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EDUCBA
Analyze and Visualize Data Using Splunk Statistics
By the end of this course, learners will be able to analyze large datasets using Splunk’s statistical commands, transform raw events into meaningful metrics, build time-based and categorical visualizations, and correlate related events to uncover operational insights. Learners will also be able to apply conditional logic, enhance dashboards with advanced visualizations, and interpret trends and geographic patterns using Splunk. This course provides a comprehensive, hands-on approach to mastering Splunk statistics and visualization techniques essential for data analysis, security monitoring, and operational intelligence. Through step-by-step lessons, learners explore core aggregation functions, charting and timechart commands, advanced visualizations such as gauges and cluster maps, and powerful transformation tools like eval and transaction commands. Unlike introductory Splunk courses, this program uniquely combines statistical analysis, visualization best practices, and event correlation into a single, end-to-end learning journey. Learners gain practical skills directly applicable to real-world use cases such as KPI monitoring, trend analysis, and incident investigation. Upon completion, learners will be equipped to confidently design insightful dashboards, optimize searches, and extract actionable intelligence from Splunk data, making this course ideal for aspiring Splunk analysts, administrators, and data professionals.
Emory University
AI's Existing Impact
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming industries by enhancing personalization and customer experience. This course, "AI's Existing Impact," delves into the benefits of personalization for brands, helping you distinguish between personalization and customization. You will learn to identify opportunities to leverage AI to support personalization efforts and understand different approaches used in implementing personalization algorithms. The course also covers content moderation challenges and helps you assess the tradeoffs between the benefits and risks of personalization algorithms in various contexts. You'll explore different approaches to building recommendation systems and learn how organizations can monetize these systems' results. Additionally, you'll uncover the shortcomings of recommendation systems, including their predictive limitations and societal effects. Explore how chatbots are built and how marketing organizations can utilize them to improve customer experiences. You'll assess the opportunities and challenges of implementing chatbots in marketing and understand factors affecting consumer acceptance of AI.
DeepLearning.AI
Building AI Applications with Haystack
In Building AI Applications with Haystack you will learn a high-level orchestration framework that helps ensure your applications are flexible, extendible, and maintainable, even as the technology stack changes, user needs arise, and new features are added. Using a framework can provide common features out of the box that significantly speeds up the development process. Haystack offers robust and flexible architecture and framework for building AI applications. It manages complexity and helps you focus more on developing your application at a higher level of abstraction. Throughout the course, you will develop several projects, including a RAG app, a news summarization app, a chat agent with function calling, and a self-reflecting agent with loops. What you’ll do: 1. Learn about the core abstractions and unique building blocks of the Haystack framework and see how these elements can be combined for various AI use cases. 2. Build a RAG pipeline by using Haystack components, pipelines, and document stores. 3. Create custom components in your pipeline by building a Hacker News summarizer that extends your app’s ability to access APIs. 4. Use conditional routing to create a branching pipeline with a fall back to web-search when the LLM does not have the context needed to fully respond to the user’s query. 5. Build a self-reflecting agent for named entity recognition with a Haystack pipeline that is able to loop using an output validator custom component. 6. Create a chat agent using OpenAI’s function-calling capabilities which allow you to provide Haystack pipelines as tools to the LLM, enhancing that agent’s capabilities. Start building exciting LLM applications and optimizing your development workflow using Haystack.
Google Cloud
Vertex AI と Flutter による 生成 AI エージェントの構築
このコースでは、Google のポータブル UI ツールキットである Flutter を使用してアプリを開発し、そのアプリを Google の生成 AI モデル ファミリーである Gemini と統合する方法について学びます。また、AI エージェントとアプリケーションを構築、管理するための Google のプラットフォームである Vertex AI Agent Builder も使用します。
University of California, Davis
Principles of Secure Coding
This course introduces you to the principles of secure programming. It begins by discussing the philosophy and principles of secure programming, and then presenting robust programming and the relationship between it and secure programming. We'll go through a detailed example of writing robust code and we'll see many common programming problems and show their connection to writing robust, secure programs in general. We’ll examine eight design principles that govern secure coding and how to apply them to your own work. We’ll discuss how poor design choices drive implementation in coding. We’ll differentiate between informal, formal, and ad hoc coding methods. Throughout, methods for improving the security and robustness of your programs will be emphasized and you will have an opportunity to practice these concepts through various lab activities. A knowledge of the C programming language is helpful, but not required to participate in the lab exercises.
