I spent most of the winter break working on IT Scripting course (IT 202) on Canvas. I developed solutions to each assignment, and developed mid term and final skill assessment for the course. This is the first semester we adopted Toni Gaddis textbook.  The Python Institute curriculum hosted by Cisco Academy is very hard to follow, yet I found one good thing, their projects has no solutions on the internet, while  Gaddis textbook exercises has  solutions on the internet. I also learned how to create new labs using NDG netlab. I created nine new labs for IT 204 (ENAS) and six labs for IT (206). Although NDG developed a manual for creating new labs but they never explained the vlan issue. I found the vlan issue is explained very briefly in NDG POD design. I did search on the internet to see if there is any information about developing new labs using netlab but did not find any thing. I will create a tutorial and publish it before the Spring 23 semester start. I also intend to develop mid term skill assessment for IT 204 and IT 206 utilizing the classroom equipment.

Started teaching IT scripting in fall 21. I used Ubuntu 20 and Python 3 and follow Cisco Networking Academy Python Course which is mapped to Python Institute Certification PCAP. In summary, the curriculum cover a lot of materials which is not easy to cover in one semester. No power point is provided, the assignments are too hard for the student, they require thinking. The curriculum is not well written and some times hard to read. It may be a good idea to switch to a textbook starting out with Python written by Toni Gaddis.

I will start teaching a new course called  Cybersecurity Essentials, fall of 2019. The course map to the ConpTIA Security+ certification exam. I reviewed three books and selected Pearson IT Certification CompTIA Security+ SY0-501 Cert Guide by David L Prowse (ISBN13: 978-0-7897-5912-2). I found the book is comprehensive and covered all the topics covered by the EC-Council CEHv9 exam. I am going to use NDG Security+ lab series. Most of these labs were originally developed by NISGTC. I did the twenty five labs step by step and found they are comprehensive and they overlap with the ethical hacking course labs. I believe the course will be very challenging for the students at this level, because most of the lab are Linux based. I also believe the course will be very popular and can replace the ethical hacking course. However, CompTIA developed a new certification exam called PenTest+ which is designed to follow the security+ exam.

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If you have any feedback please feel free to post your comments. I have included all my student evaluations at JCCC including the comments. I also included the original PDF files. I will keep updating the evaluations each semester. I have just posted Fall 18 feedback and noticed a lot of comments about the ethical hacking course labs. I will be looking for new labs/textbook for Fall 19. I used NISGCT Ethical Hacking lab series developed by Moraine Valley CC in 2015 and implemented in NDG Netlab+. However, new hacking methods are developed and some of the Labs are considered outdated. NDG developed Ethical hacking lab series but they are too brief. I have used two different textbooks written to address the EC-Council CEHv9 exam but I was not happy with either textbook. The review questions at the end of each chapter are poor and some answers are not correct. I even enrolled in an Ethical Hacking Course at another community college to see the labs/textbook they are using. I will start teaching the cybersecurity course (CompTIA Security+) in the fall of 2019. I found the course overlap with the ethical hacking course and can replace the ethical hacking course in the future. I will use the Security+ NDG lab which I found comprehensive.