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Starweaver
Advanced Business Analysis: Elicitation & Analysis
This advanced business analysis course is tailored for experienced professionals looking to deepen their skills in elicitation and requirements analysis. Learners will delve into the intricacies of gathering, documenting, and analyzing requirements, along with mastering advanced techniques such as interviews, use cases, process modeling, and financial analysis. Practical case studies and real-world scenarios will provide hands-on experience, ensuring participants are well-prepared to tackle complex business challenges. By the end of the course, learners will possess a comprehensive skill set in requirements elicitation and analysis, positioning them as invaluable assets in driving successful projects and solutions. This course is designed for experienced business analysts, project managers, and professionals in related roles who aim to enhance their proficiency in elicitation and requirements analysis. It is ideal for those seeking to take their business analysis skills to an advanced level, equipping them to lead and contribute effectively to complex projects and initiatives. To fully benefit from this course, learners should have a foundational understanding of business analysis concepts and techniques, as well as experience in business analysis or related roles. Familiarity with project management and basic business operations will be advantageous. This course is designed to cater to learners with varying levels of prior knowledge, but a fundamental understanding of business analysis is recommended.
Coursera
Social Media Campaigns with AI: From Strategy to Design
This Guided Project, led by Jana Porter, and expert in AI-driven social media communication, was created to help social media professionals and marketers harness AI tools to strategize and design a social media campaign tailored for the successful launch of a product by using ChatGPT, Canva's integrated AI-powered tools and human creativity. In this project-based course, you will learn how to set up a Canva account with a Pro trial and Brand Hub, design effective ChatGPT prompts for the development of a social media campaign strategy, combine AI-powered tools within Canva Magic Studio and human creativity to design branded and accessible social media content, and develop a social media campaign pack by exporting social media content in formats suitable for platform distribution. To achieve this, you'll step into the shoes of a Social Media Manager at SKIN Beauty, a small skincare start-up, tasked with strategizing and designing a social media campaign on Instagram to launch your new all-natural ingredient foundation, called NKD, making young, environmentally-conscious consumers aware of your new product. This project is unique because it combines the strategic power of ChatGPT with the design prowess of Canva to support every step of your creative process. While tailored for Instagram, the skills acquired in this Guided Project are applicable across various social media platforms. To succeed in this project, you need a Canva Pro Account using Canva's 30-day free trial, a free or paid ChatGPT account and knowledge of basic design principles and social media platforms.
EDUCBA
Predictive Analytics Model for Term Deposit Investment
This course empowers learners to apply predictive analytics techniques using the CART (Classification and Regression Tree) algorithm in the context of term deposit investment decisions. Structured around real-world marketing scenarios, learners will explore the end-to-end process of building decision tree models—from understanding business objectives and interpreting variables to developing, optimizing, and validating CART models. Through practical video lessons, participants will gain hands-on experience in constructing binary classification models, tuning parameters, and using pruning strategies to avoid overfitting. The course emphasizes data preprocessing, model transparency, and interpretation of results for effective decision-making in financial marketing campaigns. By the end of the course, learners will be able to describe data characteristics, construct classification models, and evaluate their performance on unseen data, in alignment with industry-standard practices.
Packt
Advanced Frontend Development and Deployment
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. Take your frontend skills to the next level with this advanced React course, designed to help you build and deploy a complete, production-ready application. You’ll deepen your understanding of profile management, user authentication, and dynamic content handling, all while mastering real-world deployment strategies using Heroku. By the end of this course, you’ll have a polished MERN stack project that’s fully live and ready for users. Your journey begins with advanced dashboard and profile management, where you'll build protected routes and Redux-based actions to manage user data securely. You'll implement rich forms for adding and editing user information like education, experience, and GitHub profiles, ensuring full CRUD functionality. These lessons also cover the complete lifecycle of user account management, including deletion. Next, you’ll enhance the social features of the app with a complete post and comment system. You’ll build components for displaying posts, handling likes, managing individual post views, and allowing users to comment and engage. Each feature is backed by Redux actions and reducers, providing a deep dive into state management patterns used in real-world applications. The course concludes with the final preparation and deployment phase. You’ll learn how to install and use the Heroku CLI, configure your MERN app for deployment, and publish it to a live environment. Along the way, you’ll resolve common frontend issues and polish the interface with minor enhancements and error handling. This course is ideal for frontend developers and full-stack learners who have prior experience with React and Redux and are ready to bring an app to production. This Advanced level course requires solid JavaScript skills and prior hands-on experience with the MERN stack.
