biasc/2020/03/free-cisco-certification-vouchers-2020.html

[I] DEVASC NEW NETACAD COURSE MATERIALS EVALUATION
=> Yvan involved in a 30-person worldwide group

[J] IT ACADEMY OFFERINGS COMPLEMENTING NETACAD
=> VMWARE, REDHAT, ...

[K] VIRTUAL REALITY/ 3D CCNA TRAINING + FREE CERTIFICATION
=> End June/ Beginning of July
=> 20 NetAcad Students, ready for certification
=> with Semyon Ovsyannikov + LEARNING AT CISCO Developer

[L] PYTHON TRAINING
=> Intec Brussels

New CCNP Enterprise Core Networking Course

The CCNP Enterprise: Core Networking (CCNP ENCOR v8) course is the first of two courses designed to help learners train and prepare for the CCNP Enterprise Certification.

Free Access to all BiASC Members who have finalized CCNA3 V7 (ENSA) or equivalent. Send a message including your full name and instructor email address to <yvan.rooseleer@biasc.be>

This course aligns to the core exam, Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (350-401 ENCOR) which focuses on your knowledge of enterprise infrastructure including dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) architecture, virtualization, infrastructure, network assurance, security, and automation.

CCNP ENCOR v8 contains 29 chapters. The content for this course can be found in the Cisco Press CCNP and CCIE Enterprise Core ENCOR 350—401 Official Cert Guide.

Online you will find labs, quizzes, videos, and assessments that will help you prepare for the certification exam. Some of these labs use a virtual machine as an easy way to use programming to access and modify a network device. In addition to configuring enterprise level routing and switching features in a network, certain labs give you the opportunity to construct API requests for network programmability.

Expiration Date for Active Certifications Extended

Active Certifications
Hot off the press - Cisco is extending the expiration date for all active certifications by six months (180 days) as of March 16, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
This covers all Cisco and DevNet Specialist, Associate, Professional, and Expert certifications as well as CCT and CCAr.

More details: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/blogs/a0D3i00000360ZcEAI/were-extending-the-expiration-date-for-all-active-certifications

Exam Vouchers
The expiration dates for all active, unused, unexpired exam vouchers, as of March 16, 2020 , are also extended for six months (180 days).  For the next three months, all new voucher orders will have an expiration date of 18-months from the date of purchase.

Free Cisco Certification Vouchers 2020

BiASC is glad to offer a number of 100% Certification Vouchers to members.
How to get them? Fill in this form

ELIGIBILITY: Instructors completing the CCNAv7 BRIDGING COURSE, CCNAv7 PART 3 (ENSA) or CCNA CYBEROPS

INFORMATION NEEDED
NetAcad User ID
First Name
Last Name
Email Address
NetAcad Institution ID
Voucher Requested

 

Webex taking you one step further in online learning and teaching

At BiASC, PXL and HOWEST we have started experimenting with specific hardware to improve online teaching. Sensational!
Additional Webex Support: URL: https://www.netacad.com/learning-never-stops

Webex Teams and Webex Meetings are cloud applications that can be used with nearly all computer systems, portables, tablets and smartphones.

Using the extra devices that are available gives some extra touch that works very well in a professional education environment.

We believe that the video and sound quality should be nearly perfect, because we are distance education professionals.

Here is the complete list of available professional devices: URL: https://projectworkplace.cisco.com/en-us/devices

BiASC favours the Roomkit Plus

More pictures of Webex Devices
URL: https://projectworkplace.cisco.com/en-us/workspaces

Great workspaces to teach and collaborate online

POSTPONED - IT ACADEMY DAY - 27 MARCH

Van: VAN GEEL Jonathan <jonathan.vangeel@henallux.be>
Date: wo 18 mrt. 2020 om 17:27
Subject: Postpone of IT Academy Day
To:
Cc: Yvan Rooseleer <yvan.rooseleer@biasc.be>

 

Hello everyone,

As you know, the situation is rapidly evolving, and it is with regret that we decided to postpone the event of 27 March so that you all have the possibility to setup something nice in a virtual conference. The date should be around end of April or May.

We would like to keep the same schedule. The idea would be, once again, to let you give an overall presentation of your IT academies in the morning, more suited for beginners or people who are not already part of your programs. The afternoon should be geared towards more advanced users of your products who would like to learn some new stuff about it.

As a reminder, there’s about a hundred academies part of BiASC who could potentially view all your presentations.

Best regards,
Jonathan Van Geel.
BiASC Advisor

No in-person BiASC events until further notice

All in-person events from the weeks of 16 March and later will be cancelled. In some cases we will provide webinars. You will be informed in due time.

 

Webex Free Remote Teaching

MESSAGE FROM CISCO TO ALL EDUCATION

Schools and higher education institutions are facing unprecedented needs to close their physical classrooms, due to circumstances resulting from COVID-19. We’re here to keep your classrooms connected via Cisco’s collaboration tools. In this way learning doesn’t have to stop.

Clicking the link below, you’ll find content to support teachers and institutions to teach remotely, student and parent guides, and resources for IT departments to rapidly plan, deploy, and onboard users for Cisco’s collaboration tool Webex Teams. Students can join a meeting with a desktop or laptop computer, a tablet or even a smartphone.

The Webex Teams offering is for free.

https://www.webex.com/webexremoteedu.html

For further Webex Teams support, contact the Cisco Collaboration lead in your country.

Contact: Michel Assink, massink@cisco.com, +3227785404

Related information:

• URL: https://www.netacad.com/learning-never-stops
• URL: https://honim.typepad.com/biasc/2020/03/webex-for-education.html

Webex for Education

Now is the time in which online education is more relevant than ever. NetAcad members from BiASC are entitled to use a full Webex admin account (up to a maximum number that we are able to provide). Equally, all other educational institutions can use a free full access account until the end of the current academic year.

