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Packt
AWS Visualization, Security, and Exam Preparation
Updated in May 2025. This course now 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. This course is designed to help you master three essential areas of AWS: data visualization, security, and exam preparation. You'll begin with a deep dive into Amazon QuickSight, where you'll learn how to create powerful visualizations and dashboards. The hands-on exercises guide you through setting up QuickSight on top of a Redshift data warehouse, ensuring you gain real-world experience with AWS visualization tools. You’ll also explore other popular visualization options, including HighCharts and D3, helping you understand how to choose the right tools for your data. The next section focuses on AWS security. You’ll explore encryption techniques with KMS and CloudHSM, diving into how AWS manages and protects your data. Hands-on labs will help you implement security best practices, such as key rotation and identity federation. The course also covers critical services like AWS CloudTrail and VPC endpoints, ensuring your infrastructure remains secure and compliant. A detailed exploration of AWS Services Security provides a comprehensive understanding of how to protect your environment. Finally, the course culminates in exam preparation. You’ll be guided through expert tips, including how to save on exam costs and manage your time effectively during the exam. A walkthrough of the AWS certification signup process, coupled with practice exercises and state-of-learning checkpoints, will ensure that you are fully prepared for success. This course is ideal for IT professionals, cloud engineers, data analysts, and security specialists looking to enhance their AWS skills, particularly in visualization, security, and certification prep. A basic understanding of AWS services, cloud computing concepts, and general security principles is recommended to maximize the learning experience.
University of London
إدارة شركات المستقبل
تهدف الدورة التدريبية إلى تزويدك بإطار شامل لفهم كل من الممارسات التقليدية للإدارة داخل الشركات في الوقت الحاضر وكذلك الممارسات البديلة التي ستزداد أهميتها مع مرور الوقت. فهي تزوِّدك برؤى نظرية وعملية بشأن طبيعة الإدارة داخل المؤسسات في الوقت الحاضر.
Google Cloud
It Speaks! Create Synthetic Speech Using Text-to-Speech
This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. In this lab you will create a series of audio files using the Text-to-Speech API, then listen to them to compare the differences.
Packt
Communication Skills
Updated in May 2025. This course now 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. Master the art of effective communication with this comprehensive course designed to refine your interpersonal and professional interaction skills. From active listening to advanced persuasion techniques, you'll gain practical tools to engage others with clarity and impact. Through engaging modules, you’ll uncover the secrets of influencing behavior, creating clear communication, and navigating difficult conversations with confidence. The course begins with fundamental skills such as active listening, clear messaging, and understanding the nuances of verbal and non-verbal cues. Progressing to advanced topics, you'll explore decision-making styles, motivational triggers, and tailored communication approaches for diverse audiences. Each session provides actionable techniques, supported by real-world examples, to ensure you communicate with precision and purpose. As you move forward, you’ll dive into writing techniques, including crafting formal and informal messages, and improving written clarity. Additionally, lessons on listening, reading styles, and NLP strategies will enhance your ability to connect and collaborate effectively in various contexts. This course is perfect for professionals, leaders, and anyone eager to elevate their communication skills. No prior experience is required, but an open mind and a willingness to practice are key. The difficulty level is beginner to intermediate, ensuring accessibility for learners from all backgrounds.
L&T EduTech
Electrical Power Distribution
This is an application-oriented course explaining the various aspects of power distribution, indoor and outdoor equipment up to 33kV. The course adopts a cross-disciplinary approach to ensure that the learners understand site execution, testing and commissioning. Throughout the course, safety aspects have been emphasized in every area of work. This course blends with conceptual knowledge covering the latest technological trends like SCADA & automation. This course helps learners know the Electrical distribution system and master as a Construction Engineer/Planning Engineer and Commissioning Engineer . This course gives the learners insights about: 1. Electrical distribution methods 2. Types of loads 3. Green Field Construction of Overhead Lines 4. Distribution Line Components 5. Concepts of Auto reclosers and Sectionalizes 6. SCADA in detail
Logical Operations
Excel VBA Macros: Forms, Files, and Data Handling
To round out your data-analysis skills in VBA for Excel, you'll display a custom dialog box and program form events. You'll also use VBA to get file and directory structure, read from text files, and write to text files. Then, you'll clean and transform data by automating Power Query, transform data using VBA and workbook functions, using regular expressions, and managing errors in data. Lastly, you'll run other programs and commands and share your VBA projects. This is the third and final course in a multi-course Specialization. All of the courses in this Specialization require that you have a recent version of Microsoft Excel installed. The course setup instructions provided in the first course go into more detail about the hardware and software requirements.
