CCNA1 ITN Module 15 - Application Layer

Date Subject Lesson Plan
04/10/26 CCNA1

Discussion: ASVAB is on Monday

Video: CBTNugg: Careers in IT (19:10)

Link: Module 15 Reading Organizer

Read: 15.0.1 Why should I take this module?

Read: 15.0.2 What will I learn to do in this module?

Start Module 15, Section 1 - Application, Presentation, and Session

Video: JimKurose: Principals of the Application Layer (24:28)

Read: 15.1.1 Application Layer

Read: 15.1.2 Presentation and Session Layer

Read: 15.1.3 TCP/IP Application Layer Protocols

Activity: 15.1.4 Check Your Understanding - Application, Session, Presentation

Assignment: Module 15 Study Guide 1-8 (20 minutes)

Activity: KaHoot! Port Numbers Quiz

  A+

Read: 8.2.6.1 3D Printer Charateristics
Video: How Does 3D Printing Work? (7:36)

Activity: 8.2.6.2 3D Printer Parts

Activity: 8.2.6.3 Check Your Understanding - 3D Printers

LearnKey: Domain 3: Pg. 70

  IC3 None today
04/13/26 CCNA1

Activity: 100% Club - 3rd Quarter 8:30

Activity: IC3 Level 2 testing at 9:30 in the eLibrary

Video: Keith Barker: Protocols (37:54)

Start Module 15, Section 2 - Peer-to-Peer

Read: 15.2.1 Client-Server Model

Read: 15.2.2 Peer-to-Peer Networks

Read: 15.2.3 Peer-to-Peer Applications

Read: 15.2.4 Common P2P Applications
Video: Client Server and Peer-to-Peer Networks (3:42)

Lab: Researching Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (30 minutes)

Activity: 15.2.5 Check Your Understanding - Peer-to-Peer

Assignment: Module 15 Study Guide 9-14 (20 minutes)

Additional: Video: Montana State University: Unstructured P2P Systems (27:45)

  A+

None today

04/14/26 CCNA1

Video: NetworkChuck: CCNA or College? (16:42)

Start Module 15, Section 3 - Web and Email Protocols

Video: YouTube: "What is a Web Browser" (4:06)

Link: List of Web Server software
Link: List of Web Browser software

Read: 15.3.1 Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Video: Practical Networking: HTTP vs HTML (7:19)

Read: 15.3.2 HTTP and HTTPS
Video: What's the Difference Between HTTP and HTTPS? (6:31)

Read: 15.3.3 Email Protocols
Assignment: Video: YouTube: "How Email Works" (7:12)

Read: 15.3.4 SMTP, POP, and IMAP1

EMail Servers: Microsoft Exchange, Thunderbird, List of Email Server Software
Email Clients: Outlook, Alpine, GroupWise, List of Email Client Software
Email Communication Protocols: Send: SMTP, Receive: POP3 and/or IMAP

Discussion: The difference between local server and cloud email service

Activity: 15.3.5 Check Your Understanding - Web and Email Protocols

Assignment: Module 15 Study Guide 15-20 (15 minutes)

  A+

Read: 8.3.1.1 Installing a Printer
Video: Changing Print Settings in Windows 10 (1:33)

Read: 8.3.1.2 Test Printer Functions

Lab: 8.3.1.3 Install a Printer (Don't Do - Just Read - Answer the Reflection Question & turn in)
Video: Installing and Configuring Printers (8:30)

Read: 8.3.2.1 Common Configuration Settings

Activity: 8.3.2.2 Check Your Understanding - Configuration Options

04/15/26 CCNA1

Video: Professor Messer: How to Get an IT Job Without Experience (29:59)

Video: YouTube: "DNS Explained" (6:03)

Start Module 15, Section 4 - IP Addressing Services
Video: Professor Messer: An Overview of DNS (6:30)

Read: 15.4.1 DNS Message Format

Read: 15.4.2 DNS Message Format
Video: Professor Messer DNS Record Types (7:42)

Read: 15.4.3 DNS Hierarchy

Read: 15.4.4 The nslookup Command
Video: Professor Messer: DNS Management with Nslookup and Dig (4:44)

