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Packet Tracer:Advanced Session
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PT Advanced Session PT Features.
The Activity Wizard is an assessment tool that allows you to create highly specific networking scenarios for other users.
This tool is particularly useful for instructors creating activities for students to complete.
When students start an activity, they are presented with an initial network and a set of instructions. Students follow the instructions to complete the activity, then they can check their finished network.
Instructors have control over many aspects of the activity.
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DevicesPT Features
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Features
ZoomIn
ZoomReset
ZoomOutCopy
Paste
Undo
Palette
Device TemplateManagerCluster function
Move function
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Create Bend Point
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Legacy Devices (PT5.x)
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New Devices (PT5.x)
• The new device: laptop-PT
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Multiuser Cloud and New Laptop
PTMPTCP/IP
• The Multiuser connection (Peer0 in the picture) can connect by TCP/IP to a Multiuser connection of another PT (Instance on a different computer)
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Device Template Manager
Router1
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Port Label Options and Other Options
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Clustering Devices
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Connect to a Device Within a Cluster
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Multiple Device Windows
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Where is the Activity Instructions Window?
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Look at an Activity
An Activity from a Student’s Perspective
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A Packet Tracer Activity
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Activity Results
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Activity Wizard
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PT Activity Wizard Vocabulary Answer network: The network that you want students
to end up with after they perform whatever configuration tasks they are instructed to complete. The “correct” answer.
Initial network: The network that you give students to begin with in completing the activity. This can be as “complete” or incomplete as you like. Just remember that you need to give clear instructions so that students know what Answer network you are expecting.
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What can I assess?Assessment
categories are:
IP
Physical
Routing
Switching
ACLs
NAT
The Answer network used in creating the activity will dictate which items may be assessed.
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Planning: Create the Answer first… Using the Activity Wizard is easier with a little up front
planning.
The easiest way to create activities using the wizard is to create the Answer network first.
By removing or editing elements of the answer network, the Initial network is created.
Or…. Import a .pkt file that already contains all or most of the
elements you might want to assess. This imported file becomes the Answer network.
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Activity Wizard can be accessed from the Extensions menu, from the tool bar, or with Ctrl+W.
Activity Wizard
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Answer Network
If the open topology will be the answer network, click Yes.
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Welcome Screen
Intermediate adds the
Advanced adds the
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The Instructions screen provides a place where you can list the steps needed to complete this activity.
HTML tags such as <b> for bold, <i> for italics, or <u> for underline may also be used when typing in the instructions field.
Use the + button to add more pages to the instructions. Use the x button to delete a page of instructions.Use the < and > to move through the pages.
Instructions
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You can also use most basic HTML tags to format your instructions, as shown here.
Copying code from an HTML editor works well!
Instructions in HTML
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Previewing the HTML
Click Preview as HTML to verify your coding.
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The Answer Network screen allows you to customize the activity’s answer network, assessment options, timer settings, connectivity testing, and feedback options.
You can view and modify the answer network at any time by clicking here.
You can import a different answer network from an existing .pkt file or export the current answer network to a .pkt file.
Answer Network
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Assessment Options and Items
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Assessment Options Tips
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Time Elapsed tracks the time taken to complete an activity.Countdown sets a time limit for completing the activity. None turns the timer off. The default is Time Elapsed.
Activity Timer
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Connectivity Test
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The Initial Network screen allows you to set up the initial network and lock certain options within PT.
The Show Initial Network button will display an empty topology, which means the student will start from scratch.
You can import a different initial network from an existing .pkt file or export the current initial network to a .pkt file.
Use the Copy from Answer Network button to copy the answer network to the initial network. Then click on Show Initial Network button and adjust the initial network so that the assessed items are missing.
Initial Network
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Copy from Answer Network
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Show Initial Network
After copying the Answer Network as the Initial Network, select Show Initial Network to make edits.
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Under Locking Options, you can specify which features are not accessible within the activity. Check items you want locked.
Set Locking Options
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Password Options
The Password screen allows you to set a case-sensitive password.
Click Enable Password to ensure the password is set.Click Enable Password to ensure the password is set.
The lock icon will lock if the password is enabled.
Click Test Activity to make sure the activity performs as intended.
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Testing the Activity
The Test Activity wizard cap reminds you that you are testing the activity. Click on it to exit testing.
The Instructions window cannot be closed. You can minimize the window or resize it.
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Check Results
Use the Check Results button at anytime to see how many of the assessed items have been completed so far.
Use the Reset Activity button to restart the activity.
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When the student clicks Check Results, she can see exactly which assessment items have not yet been completed or were completed incorrectly.
Activity Results
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When satisfied with the activity, click the Save button. Save the file with an appropriate name in the directory of your choice. Note that the file extension for activities is .pka.
Saving the Activity
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Editing a .pka
PT_user!
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Variable Manager (Intermediate)
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Variable Manager (Intermediate)
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Variable Manager (Intermediate)
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Scripting (Advanced)
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Q and A
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