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IBM
Introduction to Systems Architecture
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects about 12-13% job growth for computer systems and network architects in the coming years. This course is your first step toward entering the field of IT systems architecture. You’ll begin looking at systems and solutions architects’ roles, responsibilities, and skills, and exploring career paths with certifications to enhance your expertise. You'll then explore systems thinking, identify key system components, and learn how they interact within an organization. You'll also analyze business processes and apply the systems development life cycle (SDLC) to guide project planning. Next, you’ll analyze systems/software architecture and design principles to visualize system structure with tools like UML, apply object-oriented analysis, and grasp architectural patterns such as layered, client-server, and microservices. Plus, you’ll examine deployment models and production environments to learn how real-world systems are delivered. You’ll work with tools like data flow diagrams (DFDs), entity-relationship diagrams (ERDs), and prototyping software to support documentation and stakeholder communication. Through hands-on labs and a project, you'll start to design scalable, maintainable systems tailored to business needs. Enroll today to kickstart your journey to becoming a successful systems or solutions architect!
Logical Operations
Microsoft Office Excel 2021-2024: Part 2
Whether you need to crunch numbers for sales, inventory, information technology, human resources, or other organizational purposes and departments, the ability to get the right information to the right people at the right time can create a powerful competitive advantage. After all, the world runs on data more than ever before and that's a trend not likely to change, or even slow down, any time soon. But with so much data available and being created on a nearly constant basis, the ability to make sense of that data becomes more critical and challenging with every passing day. You already know how to get Microsoft® Office Excel® to perform simple calculations and how to modify your workbooks and worksheets to make them easier to read, interpret, and present to others. But, Excel is capable of doing so much more. To gain a truly competitive edge, you need to be able to extract actionable organizational intelligence from your raw data. In other words, when you have questions about your data, you need to know how to get Excel to provide the answers for you. And that's exactly what this course aims to help you do. This material will benefit users of any current Office version. The course setup is based on Office 2021. This course builds upon the foundational knowledge presented in the Microsoft® Office Excel® 2021-2024: Part 1 course and will help start you down the road to creating advanced workbooks and worksheets that can help deepen your understanding of organizational intelligence. The ability to analyze massive amounts of data, extract actionable information from it, and present that information to decision makers is at the foundation of a successful organization that is able to compete at a high level. This course covers Microsoft Office Specialist Program exam objectives to help you prepare for the Excel Associate (Office 365 and Office 2021): Exam MO-200 and Excel Expert (Office 365 and Office 2021): Exam MO-201 certifications. This course is designed for students who already have foundational knowledge and skills in Excel 2021 and who wish to begin taking advantage of some of the higher-level functionality in Excel to analyze and present data. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to leverage the power of data analysis and presentation in order to make informed, intelligent organizational decisions. You will: • Work with functions. • Work with lists. • Analyze data. • Visualize data with charts. • Use PivotTables and PivotCharts. This course requires that you have Microsoft Excel installed on a Windows PC. The course setup instructions provided in the first module of the course go into more detail about the hardware and software requirements.
Kotter
The 4 Core Change Principles
In the second of Kotter’s four essential Science of Change courses, we’ll dive into our Core Change Principles and how they can be applied to a successful transformation effort. There are 4 Core Change Principles: 1. Management + Leadership 2. Head + Heart 3. Have to + Want to 4. Select Few + Diverse Many Through interactive activities and practical exercises, you’ll learn how to apply these principles to create an environment where others are more engaged and open to change. Join Kotter and take the first steps along your learning journey into the Science of Change, beginning with our understanding of human nature and our response to threats and opportunities and the limitations of traditional organizational structures. Based on 50 years of empirical research into the Science of Change and our latest insights from our firm’s consulting work, Kotter is making change leadership more accessible than ever before with four new courses introducing learners to our methodologies and tools for successful organizational transformations.
Coursera
Build "Guess The Color" game using JavaScript, HTML and CSS
In this 1-hour long project-based course, you will learn how to (you will be able to identify the basics of HTML, create the game content and general options, you will be able to identify the basics of CSS, create the game layout of any design as needed, you will be able to apply more features of higher level with CSS and add transitions with different properties, you will be able to apply the basics of JavaScript, to create variables, functions and loops to fulfill your needs and you will be able to add dynamics to the game , make it interactive and link between HTML, JavaScript and CSS. ). 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.
