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Packt
Create Your First WordPress Plugin & Build a WordPress Site
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. This course will guide you through the exciting journey of creating your own WordPress plugin and developing a custom WordPress site. You’ll start with the basics, creating your first plugin, and then move on to the hands-on process of building a custom WordPress site from scratch. You’ll gain the skills necessary to add essential features like custom post types, theme options, and integration with the WordPress Customizer. In the first part, you’ll dive into creating your first WordPress plugin, applying fundamental principles, and working on practical exercises to get you comfortable with plugin development. Following this, you’ll embark on creating a WordPress site, learning how to install, configure, and customize WordPress to meet your needs. As you progress, you’ll build on your knowledge by exploring advanced topics, such as creating custom post types, adding custom templates, and extending theme options for a personalized touch. You’ll also learn how to enhance the WordPress Customizer to offer a more dynamic, user-friendly experience for site admins. This course is designed for beginners who want to learn WordPress plugin development and site customization. Prior experience with WordPress is recommended, and a foundational understanding of web development and PHP will be helpful.
Goldman Sachs
Les bases du financement avec Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women
Ce cours en ligne gratuit est l'un des 10 cours disponibles dans la collection Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women, conçue pour les entrepreneures prêtes à faire passer leur entreprise à la vitesse supérieure. Dans ce cours, vous apprendrez à financer des opportunités d’affaires qui mènent à la croissance, en explorant différents types de financement. Vous apprendrez comment le financement des acquisitions et les demandes de financement pour les aides ou les emprunts peuvent soutenir et élargir votre opportunité d’affaires. Vous évaluerez le profil financier de votre entreprise et planifierez des actions pour l’améliorer. Les exercices vous guideront dans la découverte des différents types de financement potentiels pour votre entreprise et vous aideront à identifier les informations nécessaires pour les besoins de financement futurs. À la fin du cours, vous aurez une meilleure compréhension de la nécessité de mettre en place une stratégie financière et d'aborder le financement de manière stratégique, c’est-à-dire que vous saurez appliquer les compétences ainsi développées pour faire une excellente demande de financement et faciliter la croissance de votre entreprise. Si vous n'êtes pas sûre de vos besoins de trésorerie futurs, vous pouvez suivre l'un des autres cours Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women, « Les bases de la planification financière », pour anticiper les difficultés financières et prendre des décisions stratégiques pour votre entreprise. La collection de cours 10,000 Women offre une expérience d'apprentissage en ligne vraiment flexible. Vous avez la liberté d'aborder le programme de la manière qui fonctionne le mieux pour vous. Suivez un cours de votre choix, ou une combinaison de plusieurs cours, pour adapter votre parcours d'apprentissage aux besoins individuels de croissance de votre entreprise. Si vous choisissez de suivre les 10 cours, vous explorerez les éléments clés de votre entreprise avant d’élaborer un plan complet pour la croissance de votre entreprise. Pour en savoir plus sur la collection Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women, consultez la FAQ.
Skillshare
Cinematic Lighting in Maya: Advanced Scenes & Projects
Guided by Abraham Leal from Nexttut, who brings over 11 years of real-world production experience, this course provides hands-on strategies used in industry workflows. Abraham’s teaching emphasizes both artistry and efficiency, helping you take your renders from good to portfolio-ready. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to handle complex lighting challenges across a variety of advanced 3D scenes. You’ll learn cinematic composition, dramatic multi-light setups, environment and shader creation, and full production pipelines for outdoor landscapes, oceans, and multi-scene projects. You will also develop the post-production skills needed to finalize your renders to a professional standard. This course is intended for intermediate Maya users ready to push beyond fundamentals into advanced lighting and scene work. To be successful, you should already understand Maya basics, Arnold rendering, and have Photoshop for post-production adjustments. If your goal is to present cinematic, high-quality renders that showcase your technical and creative abilities, this advanced course will give you the skills to masterfully light and deliver full 3D projects. 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.
Pearson
SQL for Any IT Professional: Unit 4
This course is for individuals who want to turn their data into useful insights and gain an advantage in today's data-focused world. You'll start by learning advanced query techniques, such as subqueries and compound queries, to make the most of your data. Then, you'll move on to creating and managing views, which will help you analyze data from different angles and improve query performance. You'll also learn about database management, including schema management and user privileges, to maintain data integrity and security. The course includes hands-on exercises with our database to reinforce your skills and prepare you for real-world applications. By the end, you'll be able to design, query, and manage databases effectively.
