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Google
Network Operations
This course explores the network tools, protocols, and techniques that govern the functioning of network systems. Communication takes place on a network, and that communication can introduce vulnerabilities to the network. You will understand protocols that regulate network communication and be introduced to the tools and concepts that play a major role in ensuring network operations are safe and reliable. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Recognize common network protocols - Identify common network security measures and protocols - Describe the protocol(s) used to transmit and access data over wireless networks
University of Michigan
Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action
Are you concerned about climate change? Would you like to learn how to address and respond to this challenge? If so, this course is for you. Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action is intended to help learners understand, address and respond to climate change as individuals and in partnership with their communities and political leaders. The course focuses on how to translate learning into action on climate change in the areas of food, energy, transportation and the built environment (cities). This course was co-developed and taught by Michaela Zint, Professor of Environmental Education and Communication, and University of Michigan Students. A range of academic climate change experts and professional leaders are featured. As a result of completing this course, you will be able to: 1) Identify individual, community, and political actions you can engage in to effectively address and respond to climate change. 2) Describe how insights from the social sciences can be employed to create change at the individual, community, and political levels. 3) Feel empowered to continue to influence how you, your community, and political leaders address and respond to climate change. Use #UMichActonClimate on social media to share what you're doing and connect with other learners.
Edureka
Advanced Golang Concepts
The Advanced Golang Concepts course explores the potential for creating sophisticated ERP systems, complex software, websites, and mobile and web applications. The course aims to prepare learners to design concurrent and system programs, making the ecosystem client-friendly. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to: - Understand concurrency patterns and advanced goroutines - Work with reflection and metaprogramming in Go - Explain how to work with external C libraries - Analyze advanced testing and error handling in Go - Create advanced database connectivity - Write high-performance code - Web Development in Go using Restful API This course is designed for Web developers, Data Scientists, System programmers, Entrepreneurs, and freshers who aspire to build a career in web development. Prior experience with any programming language is not mandatory but can ease the learning curve. Begin an educational journey to become a master of Advanced Golang Concepts while learning its best practices and enhancing your expertise in development.
University of Michigan
Envisioning Educational Transformation
Envisioning Educational Transformation supports aspiring change agents in moving beyond the status quo by building new ambitions for educational access, quality, and equity in their local contexts, with a specific focus on identifying relationships among global, national, and local agendas for systems transformation. You will engage with leading policymakers and researchers to understand global and national policy discourses about educational transformation, and you will collaborate with course colleagues in cross-national comparisons of ambitions for educational access, quality, and equity to fuel your creativity and motivation. You’ll then engage in local systems analyses and lead a local “visioning conversation” with the aim of building shared ambitions for educational transformation in your local context.
Google Cloud
Introduction to Vertex AI Studio
This course introduces Vertex AI Studio, a tool to interact with generative AI models, prototype business ideas, and launch them into production. Through an immersive use case, engaging lessons, and a hands-on lab, you’ll explore the prompt-to-product lifecycle and learn how to leverage Vertex AI Studio for Gemini multimodal applications, prompt design, prompt engineering, and model tuning. The aim is to enable you to unlock the potential of gen AI in your projects with Vertex AI Studio.
University of Colorado System
Facilitating and Leading Cross-Functional Collaboration
In this course, you will learn how to lead and facilitate an effective cross-functional collaboration. You will learn facilitation techniques, ways of structuring collaboration, tactics for turning a group of individuals into a team and selecting the right process for product development for co-located, distributed, and hybrid teams. I will share the blueprints for facilitating workshops focused on key artifacts your team will need for proper alignment, developing a shared understanding of the product vision, goals, metrics, developing various product roadmaps, assigning roles within the team, creating collaboration space and selecting product development process.
UiPath
Automation Business Analysis - Concepts and Principles
Change is inevitable and so are the digital disruptions in every industry. What’s important from a business perspective is to align and adapt to such digital disruptions. In today’s competitive business market, the key to success is wise data-driven decisions, made based on reliable information. As part of your work responsibilities, you would have discovered, synthesized, and analyzed information collected from various sources at some point in time. This is Business Analysis. It is the set of tasks, knowledge, and techniques required to identify business needs and determine solutions to enterprise business problems. Like we said earlier, a plethora of digital disruptions are taking place in every industry. We are witnessing the growth of a digital-ready culture with automation at its helm. Automation generates productivity boosts at the process, workflow, and workforce levels, thereby shaping organizational growth and longevity. With organizations moving towards automation, it’s of paramount importance for a Business Analyst to be skilled with the science of automation to facilitate communication and collaboration with relevant stakeholders. As a strong proponent of Robotic Process Automation (RPA), UiPath brings in the Automation Business Analyst role, who will be responsible for analyzing business requirements, identifying possible automatable processes as well as potential pitfalls, along with assessing the impact of automation implementation. Through this course, you will learn techniques for ensuring project success at every step-from understanding the enterprise problems or goals, to designing solutions, devising strategies, and thereby, driving change. Along with the foundational business analysis skills, you will also learn how to incorporate business analysis deliverables and models into an RPA specific Process Definition Document (PDD), which is the representation of ‘as-is’ business processes that are chosen for automation. Throughout this course the terms ‘Robotic Process Automation’ (RPA) and ‘Automation’ have been used interchangeably. Aligned with IIBA's BABOK, this course will help you take the first step in your Business Analyst journey and will aid you with preparation for ECBA (Entry Certificate in Business Analysis).To complete this course, you will need IIBA’s BABOK Guide, which can be accessed at no additional cost.
