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Interactive Brokers
U.S. Bond Investing Basics
In this fixed income course, you will learn to distinguish between different types of U.S. dollar-denominated corporate and municipal debt issuance, identify corporate and municipal bonds available to purchase and sell on an online trading platform, grasp the market mechanics underlying each type of fixed income instrument, as well as conduct basic analyses, and flag critical investment risks. At the end of the course, you should be able to describe different types of corporate and municipal bond products available to buy and sell, some of the related risks you, as an investor, are likely to face, certain ways of mitigating them, as well as how to use an online trading platform to identify available securities to invest in, conduct due diligence, and much more
Google Cloud
生成 AI エージェント: 組織の変革
「Gen AI エージェント: 組織の変革」は、Gen AI Leader 学習プログラムの最後となる 5 番目のコースです。このコースでは、組織でカスタム生成 AI エージェントを使用して特定のビジネス課題に対処する方法を学習します。基本的な生成 AI エージェントを構築する実践演習を行うとともに、モデル、推論ループ、ツールなどのエージェントの構成要素について見ていきます。
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Global Impact: Cultural Psychology
Globalization has brought dramatic changes to the marketplace. A proliferation of global brands brings diverse cultures to a consumer population that is also culturally diverse. This course enables students to understand how globalization changes consumers at a psychological level and provides tools for infusing brands with cultural meaning that can resonate with global consumers. The focus is on understanding that culture exists in the mind as well as in the environment, and that globalization creates multi-cultural spaces in contemporary societies. Consumers can use the cultural meaning of a brand to build their identities or reject the brand’s cultural meaning. The course will help students identify when assimilation vs. exclusionary reactions are more likely to occur and to devise strategies for imbuing brands with cultural meanings that can elevate them to the status of cultural icons. You will be able to: • Understand how globalization impacts the psychological responses of consumers in global markets • Explain what culture is and how it manifests itself in business environments • Understand how brands acquire cultural meanings and predict consumers’ responses to the cultural meanings in brands • Identify strategies to win-over multi-cultural consumers in globalized markets • Practice the fundamentals of how to build an iconic brand This course is part of Gies College of Business’ suite of online programs, including the iMBA and iMSM. Learn more about admission into these programs and explore how your Coursera work can be leveraged if accepted into a degree program at https://degrees.giesbusiness.illinois.edu/idegrees/.
Skillshare
Introduction to 3D with Nomad Sculpt
Are you an artist who wants to expand from 2D to 3D art? If you have an iPad or an Android tablet, you’ll be surprised as to what YOU can create! Welcome to Introduction to 3D with Nomad Sculpt! I’m Dave Reed, and I am completely obsessed with creating 3D art. I say 3D art because there are so many different ways to be creative with 3D; you can render your art as images, dive into 3D printing, you can even create a model in Nomad and further develop it in programs like Blender for rigging, animation, or game assets. This class is geared toward absolute beginners that may have little or no experience at all with 3D or art in general. I know it looks complicated and intimidating, but I really take my time giving direction and create an environment that’s easy to learn in at a pace that's easy to follow. Nomad Sculpt version 1.82 or higher Here are some of the things you'll learn in class: * Opening and preparing our scene. Getting familiar with the Nomad Sculpt UI (User Interface, the program) * Adding primitives to our scene. “Primitive” is just a fancy word for a simple shape. * The idea of using primitives to block out a simple character. “Blocking” is like sketching but with shapes! * General overview of tools and other functions that we will use to help form our character * Voxel remeshing: The process of combining shapes together to form one solid piece * Simple scene lighting * Post Process: This will add the final touches to our character and make it ready to render These terms will make sense as we work our way through the course. There are also multiple ways to achieve things when working in 3D, so as you develop your skills, you will find new and creative ways to get the look you want for your 3D sculpts. What you'll need: * iPad, iPad Pro, or Android Tablet (with Apple pencil or pressure sensitive stylus) * Nomad Sculpt application (iOS / Android) * Snacks (optional) Let's get started! Instructor bio: Dave Reed is a 2D and 3D illustrator and digital creator based in Brooklyn, New York. He holds a BFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts in NYC, where he developed his craft in both traditional and digital mediums. With a passion for visual storytelling and design, Dave brings a creative and practical approach to his teaching, helping learners build the skills and confidence to create their own illustrations and digital art.