Syntax Checker: 15.4.5 The nslookup Command
Video: DNS root servers (23:27)

Video: CBTNugg: Net+ #8: Digging into Details of DNS (32:05)

Read: 15.4.6 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Read: 15.4.7 DHCP Operation
Video: YouTube "D-O-R-A the Explorer and DHCP" (4:40)

Lab: 15.4.8 Observe DNS Resolution (45 minutes)

Activity: 15.4.9 Check Your Understanding - IP Addressing Services

Assignment: Module 15 Study Guide 21-33 (20 min)

  A+

None today

04/16/26 CCNA1

Review Lab:

PT: DHCP and DNS Servers (45 minutes)
PT: packet tracer file.pkt

Start Module 15, Section 5 - File Sharing Services

Read: 15.5.1 File Transfer Protocol
Video: FTP (7:54)

Read: 15.5.2 Server Message Block
Video: Intro to File Sharing using SMB (4:52)

PT: 10.2.3.3 FTP Servers (45 minutes)
PT: Packet Tracer File: 10.2.3.3 .pka File

Activity: 15.5.3 Check Your Understanding - File Sharing Services

Start Module 15, Section 6 - Module Practice and Quiz

Read: 15.6.1 What did I learn in this module?

Read: 15.6.2 Module Quiz - Application Layer

Assignment: Module 15 Study Guide 34-39 (15 minutes - end)

Test tomorrow! Study! CCNA Module 15

  A+

Read: 8.5.1.1 Vendor Guidelines

Activity: 8.5.1.2 What Do You Already Know? Printer Operating Environment

Video Demonstration: 8.5.2.1 Inkjet Printer Preventive Maintenance (5:28)

Lab: 8.5.2.2 Perform Preventive Maintenance on an Inkjet Printer (30 minutes)
Use this printer: Epson EcoTank ET-2720 Wireless All-In-One Color Supertank Printer
Video: Epson EcoTank ET-2720 Setup & Review (10:10)
Link: User Manual - Epson ET-2720

04/17/26 CCNA1

Review Video: Jason Johnson: CCNAv7 ITN Module 15 (16:42)

Module 15 Module Test

Start Module 16 (45 min)

  A+

Read: 8.3.3.1 Software Optimization

Read: 8.3.3.2 Hardware Optimization

Activity: 8.3.3.3 Check Your Understanding - Printer Optimization

Video: CBTNugg: # 22 Printers Part 3 (32:04)

Read: 8.4.1.1 Configuring Printer Sharing
Video: How To Share A Printer On Network (1:59)

Read: 8.4.1.2 Wireless Printer Connections

Lab: 8.4.1.3 Share a Printer in Windows (Don't do, just read)
Video: How to Share a Printer in Windows 10 on Local Network (11:14)

Read: 8.4.2.1 Purposes of Print Servers
Video: What is a print server? (2:02)

Read: 8.4.2.2 Software Print Servers

Read: 8.4.2.3 Hardware Print Servers

Read: 8.4.2.4 Dedicated Print Servers

Activity: 8.4.2.5 Check Your Understanding - Print Servers

Video Demonstration: 8.5.3.1 Laser Printer Preventive Maintenance (9:40)
Video: Professor Messer: Laser Printer Maintenance (4:37)

Lab: 8.5.3.2 Perform Preventive Maintenance on a Laser Printer (use the following links for lab)
**Search for information concerning preventive maintenance - should be 6+ items.
Link: HP Color LaserJet Pro M454dn User Manual

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  IC3 IC3 Level 3 - Domain 1 (22:19)
  Resources

LearnKey: 220-1101 Domain 2, Lesson 4, Pgs. 33

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LearnKey: 220-1101 Domain 2, Lesson 5, Pgs. 35-36

LearnKey: 220-1101 Domain 2, Lesson 6, Pgs. 37-39

LearnKey: 220-1101 Domain 2, Lesson 7, Pgs. 40-43

Link: Color Codes

Review: Video: How DNS Works Visually (10:45) - Detailed explaination