CCNAv7 Introduction to Networks

Instructor FastTrack Accreditation

November 2023 Pilot

Applications are now closed - the team will take until 17:00 on the 4th of December to process all applications. Please be patient.

OU, UoB and UWTSD* ASC's are exploring how we may 'bootstrap' instructors from all affiliated Cisco Academies into becoming CCNA Introduction the Networking - accredited instructors.

To accomplish this, the process is simple - very simple.

What you need to do - if you are a main contact, or someone with staff status, at a Cisco Academy affiliated with either the OU Cisco ASC (which includes the Northern Ireland Incubator and Scottish Academies), UoB and UWTSD. Simply go to i'm managing > users > add user and add your colleague, ticking ALL boxes including Instructor. For more guidance, do consider scrolling down this page.

You may wish to update or upgrade existing colleagues via i'm managing > users at the same time.

What we will do - during November, we will offer a route, where all Cisco Instructors, can become accredited for CCNA Introduction to Networks (ItN) on the first of December. This is a one time offer, while we pilot this exploratory approach to instructor outreach and enablement.

To sign up, please share the form, in the section below.

However:

Do not spam us, if you miss the deadline, wait - we will consider how we may do this again in the future, based on our current experiences.
This is an entirely voluntary endeavour, spearheaded by UWTSD, UoB and the OU, supported by Cisco - there is no requirement to offer this accreditation uplift - this is being done to support the development of educators in the UK and affiliated Cisco Academies connected to these ASC's.
We will email everyone, who has been successfully accredited by us by the 4th of December.
Nobody will be offered any digital badges or certificates of completion - this is non-negotiable.

Also, the great part of being accredited for any version of a NetAcad course is that you are then automatically accredited for future versions, when they arrive. So long as you, your colleagues and any Cisco Instructors maintain their NetAcad profiles. One of the main reasons why we encourage Cisco Instructors to use their personal emails - rather than organisational email addresses.

*OU is the Open University (whose ASC is led by Andrew Smith), UoB is the University of Bedfordshire (whose ASC is led by Rebecca Harrop), UWTSD is the University of Wales, Trinity St David (whose ASC is led by Kapilan Radhakrishnan).

Do you need to study CCNA1 ItN?

We encourage you to review the content, we encourage you to try out some of the assessments, we also encourage you to explore some of the packet tracer activities. Our view is that you will be learning as you teach and most educators do not teach that which they do not yet know, for good, sensible and professional reasons.

So - in short, you DO NOT need to fully study CCNA1 ItN.

How do I select colleagues?

The choice is entirely yours, you know who is capable, trustworthy and could probably make the grade with a little additional effort. We are trusting you to make the right decision and offer this free, without effort accreditation to any colleague.

All you have to do is add them as an instructor within your Cisco Academy. The rest, we will do. However, when you add them as an instructor, encourage them to complete the signing up process and also share with them this page on Teaching Digital.

We will be using this information - so that we can check applications, against anyone on the dashboards. Please note, leaving it to the last minute, may mean that we may miss out individuals, as the system takes a little time to synchronise.

Adding an Instructor User

First - go to i'm managing (look to the top, or in the left menu) - if you do not have access to this, then you need to ask someone in your academy, such as the main contact to give you staff and advisor status.

Assuming that you have the correct Cisco Academy selected - as most of you, may only be in a single academy. Then click on users.

Now, you should see over on the right hand side a fairly obvious button that says 'add user'. When you press this, you can add anyone, with any email address - if they are already a Cisco Instructor elsewhere, please use that email - otherwise, you can use their personal email address or their organisational email.

Note: it is NOT a requirement for any Cisco Academy to require any Cisco Instructor to use their organisational email - as many Cisco Instructors can work in multiple Cisco Academies.

There is a lot of information to the left - as you can see, you need to add their full name and full email address. Then tick, advisor, facilitator, instructor and staff - as this will make your mutual lives easier in the longer term.

If they are new to NetAcad - your colleague will get an invitation email which must be acted upon within 48 to 72 hours - so please do let them know. Also, it is often worth checking their junk email as the invitation does occasionally become victim to over zealous spam/junk policies.

If the email is associated with someone, who is already using NetAcad. Let them know, they will be able to see your Cisco Academy via i'm managing.

Creating a CCNA1v7 ItN Course on NetAcad

Creating a course on the current Cisco NetAcad platform is easy. Once you and your colleagues gain CCNA1v7 ItN accreditation - creating a course is easy.

First, simply go to i'm teaching, which is the default home page for anyone with Cisco Instructor Status.

Now, simply click on the create course button - it is normally on the right hand side of the screen - depending on your screen size.

At this stage, you will be presented with a phantasmagoria of choices ... the easiest solution is to search for CCNA.

Then, you will easily discover the CCNAv7 ItN (Introduction to Networks) course that you are now accredited to create. Do not use any older versions, it will simply not work as you would expect.

Next, you must select language and version - there is a long list to select from. Yet, for many reading this, we will assume that you would prefer English v7.02.

Now, the fun begins - you can create the course. ID and name is entirely your choice - there are no rules, only your preferred logic.

The default start/end is three months, you can have a minimum of 28 days and a maximum of 365.

Description is clearly optional - however, you may wish to put something in that the students will see in their i'm learning page.

Then - the real treat and the test to see if accreditation has happened. Add yourself as an instructor.

Faciliators are anyone that is an instructor that is not yet accredited on NetAcad. For the purposes of this activity - you do not need to use this.

Now, you may wish to click on continue!

This is most likely the least exciting step!

Once you press continue, it will summarise all of your previous settings. Then you can check these, before pressing the publish now option. Publish Now - is a big blue button often to the bottom right hand side of your screen - again, always depending on your layout.

Congratulations!

You have created your course, it is ready for students, teaching, managing and supporting success at your Cisco Academy.

Feel free to explore the CCNA1 ItN course, add as many students as you desire and teach them as you discover the benefits of this formative course.

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