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MindTap for West's CompTIA Cloud+ Guide to Cloud Computing, 1 term Instant Access, 1st Edition

Jill West

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MindTap for West's CompTIA Cloud+ Guide to Cloud Computing, 1 term Instant Access 1st Edition by Jill West

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MindTap for West's CompTIA Cloud+ Guide to Cloud Computing, 1st Edition, is the digital learning solution that powers students from memorization to mastery. It gives you complete control of your course--to provide engaging content, to challenge every individual and to build their confidence. Empower students to accelerate their progress with MindTap. MindTap: Powered by You.\n\nContent maps to the exam objectives from the latest CompTIA Cloud+ Exam, CV0-002. Modules are broken down into multiple modalities such as readings, videos, and hands-on projects that walk learners through various popular Cloud platforms, including AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure. The course begins with a pre-assessment and ends with a post-assessment helping learners build confidence and track their progress. Learners will work with OpenStack in the live virtual machine labs to provide hands-on practice and troubleshoot, practice, explore, and try different solutions in a secure, private Cloud sandbox environment.\nMindTap gives you complete ownership of your content and learning experience. Customize the interactive syllabi, emphasize the most important topics and add your own material or notes in the ebook.

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Jill West

Jill West authors Cengage courses for CompTIA Cloud+, CompTIA Network+, Data Communications, Technology for Success and the popular Shelly Cashman Series. She has taught kindergarten through college and currently teaches computer technology courses at Georgia Northwestern Technical College. Jill specializes in designing innovative, critical-thinking activities and building courses that teach to popular IT certifications. She regularly presents at conferences and webinars on preparing for CompTIA certifications, teaching cloud computing and computer networking and mentoring lifelong student learners in IT. She’s a member of the 2019 inaugural cohort of Faculty Ambassadors for AWS Educate and is currently an AWS Academy Accredited Educator. Jill and her husband, Mike, live in northwest Georgia with two children at home and two off to college.

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Learners will work with OpenStack in the live virtual machine labs to provide hands-on practice and troubleshoot, practice, explore, and try different solutions in a secure, private Cloud sandbox environment.
Modules are broken down into multiple modalities such as readings, videos, and hands-on projects that walk learners through various popular Cloud platforms, including AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure.
EMPOWER YOUR STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL. Twelve distinct metrics give you actionable insights into student engagement. Identify topics troubling your entire class and instantly communicate with struggling students. And students can track their scores to stay motivated toward their goals. Together, you can accelerate progress.
YOUR COURSE. YOUR CONTENT. Only MindTap gives you complete control over your course. You have the flexibility to reorder textbook chapters, add your own notes and embed a variety of content including OER. Personalize course content to your students’ needs. They can even read your notes, add their own and highlight key text to aid their progress.
A DEDICATED TEAM, WHENEVER YOU NEED THEM. MindTap isn’t just a tool; it’s backed by a personalized team eager to support you. Get help setting up your course and tailoring it to your specific objectives. You’ll be ready to make an impact from day one. And, we’ll be right here to help you and your students throughout the semester--and beyond.
MindTap is an outcome-driven application that propels students from memorization to mastery. It’s the only platform that gives you complete ownership of your course. With it, you can challenge every student, build their confidence and empower them to be unstoppable.
ACCESS EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN ONE PLACE. Cut down on prep with preloaded, organized course materials in MindTap. Teach more efficiently with interactive multimedia, assignments, quizzes and more. And give your students the power to read, listen and study on their phones, so they can learn on their terms.
This course contains certification test prep questions that assess the students’ knowledge of the content delivered and give them the just-in-time help they need through feedback and remediation to help them prepare for the Cloud+ certification exam.

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Part 1: Getting to the Cloud.
1. Introduction to Cloud Computing.
2. Virtual Hardware.
3. Migration to the Cloud.
Part 2: What’s in the Cloud.
4. Cloud Infrastructure.
5. Cloud Connectivity and Troubleshooting.
6. Securing Cloud Resources.
7. Identity and Access Management.
8. Cloud Storage.
Part 3: Taking Care of Your Cloud.
9. Managing Cloud Capacity and Performance.
10. Cloud Automation.

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