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Find a way to replace Flash and Java.
This really has become a design issue with browsers dropping java and flash support. If you look at the dates of the related posts, you have been kicking the can down the road for years.
You ask... What can you do to make Cisco Networking Academy even better? This is one way
4 votesThanks for the feedback. We agree this is very important for our NetAcad program and are working on this. Currently we don’t have a production date, but it is in progress.
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Certificate of course completion
With the last updates of some courses (for example, Get connected) the instructor cannot mark a student as passed in the gradebook, even in an instructor-led course. Besides, any student who took the course feedback will automatically receive the certificate of course completion, even if he/she did not take the final exam at all. It seems we are working against quality...
2 votesArchived ·AdminSandra Ray (Customer Support Director, or Executive, Cisco Networking Academy) responded
Thank you for the feedback. Cisco has decided to leave the requirements the same for self-paced courses even if they are being instructor led. Cisco also encourages academies to create their own Course Completion Certificates and may help in this type of course.
- NetAcad Support
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Dark Theme
It would be really nice to have the ability to switch to a dark theme for viewing the netacad web site at night. The white looks great but for some of us, turning down the screen brightness is not enough or not an option we have. Thank you.
5 votesThanks for your feedback. Unfortunately, this can’t be implemented at this time and will be considered for future enhancements.
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Option to combine Netacad accounts
I think it would be nice to be able to combine Netacad accounts if you have more than one. For example, I have one from when I was a student and a different one now that I'm a Cisco Network Academy Instructor. It would be nice to be able to combine them so that all the certs and completions and everything are all listed under one place.
1 voteThanks for you suggestion. Short term, we will not be able to implement this change. We will look into this feature as we implement future changes to our system.
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Packet Tracer User Profile Autofill
Starting with version 6.3, users are now encouraged to sign in to their netacad accounts in PT. Could we get the user profile screen to auto-populate the name and email information from the netacad signin? This would help instructors and students immensely!
1 voteArchived ·AdminSandra Ray (Customer Support Director, or Executive, Cisco Networking Academy) responded
Thank you for the suggestion. As many schools share laps/computers, this is not something we are able to implement at this time.
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7 votes
Thanks for your feedback. We like the idea and will consider it in the future. However, we will not be able to implement this now. There are browser add-ons to sync book marks across different devices.
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CCNA curriculum
I suggest to combine the 4 levels for the CCNA in curriculum one like a CCNA industrial because most students are going to CCNA industrial and they are leaving the CCNA academics .
Sincerely,
1 voteThanks for your feedback. Unfortunately we will not be able to implement this change.
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View All Attempts added to the course feedback
There is no 'View All Attempts' link for the course feedback. This prevents me from re-enabling or disregarding incomplete attempts. Can we please have View All Attempts added to the course feedback?
1 voteArchived ·AdminSandra Ray (Customer Support Director, or Executive, Cisco Networking Academy) responded
Thank you for your suggestion. We will not be implementing this at this time.
NetAcad Support
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CCNA Instructor Fast Track Certificate
Dear Sir,
I have taken the fast track ccna instructor exam and passed with flying colors. I would appreciate if i can get the certificate of that course taken on February 2014. I humbly request you to provide me the CCNA instructor certificate .6 votesArchived ·AdminSandra Ray (Customer Support Director, or Executive, Cisco Networking Academy) responded
Thank you for the suggestion. We are closing this idea at this time as the number of votes for this were relatively low. Individuals can open a new idea for this in the future.
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add virtual routers to maintanace allowed downloads
Please can you add permission to use/download cisco's virtual
routers and switches to the maintenance agreement. even if it's just the limited demo images
These would be a usefull resources for when packet tracer is missing a function or hardware is not practical.20 votesArchived ·AdminSandra Ray (Customer Support Director, or Executive, Cisco Networking Academy) responded
Thanks for your feedback, virtual equipment is something we are constantly revising but unfortunately we won’t be able to implement it at this time.
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badge on completion of course
Would it be an idea that you could take the NetAcad courses and transfer them to LinkedIn, for example. just as you do with eg. Lynda.com?
In that way you don not have to put the in there manually96 votesArchived ·AdminSandra Ray (Customer Support Director, or Executive, Cisco Networking Academy) responded
Thanks for your suggestion. We are looking into this suggestion further. Due to other obligations we will not be able to bring any enhancements for this to Cisco NetAcad in the next 6 -12 months. We are closing this idea for now. Please know work will continue on this idea.
