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CUCAT Student Resources


Resources for use by students enrolled in the Cisco Networking Academy for the Vision Impaired (CAVI).

Curriculum

Following are direct links to the curriculums hosted on this website. Note that these are the same as the curriculums to which you can navigate to through the above sections.

Explanation of sections

The course names take you to sections containing materials for each course such as module and exam diagram descriptions, converted worksheets and audio lectures. You can access the curriculums through each of these sections, or from the direct curriculum links

General Instructions contains text documents and audio tutorials about aspects of participating in the course.

Thursday Chats are lectures on a special subject of interest, some of them are given by guest speakers.

Extras contains software that may be useful to students in participating in the course. Note that this software archive is not kept up to date with the latest versions of software, it is provided as a convenience. Please check the manufacturer websites for the latest versions of software.

Virtual Machines contains virtual images used in ITE2 coursework. This area is password protected. The password must be obtained from the instructors.

Email Communication

Because of the remote nature of the courses, the primary means of communication with students is via email.

For security reasons the following email addresses are not given in email address form or as hyperlinks. You will need to reassemble the Email addresses from the descriptions below. gotss is a private server hosted by one of the instructors. gotss is spelt g o t s s.

Mailing Lists

listname: cavi-announce. cavi-announce is where the instructors announce important information such as changes in lecture times, announcements of assessments and posting of extension labs. Students do not post to this list. All students must be subscribed to this list

listname: cavi-discuss. cavi-discuss is where students are encouraged to discuss aspects of the coursework with each other.

To subscribe to the lists, update list subscriptions (such as email address) and view list archives, the form of the URL is www.gotss.net/listinfo/listname replacing listname with either cavi-announce or cavi-discuss as outlined above. Archives can be viewed at www dot gotss dot net slash pipermail slash listname. When subscribed, email can be sent to the list by sending to listname at gotss dot net.

Contact the instructors

The instructors can be contacted by emailing cavi dash instructors at gotss dot net.

Assessments

To take assessments students must access the website cisco.netacad.net. Notes on how to access the relevant elements on this site are in a text document called accessing cisco site. This document can be found in the General Instructions section above.