Cisco Continuing Education (CE) Program

[PhilipDAth]

There used to be lots of free CE courses you could do to get credits for renewing qualifications.

https://ce.cisco.com/ 

I can't find any at all now.  Does anyone know if there are any free courses left that can earn credits?

[jbright · Accepted solution]

Here's one that is still free and worth 11 credits. You will need a CCO account to access it.

https://digital-learning.cisco.com/#/course/61318

Here's another one that is worth 4 credits:

https://digital-learning.cisco.com/#/course/59741

The free ones are still there, but you have to hunt for them.

Cisco Live in person is worth 25 credits.

[PhilipDAth]

Stink, I've already done those two!

[Minit55]

Can you give the full course name ? i cannot find any on the link, just get an error. 

[PhilipDAth]

• DevNet Associate Fundamentals - 48 Credits.

• CUST-SDA-FUND - 12 Credits.

• A-SDW-DATPLN - 6 Credits.

• A-SDW-START - 6 Credits.

• A-DNAC-ASSUR - 4 Credits.

• CUST-SDA-ISE - 4 Credits.

[ajc0509]

How is everyone finding out about these free courses? Everything Cisco offers is so expensive! When I go to the Cisco Digital Learning site and search for the courses you listed, they're greyed out with a Not subscribed banner. A representative told me a subscription to its Digital Learning site was $5,200. That's outrageous!

[PhilipDAth]

I often see them coming out on Twitter.  There is another 15 CE point free course at the moment to learn Python.

This is the URL I used to access it:
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/learning-plan-detail-standard?ltui__urlRecordId=a1c6e00000AUqSGA... 

[ajc0509]

I'm enrolled in the Python course. I don't have a Twitter account, so I don't see postings there. Hopefully something else will come along so I can earn additional credits before my CCNA expires in June. Thanks!

[rhbirkelund]

The Python course is actually quite good. Whether you’re in it for the CE points or not, it’s definitely worth it.

[robert2go]

Could you tell what Python course and where to find? Of course how many ce credits you can get?

[ajc0509]

I just happened to log into my Certmetrics account and saw it there. I think today's the last day to earn the credits. It's worth 15.

[RandyC]

What Cisco twitter account are you following that you see these? 

[rhbirkelund]

I have been looking into gathering CE points aswell lately. During my research I've been pointed to this link. He's listed some free courses, where some of them are still available. I haven't checked them all.

Also there's a DevNet Associate certification course that's worth 48 points. At the moment there's a promotion where you can get a renewal plan for $49/month. With your experience @PhilipDAth I'm pretty sure you can eat your way through that course pretty fast, if not skip en entirely, and go the the final quiz (if there is one, that is...).

[Brash]

Late to the party on this.

When looking into this myself I found that the free courses gave so little CE credits that it was hard to justify the work required to build up enough.

I opted to wait for the Black Friday sales (Cisco learning seems to do one every year) and purchased SCORv1 and DEVCORv1.
Not what I would consider cheap but they were relatively quick to complete.

[jbright]

FYI

Free 16 Continuing Education Credits coming on May 24th through the Rev Up to Recert Program in Cisco U!

For any of you or your customers that are looking to recertify a CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE, Learning@Cisco is offering 16 CE credits to be earned for free starting on May 24th through the Rev Up to Recert Program.

The training will be on Automation. Training will be e-learning and accessed through Cisco's new e-learning platform Cisco U, which is replacing CDL.

There is a free version of Cisco U that anyone can get access to starting on May 24th. Stay tuned to the Rev Up to Recert Community for updates!

https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/topic/0TO6e000002e4QmGAI/rev-up-to-recert-community

[ajc0509]

Thanks! I have it saved in my calendar so I won't miss it!

[Jackbox]

Thats great. I still need 1 more point. Do we have any incoming RevUp for june? 

[PhilipDAth]

This free course is worth 16 points but expires 30 days after May 24 - so get busy!

https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/question/0D56e0000CytbYNCQY/rev-up-to-recert-network-automation-... 

[Brash]

For anyone looking for some additional free credits, there's a couple of new courses added.

Must complete by August 17th.

Secure Cloud and Network Analytics
Platform: Cisco Learning Network

Credits: 16

Implementing and Troubleshooting Networks Using Cisco ThousandEyes

Platform: Cisco U (free tier included by the look of it)

Credits: 24

Reference: Rev Up to Recert - Bonus (cisco.com)

[PhilipDAth]

Thanks Brash!

[Brash]

Another just released.

Understanding Cisco Cybersecurity Operations Fundamentals

Platform: Cisco U (free tier included)

Credits: 30
Complete by: November 17th, 2023

Reference: Rev Up to Recert - CyberOps Associate

[Brash]

Last one for 2023.

Cisco SD-WAN Operation and Deployment (SDWFND)

Platform: Cisco U (free tier included)

Credits: 12
Complete by: February 16, 2024

Reference: Rev up to Recert : Cisco SD-WAN