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Google Cloud
Scale VM-Series to secure Google Cloud Networks
This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. Secure Google Cloud hub-and-spoke topology with VM-Series at scale.
EDUCBA
Analyze and Query Data Using SAS SQL
By the end of this course, learners will be able to analyze data using SAS SQL, construct efficient PROC SQL queries, apply subqueries and joins, and interpret complex data relationships within the SAS environment. Learners will also be able to explain how SAS processes programs, differentiate between DATA step and PROC SQL execution, and implement advanced SQL techniques for real-world data analysis scenarios. This course is designed for professionals and aspiring data analysts who want to strengthen their SQL skills specifically within SAS. Through a structured progression from foundational concepts to advanced querying techniques, learners gain hands-on exposure to querying single and multiple tables, creating calculated columns, filtering grouped data, and working with correlated subqueries and joins. Each module builds practical competence by combining conceptual clarity with applied SQL logic. What makes this course unique is its strong emphasis on SAS-specific SQL execution behavior, practical demonstrations, and real-world query design rather than generic SQL theory. By completing this course, learners will be equipped to write optimized, accurate, and maintainable PROC SQL code, enabling them to make data-driven decisions confidently in analytics, reporting, and enterprise data environments.
Google Cloud
Google Sheets - Advanced Topics
This course builds on some of the concepts covered in the earlier Google Sheets course. In this course, you will learn how to apply and customize themes In Google Sheets, and explore conditional formatting options. You will learn about some of Google Sheets’ advanced formulas and functions. You will explore how to create formulas using functions, and you will also learn how to reference and validate your data in a Google Sheet. Spreadsheets can hold millions of numbers, formulas, and text. Making sense of all of that data can be difficult without a summary or visualization. This course explores the data visualization options in Google Sheets, such as charts and pivot tables. Google Forms are online surveys used to collect data and provide the opportunity for quick data analysis. You will explore how Forms and Sheets work together by connecting collected Form data to a spreadsheet, or by creating a Form from an existing spreadsheet.
Coursera
Diseña imprimibles para cursos en línea usando Canva
Al final de este proyecto, usted creará una variedad de plantillas para imprimibles de cursos usando Canva que podrá compartir o vender en portales. Usted podrá incorporar un esquema de color , imágenes, y otros elementos de diseño estético que agregan valor al material de marketing de un negocio. Usted aprenderá a utilizar y modificar plantillas para sus creaciones. En este proyecto usaremos la versión gratis de Canva. Crear imprimibles de alta calidad es ideal para ofrecer un producto digital gratis o para comercializar su negocio y crecer/ desarrollarlo. 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.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Strategies and Tools to Mitigate Agricultural Risk
Learners will examine risk management strategies for crop production, discuss techniques and programs to mitigate financial risk, and describe the types of rental agreements for agricultural land use. Learners will also explore traditional and innovative risk management strategies used in agricultural food production. This course is part of the College of ACES suite of online programs, including the graduate certificate, "Agribusiness and Sustainable Food Production Economics" that can be stacked toward an advanced degree in the College of ACES or the Gies College of Business. To learn more about online programs from the College of ACES and explore ways to apply your Coursera work toward a degree program at the University of Illinois, visit ACES Online at acesonline.illinois.edu.
DeepLearning.AI
Generative Deep Learning with TensorFlow
In this course, you will: a) Learn neural style transfer using transfer learning: extract the content of an image (eg. swan), and the style of a painting (eg. cubist or impressionist), and combine the content and style into a new image. b) Build simple AutoEncoders on the familiar MNIST dataset, and more complex deep and convolutional architectures on the Fashion MNIST dataset, understand the difference in results of the DNN and CNN AutoEncoder models, identify ways to de-noise noisy images, and build a CNN AutoEncoder using TensorFlow to output a clean image from a noisy one. c) Explore Variational AutoEncoders (VAEs) to generate entirely new data, and generate anime faces to compare them against reference images. d) Learn about GANs; their invention, properties, architecture, and how they vary from VAEs, understand the function of the generator and the discriminator within the model, the concept of 2 training phases and the role of introduced noise, and build your own GAN that can generate faces. The DeepLearning.AI TensorFlow: Advanced Techniques Specialization introduces the features of TensorFlow that provide learners with more control over their model architecture, and gives them the tools to create and train advanced ML models. This Specialization is for early and mid-career software and machine learning engineers with a foundational understanding of TensorFlow who are looking to expand their knowledge and skill set by learning advanced TensorFlow features to build powerful models.
Coursera
How to Build an Executive Presence
This course is designed to equip learners with knowledge and concepts around building a powerful executive presence while finding the balance between self-promotion and genuine contribution, asserting your presence and collaborating effectively with others. I will share with you how After coaching executives for the past 15 years and spending time with hundreds of CEO's as a Vistage presenter, I can help you stand out without creating a perception of self-serving motives or overshadowing team contributions. Would you like to learn how to be seen for the right reasons, in the right way, at the right time and by the right people? This course is designed for aspiring leaders, mid-level managers, senior executives, entrepreneurs, and professionals seeking to enhance their professional growth and impact. It offers practical strategies to develop an executive presence that balances authority with authenticity, empowering participants to stand out and lead effectively in any professional setting. Interest in professional development and willingness to learn and apply new skills and concepts. Desire to enhance executive presence and openness to feedback and self-improvement through self-reflection and exercises. After completing this course, learners will be able to analyze and cultivate their authentic executive presence, maximizing their Return on Investment (ROI). They will also demonstrate proficiency in strategically managing relationships and devising a personalized journey map for their strategic executive presence development.