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Add GLBP support to Packet Tracer please
Hi,
Add GLBP support to Packet Tracer please!
Thanks!8 votesArchived ·AdminSandra Ray (Customer Support Director, or Executive, Cisco Networking Academy) responded
Thank you for the suggestion. We have forwarded this to the Packet Tracer team. They have added it to their list of items to implement.
- NetAcad Support
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PCAP Python PPT slides
Please create PPT slides for the PCAP Python course ASAP
51 votesArchived ·AdminSandra Ray (Customer Support Director, or Executive, Cisco Networking Academy) responded
Thank you for your patience on this suggestion. We have given this recommendation to the Python Institute, our partner in developing this course. They have asked you to contact them directly with this recommendation. The URL to use is: https://pythoninstitute.org/cisco-networking-academies-contact-us/
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Break up courses that align to certifications requiring two exams
Is there a way to either create a mid term or break into two courses courses like IT Essentials or CCNA CyberOps that require two exams? This way students can get their discount voucher for the first exam halfway through the course, and then the second discount voucher at the end of the course.
31 votesThanks for the feedback. IT Essentials will consider this option for the next course update. Unfortunately, CCNA CyberOps will not be changed at this time.
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VIRL Discount for Instructors
It would be a good idea to give Instructors a discount for this powerful work at home software.
26 votesThanks for your suggestion. Unfortunately, we will not be able to implement this idea at this time.
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Create an API for course creation
I'd like to be able to use an API to do the following:
1) create a course, set start and end dates
2) create seat tokens
3) set due dates for each assignment
4) add assignmentsOur academy is run entirely by volunteers and having a manual process for course creation takes instructor time away from students. I'm sure even those institutions with paid staff would benefit from automation.
28 votesArchived ·AdminSandra Ray (Customer Support Director, or Executive, Cisco Networking Academy) responded
Thank you for the suggestion. We are not able to move forward with this idea at this time. We will keep this in mind for future enhancements.
- NetAcad Support
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instructor locator
This tool would be only for the academies, to see the amount of instructors according to the courses they could dictate according to their route in the ademia with their country of residence.
3 votesArchived ·AdminSandra Ray (Customer Support Director, or Executive, Cisco Networking Academy) responded
Thank you for the suggestion. For privacy reasons we are not going to move forward with creating something like this at this time.
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"Submit" Button whan taking an exam
When you take an exam, you can navigate inside questions with arrows on the left side... Often, students are confused with the button "Submit" on the right, and send the whole questionary before ending it (even if they know what the button does; they just forget because they're concentrated on the exam).... Could you change the wording by "Submit All questions" or "submit whole exam" for exemple....
14 votesThanks for the feedback. Unfortunately we will not be able to implement your suggestion at this time.
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Incluir la lúdica en el aula de clase
Realizar actividades alternativas dentro del aula, puede promover el aprendizaje de distintos conceptos de manera agradable y lúdica para los estudiantes. Aprender jugando, y porqué no? compitiendo entre ellos. Sobretodo en el primer módulo de CCNA, que involucra muchos conceptos.
English: Addition of activities in courses
1 voteArchived ·AdminSandra Ray (Customer Support Director, or Executive, Cisco Networking Academy) responded
Gracias por toda la información. Estamos trabajando en una nueva área de comunidades donde esta información se puede compartir con otros instructores. También puede usar las comunidades actuales que tenemos en Cisco NetAcad o las comunidades de instructores en Facebook.
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Traducción al español los capítulos de orientación académica y mejorar el formato andrid
Doy clase en utu Uruguay 49hs repartidas en 6 institutos diferentes y fui seleccionado para hacer 3 cursos la cual pretendo terminarlos de la mejor manera aprovechando cada minuto en el lugar que este y estoy muy interesado en formar parte en el futuro del equipo de cisco ,solo pido para poder terminar más rápido si el cursos de orientación ,packet tracer y ipdwek queden traducidos al español y podamos tener más tiempo para terminarlos incluso luego de terminado el de it.essential
English: Translation needed of Academy Orientation, Packet Tracer and IPD Week
1 voteArchived ·AdminSandra Ray (Customer Support Director, or Executive, Cisco Networking Academy) responded
Gracias por la sugerencia. El Curso de Orientación de Academia ha sido traducido al Español. Además, muchos de los temas de los cursos de IPD también están en español. No estamos enfocando el tiempo para traducir el curso de Introducción a Packet Tracer en este momento. Vamos a tener esto en cuenta para futuros lanzamientos.