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New Certifications, NetAcad & SkillsForAll Competence-Oriented Course Offerings 2023

Since the beginning of 2023 Cisco is moving to new certifications and new learning platforms. A new level with the name of Cisco Certified Support Technician (CCST) has been defined. With the creation of SkillsForAll the Cisco Networking Academy program is going to migrate to a new platform. The merger of NetAcad and SkillsForAll will be finalized in 2023.

The presentation below informs you about new interactive course offerings, learning pathways and new certifications related to the new courses:

• PDF: Download NetAcad_and_SkillsForAll_2023 (5)
• Google Drive: hyperlink (latest version)

Networking Academy Course Catalog September 2022

The new Catalog for Cisco Academy Courses gives you a well-structured overview of all the available courses. There are 30 interactive courses and workshops about the following topics preparing your students for challenging IT jobs.

• Networking
• Operating Systems and IT
• Cybersecurity
• Programmable Infrastructure
• Programming
• Practice

All details
Download PPT: English_NetAcad_Course_Catalog_09.08.2022

Preparing for IT Essentials v8

Cisco NetAcad have announced the release of their updated IT Essentials 8.0 content. IT Essentials v8 is directly linked to the updated CompTIA A+ certifications.

Any Cisco Instructor in any Cisco Academy supported by an ASC can access the content:

• The bridging content, covering the differences between v7.x and 8.0 is available for students.
• The full version of the content, is scheduled for December 2022.

Anyone in a Cisco Academy connected to an ASC can teach this course, as long as they have instructor status. Prior accreditation and training is no longer required. Any teaching colleague can be added to an academy and offered access to this resource. 

Relevancy of IT Essentials
The IT Essentials course teaches competences and skills about computer hardware, operating systems, software and security. It is an important preparation for courses like CyberSecurity Operations, DevNet Associate and also Routing and Switching. 

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More information on the NetAcad website: Hyperlink

Digitization & Education: NetAcad & SkillsForAll

Cisco Networking Academy: CyberSecurity Pathway

Everyone experiences the impact of digital technologies in our economy and society. Digitization has an impact on economic growth, reducing unemployment, improving quality of life, and boosting citizens' access to public services. The demand for IT professionals and employees with basic digital skills to support digitization is huge: currently there are over 750K open ICT jobs in Europe. This gap is expected to lead to 1.7 million unfilled ICT vacancies in 2025. 

Networking Academy Program
The Cisco Networking Academy Program has been around for 24 years to bridge this gap. Three million students globally last schoolyear were enrolled in Cisco NetAcad courses, more than 15 million students since inception. It is the mission of Cisco Networking Academy to enable the IT-workforce of the future to transition to the labor market, thereby bridging the gap experienced in our labor markets.

Skills For All
A new platform, SkillsforAll.com has been launched. This platform brings free, mobile friendly, and gamified courses for students on Cyber Security, Networking, Programmability, IoT, Digitization, Packet Tracer, and Python.

This includes for example a renewed and innovative Cybersecurity Pathway Evolution:

For students to achieve the following Cisco-recognized and Industrial grade certification for instance this Cybersecurity Pathway:

Information Sessions
It is possible to register for an international info session, or to have a dedicated session on special request
URL: Information Sessions Registration Form

Contacts
Yvan Rooseleer, BIASC ASC/ITC Manager, Belgium, yvan.rooseleer@biasc.be
Rik Bleeker, CSR Manager Europe North ribleeke@cisco.com | www.cisco.nl/dvn

 

Skills For All Introduction to IoT and Digital Transformation 2.1 March 2022

The existing IoT courses on the NetAcad platform are gradually going to be replaced by new courses. The first course is focused on IoT and digital transformation.
View course

NetAcad Learning Materials - Latest Releases - Spring 2022

Here is an overview of the new releases of NetAcad learning materials in spring 2022.

Cybersecurity Pathway on Skills for All

New security courses are offered for adult education and for secondary schools.  

With the high demand for cybersecurity skills, preparing learners for entry-level IT and cybersecurity job roles is more important than ever.

The Cybersecurity pathway on Skills for All from Cisco Networking Academy aligns to the new entry-level IT Specialist Cybersecurity certification from Certiport, the leading provider of performance-based IT certification exams. The online learning pathway and certification prepare learners with the skills required for entry-level cybersecurity jobs such as Cybersecurity Technician, Junior Cybersecurity Analyst, and Tier 1 Help Desk Support.

This online learning pathway is a foundation for your students to continue on to certification-aligned career courses like CyberOps Associate and Network Security.

For more information, click here.

If you intend to offer the courses, please contact Yvan Rooseleer <yvan.rooseleer@biasc.be>

 

 

Online Cloud & Virtualization Courses -- VMware & NDG

  

Through its partner NDG, VMware offers different practical courses on the topics of virtualization & cloud from beginner to advanced level. Users must be officially recognized as a VMware Academy.

