Master the IT Essentials II online course material with this official Companion Guide from Cisco Press Improve your understanding of the IT Essentials II course materials with this official Companion Guide from Cisco Press Gain from additional examples and an instructor' s instruction on the material from the online course, not just a direct copy of the on-line content Test your understanding with in-chapter tools and the CD-ROM learning aids The "IT Essentials II: Network Operating Systems Companion Guide," Second Edition is a supplemental textbook for the IT Essentials II course from the Cisco Networking Academy Program. The book offers students a portable desk reference of the course content to use anytime and anywhere as a study aid. The chapters align directly to the on-line course content, but not as a word-for-word duplication of the on-line course. Instead the book provides complementary learning through additional examples, course content presented in a comprehensive manner in a "teacher' s voice," and through providing a secondary, portable source for added study and feedback. The "Companion Guide" serves as an additional instructional tool for instructors, allowing them to assign take-home reading or give vocabulary quizzes to better prepare students for in-class labs and other activities. In addition, the "Companion Guide" serves instructors as they learn the curriculum themselves. The IT Essentials II: Network Operating Systems course from the Cisco Networking Academy Program is an intensive introduction to multi-user, multi-tasking network operating systems. Characteristics of the Linux, Windows 2000, NT, and XP network operating systemsare discussed. Students explore a variety of topics including installation and configuration procedures.
