Unit Description
Students explore means to establish and manage local workgroups and the sharing of resources as well as the power of Active Directory that is used to manage multiple users more efficiently. The Troubleshooting scenarios in week three begins with supporting network issues faced by individual devices and later considering issues that may be related to the network itself. There are additional command-line tools that students should practice and become familiar with throughout this unit.
Instructional Time
3 weeks
Weekly Map
Monday
Introduction to problem
Online Pre-assessment (available for student practice, as well)
Team meetings to develop project plan and goals
Tuesday
Review content resources with whole group
Small group and independent exploration of resources
Contribute to team project
Wednesday
Hands-on exploration with IT professionals
Team progress check with supervisor (using project plan)
Thursday
Hands-on exploration with IT professionals
Small group and independent exploration of resources
Contribute to team project
Friday
Team progress check with supervisor or sharing of progress with whole group
Online post-assessment
Monitor progress and adjust project plan as necessary