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Fortinet, Inc.
FortiAnalyzer Administrator
In this course, you will learn how to deploy, configure, and secure FortiAnalyzer. You will also learn how to register and manage devices with FortiAnalyzer. Finally, you will explore the fundamentals of the logging and reporting management capabilities included on FortiAnalyzer. These skills will provide you with a solid foundation for becoming a professional FortiAnalyzer administrator.
Coursera
Plant Design & Economics
This course covers essential aspects of plant design and process optimization, focusing on their impact on cost and efficiency. Learners will explore strategies to improve process efficiency, understand methods for budgeting and financial planning, and learn how process simulation can enhance plant models. The course also addresses project management principles crucial for successful plant projects and essential safety considerations to ensure the well-being of personnel and compliance with regulations. Designed for engineers, plant managers, and industry professionals, this course equips participants with the knowledge to apply theoretical concepts practically, modernizing operations and improving economic performance. This course is designed for engineers, plant managers, and industry professionals who are eager to deepen their understanding of plant design and process optimization. It is ideal for individuals looking to improve their plant's economic performance and stay ahead of industry trends. Whether you're a newcomer to these concepts or an experienced professional seeking to refine your skills, this course provides practical knowledge and strategies that are relevant to modernizing and optimizing plant operations. No prior knowledge or experience is required to participate in this course. It is suitable for beginners who are interested in learning about plant design and process optimization, as well as for professionals seeking to enhance their expertise. The course is structured to accommodate a range of experience levels, ensuring that all participants can effectively engage with and benefit from the material presented. By the end of this course, you will be equipped to describe core plant design and optimization concepts, understanding the fundamental principles that drive plant efficiency and operational performance. You will be adept at assessing how these principles can be applied to enhance economic outcomes and improve real-world scenarios. Additionally, you will develop and implement strategies for optimizing plant operations, ensuring alignment with industry trends and economic goals. Finally, you will gain the ability to recognize and address common challenges in plant design and process optimization, effectively resolving issues to achieve superior plant performance.
Logical Operations
Microsoft Office Excel 2021-2024: Part 3
Clearly, you use Excel a lot in your role. Otherwise, you wouldn't be taking this course. By now, you're already familiar with Microsoft® Office Excel® 2021, its functions and formulas, a lot of its features and functionality, and its powerful data analysis tools. You are likely called upon to analyze and report on data frequently, work in collaboration with others to deliver actionable organizational intelligence, and keep and maintain workbooks for all manner of purposes. At this level of use and collaboration, you have also likely encountered your fair share of issues and challenges. You're too busy, though, to waste time scouring over workbooks to resolve issues or to perform repetitive, monotonous tasks. You need to know how to get Excel to do more for you so you can focus on what's really important: staying ahead of the competition. 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 and intermediate knowledge presented in the Microsoft® Office Excel® 2021-2024: Part 1 and Microsoft® Office Excel® 2021-2024: Part 2 courses to help you get the most of your Excel experience. The ability to collaborate with colleagues, automate complex or repetitive tasks, and use conditional logic and dynamic arrays to construct and apply elaborate formulas and functions will put the full power of Excel right at your fingertips. The more you learn about how to get Excel to do the hard work for you, the more you'll be able to focus on getting the answers you need from the vast amounts of data your organization generates. 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 intended for students who are experienced Excel 2021 users and have a desire or need to advance their skills in working with some of the more advanced Excel features. Students will likely need to troubleshoot large, complex workbooks, automate repetitive tasks, engage in collaborative partnerships involving workbook data, construct complex Excel functions, and use those functions to perform rigorous analysis of extensive, complex datasets. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to perform advanced data analysis, collaborate on workbooks with other users, and automate workbook functionality. You will: • Work with multiple worksheets and workbooks. • Share and protect workbooks. • Automate workbook functionality. • Use Lookup functions, dynamic arrays, and formula auditing. • Forecast data. • Create sparklines and map data. 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.
Microsoft
Project Management Fundamentals
The Project Management Fundamentals course provides a comprehensive overview of essential concepts and skills behind project management, leading you through the role of a project manager. There is a focus on the processes and methodologies used to ensure effective project management as well as different approaches to ensure smooth planning and execution to realize business goals. After completing this course, you’ll be able to: • Describe the basic concepts and principles of project management • Identify and analyze the different approaches taken to project planning • Discuss the value and benefits that a project management office (PMO) can bring to an organization This is a great way to prepare for the industry-recognized PMI® Authorized PMP® Exam, a global standard in project management certification.
AI Business School
Practical AI and prompting for HR professionals
Welcome to the “Practical AI and prompting for HR professionals” — a unique, hands-on course designed to help you get practically trained on various job-specific AI use cases and technologies across various modalities. You will discover AI-powered tools to enhance your daily tasks, gaining immediate hands-on experience. You will: - Intensively practice and apply AI-driven HR-specific use cases—making AI a daily companion in your workflows and daily job routines. - Start to use AI technologies into your daily sales activities with hands-on exercises in interactive playgrounds and sandbox environments, increasing your confidence to experiment, iterate, and optimize AI-driven tools and technologies right in the course. - Master prompting techniques & discover prompting libraries for different Generative AI models to craft high-impact HR communications, recruitment campaigns, and talent engagement initiatives—unlocking new ways to attract top candidates and retain stellar employees. - Get inspired by participating in a project to conceptualize a personalized AI use case for your job role. Welcome to the unique “Practical AI and prompting for HR professionals” course. Just start your AI journey and discover all the fascinating opportunities opened up for you by Artificial Intelligence.