California Institute of the Arts
Brand New Brand
This course is the culmination of the Graphic Design Specialization and gives you an opportunity to tie together your knowledge and skills into a single project: a brand development guide for a company you will invent. This course takes you through the entire design process, from ideation to creation to presentation. Through the guide, you will be creating and giving a visual identity to an imaginary start-up company, and applying that visual identity to a number of forms. You will also develop a logotype and accompanying graphic palette to visually represent your company, as well as apply that design to a number of different applications to see it at work. Note: Only learners who have earned a certificate in the four previous courses in the Specialization are eligible to take the Capstone.
Packt
Disruptive Thinking
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. In this course, you will learn how disruptive thinking can transform industries and create market-changing innovations. Through various sections, you will explore the mindset of disruptive thinkers, idea generation, and strategies to turn trends into transformative business breakthroughs. You'll also learn how to communicate and sell your disruptive ideas to gain buy-in and create tangible results. As the course progresses, you will tackle practical challenges of implementing disruptive innovations and develop resilience for long-term success. The course is designed for professionals and entrepreneurs eager to understand and apply disruptive thinking to fuel their innovation processes. With practical case studies and expert insights, this course will guide you through the tools needed to make a significant impact in any field. By the end of the course, you will be able to generate and test disruptive ideas, communicate them effectively to stakeholders, and apply them for long-term business transformation.
Curtis Institute of Music
Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Part 5
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IBM
Tech Support Career Guide and Interview Preparation
This course is designed to prepare you to enter the job market as a technical support specialist. It provides guidance about the regular functions and tasks of support professionals and options for career development. It explains practical techniques for creating essential job-seeking materials such as a resume and a portfolio, as well as auxiliary tools like a cover letter and an elevator pitch. You will learn how to find and assess prospective job positions, apply to them, and lay the groundwork for interviewing. You will also get inside tips and steps you can use to perform professionally and effectively at interviews. Let seasoned professionals share their experiences to help you get ahead of the competition. A note: This course often discusses technical support specialists specifically, but the majority of the content will apply to technical support specialists overall, and the terms “technical support engineer,” “help desk specialist,” “IT specialist,” and “technical support specialist” will be used interchangeably.
Coursera
Command Line in Linux
Linux is a popular operating system that is based on the Unix operating system. It has many distributions which have different interfaces for installing software, different user interfaces, and so on. One thing all of the ‘distros’ have in common is that they all have a command line interface, or terminal. In fact, sometimes there is no user interface except the terminal itself. A Linux server running a web application on AWS, for example, may only contain the software required to run the application, and no GUI ‘window’ system at all. It is crucial to learn the Linux command line if you are going to be a productive Linux user and/or administer a Linux server. In this course, you will use Linux commands to navigate Linux directories, search for files, search for patterns, create files and directories, and remove files and directories. 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.
Imperial College London
Introduction to Creative Thinking: Tools for Success
Creativity concerns the development of new ideas. Throughout human history, the application of ideas has led to transformations of our daily lives and society. Modern business activity thrives on recently developed ideas, and it is through creativity that we address both challenges and opportunities. In this module, we will help you develop your implicit understanding and skills in creativity. You will be introduced to a series of creativity tools that can be used to augment the ideas you might come up with independently. Specifically, we will develop your skills in list, sticky-note, grid and alphabet brainstorming through an introduction to the principles of the tool, along with examples and an opportunity for you to have a go. A framework called the creativity diamond is used throughout the course to guide which approach to creativity to use and when. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN • The principal facets of creativity • Principles of creativity • A framework that can be used to guide which approach to creativity to use • Metrics that can be used in assessing creativity • The importance of managing our thinking • How to use and apply list, sticky note, grid and alphabet brainstorming SKILLS YOU WILL GAIN • Divergent and convergent creativity • Assessing creativity • Principles of brainstorming • List, sticky-note, grid and alphabet brainstorming
EDUCBA
ZBrush ZModeler: Apply, Create & Render 3D Assets
Learners will identify core brushes, apply ZModeler tools, execute advanced polygon workflows, create detailed surface effects, and integrate rendering techniques to produce professional-quality 3D assets. By completing this course, students will not only gain technical skills but also develop the confidence to manage complex ZBrush projects from start to finish. This hands-on program begins with trimming, clipping, and selection fundamentals before moving into polygon modeling with ZModeler. Learners progress through advanced features like QMesh, creasing, bridging, and polygroups, mastering efficient low-poly workflows essential for game and production pipelines. The course then explores alphas, Lazymouse, and polypainting to enhance surface detail and bring models to life with realistic color and textures. Finally, students dive into subtools, Dynamesh, Fibermesh, Arraymesh, lighting, BPR rendering, and movie-making to prepare assets for professional presentation. What makes this course unique is its balanced progression from modeling to texturing to rendering, ensuring learners understand every stage of the 3D pipeline. By the end, participants will be able to create, refine, and present industry-ready 3D models in ZBrush, opening opportunities in game design, animation, and digital sculpting careers.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Evaluación de inversiones en Bienes de Capital
En el curso presupuesto de largo plazo o de bienes de capital el administrador financiero aplicarás los elementos del valor del dinero a través del tiempo, para poder proyectar los estados financieros a una fecha futura, considerando las variables económicas que pueden afectar un proyecto de inversión. De igual forma serás capaz de calcular el valor presente neto, la tasa interna de rendimiento como elementos primordiales para la evaluación de los proyectos de inversión en bienes de capital de una empresa.