University of California, Irvine
Cluster Analysis, Association Mining, and Model Evaluation
Welcome to Cluster Analysis, Association Mining, and Model Evaluation. In this course we will begin with an exploration of cluster analysis and segmentation, and discuss how techniques such as collaborative filtering and association rules mining can be applied. We will also explain how a model can be evaluated for performance, and review the differences in analysis types and when to apply them.
Coursera
Lead and Evaluate AI Project Implementations
Artificial intelligence (AI) projects are some of the most exciting and fast-moving initiatives in today’s organizations. But while AI systems can fail because of technical problems, in practice they often fail for another reason: poor execution. Blockers aren’t tracked, responsibilities blur, teams lose alignment, or deliverables don’t meet the quality standards promised to stakeholders. This course, AI Project Implementation: Playbooks, QA, and Readiness, is designed to help you avoid those pitfalls. It focuses on two practical skills that every project manager and program lead needs: coordinating project workstreams with implementation playbooks and validating deliverables through quality assurance (QA) and acceptance testing. Together, these skills ensure that AI projects don’t just get built—they get delivered in a way that is reliable, accountable, and ready for real-world deployment.
Google Cloud
Dialogflow CX: Parameter Manipulation
This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. In this lab you will use regular expressions to do parameter validation (e.g., on a PNR Number) and reset parameters to null when the user starts a new flow of conversation. As you start to give your virtual agent the ability to have more dynamic conversations, some of the more advanced features of Dialogflow CX can make your agent even more conversational. In this lab you'll learn how to use some advanced features of Dialogflow CX to enhance the conversational experience of your virtual agent. You'll learn how to add the ability for a user to check a flight's status through the virtual agent by providing a confirmation number and connect the 'Book a Flight' scenario into a new Anything else? page so that the agent is always ready to handle another request from the user.
American Psychological Association
Less Stress, Better Health
Stress is a natural part of the human experience. However, stress can also be damaging to people’s physical and psychological health. This course provides an introduction to stress in general and then explores the psychological, physiological, and social consequences of stress. It ends with information on how you can combat the negative effects of stress and build resilience so you can not just survive stress, but also use it to help you grow.
Rice University
Introduction to Archaeology : Archaeology as Science
This course is the second in a series on the discipline of Archaeology. It is intended for learners at all stages, including advanced high school, college students, or life-long learners. Basic information about Archaeology and its history are presented in the previous introductory course. This course covers scientific methods commonly used by archaeologists. The following two courses teach about forms of interpretation and contemporary social issues that archaeologists engage with.
Universiteit Leiden
Taxation of Multinationals for Everyone
Curious about the global debate on whether multinationals pay their fair share of taxes? This course from Leiden University is designed to demystify international tax planning for all learners — whether you're a beginner or an expert. Over five modules, you'll explore the principles of multinational taxation, understand the strategies companies use to minimize taxes, and examine the international and domestic laws governing these practices. The course also delves into the measures taken to counter tax avoidance. With expert interviews and concise video lectures, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of the key issues in multinational taxation.
Coursera
Как планировать посты в нескольких платформах с Hootsuite
В этом курсе-проекте продолжительностью 1 час вы научитесь планировать посты в нескольких разных социальных сетях используя инструментарий Hootsuite. Примечание. Этот курс изначально создан для учащихся из Северной Америки. На данный момент мы адаптируем его и для других регионов.
Niel Asher Education
Sports Massage Principles for Performance and Recovery
By the end of this course, you will (1) apply sports-specific soft tissue techniques to manage common athletic injuries and (2) integrate evidence-informed massage protocols into comprehensive rehabilitation and performance programs. Taught by renowned educator and therapist Robert “Bob” McAtee, this course blends theory with hands-on instruction to build practical, clinically relevant skills. Through detailed video demonstrations and real-world guidance, you’ll learn how to identify soft-tissue dysfunction, improve mobility, reduce pain, and support performance for athletes and active clients. Bob’s expertise brings clarity to treatment planning, technique selection, and modifying interventions for different stages of injury, making this course a valuable resource for therapists seeking advanced training in sports massage.