Coursera
AI-Guided Stress Reduction & Analysis
Take control of your stress with an AI-powered system that shows you what actually works—and proves it with your own biometric data. You'll learn three evidence-based stress-reduction techniques (diaphragmatic breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and grounding exercises) and understand the science of why they work physiologically. You'll create your own Study Card for quick reference during high-pressure moments. Master the complete AI-guided breathing workflow—from receiving a biometric stress alert on your wearable device to completing a guided drill and confirming your response. Most importantly, you'll analyze your own heart rate data to compare pre- and post-activity values, transforming subjective "I feel better" into objective evidence of improvement. Through realistic role plays and coach dialogues, you'll practice empathic communication when explaining techniques to skeptical colleagues and interpreting real-world pilot program data for decision-makers. By the end, you'll have a sustainable, data-informed stress management practice you can apply immediately. Designed for healthcare workers, first responders, customer service professionals, and anyone whose work involves unpredictable intensity spikes. No technical background required—just access to a heart-rate tracking device and a willingness to let the data guide your practice.
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
General Biology
Build a strong foundation in biological sciences—from molecular mechanisms to complex physiological systems. This course covers essential concepts in cell biology, genetics, and human anatomy, providing practical frameworks to explore life processes through scientific inquiry and experimentation. Learn to apply the scientific method, understand cellular structures and energy transformations, and master genetic principles from Mendelian inheritance to epigenetics. Explore biotechnology applications such as recombinant DNA, genetic engineering, and cloning that drive modern medicine and research. Study human systems—circulatory, respiratory, digestive, nervous, endocrine, immune, and reproductive—to see how they maintain homeostasis and adapt to change. Gain expertise in cell division, cancer biology, and immune defenses. Whether you aim for a career in medicine, health sciences, biotechnology, or research, this course equips you with the biological knowledge and analytical skills needed to understand and solve challenges at molecular, cellular, and organismal levels.
LearnQuest
Foundations of Complex Sales Success
Embark on a journey to master the foundational elements of modern complex sales. This course delivers the skills you need to navigate buyer committees, segment diverse markets, and develop trust rapidly. Through real-world scenarios in India and the USA, you’ll learn how to tailor solutions, leverage emerging digital tools, and build robust pipelines that endure volatile market dynamics. Each module is packed with practical techniques drawn from current industry research, setting you up to thrive as a consultative sales professional and valued advisor.
Edureka
Generative AI Tools for Modern Software Engineering
This program offers a structured journey into the transformative world of AI-powered code understanding, quality assurance, and intelligent development workflows. Designed for developers, software engineers, and technical leads, this course empowers you to leverage cutting-edge AI tools for efficient code navigation, review, debugging, security, and optimization. By the end of this program, you will be able to: - Analyze and explore large codebases quickly with AI tools for faster understanding and onboarding. - Review and evaluate code automatically to ensure high-quality, reliable, and maintainable software. - Create, refactor, and debug code efficiently using intelligent AI-powered assistants. - Secure applications by detecting vulnerabilities, managing dependencies, and enhancing code safety. - Optimize and improve performance with AI-driven profiling, tuning, and resource management tools. This program is ideal for software engineers, AI professionals, and tech leads aiming to enhance their coding workflows with AI. A foundational understanding of programming concepts, version control, and basic software development practices is recommended. Join us to unlock the power of AI in software engineering and transform the way you navigate, build, and maintain code.
Coursera
Create Facebook Graphics in Visme
By the end of this project, you will have learned how to create Facebook graphics to advertise your business on social media using the free version of Visme. Visme is a web-based graphic design platform that allows users to create professional visual content for both private and business purposes. You will learn to optimize your social media marketing strategy and to effectively advertise your brand on Facebook. We can use Visme to complete this project because it provides all the tools you need to create an organized and visually appealing product while offering a variety of options for sharing and collaboration.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Assurance Guidance and Standards
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to identify and apply the core regulatory and professional standards that govern modern auditing and assurance engagements. You’ll evaluate auditor responsibilities under the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, understand independence and integrity requirements, and distinguish between standards issued by the PCAOB, IAASB, and the Institute of Internal Auditors. This course explores the regulatory framework that shapes audit practice in both U.S. and international contexts. You’ll examine the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the role of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the structure of International Standards on Auditing, and the evolution of internal audit standards under the IIA framework. What makes this course unique is its integrated, cross-framework approach. Rather than studying standards in isolation, you’ll compare how they interact across public company audits, private engagements, internal audit functions, and multinational contexts. By the end, you’ll have a clear, structured understanding of how audit oversight bodies and professional standards collectively safeguard financial reporting integrity in global capital markets.