Coursera
Cómo usar funciones, métodos y bucles en Python desde cero
Al final de este proyecto, podrás interiorizar los fundamentos del lenguaje Python siendo capaz de crear funciones para reutilizar el código, aplicar métodos de Python y construir bucles para el uso eficiente de Python. Estos conocimientos le ayudarán a automatizar gran parte del trabajo de análisis de datos convirtiendo sus actividades en un trabajo más eficiente mejorando sustancialmente sus habilidades analíticas.
Edureka
Frontend Web Development with TypeScript
This course explores how to build modern frontend applications using React with TypeScript, combining strong typing with practical UI development. Designed for developers who want to go beyond the basics, it demonstrates how TypeScript ensures safer, more scalable, and maintainable React applications by catching errors early and enforcing consistency across components, hooks, and APIs. Through hands-on lessons and guided demonstrations, you’ll learn to configure React projects with TypeScript, implement typed components, and apply type safety to props, state, and lifecycle methods. You will also explore React hooks in depth, including custom and advanced hooks, and extend type safety into forms, event handling, and styling with UI libraries such as Material UI, Chakra UI, and Styled Components. The module culminates in building a fully typed task manager app that demonstrates how these concepts come together in practice. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Set up and configure React projects with TypeScript for scalable development. - Build strongly typed class and functional components with props, state, and lifecycle methods. - Apply TypeScript to core, custom, and advanced React hooks (useState, useEffect, useRef, useReducer, etc.). - Implement event handling and form validation with strict type checking. - Integrate UI libraries and styling frameworks with TypeScript for production-ready design. - Develop and deploy a type-safe React application that demonstrates real-world best practices. This course is ideal for JavaScript and React developers who want to strengthen their frontend skills with TypeScript. A working knowledge of React will be helpful, but no prior experience with TypeScript is required. Join us to master type-safe frontend development and learn how TypeScript transforms React applications into cleaner, more reliable, and enterprise-ready solutions!
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Planet Earth...and You!
Earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain building, ice ages, landslides, floods, life evolution, plate motions—all of these phenomena have interacted over the vast expanses of deep time to sculpt the dynamic planet that we live on today. Planet Earth presents an overview of several aspects of our home, from a geological perspective. We begin with earthquakes—what they are, what causes them, what effects they have, and what we can do about them. We will emphasize that plate tectonics—the grand unifying theory of geology—explains how the map of our planet's surface has changed radically over geologic time, and why present-day geologic activity—including a variety of devastating natural disasters such as earthquakes—occur where they do. We consider volcanoes, types of eruptions, and typical rocks found there. Finally, we will delve into the processes that produce the energy and mineral resources that modern society depends on, to help understand the context of the environment and sustainability challenges that we will face in the future.
Johns Hopkins University
The Outcomes and Interventions of Health Informatics
For clinical data science to be effective in healthcare—to achieve the outcomes desired—it must translate into decision support of some sort, either at the patient, clinician, or manager level. By the end of this course, students will be able to articulate the need for an intervention, to right size it, to choose the appropriate technology, to describe how knowledge should be obtained, and to design a monitoring plan.