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Coursera
Performance Testing with JMeter for absolute beginners
JMeter is one of the most widely used performance testing and load testing tools in this industry. In this 2-hour long project-based course, you will learn 1. Basics of performance testing 2. JMeter components like samplers, config elements, listeners etc 3. Sending HTTP requests using JMeter 4. Defining config elements 5. Sending HTTP POST/PUT/PATCH and DELETE requests in Jmeter 6. Reading from CSV file using CSV config element 7. Applying load 8. Installing custom plugins 9. Generating load or traffic with custom thread groups10. Custom graph listeners in JMeter
Alfaisal University | KLD
الدين الحكومي وعجز الموازنة
تواجه الدول والحكومات كافة أعباءً والتزاماتٍ داخلية وخارجية تتجاوز حجم مواردها وثرواتها، وينتج عن هذا حدوث عجز في الميزانية العامة للدولة (Budget Deficit)، ومع تراكم عجز الميزانية (Budget Deficit) تظهر مشكلة الدين العام (Government Debt). حيث يعتبر كلٌّ من (Government Debt) و (Budget Deficit) من أهم المشاكل التي تؤثر في اقتصاديات الدول ومستوى معيشة أبنائها ومستقبل أجيالها، وتحاول الدول من خلال الإدارة الاقتصادية إيجاد حلول لهذه المشاكل للنهوض بمستوى الدخل القومي ورفع مستوى معيشة المواطن. هذه الدورة هي دورة تمهيدية؛ فهي تلقي الضوء على أساسيات الموضوع بشكل عام بهدف التعريف به وبمحاوره الأساسية التي يجب الإلمام بها. إذا كنت من المهتمين بفهم الدين الحكومي وعجز الموازنة، أو كان مجال عملك يتطلب توظيف ذلك في سياق عملك، فهذه الدورة ستكون مثالية لإغناء خبرتك وتطوير مهاراتك بشكل فعال ومؤثر. حيث ستزودك هذه الدورة باطلاع واسع ودقيق على مجموعة من المحاور المتعلقة بهذا الموضوع، مثل: فهم مصطلح الدين العام وعجز الموازنة وكيفية علاجهما بواسطة السياسة المالية، استعراض مراحل تطور الدين العام للولايات المتحدة الأمريكية وكيفية تقييمه، توضيح الاختلافات الدائرة بين الاقتصاديين حول حساب الدين العام، مناقشة النظرية التقليدية لحساب الدين العام والنظرية المعارضة، شرح مفهوم توازن الميزانية مقابل السياسة المالية المثلى.
Google Cloud
Validating Policies for Terraform on Google Cloud
This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. In this lab, you will learn how to validate policies for Terraform.
Immersify
Infection Prevention & Wound Care: Clean Practice Essentials
You will learn essential techniques covering how to prevent infection in healthcare, including hand hygiene, PPE application, safe waste handling, and environmental cleaning. This infection prevention training also covers how to assess a wound and dressings to support healing and prevent complications. This infection prevention training is designed for anyone preparing to work in healthcare environments where infection prevention is critical, from support staff and vocational trainees to career changers entering clinical care. Interactive case studies and 3D visuals bring procedures to life, showing how infection prevention in healthcare is rooted in routine precautions that protect patients and professionals. You’ll gain the skills to deliver clean, safe care across a range of settings. It’s also a strong foundation course for first- and second-year healthcare students preparing for clinical placements.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Wonders and Challenges of Bible Education
Biblical figures play a central role in understanding the richness of the text and provide extraordinary educational opportunities for engaging students in meaningful discourse about its relevance for their lives. This course will focus on examining and analyzing Biblical characters, and give you access to different pedagogical techniques of teaching Bible in the classroom. We will learn about the challenges facing the Bible teacher today, as well as different philosophical, developmental, social, and psychological approaches to addressing those challenges. We will also learn different approaches to examining Biblical stories, including: exegetical, hermeneutic, historical, literary, and gender theory. We will examine and analyze the pedagogic skills to implement these different approaches inside the classroom. We’ll also cover analysis of different Biblical characters and stories, and hear from some experts in the field of Bible studies and Bible education. Using this knowledge, you will gain skills to use inside the classroom, and be able to examine and analyze different educational programs that teach Bible in order to see which best suit your approach and educational setting. If you want to teach Bible, this course is a helpful guide and overview to different approaches and techniques for doing so. Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: 1. Students will appreciate challenges in teaching classical Jewish texts to school students 2. Students will acquire certain exegetical and literary skills to analyze selected Biblical passages. 3. Students will be exposed to a range of different approaches to presenting Biblical characters. 4. Students will examine a range of relevant developmental, social, and psychological theories that impact the teaching of the Bible. 5. Students will examine a range of educational programs that teach the Bible and will acquire tools to critically analyze these programs. 6. Students will produce a course project that will reflect their understanding of the various issues raised.
