ACI Learning Reviews

More time should be given to students to ensure knowledge retention.

Its a lot of material to cover in a short period of time for sure, but if you have a good instructor its a manageable task

There simply isn't enough time to complete all the various side projects, e.g. flashcards, games, sim labs, pbq's, practice exams, etc. I did my best to complete what I could, at the expense of being able to re-read the lessons. Continued access to the site and materials is an absolute must.

It's a lot of information for one day/week. Memorizing acronyms, protocols, and various port numbers is very unlikely with the length of the lesson and length week of the course.

Lot's of information. As long as you have a good way of noting the information and remembering it, it's great. Labs are always helpful and fun, and there are usually a few every week.

The needed book was not paid for until late Wednesday which put us way behind the curve and really did no good at that point. This was too late and could not be used effectively.

an additional 2 or 3 days so slow the pace and allow for more instructor lead review would be excellent.

The course is good and seems to be laid out well. Many times I had a hard time understanding what parts were being taught that had to do with Network defense as it seemed many of the modules had to do with Physical Security and Data backup more than defending the network. The understanding of IDS and IPS and firewalls were the main topics but there seemed to be a lot of the course that could be removed so that the main point of Network Defence (CND) could be covered. As I stated before the example tests should stick to the module that they are testing on. Many of the test questions were well outside the module they were supposed to be covering or were never covered in this class. Some were poorly written or vague where others had the answers that were as vague and hard to determine. Made me worry about the assessment and the CND certification test overall.

Fred was a great instructor and I would definitely take another course that he is teaching.

We were an extremely specific work group, Understanding exactly what we do, and how we would use the tool, in our specific line of work would be very helpful for the "focus" of the training session.