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Coursera
Creating a Free Business Page with Blogger
In this 1-hour long project-based course, you will learn how to create a small business blog using the Blogger.com platform, how to customize their page, how to interact with customers and promote their business, and how to use the Stats tab to analyze their reach. This course will benefit small business owners with limited to no social media marketing experience. Note: This course works best for learners who are based in the North America region. We’re currently working on providing the same experience in other regions.
Coursera
Using Porter’s Five Forces Model for Competitive Analysis
By the end of this guided project, you will be able to use the Porter’s Five Force model to determine the attractiveness and profitability potentials of your industry. The Five Forces is a model that was drawn from industrial organization economics to identify and describe the fundamental economic forces that shape every industry. The five forces are competition in the industry, potential of new entrants, power of suppliers, power of customers, and threat of substitute products. These forces determine the intensity of competition and hence the attractiveness and profitability of an industry. Essentially, awareness of the five forces can help you to understand the structure of your industry, and therefore stake a position is that less vulnerable For us to practically demonstrate how to use the framework to conduct analysis of an industry and make strategic decisions, we will analyze an energy services company as a case study. Example of the case study would empower you with the skillset to apply the model to your company or any other company of your choice. Porter’s Five Forces model can be used to determine the viability of a new business, or to evaluate growth potential for an existing business. The project is for strategist, business leader, and entrepreneurs that want to determine the competitiveness of their companies
LearnKartS
Become AI-Ready: Deep Learning Fundamentals
Want to learn how AI systems work behind tools such as ChatGPT and develop a solid foundation for careers in AI & Generative AI? Many professionals study AI theory but struggle to apply it to real-world systems. This course fills that gap by introducing you to how deep learning models are built, trained, and ultimately fail and get optimized in practice. Why This Course Works? 1) Real-World AI Focus – Learn where deep learning is used across GenAI, healthcare, and finance. 2) Industry Evolution Clarity – From Neural Networks → ImageNet → Generative AI shift. 3) Hands-On Understanding – Visual training using TensorFlow Playground and simulators. What You’ll Be Able To Do? -Build neural network foundations -Understand forward pass and backpropagation -Identify when to use ML vs Deep Learning -Understand RNN, LSTM, and sequence modeling This course is intended for software engineers, application developers, data analysts, professionals transitioning into AI & deep learning, as well as ML beginners who want to build job-ready AI skills. Build strong AI foundations, prepare for advanced deep learning and Generative AI roles. Enroll and start building future-ready AI skills today.
Coursera
Optimize SEO: Audit, Remediate & Rank
Transform your website's search visibility with hands-on SEO optimization skills that deliver measurable results. This course empowers digital marketing professionals to master the essential cycle of SEO improvement: identifying issues, fixing critical problems, and proving success through data. This Short Course was created to help digital marketing professionals accomplish systematic on-page optimization with performance validation. By completing this course, you'll be able to execute professional SEO audits using industry-standard tools, remediate core page elements that impact rankings, and demonstrate tangible improvements through ranking measurement—skills you can apply immediately to drive organic traffic growth. By the end of this course, you will be able to: Apply on-page SEO best practices by auditing and remediating core page elements Evaluate changes in search engine rankings for target keywords to measure performance improvement This course is unique because it combines technical SEO implementation with performance measurement, giving you both the skills to fix SEO issues and the analytical capabilities to prove your impact through before-and-after ranking data. To be successful in this course, you should have basic understanding of websites, content management systems, and digital marketing fundamentals.e.g. This is primarily aimed at first- and second-year undergraduates interested in engineering or science, along with high school students and professionals with an interest in programming.
Coursera
Crea un organigrama con Canva
Al final de este proyecto, usted podrá crear un organigrama usando la version gratis de Canva. El organigrama es la representación gráfica de la estructura organizacional y el capital humano de una organización, que muestra la línea de reporte de todos los puestos y empleados, así como la relación entre los diferentes departamentos. Al final de este proyecto usted podrá incorporar un esquema de colores, gráficos y otros elementos de diseño. Este proyecto será relevante tanto para personas en el campo de comercialización, como para personas en el campo empresarial. La plataforma Canva ofrece todas las herramientas necesarias para crear un producto tanto organizado como visualmente atractivo y fácilmente de compartir y trabajar en equipo. Usted aprenderá en este proyecto guiado a organizar sus ideas y a utilizar herramientas de diseño gráfico para crear un organigrama que le servirá como plantilla para futuros proyectos. Nota: Este curso es de mayor utilidad para estudiantes que residen en la región de América del Norte. Actualmente, estamos trabajando para proporcionar la misma experiencia en otras regiones.