LearnQuest
Java Testing: An Introduction to TDD
Test Driven Development (TDD) is an industry accepted technique to build Enterprise Applications and enhance quality. This course will introduce a test first approach for the development of Java artifacts and explain the benefits of adopting such a technique
SkillUp
Vector Search with NoSQL Databases using MongoDB & Cassandra
The vector database market is set to grow at a 20% CAGR by 2032 (Global Market Insights). This course gives data scientists, ML engineers, GenAI engineers, and software developers the sought-after skills for performing vector searches in NoSQL databases. Businesses carry out vector searches in NoSQL databases to improve an AI model's search accuracy and efficiency. During this micro course, you'll learn how to store and index vectors in MongoDB, perform vector searches, and apply the techniques in text similarity analysis and building image classification systems. Plus, you'll look at Cassandra, its features for storing and querying vectors, and how to carry out vector searches. You'll also examine how to apply these concepts to building applications for movie recommendation, inventory management, and personalization. Plus, you'll get valuable practice applying your knowledge through hands-on labs and a real-world final project. Note that this micro course is part of the Vector Database Fundamentals specialization, which is ideal for professionals who work with vector databases, relational databases, and NoSQL databases for AI. It requires a basic knowledge of MongoDB, Cassandra, and Node.js.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Las organizaciones en el siglo XXI y su relevancia social
Si deseas conocer de un modo rápido y sintético las principales nociones y claves que definen la Psicología de las Organizaciones, este curso te ofrece esa posibilidad. Por tanto, es una introducción al universo conceptual y operativo de la Psicología de las Organizaciones. Su realización te permitirá comprender qué es una organización, cómo se definen y qué procesos fundamentales (relaciones de poder, dimensión política y ética, etc.) intervienen en su funcionamiento. ¿A quién va dirigido? A profesionales, docentes, estudiantes y a cualquier persona interesada en conocer los elementos básicos que definen una organización. ¿Qué novedades ofrece este curso? En primer lugar, es una introducción clara y precisa, por tanto, permite un acceso rápido al conocimiento del ámbito de la Psicología de las Organizaciones. En segundo, su enfoque es crítico, se aleja de esquemas clásicos propios del siglo XX y ofrece ejemplos y perspectivas de definición formuladas en los últimos años. Por último, su aproximación al fenómeno organizacional huye de la que se realiza en las escuelas de economía y administración de empresa y apuesta por un enfoque más centrado en las personas y sus procesos relacionales.
Google Cloud
Test Network Latency Between VMs
This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. Use the gcloud CLI to add VMs to your network, then test the latency between the VMs
Coursera
Present Compelling Data Stories with Excel
In the course Present Compelling Data Stories with Excel, you will learn to transform your data from rows of numbers into a compelling story that drives decisions. In this intermediate course, you'll move beyond basic charts to master the art and science of data storytelling in Excel. Designed for financial analysts and professionals who need to communicate complex information, this course teaches you to apply proven design principles to build persuasive, easy-to-understand visual narratives. You will learn to select the right chart for your message, use visual cues such as color and annotations to highlight critical insights, and build dynamic, Excel-linked dashboards that update automatically. Through hands-on activity and real-world scenarios inspired by the visual strategies of companies like Apple and Amazon, you'll construct a layered waterfall chart to walk executives through a quarterly business review. Crucially, you'll also master the soft skill of refining your narrative by gathering, analyzing, and incorporating peer feedback, ensuring your final presentation is clear, logical, and impactful. By the end of this course, you'll be equipped to turn any dataset into a persuasive story that commands attention and inspires action.
Coursera
Fine-tune Multimodal Models with Transfer Learning
Master the art of building and optimizing cutting-edge multimodal AI systems that understand both language and vision. This course empowers you to create transformer-based models that seamlessly integrate text and image processing while leveraging transfer learning to dramatically accelerate development. You'll learn to design sophisticated architectures using PyTorch and TensorFlow, implement fusion mechanisms for cross-modal understanding, and apply advanced fine-tuning strategies that achieve peak performance on custom datasets. By mastering these techniques, you'll transform months of traditional model development into efficient workflows that deliver production-ready multimodal AI solutions. This course uniquely combines hands-on implementation with optimization strategies, preparing you to lead next-generation AI projects.
Universidades Anáhuac
AI para docentes: Transforma tu enseñanza con ChatGPT
La inteligencia artificial (IA) está cambiando rápidamente la forma en que vivimos y trabajamos. Antes se podía pensar que era un mundo únicamente para personas relacionadas a ingeniería o ramas informáticas, hoy en día es parte vital de nuestro mundo y se puede decir que todos debemos tener ciertos conocimientos indispensables sobre el mundo digital. En el caso de los docentes o instructores, al conocer más sobre la IA, pueden utilizar herramientas como ChatGPT para mejorar y enriquecer la educación que brindan a sus estudiantes. Dicha herramienta, puede ser utilizada como un recurso de aprendizaje para responder preguntas de los estudiantes, generar materiales de enseñanza personalizados y mejorar la eficiencia en la evaluación y retroalimentación. Además, al conocer más sobre la IA, los docentes pueden enseñar a sus estudiantes habilidades valiosas para el futuro, como la capacidad de evaluar y utilizar tecnologías emergentes de manera crítica y responsable en el mundo digital. Conviértete en un docente innovador y moderno al incorporar la inteligencia artificial en tus clases con ChatGPT, para crear actividades interactivas y personalizadas para tus estudiantes, mejorando su participación y retención del conocimiento. Mejora la participación y retención del conocimiento en el aula con este curso pensado para ti.