Coursera
Miro for Beginners: Create an interactive presentation
In this 1.5-hour project-based course, you will learn how to create an interactive client partnership proposal presentation using Miro, an online collaborative whiteboard platform. You will step into the role of a Lead Sales Engineer, design an engaging, interactive presentation that discussed and showcases the details and potential of a client partnership. You will learn how to outline key features, communicate the value proposition, and use Miro’s interactive tools to facilitate a collaborative decision-making process with the client/partner. This course is ideal for learners interested in developing client-facing presentations, improving their collaboration skills, and learning how to effectively use Miro collaboratively for business presentations. No prior experience with Miro is required, any user with basic computer skills can successfully complete this project, however basic familiarity with Miro is preferable.
Infosec
Introduction to C++
This course is an introduction to the course. It presents the teacher, the tools and the content of the courses and explains why C/C++ is important. This course also covers C/C++ particularities a programmer needs to know to create secure programs using these languages.
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Women's Leadership: Boost your skills and drive change
In this course, you will be able to learn about the importance of female leadership in Latin America and the Caribbean for the growth and development of economies, democracies, and societies. It focuses on gender equality as a fundamental pillar for sustainable and inclusive growth in the region. The Inter-American Development Bank promotes the inclusion and empowerment of women, generating knowledge and tools to foster more inclusive societies. Through AcademiaBID, the course offers knowledge from experts in leadership, gender, and diversity, providing leadership skills, self-knowledge, emotional intelligence, confidence, resilience, and persuasive communication. It seeks to enhance the professional development of women, strengthening their intra and interpersonal skills to lead transformation processes in the region.
IBM
Introduction to UX/UI Design
With user experience now a top priority, the UX/UI design market is growing fast (Global Growth Insights). Talented UI/UX designers are in high demand! This course gives you the essential skills to confidently take your next step in learning UX/UIdesign. During the course, you’ll learn the basics of user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design and discover how they work together to create effective, user-friendly products. From websites and mobile apps to emerging technologies like AR/VR, you’ll see how UX/UI shapes the way we interact with digital experiences. You'll also explore how UX/UI fits into the product development process and learn about core technical skills, including wireframing, prototyping, user research, and interaction design. You’ll learn about tools used by UX/UI designers such as Figma, and learn how to select the right tools for different design tasks. You’ll also gain hands-on experience developing a prototype using Figma. By the end, you’ll have a clear understanding of potential career paths and the skills needed to take your next step in UX/UI design. Whether you're exploring design for the first time or looking to build your UX/UI skillset, enroll today and start your UX/UI journey.
Dell
Dell Technologies Technical Support for Software
This course is tailored for aspiring tech support specialists. This course is designed to deepen your understanding of common operating systems, streamline installation procedures, and equip you with robust troubleshooting techniques for software issues. Throughout this course, participants will explore the intricacies of widely-used operating systems, understand their nuances, and learn to navigate and resolve common software challenges effectively. By combining theoretical knowledge with practical, hands-on exercises, this course ensures that learners are well-prepared to manage and support various operating systems in diverse computing environments. This course is ideal for individuals seeking to solidify their technical foundation, enhance their resume, and advance their careers in the IT industry. Upon completion, participants will have a greater understanding of the key features, and troubleshooting techniques for common operating systems, positioning them as valuable assets in an entry-level tech support or IT role.
Coursera
Optimize Deep Learning: Tune PyTorch Models
Optimize Deep Learning: Tune PyTorch Models is an intermediate course for deep learning practitioners ready to move beyond off-the-shelf training and gain granular control over their models. Standard training loops can hide critical issues, leading to unstable performance and suboptimal results. This course empowers you to take full command of the training process using PyTorch Lightning. You will learn to implement custom callbacks for sophisticated control, such as early stopping and model checkpointing, to save costs and prevent overfitting. Through hands-on labs, you will master advanced debugging techniques, learning to diagnose and fix training instabilities by analyzing gradient norms and activation distributions. You will also gain practical experience in fine-tuning large, pretrained models for specialized tasks. By the end of this course, you will be able to build, diagnose, and optimize high-performing, stable, and efficient PyTorch models ready for real-world deployment.
Tencent Cloud
Tencent Cloud SysOps Associate
This course is primarily aimed at cloud professionals who are interested in learning about Tencent Cloud's system operations. It equips learners with a foundational knowledge in deploying, monitoring, and operating Tencent Cloud's basic products and prepares them to take the Tencent Cloud SysOps Associate examination. After completing this course, learners will be able to operate and maintain Tencent Cloud's basic products and deploy business on Tencent Cloud.