Packt
Foundations of 3D Modeling and Windmill Structure
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 comprehensive course, you will embark on an exciting journey to create a highly detailed medieval windmill 3D prop using Blender and Unreal Engine 5. Beginning with an introduction to the course structure, objectives, and foundational Blender skills, you will dive into essential 3D modeling techniques. You will learn how to effectively use references to create your first basic model—the grey box, before advancing to seams, sharps, and UV mapping for optimal texture application. Along the way, you’ll explore the role of nodes and materials, ensuring your windmill looks as realistic as possible. The course progresses by focusing on each part of the windmill, starting from the base structure to detailed wood and stonework, making sure your model is grounded in realistic proportions and texturing. You will learn how to expertly manipulate Blender's tools, including booleans and transformations, to craft believable wood joints, supports, and other architectural elements. The lessons also cover the introduction of complex shaders, windows, and other intricate parts that will breathe life into your 3D model. As you refine your creation, you’ll gain insights into cloth modeling for the windmill's sails, mastering proportional editing, and preparing the windmill arms for seamless material application. By the end of the course, you will have a polished, game-ready windmill fully integrated into Unreal Engine 5. Whether you’re new to 3D modeling or looking to sharpen your prop creation skills, this course offers the tools and techniques needed to bring your artistic vision to life. This course is designed for aspiring 3D artists, game designers, and developers with a basic understanding of Blender and Unreal Engine. No advanced experience is required, but familiarity with 3D modeling software will be helpful.
IE Business School
Diversity and Belonging in Businesses and Organizations
This course on Diversity and Belonging in Businesses and Organizations will support individuals, teams, and organizations to better understand and implement policies and practices that promote the inclusion as well as the belonging of all employees. We aim to cover the following topics: Policies - How to identify and understand the ways in which the structural dynamics of an organization can preclude a sense of belonging and how to use inclusive policies as a tool to foster belonging. Practices - How to design an organizational culture that promotes the well-being and belonging of all its constituents through kindness, empathy, openness, and compassion. People - How to leverage the creation of affinity groups and task forces to overcome structural biases, build community, and create a greater sense of belonging. The final module of the course provides complementary resources to bring course concepts together and support an organization's belonging efforts.
University of London
Explore Management Concepts through Metaphor and Music
How can exploring and analysing music and metaphors help us to better understand management, work organisations, working lives, and ultimately ourselves too? As you set out on your journey through this innovative course, the answers to these questions will be revealed. Through the lens of metaphor and music, you will be introduced to core managerial and organisational concepts and theories. You will explore issues related to, for example: organisational and work design; motivation and productivity; employee voice; careers; and management and leadership styles. You will research and analyse contemporary management dilemmas and challenges and gain new insights into the lived experience of work. You will explore the power of music to creatively engage and motivate employees, boost their morale, and give voice to workers who might otherwise remain unheard. The course has been designed to be highly interactive and creative with lots of opportunities for you to share your ideas and engage in discussion and debate with your fellow students. You will develop your own original organisational metaphors, write lyrics to your own company song, write and record your own short radio play, and develop your own motivational music playlist. By the end of the course, your understanding of management, organisations and the lived experience of work will have increased considerably. You will develop new skills in research and creative writing and will have lots of new ideas to take away with you and apply in your own organisation and your own working life.