Nikolai Schuler
Microsoft Power BI Service - Publishing Reports to the Cloud
✓ Master Power BI Service (Cloud) ✓ Publish Power BI reports to the cloud ✓ Collaborate with colleagues in Power BI Service ✓ Create workspaces, manage permission, and share reports Looking to take your Power BI skills to the next level by publishing reports to the cloud? Look no further than this course on Power BI Service. In this course, you will learn step-by-step how to publish your reports to the cloud and share them with others. You will gain an understanding of how to create a workspace, manage permissions, and share reports with others. In addition, you will learn how to work with datasets, data refresh, and how to schedule data refreshes. By the end of this course, you will have the skills to publish your reports to the cloud and share them with others, making your work more accessible and collaborative. Enroll now to gain lifelong access and take your Power BI skills to the next level.
Packt
Blender Foundations and Asset 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. Blender Foundations and Asset Management offers a comprehensive introduction to 3D modeling in Blender, focusing on asset management techniques to optimize your workflow. By the end of the course, you will be equipped with the skills to manage and organize your 3D assets efficiently, from creating and storing files to mastering Blender’s Asset Manager. This course guides you through Blender’s basic tools and interface, setting a solid foundation for beginners in the world of 3D modeling. As the course progresses, you'll learn the core concepts of resource management, including setting up project files, integrating references, and utilizing AI-driven design tools like ChatGPT to generate creative references. You’ll also explore 3D modeling strategies, such as greyboxing and the use of primitives to block out environments, alongside mastering architectural features like windows, balconies, and roofs in Blender. The course further delves into advanced greybox modeling, lighting, and designing structural elements like archways and staircases. You'll also enhance your designs with natural elements, such as palm trees created using Geometry Nodes, and learn texturing techniques to apply realistic finishes to your 3D models. Through these lessons, you'll develop the skills needed to craft and refine assets efficiently in Blender’s environment. This course is ideal for anyone interested in architectural and environmental 3D modeling, particularly beginners and intermediate users looking to improve their asset management and design techniques. No prior experience with Blender is required, though familiarity with basic 3D concepts will be beneficial. The course’s progressive difficulty will help users grow their skills steadily as they work on real-world design challenges.
University of California, Irvine
The Art of Negotiation
The art of negotiation comes into play daily in the life of employees at all levels and in every position. Participants explore how current approaches to negotiation strategy and tactics are used, what negotiation entails, types of negotiation relationships that exist from hard bargain to win-win, to fully partnered relationships and personal ones. The course explores the personal and behavioral characteristics of an effective negotiator. Participants discuss how empowerment, power, and authority affect the negotiation process and outcome. Topics include how important it is to plan and prepare for a negotiation session. Upon completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Learn about the nature of negotiation and how it differs from selling 2. Gain awareness of the basic doctrines of negotiation and barriers to effective negotiation 3. Explain the role of authority and how to address it in negotiations 4. Explain the role of power in negotiations and how to address power inequities 5. Explain the positive and negative influences of empowerment 6. Learn the different “stances” or negotiation styles negotiators might adopt 7. Demonstrate the factors that influence which negotiation style is implemented 8. Describe the personal and behavioral characteristics of an effective negotiator 9. Demonstrate your grasp of emotional intelligence and how it impacts the effectiveness of a negotiator 10. Assess your own values and personal style and how they affect the negotiation process 11. Learn about the critical importance of planning and preparation in the negotiation process
EDUCBA
Master AWS Cloud Foundations: Build, Secure & Scale
Learners will understand AWS core services, apply cloud security best practices, configure compute resources, manage storage solutions, implement serverless and container technologies, and automate deployments using AWS-native tools. By completing this course, learners gain the confidence to navigate the AWS ecosystem, optimize cloud workloads, and prepare effectively for the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification. This course provides a structured, hands-on pathway through the AWS cloud—from account setup and IAM governance to VPC networking, EC2 provisioning, Auto Scaling, load balancing, S3 storage, databases, DevOps workflows, messaging services, and infrastructure automation. Each module blends conceptual clarity with real-world demonstrations to ensure practical skill development. What makes this course unique is its step-by-step sequencing of foundational to intermediate AWS concepts, reinforced through hands-on scenarios, quizzes, and role-based learning interactions. Learners not only build technical proficiency but also gain exam-aligned insights, enabling them to confidently evaluate cloud solutions, secure workloads, and design scalable architectures in a professional AWS environment.