Introduction to OpenShift Applications (DO101) available for free access

Introduction to OpenShift Applications (DO101) 
Red Hat OpenShift offers automated installation, upgrades, and lifecycle management throughout the container stack—the operating system, Kubernetes and cluster services, and applications—on any cloud.
=>Available until June, 30th 2020, Free access to the course

CML/ VIRL Virtual Hands-on Lab Workshop for NetAcad instructors

Cisco Modeling Labs

VIRL VIRTUAL HANDS-ON LAB WORKSHOP -- for NetAcad instructors

DATE: 12 JUNE 2020 via WEBEX -- INSTRUCTOR: ALAIN PIETERS

• GROUP EN - ENGLISH 9-10:30
• GROUP NE - NEDERLANDS 11-12:30
• GROUP FR - FRANCAIS - 14:15:30

Presentation & docs
URL: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BFr6iHNAgmws-Sd3d4svgB_IvPUQ3K0I?usp=sharing

Timing of the DevNet Associate Course

Timing of the DevNet Associate Course

 

Cisco Academy Webinars in het Nederlands

Voor Cisco Academy instructors die graag een keer een webinar in het Nederlands volgen is er een interessant aanbod in mei 2020.

Remote Teaching Best Practices -- Cisco NetAcad IPD WEEK

Nico Declerck and Yvan Rooseleer from BiASC organized a webinar about Remote Teaching Best Practices for Cisco NetAcad IPD Week on Thursday 30 April 2020.  The webinar started streaming at 14pm. There were about 150 attendees from all over the world, mainly Networking Academy instructors and coordinators. At the end of the presentation there were a lot of interesting questions from the audience. A video of the conference is available for NetAcad instructors and coordinators.

EMEA Red Hat Academy Webinar - 7 May 2020

LIVE REDHAT WEBINAR

Date: Thursday, May 7th 2020
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (CET)

New training resources available to upskill you
Upcoming online Virtual Training sessions on RH technologies
Linux Training pills by hand of our Solution Architects

Register HERE

Important
AFTER you register, you will receive a Bluejeans Invite where you will have to click "YES" to add this Webinar to your calendar.

RedHat Academy Hands-on Labs with NDG Cloud (free)

RedHat are offering for a limited period of time FREE access to the NDG Cloud Labs to help RHAs in this period.

Global IPD Week -- Webinars, Technical Sessions, Deep Dives, Updates, Best Practices

This week on 30 April and next week (until 8 May) there are a series of webinars giving updates for Cisco Networking Academy instructors.

Topics

• Understanding DNS using Wireshark - 6 May 2020
• Windows 10 Networking in IT Essentials - 7 May 2020
• Best Practices for Remote Instruction - 30 April 2020
• New CCNA Community Developed Packet Tracer Labs - 5 May 2020
• Webex Teams API and Hands-on with Python SDK - 6 May 2020
• CCNP Deep Dive - 7 May 2020
• Understanding Kill Chain - 7 May 2020
• Webex Teams API and Hands-on with Python SDK - 6 May 2020
• In-depth look at the DevNet Associate Certification - 7 May 2020

Register via NetAcad.com/ I'm Learning/ IPD Week: https://1040239.netacad.com/courses/863485

Topics offered by BiASC -- available  online on-demand 

• In-depth look at the DevNet Associate Certification & prepare for the DevAsc NetAcad Training
• In-depth look at the CyberSecurity Operations Certification & prepare for the CyberOps NetAcad Training

Register by email to <yvan.rooseleer@odisee.be>

 

DevASC Topics in a Nutshell

Cisco Pearson Vue Certification Exams Remotely

CISCO PEARSON VUE CERTIFICATION EXAMS ARE NOW POSSIBLE REMOTELY - from home, from office, from school

OnVUE online proctored exams allow you to conveniently take an exam in the comfort of your home or office while being monitored by an offsite proctor. All communication with the proctor is done in English.

Here is the FAQ document: https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en_us/training-events/exams/online-testing-faq.pdf

Twinning Remote Lab Challenge/ Europe North & Benelux

TWINNING PROJECT & COMPETITION

Let Cisco Academies students connect to live Cisco Hardware labs for real networking challenges
Make better use of existing hardware labs

The Twinning competition is a co-creation challenge for "Twin Cisco Academy Teams". The aim is to interconnect networking labs to be used remotely by students and instructors.

Twinning Competition Registration Form URL: https://forms.gle/2ZtmKL8KNjFEV4Fj6
Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HfiZU86qNp0dEH6cTg97LqExqQZTa_Eef1cSyQFeaus/edit?usp=sharing
Due to the pandemic we prefer to postpone the date of the event until everyone is going out of lockdown.
All registered teams will be informed in due time.

TWINNING REMOTE LAB CHALLENGE FOR CISCO NETWORKING ACADEMIES -- BASICS

CHALLENGE 

Design, develop, prototype and create a solution based on the Twinning concept for remote Cisco Academy labs.

Twin Academy Teams are briefed, trained, coached and followed up by NetAcad Coaches and Cisco Experts

Reporting Errors in NetAcad Courses

On a regular basis BiASC receives messages from active members about errors in course content, labs, quizzes or tests. Cisco NetAcad Support advises the following approach. Please use the community related to the actual course to report errors or remarks.

HOW TO?

If the user is a non-student user, please have him post this issue in the Community Forum. 

We recommend using the Community Forum which is a great tool to get answers on technical issues users have come across. 

Non-student users can access the Community Forum by going to www.netacad.com>Hover over “?” and click “Community Forum”