University of Michigan
투자 기술의 혁신: AI
"인공지능 투자와 온라인 자산 관리의 진화에 대해 배워보세요. 온라인 투자 및 자산 관리가 전에 없이 쉬워졌는데, 과연 인공지능 투자가 제대로 작동할까요? 어떤 문제점이 있을까요? 이 강좌에서는 기술이 우리가 투자하는 방식을 어떻게 바꿔놓았는지 알아볼 거예요. 인공지능 기반 온라인 자산 관리 플랫폼과 로보어드바이저의 원리에 대해 알아보고, 왜 성공적인지 생각해 봅시다. 인간 기반 데이터 중심의 투자 전략에서 신경망 전략으로 넘어가, 인공지능의 투자 결정 능력을 평가하고 거래 결정을 내릴 때 인공지능 및 머신 러닝이 어떤 역할을 하는지 알아봅시다."
Packt
Performance Management
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. In this course, you’ll gain essential skills to effectively manage individual and team performance, ensuring optimal productivity and engagement. Through actionable strategies, you will learn how to address challenges like consistent lateness, poor performance, and motivation issues while enhancing communication during one-on-one meetings. The journey begins with building actionable outcomes from one-to-one meetings and mastering techniques to handle employee challenges, such as managing poor performance and boosting commitment. You’ll explore practical models like AUCCC, SCOPE, and Lewin frameworks to structure conversations, tackle underperformance, and promote accountability. In subsequent modules, you’ll dive deeper into motivation theories, effective communication strategies, and proven methods to manage experienced team members and improve morale. By introducing tools to enhance performance, you’ll learn to analyze results, drive change, and apply performance management as a systematic tool for success. This course is ideal for team leaders, managers, and aspiring professionals looking to optimize team performance. No advanced experience is required, but a basic understanding of leadership concepts will be beneficial.
Universidad de Palermo
Object-Oriented Programming with Java
If you have basic knowledge of Java and want to delve into the world of object-oriented programming, this course is for you. In four weeks, you will start with the fundamental concepts of object orientation to advance towards more advanced concepts. You will immerse yourself in the world of object-oriented design. Through this course, you will learn how to apply these concepts in your Java programs, translate them into code and make the most of the tools provided by the language.
University of Colorado Boulder
Battery Pack Balancing and Power Estimation
This course can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5734, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree. In this course, you will learn how to design balancing systems and to compute remaining energy and available power for a battery pack. By the end of the course, you will be able to: - Evaluate different design choices for cell balancing and articulate their relative merits - Design component values for a simple passive balancing circuit - Use provided Octave/MATLAB simulation tools to evaluate how quickly a battery pack must be balanced - Compute remaining energy and available power using a simple cell model - Use provided Octave/MATLAB script to compute available power using a comprehensive equivalent-circuit cell model
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Customer Insights: New Product Development Orientation
This course is the first in the Customer Insights and New Product Development (CIPD) specialization. It will introduce learners to the tools and process of gathering customer insights for identifying and developing new product opportunities. Through an integrated set of five modules and hands-on project experiences, learners will acquire the knowledge and skills to turn their ideas gained from understanding customer needs into innovative new products.