URL: https://www.webex.com/webexremoteedu.html
Contact: Michel Assink, massink@cisco.com, +3227785404

Advise for Newcomers and Deep Dive Webinar

This page gives basic information for newcomers along with a video reference to a deep dive explanation of the major components of the Webex ecosystem. 

NetAcad instructors who have been using Webex for distance learning are attracted to this very useful collection of open standard communication and cloud collaboration tools. Webex Teams & Meetings offers all the possibilities that you get from other well known cloud applications. Only in Webex all the tools are integrated.

Participants can join a meeting with a desktop or laptop computer, a tablet or even a smartphone.

Open Standards and Integration
Webex is a combination of functionalities that you find in apps like WhatsApp, Messenger, Skype, Zoom, Dropbox, Adobe Connect ... Moreover, Webex is offering a very intuitive screen sharing, annotation, chat and polling tool. The elegant whiteboard application allows instructors to explain design concepts with the use of visual representations. Meetings can be recorded and all the necessary files can be up- and downloaded. Webex facilitates integration with calendar applications Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, Google Gmail. 

Start simple, step by step 
For group meetings and online classes we advise you to use the Webex Meetings tool with your students. This is the most simple for all participants. For small group or individual coaching we advise Webex Teams, in which students can also collaborate without a teacher.

Below is a Beginner's Guide in three languages:

• English: Download 2020-03-02_Webex_eschool_v1.0-eng(1)
• français: Telecharger 2020-03-02_Webex_eschool_v1.0-FR(1)
• Nederlands: Download 2020-03-12_Webex_eschool_v1.3-Dutch(1)
• Additional information on Cisco NetAcad - URL: https://www.netacad.com/learning-never-stops
• Related information: https://honim.typepad.com/biasc/2020/03/webex-free-remote-teaching.html

A video has been created for you giving background information for professional and educational usage of Webex
We particularly advise to watch the part starting at time 16:24 until 45:54

 

CCENT NetAcad Instructors: Upgrade to Full CCNA

CCENT NetAcad Instructors who are accredited for the old CCNAv6 Part 1 & 2 get the opportunity to upgrade to full CCNA.

All Current NetAcad Instructors at the CCENT level can get to full CCNAv7 Accreditation:

• Take the Short Route via the Bridging Course for CCNAv7
• Complete the CCNA3 V7 Course (ENSA)

In order to register for this instructor training write an email to <yvan.rooseleer@biasc.be> and join in-person or online workshops or conferences.

During online workshops & conferences we will be using the WEBEX TEAMS environment. All teachers at educational institutions have a completely free access to the WEBEX TEAMS environment for six months, until after the summer. If you are interested contact <yvan.rooseleer@biasc.be>

More information about NetAcad Workshops and Conferences
URL: http://biasc.be/2019/12/biasc-activities-workshops-conference-spring-2020.html

 

Network Management Augmented Reality & VR/3D Experience

Here is a video showing how to learn to manage networks with augmented reality & VR/3D

Watch Keynote Video

DevNet Associate NetAcad Course - Summer 2020

The new DevNet Associate NetAcad Course (DevASC) is to be expected in the Summer of 2020.

IT ACADEMY DAY - NAMUR - 27 MARCH

BIASC members are invited to the IT Academy Day for coordinators and instructors organized by Henallux in Namur.
Every year we offer one opportunity to meet with experts regarding important IT Academy programmes for higher education and professional competence centers.

In view of health and safety issues BiASC is looking into possible alternatives for the event. Please continue registering and you will be informed in due time.

Schedule of the day

• 9h00: Breakfast
• 9h20: Palo Alto Networks Academy overview (Keith Cantillon, Palo Alto Networks)
• 10h00: Coffee & Networking
• 10h20: Red Hat Academy overview (Sandra Moldoveanu, Red Hat)
• 11h00-11h40: Introduction to VMWare NSX (Frederick Verduyckt, VMware)
• 12h00: Lunch & Networking
• 13h00: Workshop VMWare NSX (Frederick Verduyckt, VMware)
• 14h00: Workshop Red Hat (Rik Megens, Red Hat)
• 15h00: Workshop Palo Alto Networks App-ID (Keith Cantillon, Palo Alto Networks)
• 16h00: Closing Drink

Venue

Haute École de Namur-Liège-Luxembourg
Département technique IESN
Rue Joseph Calozet 19
5000 Namur
+32 (0)81 46 86 10

Registration
It is possible to enroll by clicking on this hyperlink 

 

Talent Connection Event - Be NetAcad Day - 24 April 2020 - Cisco BeLux

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In view of health and safety issues BiASC and Cisco NetAcad are looking into possible alternatives for the event planned on 24 April. Please continue registering and you will be informed in due time.

BiASC invites NetAcad students seeking for an internship or a job to the Talent Connection Event at the Cisco BeLux Office in Diegem on 24 April 2020.

On the same day there are numerous opportunities for Academy Coordinators and Instructors to connect to Cisco partners or attend specific deep dive technical sessions by experienced Cisco engineers.

All participants will be able to visit the Cisco TAC Labs and interact with real Cisco TAC professionals. There will be a student challenge to win 100% CCNA Certification Vouchers. 

Cisco Registration Tool for students, instructors and academy coordinators: http://tce20.chap-public.crate.farm/signup

List of all BiASC events for Networking Academies in the spring of 2020

URL: https://honim.typepad.com/biasc/2019/12/biasc-activities-workshops-conference-spring-2020.html