Yale University
Moral Foundations of Politics
When do governments deserve our allegiance, and when should they be denied it? This course explores the main answers that have been given to this question in the modern West. We start with a survey of the major political theories of the Enlightenment: Utilitarianism, Marxism, and the social contract tradition. In each case, we begin with a look at classical formulations, locating them in historical context, but then shift to the contemporary debates as they relate to politics today. Next, we turn to the rejection of Enlightenment political thinking, again exploring both classical and contemporary formulations. The last part of the course deals with the nature of, and justifications for, democratic politics, and their relations to Enlightenment and Anti-Enlightenment political thinking. In addition to exploring theoretical differences among the various authors discussed, considerable attention is devoted to the practical implications of their competing arguments. To this end, we discuss a variety of concrete problems, including debates about economic inequality, affirmative action and the distribution of health care, the limits of state power in the regulation of speech and religion, and difficulties raised by the emerging threat of global environmental decay.
LearnQuest
Cloud Computing Basics (Cloud 101)
Welcome to Cloud Computing Basics (Cloud 101). Over the next few weeks, we will discuss the basics of Cloud computing: what it is, what it supports, and how it is delivered. We will delve into storage services, Cloud economics, levels of managed infrastructure, and Azure services. We will also explore different deployment models of Cloud computing, as well as several hosting scenarios. Last but not least, we will compare some of the cloud platforms and discuss the future of cloud computing.
Coursera
Explainable AI: Scene Classification and GradCam Visualization
In this 2 hour long hands-on project, we will train a deep learning model to predict the type of scenery in images. In addition, we are going to use a technique known as Grad-Cam to help explain how AI models think. This project could be practically used for detecting the type of scenery from the satellite images.
Google Cloud
Google Workspace Troubleshooting
This course was designed to prepare Google Workspace Administrators to troubleshoot common Google Workspace issues. Learners will practice diagnosing and resolving problems in Gmail, Calendar, and Drive, and navigating the Admin console. They will also experience analyzing audit logs to troubleshoot security issues, and gathering information and using available resources to troubleshoot and report technical issues.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Gestión Empresarial Exitosa para Pymes
Este curso tiene como objetivo fortalecer las capacidades de gestión de pequeños y medianos empresarios, y personas interesadas en emprender. El Programa Pyme de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile te invita a profundizar sobre lo que se requiere para ser un empresario exitoso y a aprender buenas prácticas en dirección de empresas que permitan crear valor al cliente, a través del marketing y herramientas comerciales. Te ayudará también a comprender las principales decisiones financieras que enfrenta la empresa, la contabilidad y su utilidad para la gestión y control del negocio; asimismo, conocerás las claves para seleccionar y dirigir personas y equipos, procurando su mayor productividad y desarrollo humano integral. Además, para seguir capacitándote como empresario para gestionar tu negocio con éxito, te invitamos a realizar el siguiente curso: Planificación y gestión estratégica para Pymes, el cual también se encuentra dentro de la oferta de Coursera. El diseño de estos cursos está basado en la experiencia del Programa Pyme UC, que ayuda a empresarios a hacer más competitivas sus empresas, con Mentores ex alumnos con amplia experiencia en negocios y Cursos dictados por Profesores de la Escuela de Administración UC. Más información en www.pyme.uc.cl.
Google Cloud
Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine: Workloads 한국어
"'Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine: Workloads' 과정에서는 클라우드 네이티브 애플리케이션 개발 여정을 포괄적으로 학습하며, 학습 과정 전반에 걸쳐 Kubernetes 운영, 배포 관리, GKE 네트워킹, 영구 스토리지에 대해 살펴보게 됩니다. 이 과정은 Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine 시리즈의 첫 번째 과정입니다. 이 과정을 이수한 후에는 'Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine: Production' 과정에 등록하세요."
Coursera
Create Successful Pinterest Pins for Business in Canva
By the end of this project you will understand the secret behind creating successful and click-worthy Pinterest pins using Canva for your own Business. You will learn Pinterest pin format guidelines, best practices and a few tips/hacks of designing click-worthy pins and finally we are going to learn how to take call to action and publish these pins to Pinterest directly from Canva.
Università Bocconi
A Scientific Approach to Innovation Management
How can innovators understand if their idea is worth developing and pursuing? In this course, we lay out a systematic process to make strategic decisions about innovative product or services that will help entrepreneurs, managers and innovators to avoid common pitfalls. We teach students to assess the feasibility of an innovative idea through problem-framing techniques and rigorous data analysis labelled ‘a scientific approach’. The course is highly interactive and includes exercises and real-world applications. We will also show the implications of a scientific approach to innovation management through a wide range of examples and case studies. This video is part of a project that has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 101021061)
EDUCBA
Analyze Institutional Investment Strategies and Risks
Learners will analyze institutional investor objectives, evaluate risk–return trade-offs, apply asset–liability management concepts, and assess strategies for managing concentrated wealth and pension obligations across diverse institutional settings. This course provides a comprehensive and practical understanding of how major institutional investors—including pension funds, foundations, endowments, insurance companies, and banks—design and manage investment portfolios. Learners will explore how liabilities, time horizons, liquidity needs, regulatory constraints, and capital market conditions shape portfolio construction and decision-making. The course also examines advanced topics such as concentrated positions, goal-based planning, hedging strategies, yield enhancement, private business risk, real estate concentration, and liability-driven investing for pension plans. By completing this course, learners will gain the ability to interpret real-world institutional investment challenges and apply structured frameworks used by professional asset managers. What makes this course unique is its integrated approach—connecting traditional institutional portfolio management with concentrated wealth strategies and pension finance—bridging theory with applied decision-making. Designed for finance professionals, CFA candidates, and advanced learners, the course equips participants with industry-relevant insights essential for institutional wealth management and long-term investment governance.