Professional Development Courses for IT Faculty and Staff

Courses currently available at the E2E Institute or in service at your facility.
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Networking - Networking Essentials for Faculty and
Staff New to Networking (3 days)
with Box Lunch
24 Clock Hours

This workshop is designed for educators who need to develop networking expertise but who do not yet have the prerequisite knowledge assumed for a typical intensive Networking Essentials course. Topics will include hardware and software topics from A+ certification curriculum, introduction to operating systems, basic network design concepts and administration tools.

Define common networking terms for LANs and WANs. Compare a file-and-print server with an application server. Compare user-level security with access permission assigned to a shared directory on a server. Compare a client/server network with a peer-to-peer network. Compare the implications of using connection-oriented communications with connectionless communications. Distinguish whether SLIP or PPP is used as the communications protocol for various situations.

Define the communication devices that communicate at each level of the OSI model. Describe the characteristics and purpose of the media used in IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.5 standards. Explain the purpose of NDIS and Novell -DI network standards. This course prepares you for passing Microsoft #70-058.

Introduction to Database Development and Administration
For Faculty New to Database Development and Administration (one week)
with Box Lunch
40 Clock Hours

This course is designed for IT faculty and staff not familiar with database development and design. Participants will get an overview of database concepts and design and an overview of the different database vendor platforms. Participants will learn to develop database objects, apply tests to database design, analyze test results, and document problems, solutions and design changes.

Windows 2000 Administration for Current
NT Instructors and Administrators (two weeks)
80 Clock Hours

Implementing Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Server (Course 2152)
This is a five-day course that provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to install and configure Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional on stand-alone computers and on client computers that are part of a workgroup or a domain. In addition, this course provides the skills and knowledge necessary to install and configure Windows 2000 Server to create file, print, and web servers. Topics include: Introduction to the features and benefits of Windows 2000, including the Active Directory™ directory service, Microsoft Management Console (MMC), and new hardware support. Connecting Windows 2000 Clients to Networks and the Internet, Creating and Managing User Accounts, Managing Access to Resources by Using Groups, Managing Data by Using Windows NT File System (NTFS), Providing Network Access to File Resources, Configuring and Managing Disks.

Implementing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure (Course 2153)
Course 2153 is a five-day course for new-to-product support professionals who will be responsible for installing, configuring, managing, and supporting a network infrastructure that uses the Microsoft Windows 2000 server family of products. Topics include: Automating Internet Protocol (IP) Address Assignment Using DHCP, Implementing Name Resolution Using DNS and WINS, Configuring and Supporting Remote Access to a Network, Configuring Network Security Using Public Key Infrastructure, Integrating Network Services of Windows 2000, Deploying Windows 2000 Professional Using Remote Installation Services.