1. © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Presentation_ID 1 Cisco Packet Tracer Skills Assessments Overview

2. Presentation_ID 2 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Cisco Packet Tracer Skills Assessments

3. Presentation_ID 3 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Students Learn By Doing  Networking Academy uses teaching and assessment methods that help students develop the skills needed to succeed in the classroom and on the job  We emphasize the hands-on, “e-doing” aspect of learning to re- enforce skills  Cisco Packet Tracer Skills Assessments help students gain confidence that they can actually perform the tasks they have learned in their courses

4. 4 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Packet Tracer Skills Assessments Innovative New Assessment Offering  Authentic tasks, complex and performance based  Rich, immediate feedback  Online, centrally administered environment  Automatically scored and integrated with gradebook  Students practice in familiar simulation environment  Measures performance in addition to knowledge  Allows simultaneous testing for large numbers of students  Practice without accessing real equipment  Helps instill confidence in mastery of learned skills  21st century assessment integrated with networking technology curriculum 4 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public

5. Presentation_ID 5 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Packet Tracer Practice SBAs

6. Presentation_ID 6 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Practice Assessments for CCNA Courses  PT Practice Skills Based Assessments (SBAs) are the first Packet Tracer Skills Assessments available  Each CCNA course has a final hands-on skills exam Administered on real equipment in person, or on remotely- accessed equipment Assess ability to apply knowledge and perform real skills to succeed in the workforce  PT Practice SBAs provide a technology-based solution to practice for the final hands-on exam Available for all CCNA Discovery & CCNA Exploration courses Help indicate a student’s readiness for final hands-on exam 6 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public  Note: PT Practice SBAs were designed to practice for the final summative skills exams on real equipment, not to replace them

7. Presentation_ID 7 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Benefits of Packet Tracer Practice SBAs  Provide students with a way to assess their performance and knowledge of networking concepts and skills  Assessment environment presents complex and authentic tasks, immediately scores the exams, and provides rich, detailed feedback integrated with the gradebook  Helps students and instructors identify areas that need improvement to increase student confidence, satisfaction, and success when preparing for the final hands-on skills exam

8. Presentation_ID 8 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public PT Practice SBA Exam Experience Launch 1 Take Exam 2 Submit It 3 Automatically Scored 4 View Feedback 5 8 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public

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10. Presentation_ID 10 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public PT Practice SBA Exam

11. Presentation_ID 11 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public PT Practice SBA Exam

12. Presentation_ID 12 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public PT Practice SBA Detailed Feedback Helps Students Identify Areas for Improvement Proficiency EstimatesDetailed Scoring Feedback 12 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public

13. Presentation_ID 13 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public PT Practice SBA Feedback Additional Feedback for Instructors Access Student Work ProductTime Stamped Student Log 13 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public

14. Presentation_ID 14 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public PT Practice SBA Feedback Additional Feedback for Instructors

15. Presentation_ID 15 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public PT Practice SBA Feedback Additional Feedback for Instructors View ActivityView Proposed Solution 15 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public

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17. 17 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Activating a PT Practice SBA Default ValueComments Login Period1 hourCan be increased up to 14 days Number of Exam Attempts 20 exam attempts Allows students to take exam as many times as needed to gain proficiency Exam Duration2 hours Can be adjusted up or down as needed up to a maximum of 10 hours  Instructors activate an exam from the course Assessment Home page using the normal assessment activation process  Use the default activation settings or modify as needed

18. Presentation_ID 18 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 1 Software Requirements  We recommend using the latest version of Packet Tracer Log in to Academy Connection Click the Packet Tracer image on the left side of your Home Page Select Software Downloads then choose the appropriate download option  Required! Packet Tracer 5.2.1 or above & Java 1.6 or above  To obtain the latest Java version Download from www.java.com  To verify that your local computer has required software Click the PT Skills Assessment Environment Checker on your class home page

19. Presentation_ID 19 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Instructor Support Available  Instructors should report issues, errors, or bugs through the Curriculum and Assessment Quality Support site To access this site, log in to Academy Connection and click Help at the top of the page, then select Curriculum and Assessment Quality Support Select the Contact Curriculum Team tab, provide as much detail as possible, and then click Submit 19 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public  To collaborate with other instructors, join the Cisco Packet Tracer Skills Assessments community discussion To access the discussion board, log in to Academy Connection and click Forums & Chat under Resources, then select Instructor Community > Online Assessment > Cisco Packet Tracer Skills Assessments

20. Presentation_ID 20 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Zkušenosti  Windows & Linux supported  32bit and 64bit  IE8, Opera, (Chrome), Firefox ….  Verze PT & Java  Padání PT – možnost uložení/pokračování  Zpětné nahrání výsledku  Malá/velká písmena  Řešení „na víc“  Průběžné výsledky  Jedna verze 20 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public

21. Presentation_ID 21 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public