EDUCBA
Master & Apply Apartment Lighting Layout Techniques
Learners completing this course will be able to identify lighting requirements, analyze room-wise illumination needs, apply LED selection principles, and construct complete lighting layouts for residential apartments. This hands-on program guides learners through every step of designing an accurate Apartment Lighting Layout using AutoCAD, from understanding project scope to implementing lux-level calculations and selecting appropriate lumens output. Through detailed room-by-room walkthroughs—including living spaces, bedrooms, passages, kitchens, balconies, and staircases—learners gain the practical expertise to ensure uniform brightness, task-oriented illumination, and safety-compliant lighting placement. By working with real project subtitles and case-driven explanations, learners develop both conceptual clarity and technical accuracy. What makes this course unique is its authentic case-study approach, clear stepwise lighting logic, and practical integration of AutoCAD 2D skills with real-world lighting design workflows. Whether beginning a career in electrical drafting or enhancing interior technical skills, learners finish the course confident in building complete, professional lighting layouts.
Coursera
Digitales Business Marketing mit Easil
Nach Abschluss dieses Projekts wirst du gelernt haben Grafikdesignplattform Easil zu nutzen und individuelle Posts für Soziale Medien zu kreieren. Wir werden heute die kostenlose Easil Version zur Erstellung einer FAcebook Anzeige und eines Facebook Titelbilds verwenden. User von sozialen Netzwerken werden im heutigen Zeitalter von Informationen und Bildern regelrecht überschwemmt. Aufgabe des Social Media Marketings ist es daher, kreative Wege zu finden um die Aufmerksamkeit der User für ihre Produkte und Dienstleistungen zu gewinnen. Dies erfolgt oftmals auf Basis eines sehr geringen Marketing Budgets. Die webbasierte Plattform Easil bietet alle nötigen Werkzeuge um visuell attraktive und organisierte Produkte zu kreieren und in den sozialen Medien zu teilen. Deine neu erworbenen Kenntnisse werden dir in Zukunft dabei behilflich sein, dein Unternehmen in den sozialen Medien zu bewerben und deinen Wiedererkennungswert zu steigern.
Coursera
Advanced Data Analysis and Collaboration in Qlik Sense
This course is an advanced level course designed for learners who want to use Qlik Sense to perform sophisticated data analytics, build dashboards, and communicate full reports and stories from their data. These advanced concepts include more than just visualization features such as dynamic filtering and conditional formatting, but more so data functionality such as advanced expressions, drill-downs, leads, lags, and more. This is important as these skills are directly required when creating sophisticated business analyses and dashboards. This course demonstrates the advanced functionalities of Qlik Sense. The course starts with advanced data analysis techniques, including both strict analysis like calculated fields, set analysis, etc. It then goes through advanced visualization and dashboard functionality, like dynamic filters, drill-downs, lags, leads, and more. Finally, the course demonstrates how to collaborate with other people, through sharing, bookmarking, and embedding dashboards and reports. "Advanced Data Analysis and Collaboration with Qlik Sense" is the third and final course in our series, building upon the foundations laid in "Data Ingestion, Exploration, and Visualization with Qlik Sense" and "Introduction to Data Visualization with Qlik Sense." Together, these courses provide a comprehensive skill set for leveraging Qlik Sense as a powerful tool for data analytics, empowering you to analyze data effectively, create impactful visualizations, and generate valuable insights for a wide range of business purposes, from performance tracking to decision-making and beyond. This program is designed for anyone interested in mastering advanced data analytics and visualization concepts with Qlik Sense. These include data and business analysts who regularly analyze and communicate with data. To excel in "Advanced Data Analysis and Collaboration with Qlik Sense," learners should have a solid grasp of Qlik Sense, including basic data analysis concepts and intermediate-level data visualization skills. Proficiency in using Qlik Sense's interface, creating fundamental visualizations, and working with data is essential. Additionally, learners should possess a foundational understanding of data analysis principles such as aggregations and filtering. Familiarity with basic scripting within Qlik Sense, including data loading and transformation, will be advantageous, as more advanced scripting techniques are introduced.
Coursera
Edita y retoca imágenes con Canva
Al final de este proyecto, tendrás todas las habilidades básicas para retocar y modificar tus imágenes de manera profesional utilizando Canva, una herramienta en línea para crear y editar imágenes de marketing. Podrás utilizar las diversas herramientas de edición de imágenes que ofrece Canva. Este proyecto está destinado a principiantes, personas que no tienen conocimientos de diseño gráfico y que deseen alterar y retocar imágenes de forma profesional y artística.
Coursera
Building Smart Business Assistants with IBM Watson
This is two-hour project-based course teaches how to create a smart chatbot for your business using IBM Watson Assistant, and deploy it to live preview link. You will learn how to harness the power of AI to answer customer questions on multiple platforms. In this project, each step is demonstrated and you can follow along by repeating each step of the process. Take additional time after each step to make your conversation as robust as you desire. In this project you will learn: How to create an IBM Cloud account and Watson’s Assistant. How to configure a Watson's Assistant to capture customer goals from their input. How to build meaningful dialogs in Watson's Assistant. How to configure IBMs Watson Assistant to extract objects from customers input. How to deploy a live version of your Watson Assistant to interact with online customers.
