Cisco Academy for the Vision Impaired

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CAVI is a project of the
Curtin University Centre for Accessible Technology Curtin University Centre for Accessible Technology

Welcome to the Cisco Academy for the Vision Impaired

Volanteer Instructors

Cavi would like to take this opportunity to thank our four new volunteer instructors,
who have agreed to do our training certification.
We look forward to seeing them conducting classes of their own in the near future.

What is CAVI?

If you ever thought blind people couldn't fix computers, build networks and teach others to do the same, then please think again!  Read on...

Image of blind Instructor Showing Blind Student a Motherboard and CAVI Logo

Welcome to the Cisco Academy for the Vision Impaired, (CAVI)

CAVI provides accredited Cisco Academy courses and employment opportunities for people who are totally or partially blind

Courses on offer

  • Cisco - ITE1
  • Cisco - ITE2, (under review)
  • CCNA Discovery 1
  • CCNA Discovery 2
  • CCNA Discovery 3 (coming soon)
  • CCNA Discovery 4 (coming soon)

All of these go towards full Cisco certification, which some of our students have accomplished.

Employment

In our first year of intake, 23 of 24 students achieved gainful employment.

Course Delivery

Our courses are delivered to local students who are present at the Association for the Blind Western Australia and to remote students via the internet.

Remote students can log on to a lecture live where they can participate as if they were in the class room.   Please see: Remote Laboratories Virtual Classroom & Tactile Tools for more information.

Both local and remote students are required to complete all work sheets and labs by submitting them to their lecturers via E-mail for marking. They then log on to the Netacad web site to sit each module exam and the final exam at the completion of their course.

The only modifications of the courses are those necessary to make the content accessible to those using screenreading or magnification programs. These include accessible flash content & diagram descriptions.

On completion of the program the participants will be able to move into IT positions in industry or embark on further education.

CAVI relies on an army of volunteers to create diagram descriptions, provide information in a form better suited to being read with adaptive technologies and to record, edit and present lectures on both the CUCAT web site and this web site for later download and listening.

Donations & Support

The CAVI project is in need of donations and financial support, for more information, please contact us on caviinfo@gmail.com