Packt
WebSockets Protocol Explained – Master Web Development
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 will master WebSockets, learning to create real-time, interactive web applications with efficient two-way communication. By the end, you will be able to establish WebSocket connections, handle secure communication, and manage data transfer through WebSocket frames. You’ll also learn how to implement WebSocket headers, use the WebSocket API for event-driven applications, and troubleshoot using tools like Wireshark. Additionally, you will understand the key differences between WebSockets, AJAX, polling, and other real-time communication methods. The course starts with an introduction to core concepts like HTTP, TCP, and WebSockets. You’ll explore their roles in internet communication and the evolution of real-time data exchange. Following this, we’ll dive into opening WebSocket connections, examining the handshake process, headers, and security features such as the Sec-WebSocket-Key. You'll learn how these elements work together to enable seamless communication between clients and servers. Next, we will examine WebSocket data frames, focusing on types, fragmentation, and payload handling. You will also explore WebSockets over HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 and compare them to older technologies like AJAX and Server-Sent Events. By the end of the course, you will be able to integrate WebSockets into web applications and scale them efficiently. This course is designed for developers who want to build real-time, interactive applications. Whether you're new to WebSockets or looking to enhance your expertise, you'll gain the knowledge to implement WebSockets in web applications. It is suitable for anyone familiar with web development basics and requires no prior experience with WebSocket-specific technologies.
Fundação Instituto de Administração
Transportes e Logística
Nossas boas-vindas ao Curso Transportes e Logística. Este curso tem o objetivo de apresentar os Incoterms, que representam a forma de atuação diante para o envio e recebimento de mercadorias, além dos modais de transporte e a possibilidade de contratação de seguro para os embarques. O participante terá a compreensão dos aspectos que deverão ser negociados e monitorados ao longo das viagens internacionais, seja de importação ou exportação. Objetiva-se orientar sobre as melhores práticas, com segurança e competitividade. É composto por quatro módulos, disponibilizados em semanas de aprendizagem. Cada módulo é composto por vídeos, leituras e testes de verificação de aprendizagem. Ao final de cada módulo, temos uma avaliação de verificação dos conhecimentos. Estamos muito felizes com sua presença neste curso e esperamos que você tire o máximo de proveito dos conceitos aqui apresentados. Bons estudos!
University of Pennsylvania
Operations Analytics
This course is designed to impact the way you think about transforming data into better decisions. Recent extraordinary improvements in data-collecting technologies have changed the way firms make informed and effective business decisions. The course on operations analytics, taught by three of Wharton’s leading experts, focuses on how the data can be used to profitably match supply with demand in various business settings. In this course, you will learn how to model future demand uncertainties, how to predict the outcomes of competing policy choices and how to choose the best course of action in the face of risk. The course will introduce frameworks and ideas that provide insights into a spectrum of real-world business challenges, will teach you methods and software available for tackling these challenges quantitatively as well as the issues involved in gathering the relevant data. This course is appropriate for beginners and business professionals with no prior analytics experience.
SkillUp
Practice Exam for Tableau Certified Data Analyst
This course will help you to prepare for the Tableau Certified Data Analyst exam. You will learn about strategies for taking the Tableau Certified Data Analyst exam and explore key study resources to help you pass the exam. You will also be able to take practice and graded quizzes based on exam topics. By the end of this course, you will be well-prepared to pass the Tableau Certified Data Analyst exam, making you a valuable asset in any data-driven organization.
Coursera
Angular.js for Beginners: Directives
This project is for web developers who are looking to elevate their skills and delve into dynamic web application development using AngularJS. Through this project, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to leverage one of AngularJS's most powerful features: directives. Directives enable you to extend HTML and create custom syntax tailored to your application's requirements. By the end of this project, you will have hands-on experience in building a single-page application (SPA) using AngularJS. You will step into the role of a web developer on a team that is responding to a Request for Proposal (RFP) from a company seeking a fast, unique, and highly responsive website for their latest NFT products. Prior knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is assumed. However, if you want to solidify your foundational understanding of these technologies, it is recommended to have proficiency in the following areas of HTML: mastery of HTML syntax and structure, familiarity with semantic HTML, and knowledge of basic form elements. For CSS, it is recommended to have proficiency in the following areas: CSS selectors, the box model, layout and positioning techniques, responsive design, and CSS preprocessors. For JavaScript, it is recommended to have proficiency in the following areas: a strong grasp of JavaScript fundamentals, DOM manipulation, asynchronous programming concepts, and familiarity with JavaScript libraries and frameworks.