DeepLearning.AI
Large Multimodal Model Prompting with Gemini
Multimodal models like Gemini are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible by unifying traditionally siloed data modalities. With Gemini, you can build applications that seamlessly understand and reason across text, images, and videos, enabling a new class of intelligent systems. For example, building a virtual interior designer that can analyze a user’s room images, understand their style preferences from a text description, and generate personalized design recommendations. Or creating a smart document processing pipeline that can extract structured data from complex PDFs, answer questions based on the content, and generate human-like summaries. You’ll learn prompt engineering techniques to guide Gemini’s behavior and optimize its performance for diverse use cases, from creative story generation to analytical report writing. And you’ll discover how to integrate Gemini with external APIs and databases using function calling, with the ability to infuse your applications with real-time data and dynamic content. What you’ll learn, in detail: 1. Introduction to Gemini Models: Explore the Gemini model family, and understand the key differences and use cases for Gemini Nano, Pro, Flash, and Ultra. Understand how to select optimal models based on capability, latency, and cost considerations. 2. Multimodal Prompting and Parameter Control: Learn advanced techniques for structuring effective text-image-video prompts to elicit desired model behavior. Fine-tune key parameters like temperature, top_p, top_k to control model creativity vs determinism. 3. Best Practices for Multimodal Prompting: Get experience with prompt engineering for Gemini multimodal models, and best practices around role assignment, task decomposition, and formatting. Analyze the impact of prompt-image ordering on model performance for different objectives. 4. Creating Use Cases with Images: Build engaging multimodal applications like interior design assistants and receipt itemization tools. Leverage Gemini’s cross-modal reasoning capabilities to analyze relationships between entities across multiple images. 5. Developing Use Cases with Videos: Implement “needle in the haystack” semantic video search powered by Gemini’s large context window. Explore techniques for long-form video QA and content summarization. 6. Integrating Real-Time Data with Function Calling: Extend Gemini with external knowledge and live data via function calling and API integration. Combine Gemini’s Natural Language Understanding (NLU) capabilities with APIs for up-to-date facts and interactive services. Through this course, you’ll become well-versed in Gemini’s capabilities, how to maximize them in different use cases, and a portfolio of practical techniques for architecting advanced multimodal AI applications. Note that due to technical requirements, this course features downloadable-only notebooks on the learning platform. You are free to download, review, and run these notebooks on your own.
Packt
Web Development Concepts for Everyone
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. Unlock the power of web development with this comprehensive course that takes you through the essentials of both front-end and back-end technologies. You'll master the concepts behind full-stack applications, explore the workings of both client-side and server-side components, and understand how databases fit into the web ecosystem. As you progress, you will learn to integrate the right frameworks and libraries for smooth, interactive user experiences. The course introduces version control tools like Git and GitHub, equipping you with the skills to collaborate effectively in software development environments. Throughout the course, you'll build a strong foundation by mastering web protocols, client-server communications, authentication, and more. Dive into both SQL and NoSQL databases, understand cloud platforms like AWS, and explore DevOps practices that streamline development. You’ll also gain proficiency with various tools, such as Visual Studio Code, Postman, and Docker, that are vital for modern web development workflows. With hands-on modules and expert guidance, you’ll become adept at solving real-world challenges and deploying dynamic web applications. Whether you're aiming to become a full-stack developer, work in cloud computing, or enhance your understanding of modern IT practices, this course offers a comprehensive learning experience. Beginners and intermediate developers alike will benefit from the content, as it combines theory with practical application. No prior web development experience is necessary—just an eagerness to learn and build. By the end of the course, you will be able to build full-stack web applications, use version control effectively, deploy your projects to the cloud, and implement best practices for real-world web development. You’ll also have a solid grasp of security protocols, database management, and modern development tools.
EDUCBA
Analyze and Manage the Bank Loan Lifecycle
By the end of this course, learners will be able to analyze the complete bank loan lifecycle, explain key banking roles, evaluate different loan facilities, apply credit transaction processes, and interpret bank debt accounting and reconciliation practices. This course provides a comprehensive, end-to-end understanding of how bank loans are structured, executed, serviced, and accounted for in real-world banking environments. Learners will gain practical insight into syndicated loans, revolving credit facilities, letters of credit, and term loans, while also understanding the roles of lead banks, agent banks, and operational teams. The course further explores loan documentation, trade settlement, pricing mechanisms, credit activity processing, and system-based workflows used in modern banking operations. By completing this course, learners will develop job-ready knowledge applicable to banking operations, loan servicing, credit administration, and financial control roles. What makes this course unique is its strong operational focus—bridging theory with practical workflows such as break management, interest discrepancy resolution, and bank debt calculations. Designed for professionals and aspiring bankers alike, this course equips learners with industry-aligned skills essential for navigating complex loan processes with confidence.
Coursera
Project Phases and Methods: From Initiation to Execution
This foundational long course introduces you to the full project lifecycle and the core choices that shape delivery: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closing. You will build practical familiarity with the most commonly used methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, hybrid), and map real project activities to process groups so they can justify approach decisions. The course explains the key roles and responsibilities (Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Development Team) and teaches flow-management practices, including WIP limits, backlog hygiene, and dependency identification. You will practice reading timeline artifacts and backlog metrics and translate analysis into focused mitigation notes for stakeholders. The course emphasizes the use of Project Management processes and methodologies to improve predictability and hand off quality.