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CIW Instructor Development Program - Classroom Equipment
This page lists the hardware, software and connectivity requirements to implement the CIW Instructor Development Program seminar for the three CIW Web Foundations Associate courses:
- Internet Business Associate
- Site Development Associate
- Network Technology Associate
Before class, the instructor should install and configure the instructor and participant/student systems using the following instructions:
Hardware
Each classroom should be equipped with an individual computer workstation for each student and the instructor. The following table summarizes the hardware requirements for all courses in the CIW program.
Hardware Specifications | Minimum Requirements |
Processor | 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor |
Hard disk | 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB available hard disk space (64-bit) for Windows 10 installation. 16 GB of additional space must be available for course applications and files. |
RAM | 1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) |
Wireless router (AP) | Wireless-G, Wireless-N or Wireless-AC router with built-in 4- port Ethernet switch to connect wired network PCs and devices. Wireless NICs must support the wireless router (G, N or AC) |
Network interface card (NIC) | Wireless, 10/100 Ethernet, or Gigabit Ethernet |
Sound card/speakers | Required |
Video adapter | DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 driver |
Network connectivity | Enough wireless nodes, hubs or switches to allow classroom computers to communicate and access the Internet. |
Monitor | 1024 x 768 screen resolution using a VGA, DVI or HDMI connector |
Web camera (Webcam) | Any type of Web camera. Some monitors include an internal Webcam. USB Webcams are a good choice. |
Software
The CIW Web Foundations series is intended to be largely operating system - and browser - independant. Provided you use Hypertext Markup Language version 5 (HTML5)- compliant browsers, the labs should function properly. HTML5-compliant browsers include Google Chrome (any version), Mozilla Firefox (version 10 or higher) and Microsoft Edge.
Each school's network is configured differently. You should test each lab to ensure the ports are open on the firewall before presenting the lab to the class. You may have to talk to your network administrator to open the ports.
If you are teaching all three CIW Web Foundations courses sequently, there is no need to reformat your computers for each course. The recommended software configurations for computers used to complete the labs in this book series are as follows.Internet Business Associate
To be installed before class:
- Microsoft Windows 10 Professional
- Microsoft Edge
To be registered by students during class:
- Google account (www.google.com) — necessary for students to access online cloud services and resources, such as Google Drive, Google Docs, Gmail, Google+ and Blogger. Students are responsible for their own account registration.
- Windows Live account (explore.live.com) — necessary for students to access online cloud services and resources, such as SkyDrive, Hotmail, Essentials and Messenger. Students are responsible for their own account registration.
To be installed by students during course labs:
- Firefox 10 or higher (binary provided in the C:\CIW\Internet\Lab Files\Lesson04 folder)
- Google Chrome — any version (binary provided in the C:\CIW\Internet\Lab Files\Lesson04 folder)
- WebM Codecs (binary provided in the C:\CIW\Internet\Lab Files\Lesson05 folder)
- Thunderbird 52.8 (binary provided in the C:\CIW\Internet\Lab Files\Lesson07 folder)
- TightVNC, Bzip2, Bunzip2, FileZilla and WinSCP (binaries provided in the C:\CIW\Internet\Lab Files\Lesson09 folder)
- Skype (binary provided in the C:\CIW\Internet\Lab Files\Lesson02 folder)
- Ad-Aware (binary provided in the C:\CIW\Internet\Lab Files\Lesson08 folder)
- GanttProject (binary provided in the C:\CIW\Internet\Lab Files\Lesson10 folder)
- Zotero 5.0 (binary provided in the C:\CIW\Internet\Lab Files\Lesson06 folder)
Site Development Associate
To be installed before class:
- Microsoft Windows 10
- Windows Internet Explorer 9.0
- Google Chrome — any version
- Firefox 10 or higher
- Microsoft Movies & TV(typically included with Windows 10)
Software
To be installed by students during course labs:
- Lynx (binary provided in the C:\CIW\Site_Dev\Lab Files\Lesson01\Lab_1-3\Lynx folder)
- FormMail (binary provided in the C:\CIW\Site_Dev\Lab Files\Lesson06\Lab_6-1\FormMail folder)
- BlueGriffon (binary provided in the C:\CIW\Site_Dev\Lab Files\Lesson09\Lab_9-1 folder)
- OBS(binary provided in the C:\CIW\Site_Dev\Lab Files\Lesson07\Lab_7-1 folder)
- HandBrake(binary provided in the C:\CIW\Site_Dev\Lab Files\Lesson07\Lab_7-2 folder)
To be installed by instructor for instructor-led demonstration in Optional Lab 8-1:
- XAMPP (binary provided in the C:\CIW\Site_Dev\Lab Files\Lesson08\Optional_Lab_8-1\XAMPP folder)
Network Technology Associate
To be installed before class:
- Microsoft Windows 10 Professional
- Microsoft Edge
- Firefox 10 or later
- Chrome — any version
Software
To be registered by students during class:
To be installed by students during course labs:
- uTorrent (binary provided in the C:\CIW\Network\Lab Files\Lesson01 folder)
- FileZilla_v3.0.2.1 (torrent file provided in the C:\CIW\Network\Lab Files\Lesson01 folder)
- 7-Zip (binary provided in the C:\CIW\Network\Lab Files\Lesson01 folder)
- TruCrypt 7 or higher (binary provided in the C:\CIW\Network\Lab Files\Lesson06 folder)
- VirtualBox (binary provided in the C:\CIW\Network\Lab Files\Lesson02 folder)
- Porteus Linux (binary provided in the C:\CIW\Network\Lab Files\Lesson02 folder)
Connectivity
Internet connectivity is required for this course. You will experience optimal performance with a dedicated Internet connection (e.g., a cable/DSL modem or a T1 line). However, you can teach the course using slower connections (e.g., 56-Kbps modem). Additionally, there will be multiple browsers used in this course.
