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Coursera
Create a Project Management Tracker using Google Sheets
As a small business owner, budgets are tight for the ‘extras’. Oftentimes this means affording some of those high dollar tools for marketing is not possible. Small business owners must turn to free or low cost alternatives, sometimes those tools can be better than the high dollar tools. One easy to use and manageable alternative is a free spreadsheet program called Google Sheets. In this project, you’ll learn how to create a simple project management tracker. By the end of this project, you will have Google Sheets project management tracker template for your next development project presentation. 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.
Skillshare
Color Grading: How to Match Shots in DaVinci Resolve
Is matching the toughest thing for you when it comes to color correction? Well, you're not alone! In this course, taught by Fred Trevino, we'll go over some proven tools and techniques that will make your matching skills get to the next level. This is an advanced class for those of you that already know the basics of Da Vinci Resolve, cinematography, and understand tools such as keys, scopes, as well as using windows and curves. In this class we'll cover: * Why shots don't match in the first place. * Breaking down shots so you know what needs to happen. * Good tools to use to match your clips. * Bringing it all together to match a short scene. So, if you're looking to gain one of the more powerful tools as a colorist then this class is for you! About Your Teacher: Fred Trevino is a colorist at Beambox Studio and a Skillshare Top Teacher, grading projects for filmmakers and clients around the world. He has worked on over 60 feature films as well as hundreds of music videos, shorts, documentaries, commercials, and web spots. Fred’s corporate clients include HBO, ESPN, Shiseido, Under Armour, Sundance Channel, TruTV, and Pepsi. His work has screened at major festivals like Sundance, Cannes, and Slamdance. Based in New York City, he also enjoys street photography. Fred’s courses guide learners from beginner-level color grading to advanced industry techniques, including creating cinematic looks, matching shots, and professional workflows in DaVinci Resolve.
Google Cloud
App Engine: Qwik Start - Java
This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. This hands-on lab shows you how to create a small App Engine application that displays a short message. Watch the short video Build Apps at Scale with Google App Engine.
IBM
Practice Exam for CompTIA Tech+ Certification
CompTIA Tech+ certification is highly regarded by employers and can open the door to entry-level roles such as help desk technician or junior system administrator. This short course helps you prepare effectively for the certification exam. You’ll look at the exam eligibility requirements, sign-up process, and testing methods. You’ll be reminded of the domains covered - IT concepts and terminology, infrastructure, applications and software, software development, artificial intelligence, cloud fundamentals, database fundamentals, and security. You’ll review a sample assessment on cloud computing topics. Plus, you’ll complete a mock exam that simulates the certification exam experience. If you’re keen to give yourself a test run before you take the CompTIA Tech+ Certification exam, enroll today. Limited time offer: Receive a 30% discount voucher for the CompTIA Tech+ Certification exam! Please note: To gain the knowledge covered by this exam, we recommend that you complete either the IBM IT and Cloud Fundamentals Specialization or the IBM IT Support Professional Certificate.
Packt
Build and Scale with AWS Cloud - A Hands-on Beginners Guide
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. Mastering AWS Cloud technologies is a powerful skill set that will elevate your ability to design, build, and scale cloud-based applications. This course is designed for beginners, guiding you through hands-on exercises that will help you not only learn AWS services but also apply them in real-world scenarios. From computing power with EC2 to storage, load balancing, and database management, you'll gain a deep understanding of cloud infrastructure and how to scale effectively. You'll start with core cloud fundamentals and then dive into AWS's wide array of services. As the course progresses, you'll work through practical demonstrations, from setting up IAM policies and creating EC2 instances to configuring scalable applications with load balancers and autoscaling groups. In the later sections, you'll learn how to optimize storage with EFS, manage databases with RDS, and monitor your resources with CloudWatch. Each section builds on the last, allowing you to progressively expand your cloud expertise. This course is ideal for beginners with an interest in cloud computing and AWS. No prior cloud experience is required, but basic IT knowledge and an eagerness to learn will be helpful. This is a beginner-level course with practical, hands-on applications throughout. By the end of the course, you will be able to navigate the AWS Management Console, launch and manage EC2 instances, scale applications using load balancers and auto-scaling, and optimize your cloud architecture using AWS's most popular services.
Skillshare
Kickstart Your Creativity with Procreate: Draw Animals
Bring your art to life by drawing fun, whimsical animals while refining your unique creative style. In Week 3 of this creative journey with Lisa Bardot, you’ll dive into five new animal-themed drawing tutorials that are designed to stretch your imagination and help you experiment with shape, line, and color. From snakes and birds to butterflies and mice, each project offers a new opportunity to explore expressive illustration techniques while building on the digital art skills introduced in previous weeks. Whether you're continuing from the earlier courses or jumping in here, these animal drawings are a joyful way to deepen your comfort with Procreate and develop your own artistic voice. Lisa’s warm, encouraging teaching style will help you stay motivated and connected to your creative process. At the end of the week, you’ll reflect on your favorite piece, track your progress, and get inspired to keep growing. Instructor bio: Lisa Bardot is an illustrator, teacher, and creative adventurer based in California. Using the iPad and Procreate as her main tools, she creates digital brushes, tutorials, and resources that help artists of all levels find joy in making art. Through her company Bardot Brush, Lisa designs widely loved Procreate tools, and through Making Art Everyday, she inspires thousands of people with daily prompts and challenges to build confidence and consistency in their creative practice. She also leads Art Maker’s Club, a vibrant community and learning hub for digital artists. Known for her clear, fun, and encouraging teaching style, Lisa has taught millions of learners worldwide, empowering them to overcome creative blocks and embrace art-making as a joyful habit.