Google Cloud
Introduction to Responsible AI - Français
Ce cours de micro-apprentissage, qui s'adresse aux débutants, explique ce qu'est l'IA responsable, souligne son importance et décrit comment Google l'implémente dans ses produits. Il présente également les sept principes de l'IA de Google.
EDUCBA
Machine Learning with R: Build, Analyze & Predict
By the end of this course, learners will be able to identify machine learning foundations, apply statistical concepts, evaluate probability distributions, and implement core algorithms in R. Participants will gain practical skills in data manipulation, regression, classification, decision trees, and ensemble learning, building a comprehensive understanding of both theory and application. This course is designed for students, data enthusiasts, and professionals seeking to master machine learning using R. Learners will benefit from hands-on practice with R programming, exposure to statistical modeling, and guidance on avoiding common mistakes in data analysis. Through real-world examples and structured quizzes, participants will strengthen their ability to clean, analyze, and interpret data with confidence. What makes this course unique is its integration of R programming with machine learning foundations, offering a step-by-step approach from statistical basics to advanced algorithms like random forests and boosting. Unlike generic courses, it emphasizes both conceptual clarity and practical implementation, ensuring learners can directly apply techniques to solve real-world problems effectively.
SAP
Strategic Analysis and Solution Design
Develop strategic analysis and solution design skills essential for senior Business Analyst roles. Develop comprehensive business cases and effective solution designs, incorporating risk analysis, and utilize a trial version of SAP Build to design and simulate optimized workflows. Apply portfolio management best practices while leveraging ChatGPT for advanced analysis. This capstone course integrates all previous learning into sophisticated, enterprise-level solutions. By the end of this course, you will learn skills to be able to: - Create comprehensive business cases incorporating strategic and financial analysis - Evaluate and manage organizational risks using enterprise risk management approaches - Develop strategic portfolio management plans - Design end-to-end solution proposals that demonstrate advanced Business Analyst capabilities
MedCerts
Verbal Operants
The Verbal Operants course provides an in-depth exploration of language development in Applied Behavior Analysis. Designed for those working with individuals with language delays, it focuses on teaching communication and social interaction skills using evidence-based ABA strategies. The course begins with a lesson on Teaching Imitation, which lays the foundation for learning by showing how copying actions can lead to broader skill acquisition. Students then explore Teaching Social Skills, focusing on building meaningful interactions such as greetings, turn-taking, and joint attention – skills critical for successful social development. The third lesson, Mand Training, teaches students how to help learners request, or “mand,” for what they want, a vital step in developing functional communication. The final section covers Teaching Echoics, Tact, and Intraverbal Skills, guiding students through methods to teach vocal imitation (echoics), label items (tacts), and respond to questions or conversations (intraverbals). By the end of the course, students will understand how to teach and generalize verbal behavior to support lasting communication growth in a variety of settings. IMPORTANT: This course is not designed to prepare students for national certification, such as the Registered Behavior Technician credential offered by the BACB. Enrollees will gain the foundational/fundamental knowledge on subject matter relevant to the profession. While references may be made throughout the training to Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs) or Behavior Technicians (BTs), to gain industry certification, a more comprehensive program must be completed through enrollment via approved/eligible schools such as MedCerts.
