Information Technology Infrastructure

Description: This self-directed course focuses on introducing new students to the supports, services, and opportunities available at Conestoga College. By the end of this course, students will understand the academic expectations of the Conestoga learning environment, as well as the supports available to ensure their academic success. Students will also be able to identify on-campus services that support their health and wellness, and explore ways to get actively involved in the Conestoga community through co-curricular learning opportunities.

• Hours: 1
• Credits: 0
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

Description: In this course, students will gain fundamental skills in the deployment and configuration of network equipment and protocols to support a LAN environment. Network design principles in the areas of IP addressing and VLANs will be covered. By the end of this course, students will be able to configure switches and routers to build a basic business network both physically and virtually.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

Description: In this course, students will gain core knowledge and skills required to successfully install, configure, troubleshoot and secure a Windows Server operating system. Basic operating system parameters, remote administration, and core server operating system services including Active Directory will be configured to meet defined business requirements.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

Description: Automation of operations is extremely important in today’s IT environment. IT organizations want their valuable staff performing value added work rather than repeating routing tasks. This course provides a practical introduction to programming and scripting techniques that are often used in IT automation.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

Description: Participants in this course will gain a fundamental knowledge of desktop and server computer hardware components, as well as their installation, operation, maintenance and repair. By understanding the interaction between hardware and software, students will also learn how to specify desktop, mobile and server systems to meet defined business needs.

• Hours: 28
• Credits: 2
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

Description: This course is designed to provide students with comprehensive skills to manage Windows end user operating systems and Linux. Operating systems components and security will be covered, as well as practical troubleshooting, deployment, configuration and customization. Students will also develop skills to interact with clients and design appropriate configurations to meet requirements dictated by business requirements.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

Description: This course is designed to enable students to deploy and configure desktop and basic private cloud virtualization environments. Configuration of compute, network and storage resources will be covered, as well as deployment and configuration of virtual machines.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.