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Programming with Generative AI
Our "Programming with Generative AI" course takes you on a practical journey, exploring how generative AI tools can transform your coding workflow. Whether you're a software developer, tech lead, or AI enthusiast, this hands-on program is designed for you. Learn by doing: - Dive deep into GitHub Copilot, the innovative tool co-developed by OpenAI and GitHub. - Master this powerful technology through hands-on examples. - Seamlessly integrate generative AI into your workflow for a more efficient and creative coding experience. Stay ahead of the curve: - Gain a deep understanding of Generative AI's potential in software development. - Unlock new possibilities and revolutionise the way you code. - Become a leader in the future of software development innovation. Here's what you need to get started: - Visual Studio Code: You'll need to install this free code editor. We provide instructions! - Python: You'll need Python installed on your computer. Don't worry, we have instructions for that too! - GitHub Copilot subscription: This is a paid service, but it's key for using Copilot in this course. Join us and unleash the power of generative AI!
Coursera
Ensure Consistency in Streaming Pipelines
Master the design and implementation of consistent streaming data pipelines using Apache Kafka, Spark, and Flink. In this hands-on course, you'll apply systematic decision frameworks to select appropriate delivery guarantees (at-most-once, at-least-once, exactly-once) based on business requirements and failure scenario analysis. You'll implement end-to-end exactly-once processing by configuring Kafka producer transactions, Spark Structured Streaming checkpoints, and Hudi transactional tables, then validate your implementation through integration testing with failure injection. Finally, you'll evaluate watermarking strategies by analyzing event arrival patterns to optimize the latency-completeness tradeoff and meet specific SLA requirements. Through realistic scenarios—from preventing duplicate billing in order processing to optimizing IoT event pipelines for sub-10-second P95 latency—you'll develop the skills to architect production streaming systems that balance correctness, performance, and operational simplicity. Intermediate data and platform engineers using Kafka, Spark, or Flink who want to design production streaming pipelines with correct delivery guarantees, exactly-once semantics, and low-latency processing. Foundational knowledge of distributed systems; basic experience with Apache Kafka or similar messaging systems; familiarity with SQL; and introductory experience with stream or batch data processing concepts. By the end of this course, you will be able to design and validate production-ready streaming pipelines with correct delivery guarantees, exactly-once semantics, and low-latency event-time processing.
Coursera
Communicate Status Clearly
Status updates often fail not because the work is unclear, but because the communication isn’t designed for how stakeholders actually consume information. Executives scan for signals — progress, risk, and decisions — not activity logs. The structure of a status update directly shapes understanding, trust, and decision‑making. In this course, you’ll learn how to communicate project status clearly and transparently using Confluence, supported by live Jira data. You’ll design executive‑ready updates that surface key signals early, reduce follow‑up questions, and help leaders make faster, more confident decisions. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Use Confluence to publish clear, transparent project updates supported by live Jira data - Structure status pages for scan‑first executive reading - Surface KPIs and risks early to improve comprehension - Use @mentions strategically to balance visibility and trust - Collect and interpret stakeholder feedback to iteratively improve clarity To take this course, basic familiarity with workplace collaboration tools is required. Through hands‑on activities, real‑world examples, and iterative refinement, you’ll build practical, job‑ready habits for communicating status with clarity and confidence
Codio
Images with DALL-E
Welcome to our course designed to guide you through interacting with the OpenAI API and making your first API request. The second course in this specialization focuses on leveraging AI capabilities for text-to-image applications. You'll be introduced to the fundamentals of image generation using OpenAI's models(DALL-E) before engaging in creative labs and projects. To support your learning experience, we are providing tokens for the course. Based on our testing, it costs approximately $1.80 to complete the specialization; therefore, you will receive $2.50 worth of tokens so you can test and explore freely. Please note that if you reach your token limit, you will be unable to make further API queries.
Universidades Anáhuac
Tu Futuro Financiero
Este curso te ayudará a mejorar tu bienestar financiero al comprender la economía global, gestionar emociones relacionadas con el dinero y desarrollar habilidades como ahorro, presupuestación y uso responsable del crédito. A través de estrategias prácticas, explorarás temas clave como seguridad financiera, inversiones y responsabilidad social, culminando con la creación de un plan financiero personalizado.