Packt
Public Speaking for Beginners - Speak with Confidence
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. This course is your gateway to transforming fear into confidence and hesitation into impactful communication. You'll discover foundational public speaking strategies that help you speak clearly, connect with audiences, and feel confident in any presentation setting. Whether you're preparing for a meeting, a pitch, or a speech, this course provides the skills to structure your thoughts and deliver them with clarity and poise. The course begins with tools to reduce anxiety and unlock quick wins, including cheat sheets and community support. You’ll then dive deep into the planning process, learning how to focus your message, use storytelling effectively, and leverage visuals to enhance impact. Through hands-on exercises and examples, you'll learn to design engaging presentations that stick. Next, you'll refine your delivery through video practice and self-review techniques that reveal strengths and areas for improvement. You'll also learn how to receive and apply constructive feedback from peers and AI tools, fostering continual growth. The course wraps up with a final reflection on your progress and strategies to sustain and build on your success. This course is perfect for beginners who want to feel more comfortable and effective speaking in front of others. No prior experience is required—just a willingness to practice and grow. The difficulty level is beginner, and it’s especially valuable for students, professionals, entrepreneurs, or anyone who wants to improve their communication skills. By the end of the course, you will be able to confidently plan and deliver speeches, use storytelling to enhance impact, practice effectively using video, and apply feedback to continuously improve your public speaking.
Packt
Financial & Technical Skills for Business Success
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. This course focuses on equipping you with the essential financial literacy and technical skills necessary for running a successful business. You will develop the ability to interpret financial statements, create effective spreadsheets, and analyze data to make informed business decisions. Furthermore, you will learn how to visualize data and use financial insights to improve your business performance. The course starts with understanding the core financial statements—profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow—and how to leverage them to assess your business’s financial health. You will then move on to mastering spreadsheets, including key functions such as SUM and IF, which are essential for organizing and analyzing data efficiently. With these foundational skills, you’ll be prepared to make sound business decisions. Next, the course introduces you to the basics of data analysis and how to summarize, interpret, and visualize data. You’ll also gain insights into using Excel for creating impactful data visualizations, making it easier to communicate findings. Additionally, you’ll explore website fundamentals, such as validation, hosting, and domain management, to ensure your online presence is well-managed. This course is designed for beginners or anyone looking to enhance their financial and technical skills. No prior experience is required, but some basic knowledge of spreadsheets or finance would be helpful.
Coursera
From Schematic to PCB: Layout Fundamentals
Turning an electronic schematic into a reliable, manufacturable printed circuit board (PCB) is one of the most critical skills in electronics design. Every circuit starts on paper, but only careful layout ensures it works in the real world—whether it’s a hobby project, a startup prototype, or a production-ready product. This course guides you through the fundamentals of PCB layout, from understanding design rules to smart component placement, layer stackup, and routing strategies. Using KiCAD as the practical tool of choice, you will learn step-by-step how to transform a schematic into a professional-quality PCB ready for fabrication. This course is designed for beginners, hobbyists, and early-career engineers who want to master PCB design fundamentals. With a focus on hands-on demos, you’ll follow a consistent project—from schematic import to a completed PCB layout—making the learning practical and directly applicable. This course is designed for electronics enthusiasts, students, and early-career engineers eager to transform schematics into real, manufacturable PCBs. Ideal for those interested in embedded systems, IoT devices, or hardware product development, it bridges theory with hands-on PCB design practice using KiCAD. Basic knowledge of electronics (components, current flow, Ohm’s Law), familiarity with simple microcontroller circuits, basic computer skills, and installation of KiCAD v8+ for hands-on PCB design practice. By the end of this course, you’ll have the confidence and skills to transform any schematic into a fully manufacturable PCB using professional design practices. You’ll understand how to plan layouts, route signals, manage power and ground planes, and verify your design for fabrication. Whether you’re building prototypes, creating hobby projects, or preparing for a career in electronics design, this course equips you with the practical foundation to bring your ideas to life—one board at a time.