Networking Essentials is a one-semester professional IT training course that builds a solid foundation of networking administration skills, protocols, the OSI model, LAN, WAN design, cabling, troubleshooting and maintenance for non-specific environments. The curriculum is aligned to Arizona, California, Hawaii, Minnesota, New York, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia academic standards, international academic standards, and industry endorsed certification exams.

• Preparation guide for Industry endorsed networking certification

Features:

E-learning containing 70 hours, (16-18 weeks) of multimedia learning with the following features:

• Learning objectives
• Contents / Interactive labs and simulations
• Exercises
• Practice Quizzes
• Interactive application-based labs
• Unit exams
• Summaries
• Glossary
• Online unit, mid term and final exams
• Online teacher guide, lesson plans, instructional resources, and student resources
• Optional textbook

Delivery: Online delivery through Aries Web-server portal. From your local Area Network (LAN) server or CD-ROM for per nodes licenses	Pre-requisite: Aries PC Maintenance and Repair: Hardware Aries PC Maintenance and Repair: Operating Systems
Target Audience: Grades 7-12 Vocational, TAFE, and ICT Colleges and Universities	Languages: U.S. English Dutch coming soon French coming soon

University Credit Program:

• Take an Aries courses online for college credit at: http://ilearning.asu.edu

Online Assessment System:

Aries assessment system is a randomly generated test bank system. It provides students an exam interface to take unit, mid-term, and final exams while teachers can track general learning and individual scores, create progress reports, and customize their grade book.

• Teacher – Online assessment system provides teacher classroom management system including: custom test bank, add/drop student, student password, reset time zone, activation/deactivation exams, and retrieve exam results any where around the world
• Student – Online assessment system provides real time exam results, missing exams, objectives, and access to the student grade book

Resources:

Aries resources are developed by group of experienced teachers and input from teachers like you for new teachers entering vocational and certification training industry.

• Teacher resources include: teacher guide, lesson plans, suggestions for lecture topics and projects, lab activities, and answers to exercises, exams, and lab questions
• Student resources provide additional web resources, links, advanced material, and projects