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Cisco Packet Tracer Skills Assessments Overview

Comprehensive overview of Packet Tracer Skills Assessments and the currently available PT Practice SBAs for CCNA courses
Valid as of September 2010

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Cisco Packet Tracer Skills Assessments Overview

September 2010

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Networking Academy Assessments

Cisco Packet Tracer Skills Assessments

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Packet Tracer Practice SBAs

Administration, Resources, Support

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Networking Academy Assessments

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Innovative Assessments
Assessments for 21st Century Learning
Research based design Complex activities, simulations, and question based assessments Comprehensive assessment and learning architecture Rich feedback supporting students, instructors and curriculum Data driven Ongoing process and quality monitoring

Scalable, online delivery system available 24/7

Globally available and multilingual Tools to enable instructors to create their own complex, performance based assessments

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Innovative Assessments
Assessment Framework
Student Initiated Formative Assessment, Measure Understanding
Quizzes, Testlets, Drag n Drop

Knowledge Flow

Formative Assessment, PerformanceBased

Packet Tracer, Labs, Simulations

Instructor Initiated

Formative Assessment, Measure Understanding

Knowledge Flow

Formative Assessment, PerformanceBased

Flash Rich Media, Packet Tracer, Simulations, Packet Tracer Skills Assessments Cert Practice Exams

Summative Assessment
Hands-on Skills Based Assessments, Final Exams, Midterms, Packet Tracer

Chapter Exams, Practice Finals

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Students Learn By Doing

Networking Academy uses teaching and assessment methods that help students develop the skills needed to succeed in the classroom and on the job We emphasize the hands-on, e-doing aspect of learning to reenforce skills Cisco Packet Tracer Skills Assessments help students gain confidence that they can actually perform the tasks they have learned in their courses

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Packet Tracer Skills Assessments

Innovative New Assessment Offering
Authentic tasks, complex and performance based

Rich, immediate feedback

Online, centrally administered environment Automatically scored and integrated with gradebook Students practice in familiar simulation environment Measures performance in addition to knowledge Allows simultaneous testing for large numbers of students Practice without accessing real equipment Helps instill confidence in mastery of learned skills 21st century assessment integrated with networking technology curriculum

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Packet Tracer Skills Assessments

Filling in the Missing Pieces
Fixed Response Questions
Questions can pinpoint important knowledge and key ideas introduced in specific parts of the curriculum

Packet Tracer Skills Assessments

Students demonstrate their skills and ability to apply concepts and knowledge learned by performing authentic, real-world tasks in a simulated environment Packet Tracer allows the authoring of complex and sophisticated scoring rules to assess skills mastery and enable rich reporting

Focus

Automated Scoring

Question correctness is easy to score, record in gradebook, understand, and discuss

Rich Feedback

Multiple choice questions are tied to personalized feedback that is linked back to the curriculum

Detailed diagnostic feedback on strengths and weaknesses when solving complex problems available for both students and instructors Students use same interface and experiences for learning as for performance assessment embedded in one consistent learning experience

Alignment

Variety of interactive and rich media formats provide multiple ways to help students learn

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Packet Tracer Practice SBAs

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Practice Assessments for CCNA Courses

PT Practice Skills Based Assessments (SBAs) are the first Packet Tracer Skills Assessments available Each CCNA course has a final hands-on skills exam
Administered on real equipment in person, or on remotelyaccessed equipment Assess ability to apply knowledge and perform real skills to succeed in the workforce

PT Practice SBAs provide a technology-based solution to practice for the final hands-on exam
Available for all CCNA Discovery & CCNA Exploration courses Help indicate a students readiness for final hands-on exam

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Benefits of Packet Tracer Practice SBAs

Provide students with a way to assess their performance and knowledge of networking concepts and skills
Assessment environment presents complex and authentic tasks, immediately scores the exams, and provides rich, detailed feedback integrated with the gradebook Helps students and instructors identify areas that need improvement to increase student confidence, satisfaction, and success when preparing for the final hands-on skills exam

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PT Practice SBA Exam Experience

Launch

Take Exam

Submit It

Automatically Scored

View Feedback

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PT Practice SBA Detailed Feedback

Helps Students Identify Areas for Improvement
Proficiency Estimates Detailed Scoring Feedback

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PT Practice SBA Feedback

Additional Feedback for Instructors
Access Student Work Product Time Stamped Student Log

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PT Practice SBA Feedback

Additional Feedback for Instructors
View Activity View Proposed Solution

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Administration, Resources and Support

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PT Practice SBAs Available

CCNA Discovery Exam Name
Dhomesb PT Practice SBA
DsmbISP PT Practice SBA DRSEnt PT Practice SBA DCompNtwk PT Practice SBA

Networking for Home and Small Businesses

Working at a Small-to-Medium Business or ISP Introducing Routing and Switching in the Enterprise Designing and Supporting Computer Networks

CCNA Exploration Network Fundamentals Routing Protocols and Concepts LAN Switching and Wireless Accessing the WAN

Exam Name
Enetwork PT Practice SBA Erouting PT Practice SBA Eswitching PT Practice SBA EWAN PT Practice SBA

Note: PT Practice SBAs are available in English only but are available for use in non-English classes
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Activating a PT Practice SBA

Instructors activate an exam from the course Assessment Home page using the normal assessment activation process Use the default activation settings or modify as needed

Default Value
Login Period 1 hour

Comments
Can be increased up to 14 days

Number of Exam Attempts

20 exam attempts

Allows students to take exam as many times as needed to gain proficiency Can be adjusted up or down as needed up to a maximum of 10 hours

Exam Duration

2 hours

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Software Requirements
Required! Packet Tracer 5.2.1 or above & Java 1.6 or above

We recommend using the latest version of Packet Tracer

Log in to Academy Connection Click the Packet Tracer image on the left side of your Home Page

Select Software Downloads then choose the appropriate download option

To obtain the latest Java version

Download from www.java.com

To verify that your local computer has required software

Click the PT Skills Assessment Environment Checker on your class home page
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Resources for More Information

Packet Tracer Skills Assessment resources available on the Assessment page in Course Catalog
At A Glance FAQ Overview Presentation PT Skills Assessment Environment Checker

Additional instructor resources available on the Tools Page

PT Practice SBA Design Documents PT Practice SBA Activity Files

If you have questions after reviewing the resources provided, please contact the Networking Academy Global Support Desk for assistance
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Instructor Support Available

Instructors should report issues, errors, or bugs through the Curriculum and Assessment Quality Support site
To access this site, log in to Academy Connection and click Help at the top of the page, then select Curriculum and Assessment Quality Support Select the Contact Curriculum Team tab, provide as much detail as possible, and then click Submit

To collaborate with other instructors, join the Cisco Packet Tracer Skills Assessments community discussion
To access the discussion board, log in to Academy Connection and click Forums & Chat under Resources, then select Instructor Community > Online Assessment > Cisco Packet Tracer Skills Assessments

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