Google Cloud
Get Started with Generative AI Studio
This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console.Use Generative AI Studio to create prompts and conversations
Google Cloud
IA generativa: conceitos básicos
IA generativa: conceitos básicos é o segundo curso do programa de aprendizado de líderes em IA generativa. Neste curso, você conhece os conceitos básicos da IA generativa, analisa as diferenças entre IA, ML e IA generativa, e aprende como vários tipos de dados possibilitam que a IA generativa lide com desafios de negócios. Além disso, aprende sobre as estratégias do Google Cloud para lidar com as limitações dos modelos de fundação e os principais desafios para o desenvolvimento e a implantação seguros e responsáveis da IA.
Pearson
CCNA 200-301 Version 1.1: Unit 7
This course equips you with the knowledge and skills to use automation and programmability in modern networks. You'll start by learning about software-defined networking and the Cisco Catalyst Center. You'll manage network inventories, design, and provisioning, and master device and software image management. Understand network programmability and automation, and learn API basics like CRUD functions, HTTP verbs, and response codes. Through hands-on labs, you'll work with data formats like JSON and XML and learn about on-box and off-box automation tools. The course covers tools like Ansible and Terraform to help you automate and improve network operations.
Coursera
AI for Project Reporting, Dashboards and Risk
This course prepares you to create concise, high-quality reports and dashboards using spreadsheets, visualization tools, and generative AI techniques while preserving human-in-the-loop controls. Instruction covers exporting project data from PM tools, transforming and modeling it in spreadsheets, and designing compact dashboards that highlight portfolio KPIs and overdue items. You will practice prompt design to convert raw PM data into structured draft reports, apply labeling and validation practices for AI outputs, and evaluate predictive models using confusion matrices to compute precision and recall for go/no‑go decisions. Assessments emphasize compact deliverables: a trimmed dashboard, an AI-assisted weekly status (AI draft + human review), prompt list, QA checklist, and a short model-evaluation summary documenting precision/recall and adoption guidance.
Skillshare
Cinematic Lighting in Maya: Fundamentals & Scene Setup
This course is taught by Abraham Leal from Nexttut, a 3D artist with more than 11 years of industry experience and the founder of Critical Hit Studio in Mexico. His practical, production-focused approach makes this class unique, ensuring you not only understand the tools but also how to apply them in real-world scenarios. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to create cinematic renders using Arnold lights, cameras, and materials while building strong foundations in scene setup. You will learn how to control rendering samples, master camera and lighting fundamentals, and produce clean, compelling images ready for post-production. This course is designed for intermediate Maya students who want to move past flat or lifeless renders and begin crafting cinematic shots. To succeed, you should already be comfortable with the Maya interface and have a basic understanding of Arnold rendering. Photoshop is recommended for post-processing. If you’re ready to elevate your portfolio with beautifully lit 3D environments and scenes, this course will give you the technical and artistic tools to get there. Instructor bio: Abraham Leal from Nexttut welcomes you to Nexttut Education. We only create courses with highly talented professionals who has at least 5+ years off experience working in the film and game industry. The single goal of Nexttut Education is to help students to become a production ready artist and get jobs wherever they want. We are committed to create high quality professional courses for 3d students. If you are a student learning from any local institution or a 3d artist who has just started working in the industry or an artist who has some years of experience, you have come to the right place.