Google Cloud
Gemini in Google Sheets - Français
Gemini pour Google Workspace est un module complémentaire qui fournit aux clients des fonctionnalités d'IA générative dans Google Workspace. Dans ce petit cours, vous allez découvrir les principales fonctionnalités de Gemini et comment elles peuvent servir à améliorer la productivité et l'efficacité dans Google Sheets.
Google Cloud
Google Cloud Customer Care Fundamentals - Italiano
Questo corso ti insegnerà come ottenere il massimo dall'assistenza Google Cloud. Imparerai a: conoscere i diversi servizi forniti dall'assistenza clienti Google Cloud, creare e gestire richieste di assistenza, visualizzare i problemi noti che interessano i servizi Google Cloud e comunicare in modo efficace con i tecnici del servizio di assistenza. Imparerai inoltre le diverse priorità delle richieste e gli obiettivi del livello di servizio (SLO), migliorerai la tua comprensione dello stato delle richieste e scoprirai come riassegnare una richiesta di assistenza, se necessario.
EDUCBA
Analyze Financial & Market Data Using SPSS Regression
Learners will analyze real-world financial and equity market datasets, apply simple and multiple regression techniques in SPSS, interpret statistical outputs, and evaluate model validity using visual diagnostics. By the end of this course, learners will be able to translate regression results into actionable insights and confidently communicate analytical findings. This hands-on course is designed for learners who want to move beyond theory and gain practical experience through three applied SPSS projects covering home loan analysis and equity market data. Learners begin with foundational regression concepts using familiar financial variables, then progressively advance to complex market-based multiple regression models. Each project emphasizes correct model setup, coefficient estimation, statistical significance, and result interpretation supported by scatter plot visualization. What makes this course unique is its project-driven structure, which mirrors real-world data analytics workflows used in finance and market research. Instead of isolated examples, learners work with end-to-end regression cases, reinforcing analytical thinking and decision-making skills. Completing this course equips learners with job-ready SPSS regression expertise applicable to finance, analytics, and business intelligence roles.
Interactive Brokers
Economics - Employment and the Labor Market (US)
Labor market indicators are important for investors because they’re helpful in determining the incomes of consumers and corporations’ hiring appetites. Labor market strength drives consumer spending, productivity, and business investment, signaling potential levels of corporate revenue and earnings growth. The robustness of an economy is closely linked to its labor markets, the ease or difficulty in attaining work and the number of people working in it. This course explores a variety of labor market indicators that shed light on the composition of human work like participation, unemployment, employment and wages. To facilitate a comprehensive understanding of essential concepts discussed, this course includes a series of practical examples, quizzes and reading materials.
Packt
Learn How to Code: The Complete Core Java Programming Course
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Embark on a comprehensive journey through Java programming with this course. You'll start by mastering the basics like data types, operators, and control structures. As you progress, you'll dive deeper into object-oriented programming concepts, working with special classes, and handling exceptions. By gaining hands-on experience with loops, conditionals, and data structures like arrays and lists, you will build a strong foundation in Java. The course flows logically, beginning with core concepts and moving toward more advanced topics like inheritance, abstraction, and regular expressions. You'll also explore important Java updates introduced in Java 10 and work with powerful Java libraries for file management and Excel handling. Each module is designed to provide you with interactive exercises, making it easy to test and apply your new skills. This course is perfect for anyone who wants to learn Java programming, whether you're new to programming or have some experience with coding. It's suitable for students, aspiring developers, or anyone looking to upgrade their skills. No prior experience with Java is required, making it an excellent choice for beginners. The course is beginner-friendly, with a gradual progression in difficulty. By the end of the course, you will be able to write and debug Java programs, understand object-oriented principles like inheritance and polymorphism, work with advanced data structures, and use Java libraries for file management and data processing.
University of Minnesota
Fundamentals of Fluid Power
Fluid power has the highest power density of all conventional power-transmission technologies. Learn the benefits and limitations of fluid power, how to analyze fluid power components and circuits, and how to design and simulate fluid power circuits for applications. In this course, you will be introduced to the fundamental principles and analytical modeling of fluid power components, circuits, and systems. You will learn the benefits and limitations of fluid power compared with other power transmission technologies; the operation, use, and symbols of common hydraulic components; how to formulate and analyze models of hydraulic components and circuits; and how to design and predict the performance of fluid power circuits. This course is supported by the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power, and is endorsed by the National Fluid Power Association, the leading industry trade group in fluid power.