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----This is the home page for the IBM WebSphere Instructor Wiki. The purpose of the Wiki is to provide a site for collaboration between the worldwide WebSphere instructor community and the IBM teams who develop the WebSphere Education curriculum. It is a place for instructors to provide feedback to IBM (such as comments on delivery experiences or questions about current and upcoming courses) and also a place to initiate discussion.

Attention Instructors

This Wiki does not house any instructional material.

To download course materials, such as course book PDFs and lecture slides, refer to the the content area on the Instructor Materials Vault (IMV).

WebSphere Instructor Wiki Directory

The WebSphere Instructor Wiki is organized through the following content areas:

Courses – Information on WebSphere Education courses, including course abstracts, as well as instructor-only content

Curriculum Forum – Information on teleconference replays for the worldwide WebSphere instructor community

Instructor contains useful information for WebSphere instructors, including:
- Information on connecting to CLP (Central Lab Platform) for classes running at MOP – Details on connecting to the CLP environment when running AIX lab classes
- Aventail – How to download Aventail for use with the Instructor Materials Vault site
- FTP Sites – How to download course material from the Instructor Materials Vault (IMV) for teaching and self-study
- Instructor Travel – Travel tips, information on some of the IBM Education Center locations, etc.
- Online Student Evaluations – How to access the online evaluation system
- VMware -- General Information – Information on using VMware in the classroom, including handling VMware issues during course delivery
- WebSphere Resource Guide – For students, available for downloading

Process for Submitting Errata and Other Course Feedback – Procedures to be followed when submitting course feedback to WebSphere Education Development

Registering for the Wiki and Instructor Access has information on:
- Instructor Access to Course Pages – How to request access to instructor-only content
- Wiki Registration Information – How to create a developerWorks ID and password for logging into the Wiki

Support Tools – Information on tools for instructors, including:
- Blogs and Forums
- Centra
- Virtualization and VMware - Explanation of virtualization, information on VMware products

Useful Resources – Links to Web sites, IBM Red Books, and other resources of interest to instructors

WebSphere Education Pilot Classes & T3's – Information for instructors on upcoming pilot classes and T3's

Wiki Help and How-To's – Basic information on working with the Wiki, including adding and editing content, setting up notification for content changes, and more

Yahoo Group – Information on the WebSphere Instructors group hosted on Yahoo and how to join

Click here to see a site index of the WebSphere Instructor Wiki

Wiki News

Group current events

Access to certain course pages is restricted to authorized instructors, IBM WebSphere instructors, and WebSphere Education team members.

For more information, see content areas on how to register for the WebSphere Instructor Wiki and request instructor access to course pages.

Adding Instructor Content

When adding instructor-only content to this wiki, make sure you restrict view and edit access to those pages so only instructors can view them.

Click here for information on how to restrict page access.

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