Johns Hopkins University
Advanced Network Analysis and Incident Response
The course "Advanced Network Analysis and Incident Response" equips learners with critical skills for effectively managing and responding to cyber threats. Through a blend of theoretical concepts and hands-on practice, participants will delve into advanced network situational awareness, network packet analysis, and incident response strategies aligned with organizational security policies. What sets this course apart is its comprehensive approach to both the technical and strategic aspects of cybersecurity. Learners will engage with both government-off-the-shelf (GOTS) and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) tools, gaining practical experience in analyzing network traffic and implementing effective incident response protocols. The curriculum also incorporates real-world scenarios through tabletop exercises and emphasizes the application of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and the SANS Incident Response Cycle. By completing this course, learners will enhance their ability to detect, analyze, and respond to incidents effectively, preparing them for challenges in the dynamic field of cybersecurity. Whether you're aiming to advance your career or reinforce your skills, this course provides the knowledge and confidence needed to excel in network analysis and incident response.
University of Colorado Boulder
The Structured Query Language (SQL)
In this course you will learn all about the Structured Query Language ("SQL".) We will review the origins of the language and its conceptual foundations. But primarily, we will focus on learning all the standard SQL commands, their syntax, and how to use these commands to conduct analysis of the data within a relational database. Our scope includes not only the SELECT statement for retrieving data and creating analytical reports, but also includes the DDL ("Data Definition Language") and DML ("Data Manipulation Language") commands necessary to create and maintain database objects. The Structured Query Language (SQL) can be taken for academic credit as part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Data Science (MS-DS) degree offered on the Coursera platform. The MS-DS is an interdisciplinary degree that brings together faculty from CU Boulder’s departments of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Science, and others. With performance-based admissions and no application process, the MS-DS is ideal for individuals with a broad range of undergraduate education and/or professional experience in computer science, information science, mathematics, and statistics. Learn more about the MS-DS program at https://www.coursera.org/degrees/master-of-science-data-science-boulder.
University of Copenhagen
Data Literacy – What is it and why does it matter?
You might already know that data is not neutral. Our values and assumptions are influenced by the data surrounding us - the data we create, the data we collect, and the data we share with each other. Economic needs, social structures, or algorithmic biases can have profound consequences for the way we collect and use data. Most often, the result is an increase of inequity in the world. Data also changes the way we interact. It shapes our thoughts, our feelings, our preferences and actions. It determines what we have access to, and what not. It enables global dissemination of best practices and life improving technologies, as well as the spread of mistrust and radicalization. This is why data literacy matters. A key principle of data literacy is to have a heightened awareness of the risks and opportunities of data-driven technologies and to stay up-to-date with their consequences. In this course, we view data literacy from three perspectives: Data in personal life, data in society, and data in knowledge production. The aim is threefold: 1. To expand your skills and abilities to identify, understand, and interpret the many roles of digital technologies in daily life. 2. To enable you to discern when data-driven technologies add value to people’s lives, and when they exploit human vulnerabilities or deplete the commons. 3. To cultivate a deeper understanding of how data-driven technologies are shaping knowledge production and how they may be realigned with real human needs and values. The course is funded by Erasmus+ and developed by the 4EU+ University Alliance including Charles University (Univerzita Karlova), Sorbonne Unviersity (Sorbonne Université), University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet), University of Milan (Università degli studi di Milano), and University of Warsaw (Uniwersytet Warszawski).
Coursera
Create User Stories in Miro
By the end of this project, you will be able to create user stories to enable design teams to understand customer needs while charting a roadmap to handle project backlogs, iterations of a product, and product release. To do this you will gain hands-on experience generating user stories in the Miro online visual collaboration platform for teamwork. 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.
UBITS
El arte de emprender: de la idea al éxito
Este curso está dirigido a profesionales interesados en emprender un negocio, así como a emprendedores en busca de potenciar su negocio por medio del buen liderazgo, la gestión del talento y la cultura empresarial. En este curso, tendrás la oportunidad de sumergirte en el apasionante mundo del emprendimiento de la mano de dos grandes representantes. Aquí serás testigo de una charla dirigida por Sergio Monsalve (Socio fundador de Roble Ventures y docente de Stanford) en la cual tendrás la oportunidad de conocer de cerca la historia de éxito de Julián Melo (CEO y cofundador de UBITS), así como sus consejos y estrategias para convertirte en un emprendedor de éxito. Aprenderás sobre estrategia corporativa, emprendimiento social e innovación tecnológica, y obtendrás los consejos de Julián Melo para construir un negocio desde cero, según su propia experiencia con la fundación de UBITS.