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Courseware Repository

Important

In order to access and download materials from the Courseware Repository, you must first have a Cyber Range Account. If you do not have an account, please refer to the article titled Getting an Instructor Account for more information.

The Cyber Range offers a wide variety of resources to our instructors, including our Courseware Repository. The Courseware Repository includes course syllabi, lesson plans, presentation slides, lab exercises, exams, and other content that educators can use in the classroom.

If you're interested in everything the Repository has to offer, please visit our Course Catalog. We also recommend our additional documentation on Courseware Mapping and Descriptions on our Resources page.

  1. To navigate to the Courseware Repository, go to the Virginia Cyber Range, where you can find the Courseware tab at the top of the page.

    The "Courseware" tab can be found to the right of the "Features" tab.

  2. After the Courseware Repository page has loaded, you will be able to browse the large selection of content available to instructors. The page should look like the image below:

    The Courseware Page is shown with a search bar in the middle of the page.

  3. You can now search for your desired content. An example of one of our courses is shown below:

    The Cyber Basics course page is shown listing its description, modules, and learning objectives.

Search Feature

If you're looking for a specific topic in the Repository, you can take advantage of our Search Feature.

The Courseware Repository is indexed, searchable, and filterable. You can access the filters by selecting the Advanced Options button next to the search bar.

You can access the filters by selecting the cog wheel next to the Search button.

You have the ability to filter our content through many different categories. You can filter content by education levels, experience levels, content categories, tags (new/updated and uncurated), KSA's, Knowledge Units (KU's) and even contributors.

Warning

Please note that if you choose to use uncurated content best efforts have been taken to review its contents and ensure no copyright infringements exist. However, the Virginia Cyber Range has not vetted this content for accuracy, thoroughness, or quality.

Content Categories

Our categorized content makes it easy to search and find the materials you are looking for. Course materials are offered in modular form to allow flexible adoption of offerings, so you can teach in the classroom however you like!

  • Course - Courses can contain a syllabus, individual lesson plans, modules, presentation slides, homeworks and exams, and hands-on labs with necessary documentation.

  • Module - A module can consist of 3-6 lessons of related material and can be stand-alone or part of a course. All modules include a module description document with a brief description of the module and a list of lessons, labs, and homeworks.

  • Lesson - Lessons can consist of lesson plans, objectives, readings, external resources, and suggested in-class exercises.

  • Exercise - Lab exercises are intended as a laboratory event to reinforce a specific cybersecurity concept or concepts, normally as part of a specific cybersecurity course. They normally include one to three virtual machines with software to complete the exercise, along with a scenario description, detailed instructions for participants, and separate instructions for course instructors administering the exercise, as well as a grading rubric.

  • Environment - Exercise environments (or virtual machines) are virtual environments that emulate the functions of a physical computer.

  • CTF - A Capture The Flag (CTF) is a hands-on cybersecurity challenge where participants solve security challenges. CTF courseware provides information on how the CloudCTF platform can be used to teach specific Cybersecurity topics.

Note

When adding your desired exercise environment, we recommend selecting the most recent version of the environment to provide the best possible learning experience. While we make every effort to keep our courseware as current as possible, some courseware may instruct users to use an older version. The version of the environment can usually be found in its title (e.g., Cyber Basics (2022.11)).

New and Updated Content

Our courseware is regularly updated to adapt to the new environments or topics we offer. To receive notifications of updated courseware, you can subscribe to our Newsletter. Our newsletter details our latest updates along with general Cyber Range updates. If you would like to receive our newsletter, you can subscribe here.

Additionally, you can view the last date our lessons were updated by navigating to the module of the lesson and scrolling to the bottom. Here, you can access the "Last Update Information." We list the dates for the most recent update for the courseware and environment listed in the courseware. Alternatively, if you'd only like New/Updated courseware content, you can specify that while searching or by using the following link.

Have a Question? Contact Support

We're here to help you. If you still have questions after reviewing the information above, please feel free to submit a ticket with our Support Team and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.