Xi'an Jiaotong University
系统平台与计算环境
* "系统平台与计算环境"仅是"大学计算机"系列课程的第一部分，我们将在不久的未来推出“算法与C语言编程基础”，"大学计算机"系列课程的第二部分，敬请关注！* 计算机科学是研究抽象和自动计算的学科，涉及的理论知识众多。作为计算机科学的入门，“大学计算机”系列课程将从基础知识入手，循序渐进，帮助你在了解计算机系统整体结构和基本原理的基础上，具备“选择和利用各种已有工具软件解决问题的能力”和“编写程序解决一般专业问题的能力”。 本系列课程由“系统平台与计算环境（第一部分）”和“算法与C语言编程基础（第二部分）”两门课程构成。每门课程独立开设，既自成一体，又相互衔接，构成体系。本课程，即第一部分的内容，将涉及计算模型与信息表示、软硬件系统组成及工作原理、网络技术及应用、OFFICE基本操作等多个知识模块。本课程的学习目标是了解计算机软硬件系统组成、信息表示方法、网络技术等计算机学科的基础知识和基本操作技能；在未来我们将提供系列课程第二部分的学习目标，即学会编写简单的C语言控制台程序以及排序、查找等基本算法。 本课程是学习计算机的入门课程，无需信息技术方面的基础，但需要你会一些计算机的基本操作，比如：文字录入、通过网络获取信息（网络信息检索）等。
Whizlabs
AWS: Containerization
AWS: Containerization Course is the fourth course of Exam Prep: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional Specialization. This course teaches deploying container-based applications using AWS services. This also focuses on running Kubernetes in the AWS cloud and on-premises data centers. In the end, it teaches learners to migrate and modernize Java and .NET web applications into container format. The course is divided into three modules and each module is further segmented by Lessons and Video Lectures. This course facilitates learners with approximately 3:00 Hours of Video lectures that provide both Theory and Hands-On knowledge. Also, Graded and Ungraded Quizzes are provided with every module in order to test the ability of learners. Module 1: Containers in AWS Module 2: Managing Containers (Amazon EKS) Module 3: Modernizing web applications (AWS App2Container) One year of experience in deploying application components of AWS infrastructure into containers. By the end of this course, a learner will be able to: - Deploy and Manage container-based applications in AWS. - Analyze container-based services in AWS. - Modernize web applications into containers using AWS services.
Macquarie University
Judgmental Business Forecasting in Excel
In this course, we extend your business forecasting expertise from the first two courses of our Business Forecasting Specialisation on Time Series Models and Regression Models. We will explore the role of judgmental forecasting, when more quantitative forecasting methods have limitations, and we need to generate further business insights. We will be exploring some structured methodologies to create judgmental business forecasts using Business Indicators, Subjective Assessment Methods, and Exploratory Methods. For each of these methods, we will look at how we can use Excel to help us in achieving these judgmental forecasts and how Excel can help us visualising our forecast findings. Being judgmental forecasting methods, we will also look at the role of biases in Business Forecasting,
University of California San Diego
Internet of Things V2: Setting up and Using Cloud Services
Have you wondered what exactly AWS is and why is it important? Do you want to make informed design decisions about which services to use? Do you want to gain expertise to leverage the cloud for your own projects? In this course, you will learn to interface with the AWS cloud. You will then develop software to send data to and receive data from the cloud. Along the way, you’ll learn how to structure your project with a variety of these difference services. Learning Goals: After completing this course, you will be able to: 1) Understand what the cloud is and how it works. 2) Install and configure the AWS CLI and SDK on a Linux system. 3) Use various AWS services such as EC2, IoT, and many more. 4) Build projects that heavily leverage the cloud. 5) Integrate the cloud into embedded systems.