Pearson
Hands-on AWS Auto Scaling Labs: Essential Lab Exercises
This course enables learners to master AWS Auto Scaling through immersive hands-on labs, allowing them to dynamically adjust compute resources, optimize application performance, and excel in creating scalable, resilient cloud solutions. It is designed for cloud professionals seeking to develop their AWS Auto Scaling skills, and is essential for those aiming to optimize application performance, availability, and cost-effectiveness in cloud environments. AWS Auto Scaling facilitates the automatic adjustment of compute resources based on demand, ensuring applications efficiently handle varying workloads. A solid understanding of Auto Scaling is also crucial for designing resilient and dynamically scalable architectures. Hands-on lab exercises form the core of this course, providing practical experience in configuring, testing, and fine-tuning Auto Scaling policies. Detailed lab manuals and video demonstrations guide learners through dynamic labs, empowering them to confidently implement and optimize AWS Auto Scaling solutions.
University of Colorado Boulder
Generalized Linear Models and Nonparametric Regression
In the final course of the statistical modeling for data science program, learners will study a broad set of more advanced statistical modeling tools. Such tools will include generalized linear models (GLMs), which will provide an introduction to classification (through logistic regression); nonparametric modeling, including kernel estimators, smoothing splines; and semi-parametric generalized additive models (GAMs). Emphasis will be placed on a firm conceptual understanding of these tools. Attention will also be given to ethical issues raised by using complicated statistical models. This course can be taken for academic credit as part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Data Science (MS-DS) degree offered on the Coursera platform. The MS-DS is an interdisciplinary degree that brings together faculty from CU Boulder’s departments of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Science, and others. With performance-based admissions and no application process, the MS-DS is ideal for individuals with a broad range of undergraduate education and/or professional experience in computer science, information science, mathematics, and statistics. Learn more about the MS-DS program at https://www.coursera.org/degrees/master-of-science-data-science-boulder. Logo adapted from photo by Vincent Ledvina on Unsplash
Packt
Incident Response and Risk 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 comprehensive course, you will delve into the key components of effective incident response and risk management. The journey begins with building a strong foundation in response planning, focusing on preparation, detection, analysis, containment, and recovery strategies. Through real-world examples and scenarios, you’ll learn how to develop robust incident response plans that are vital during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Each episode provides practical insights and guidance, ensuring you can confidently handle incidents within any IT environment. Next, you will explore the intricacies of digital forensics, gaining skills in evidence preservation and chain-of-custody management. You’ll also understand how to effectively test and train your incident response capabilities to ensure your team is well-prepared for any eventuality. The course further covers mitigation techniques, emphasizing the importance of continuous improvement in your response strategies. Practical advice from industry experts, including insights into NIST cybersecurity frameworks, ensures a well-rounded understanding of these critical concepts. In the final sections, you will dive into the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF), learning to integrate security and risk management into your organization’s operations. You will gain a thorough understanding of how to categorize information systems, establish risk management scopes, and implement effective system security plans. The course concludes with business continuity strategies, backup and recovery methods, and the application of virtualization and cloud technologies to ensure seamless recovery and resilience in the face of disruption. This course is designed for IT and audit professionals, cybersecurity practitioners, and those involved in organizational risk management. A basic understanding of IT security concepts is recommended.
Universidad de los Andes
Programación en Python
¡Te damos la bienvenida al curso de Programación en Python de la Universidad de los Andes! El propósito de este curso es ofrecerte un ambiente interactivo para que desarrolles tus habilidades de pensamiento computacional, aprendas a programar en el lenguaje Python y te entrenes en la resolución de problemas utilizando un computador. La estrategia pedagógica empleada es el aprendizaje activo basado en casos. Es un curso altamente interactivo que constantemente te retará a responder preguntas, verificar tu comprensión, ejercitarte en escritura de código de programación, resolver casos de diferente complejidad y múltiples oportunidades para pasar de la teoría a la práctica, con actividades formativas, con las cuales desarrollarás habilidades de abstracción y de programación. Además, podrás utilizar PyTips, una aplicación web desarrollada por la Universidad de los Andes, novedosa e importante para el desarrollo de habilidades de programación, donde encontrarás una lista de errores comunes que se cometen al aprender a programar en Python y te permite corregirlos de manera que puedas aprender de ellos. Ten en cuenta que el tiempo estimado para la realización de las actividades de cada módulo es de 15 horas en promedio. Tú puedes invertir este tiempo en un periodo de 1 o 2 semanas por módulo, de acuerdo con tus posibilidades y necesidades educativas. Así mismo te recomendamos que desarrolles todas las actividades educativas en el orden propuesto, de manera que pueda sacar mejor provecho de este curso. Este curso es para toda persona que desee aprender a programar, aunque nunca lo haya hecho. Se requiere un mínimo de bases matemáticas y muchas ganas de aprender y trabajar.
Amazon Web Services
Introduction to AWS Elemental MediaConnect - v.02.00.01
This course introduces you to AWS Elemental MediaConnect. You will learn how to use MediaConnect to ingest live video into the AWS Cloud, and then distribute it to multiple destinations inside or outside of the AWS Cloud.