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Ciudades en Transición
Bienvenidas y bienvenidos al curso Ciudades en Transición: visiones internacionales de temas de lo urbano. En los 4 módulos analizaremos los procesos emergentes en las ciudades desde un panorama internacional e intercultural. El objetivo de este curso es mejorar la comprensión de los procesos emergentes que experimentan las ciudades desde un panorama internacional e intercultural. De manera específica, los estudiantes serán capaces de: 1. Identificar y comprender los principales conceptos, desafíos y escenarios de temas emergentes de las ciudades desde la visión de la transición socio-ecológica e internacional 2. Construir una postura crítica de las tendencias socio-ecológicas del urbanismo contemporáneo 3. Construir una visión comparativa internacional de las innovaciones socio-tecnológicas de un grupo de ciudades
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Science of Gastronomy
This course introduces several basic scientific principles underpinning the methodology of cooking, food preparation, and the enjoyment of food. All topics covered have a strong basis in biology, chemistry, and physics application. Among others, they include the consumption of cooked food, the physiological and evolutionary implications of the senses, geographic and cultural influences on food, and the rationale behind food preparation. We will also discuss issues such as coupling of senses to improve sense stimulation; altering flavor by chemical means, and modification of the coloration to improve the appearance of dishes. Following the video demonstrations of the scientific principles of cooking, you will learn to recognize the key ingredients and their combinations for preparing good healthy food. You will also be asked to try out and practice specific cooking principles through the weekly assignments; analyze your data and make comparisons of your experiences with others. At the end of this course, you will be able to: - appreciate the scientific basis of various recipes. - develop your own recipes by integrating some of the scientific principles into new dishes. - recognize the influence of the material world on human perception from the different senses. - appreciate the art of integrating science into cooking and dining. Important Note: This course is not designed for people with special dietary needs such as vegetarian, diabetic, and gluten-free diets. If you feel uncomfortable with any part of the assignments or activities of this course, you can substitute some of the ingredients or ask friends and family members to help with the tasting of your assignments. Alternatively, you may skip that specific assignment if you have fulfilled all other qualifying requirements to pass the course. Course Overview video: https://www.coursera.org/lecture/gastronomy/course-overview-43gyz
University of Colorado Boulder
Fandom, Social Media, and Authenticity in the Digital Age
"Fandom, Social Media, and Authenticity in the Digital Age" focuses your attention on the interconnected dynamics of identity, representation, interpretation, and self-reflection. It asks the question: how, where, and with whom do we inhabit the worlds of fandom and popular culture in the digital age? We will explore the role of digital media in the production of celebrity and fandom, using social media tools and platforms as a running case study. More broadly, the course is about what media studies scholar Henry Jenkins has called “participatory culture,” the processes by which bring our selves into digital spaces, establish trust and authenticity (or challenge these concepts), and negotiate identity in and amongst others. Along the way, you will develop skills in critical self-reflection and communication, as well as analysis and interpretation. You’ll audit your own social media usage, and put this learning in context with major social media presences of our era. Course-Level Learning Outcomes * Define and describe the relationship between fandom, popular culture, and digital media as each impact our identity and interactions with others * Apply critical self-reflection and close reading frameworks through personal and professional writing and online publication * Engage with pop culture and fandom communities by leveraging online platforms to make connections and synthesize learning * Reflect on your personal relationship to social media, identity, representation, and social interaction online Course 1 Skills: * Personal Development * Analysis * Digital Literacy * Writing * Social Media * Close Reading
Coursera
Digital Literacy: Introduction to Mobile Phone Basics
This course is designed for individuals who are new to smartphones or who hesitate in using them. Through short, easy-to-follow video lessons, learners will gain practical skills to set up, personalize, and efficiently use a smartphone. The course begins with an introduction to basic phone functions, including connecting to the internet, making and receiving calls and texts, and taking photos. Learners will then explore essential apps like email, maps, calendars, and messaging platforms such as WhatsApp. The course concludes with an overview of other apps, including games, as well as some other useful features of smartphones. This course is designed for individuals who are new to smartphones, including seniors eager to stay connected with family and friends, career changers, or job seekers needing essential smartphone skills. It's perfect for anyone who wants to build their confidence with smartphone technology, especially those transitioning from basic phones or using smartphones for the first time. No prior experience is necessary, making it accessible to all learners. To get started, learners will need access to a smartphone with a SIM card and an internet connection. A willingness to learn and explore new technology is essential, as the course focuses on helping users become comfortable with their device through easy-to-follow lessons. By the end of this course, learners will confidently navigate the basic components of their smartphones, including setting preferences and personalizing their device. They'll learn to make calls, send texts, take photos, and use essential apps like email, maps, and WhatsApp to communicate and stay organized. Additionally, learners will understand best practices for managing app permissions and notifications, ensuring a secure and personalized smartphone experience.