1. 1 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Session Number Presentation_ID Alex Wong Curtin University of Technology Curriculum Updates: HP IT Essentials, Java & UNIX

2. 222 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Presentation_ID Academy Program Curriculum CCNA – Networking CCNP – Networking Fundamentals of Wireless LANs Fundamentals of Network Security HP IT Essentials I: PC Hardware and Software HP IT Essentials II: Network Operating Systems Fundamentals of Voice and Data Cabling Panduit Network Infrastructure Essentials (PNIE) Fundamentals of UNIX (Under Review) Fundamentals of Java Programming (Under Review)

3. 333 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Presentation_ID Sponsored Curriculum Through the Sponsored Curriculum: A range of courses for all levels covering a wide range of IT skill areas Provides real IT skills and real opportunities for students Lays the foundation for other Cisco courses Sponsored curriculum provides a good way for interested Academies to join the Networking Academy at a low cost.

4. 444 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Presentation_ID HP IT Essentials - Lab Equipment ATX 300W tower Motherboard Newer Intel or compatible CPU Ball Bearing Fan and Heat Sink Thermal grease 128Mb, SDRAM Floppy drive Hard drive CD-ROM Modem NIC, 10/100 PCI Video card Sound card Ribbon cables Mouse Keyboard Monitor Network printer Microsoft ® Windows ® XP Microsoft ® Windows ® 2000 Electrostatic mats and wrist straps Simple test meters PC Toolkits PC Requirements + Lab Equipment IT I

5. 555 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Presentation_ID Fundamentals of Unix - Lab Equipment Instructional workstations to view curriculum  Can be running Windows, Solaris for SPARC, or Linux PCs or UNIX workstations running either Linux or Solaris Free download of Red Hat is now called Fedora Project 1 Classroom printer

6. 666 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Presentation_ID Three Software packages required All No Cost Downloads Java 2 Standard Edition J2SE J2SE 1.4 Documentation. BlueJ IDE Development Tool. Fundamentals of Java Programming - Lab

7. 7 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Session Number Presentation_ID Curriculum Updates

8. 888 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Presentation_ID HP IT Essentials I: PC Hardware & Software

9. 999 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Presentation_ID HP IT Essentials I: PC Hardware & Software V3.0 – released August 2003 V3.1 – released 27 November 2004 Personalized Feedback Technical Errors from v3.0 corrected Downloadable version contains dynamic Search feature Discount A+ exam vouchers available to Academy students

10. 10 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Presentation_ID HP IT Essentials II: Network Operating Systems

11. 11 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Presentation_ID HP IT Essentials II: Network Operating Systems V2.0 (current) – released January 2003 ITE I + ITE II prepares students for CompTIA’s Server+ certification UNIX + ITE II prepares for CompTIA Linux+ certification Discount Server+ and Linux+ exam vouchers available to Academy students V3.0 – target release date of mid 2005 Will align with new Linux+ certification objectives Hardware content supporting Server+ certification will be removed. ITE I + ITE II will no longer prepare students for Server+ certification exam Windows content to remain.

12. 12 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Presentation_ID Sponsorship ended May 2004 Java and UNIX will be available until July 2006 Training and support available from support Academy Cisco discussing future direction of Java and UNIX Java v2.0 released 28 August 2004 - No More Updates No new release of UNIX planned Sun Sponsorship

13. 13 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Presentation_ID Fundamentals of UNIX

14. 14 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Presentation_ID Fundamentals of UNIX Currently set to retire July 2006 V2.0 (current) Major content additions: Linux, Shell Programming Teach with either Linux or Solaris Labs support both Linux and Solaris users using any GUI (GNOME, KDE or CDE)

15. 15 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Presentation_ID Fundamentals of Java Programming

16. 16 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Presentation_ID Java Update V1.2 - released June 2003 Discount Java exam vouchers for Sun Java 2 Programmer exam available from Sun V2.0 (current) - released 28 August 2004 -Better content flow and readability -Updated content to include the new language technology additions introduced in Java  2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0 (J2SE 5.0) -Module 1 introduces navigation and use of text editor in three different environments: Windows, Macintosh, Unix/Linux. This provides the foundation for the labs to be completed using any of the three platforms

17. 17 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Presentation_ID Reminder: Add New Course Offerings Administrator Home > View/Edit Academy Information > Enable/Edit Course Offerings

18. 18 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Presentation_ID Summary I.T Essentials will continue to be sponsored by Hewlett Packard. I.T Essentials I v3.1 now delivered as dynamic content I.T Essentials II v3.0 will be released mid 2005. Sun sponsorship ended and future of Fundamentals of Unix and Java still up for discussion.

19. 19 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Session Number Presentation_ID Questions?

20. 20 © 2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Session Number Presentation_ID