Skillshare
DaVinci Resolve 19 Masterclass: Video Editing Basics
Start your journey into the world of video editing with DaVinci Resolve 19—the go-to tool for creators, editors, and filmmakers. In this beginner-friendly course, taught by instructor Adi Singh, you’ll learn the essential skills to confidently navigate the software, set up your projects, and edit your first video from start to finish. We’ll cover everything from project and color management settings to trimming clips, working with timelines, using transitions, and adding text animations. You'll also explore productivity-boosting features like smart bins, proxy media, and keyboard shortcuts that streamline your workflow. By the end of the course, you'll have edited and exported your own 30–60 second video using provided footage, complete with clean cuts, smooth transitions, and a professional touch. Whether you’re brand new to video editing or switching to Resolve from another platform, this course provides the strong foundation you need to bring your creative vision to life. Instructor bio: Adi is a videographer, content creator, and educator whose journey began in 2015 with a camera purchased to document travels in New Zealand. What started as a passion quickly grew into a career — today, Adi runs a video production company and a thriving YouTube channel, sharing creative knowledge with a global audience. Having built his own filmmaking career through online learning and self-teaching, Adi is passionate about giving back by teaching others. His courses are designed to make videography approachable and practical, helping learners gain the skills and confidence to create professional-quality content.
University of London
Applied Public History: Places, People, Stories
This course introduces learners to applied public history: understanding and interpreting the past today, and engaging diverse communities in the practice of making and sharing histories. The course draws on project case studies, expert insights and diverse perspectives to model exciting approaches to researching and sharing the history of places and people. Learners will develop a toolkit to apply in their own practice, by participating in discussion, quizzes, creative activities and mini masterclasses. What kinds of stories can we discover through research into the history of places and people? How do we engage diverse communities with those stories today? What kinds of imaginative approaches can we use to interpret the past? And what tools and opportunities can we create to include new groups and individuals in local research initiatives? Led by the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London – the UK’s national centre for history – this course investigates these questions and helps learners develop transferable approaches to their own local history and heritage interpretation.
Università di Napoli Federico II
Español Principiante A1
Hoy en día, el español es un idioma internacional importante para trabajar y estudiar. Pero quizás no tuviste la oportunidad de aprender español en la escuela o no recuerdas el español que estudiaste. Este curso te va a presentar, o a reintroducir, los elementos básicos de la lengua. El objetivo es ofrecerte una base sólida sobre la cual construir. Al finalizar los dos cursos de español A2, serás capaz de comprender y dar información básica y expresar opiniones y/o peticiones. Este curso se basa en vídeos y situaciones reales, y te ofrece muchas oportunidades para interactuar tanto con los contenidos como con tus compañeros de curso. A lo largo del curso, podrás desarrollar y practicar tus habilidades lingüísticas, ampliando también la gramática y el vocabulario.
Coursera
Oracle Performance: Exadata, Enterprise Manager Mastery
Oracle Performance: Exadata, Enterprise Manager Mastery platform is designed to run Oracle Database workloads of any scale with very high performance, scalability, availability and security. Oracle Exadata has been engineered with many unique database-aware optimizations to run transactional, analytical, AI and mixed workloads faster. This course will introduce the learner to the key optimization features of Oracle Exadata, best performance practices for running databases on Exadata and configuring an Exadata Database Machine to be managed using Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. This course is designed for database administrators and database developers who are looking to enhance their expertise in Oracle Exadata. It caters to professionals responsible for managing and optimizing Oracle databases, ensuring high performance, scalability, and availability. The course will be particularly beneficial to those overseeing complex database systems who are eager to leverage Exadata's powerful optimization features for improved efficiency and performance. Participants should have a strong understanding of Oracle Database Administration, RAC, ASM, and Oracle Clusterware, along with familiarity with the Oracle Exadata Database Machine architecture and Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control. This knowledge will help learners effectively engage with the course and apply the concepts to real-world scenarios. By the end of this course, learners will be able to identify the key features of Oracle Exadata that significantly enhance database performance. They will also be able to demonstrate best practices for configuring Oracle databases running on Exadata to optimize efficiency and reliability. Finally, participants will learn to implement steps for configuring Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control, enabling them to monitor and manage Oracle Exadata Database Machines effectively.