Packt
Real-world End to End Machine Learning Ops on Google Cloud
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 hands-on course, you will master managing the entire lifecycle of machine learning models on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Starting with setting up your environment, you’ll learn about CI/CD pipelines, model deployment using Cloud Run, and automating workflows with tools like Airflow and Kubeflow. Key topics like continuous training, version control, hyperparameter tuning, and model explainability will also be covered. Using Vertex AI and GCP services, you’ll gain real-world experience with model training, batch prediction, and scaling. This course is designed for machine learning engineers, data scientists, and software engineers. Basic knowledge of machine learning concepts and Google Cloud Platform is recommended. By the end, you’ll be able to deploy, monitor, and scale ML models on GCP, making you proficient in ML Ops practices and cloud-based model management.
Google Cloud
Gemini for DevOps Engineers - Português Brasileiro
Neste curso, você vai entender como o Gemini, um colaborador com tecnologia de IA generativa do Google Cloud, ajuda engenheiros a gerenciar a infraestrutura. Também vai aprender a usar os comandos do Gemini para entender registros de aplicativos, criar um cluster do GKE e descobrir como criar um ambiente de build. O laboratório prático demonstra como o Gemini aprimora o fluxo de trabalho de DevOps. A Duet AI agora é o Gemini, nosso modelo de última geração.
Scrimba
Learn to code with AI
Imagine waking up tomorrow as a web developer. What would you want to build? With AI tools like ChatGPT, you're already a developer, regardless of your experience, if you know how to work with them. So in this course, you'll build functional, interactive front-end projects while learning how to write effective prompts and debug and refine your code with the help of AI. No coding experience needed! We'll focus on helping you prototype and build projects with AI's assistance, turning you from a non-coder into a capable problem solver. By the end of this course, you'll have a collection of mini-projects, newly acquired skills, and a solid foundation to keep building with AI. You'll work on various projects using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Let's do this!
Packt
Backend Development
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 will teach you essential backend development skills, starting with Node.js. You’ll learn to handle file operations, manage modules, and perform synchronous and asynchronous tasks. Next, you'll dive into Express.js for building web applications, routing, and working with APIs. The course then covers MongoDB and Mongoose, where you'll learn to perform CRUD operations and manage databases effectively. You’ll also complete hands-on projects, such as building an API and a CRUD application, and learn to use tools like NPM, Nodemon, and MongoDB Compass for efficient development. This course is ideal for developers eager to learn backend technologies. Basic JavaScript knowledge is recommended but not required. By the end of the course, you will be able to create backend applications using Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB, and build scalable, data-driven web apps.
Microsoft
Agile and Hybrid Approaches in a Project Environment
In this course, you will use Agile principles and methodologies to execute projects and adapt to changing project requirements. Through hands-on learning, you'll implement Agile practices in a project environment, mastering techniques to foster flexibility, collaboration, and rapid response to evolving project needs. By understanding and applying Agile principles effectively, you'll be equipped to drive project success in dynamic and fast-paced environments, delivering value to stakeholders through iterative and incremental development approaches. After completing this course, you’ll be able to: • Apply Agile Principles and Methodologies. • Execute projects using Agile methodologies and adapt to changing project requirements. • Implement Agile Practices in a project environment. This is a great way to prepare for the industry-recognized PMI® Authorized PMP® Exam, a global standard in project management certification.
Packt
Data Visualization in Tableau & Python (2 Courses in 1)
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 comprehensive course, you’ll master the art of data visualization using both Tableau and Python. Whether you are a beginner or looking to expand your skills, you will learn to create powerful visualizations that help communicate complex data insights effectively. From fundamental concepts to advanced techniques, you will discover how to use different visualization tools to enhance your data storytelling capabilities. You will first dive into Tableau, where you’ll learn to set up your environment, connect to data sources, and create various types of visualizations, including bar charts, line graphs, pie charts, scatter plots, heat maps, and more. You’ll also explore interactive features like dashboards to display data dynamically, engaging viewers in insightful ways. Next, you will shift focus to Python’s data visualization libraries: Matplotlib and Seaborn. You will learn how to create static and interactive visualizations, including 3D plots, histograms, and violin plots, while mastering techniques to customize and refine your graphics for a clearer representation of your data. This course is ideal for anyone looking to enhance their data visualization skills. Whether you’re a beginner or an intermediate learner, this course offers practical knowledge that can be applied in real-world data analysis projects. The only prerequisite is a basic understanding of data handling. By the end of the course, you will be able to create and present compelling data visualizations using both Tableau and Python. You’ll gain proficiency in connecting to different data sources, visualizing data with a variety of charts, and constructing interactive dashboards. Whether for business insights or research analysis, you’ll be able to communicate your findings with confidence.
Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
Orientação a Objetos com Java
Neste curso, assumimos que você já sabe desenvolver programas pequenos em Java, mas você talvez não se sinta ainda confortável em projetar programas mais complexos com método e organização. O objetivo deste curso é fazer você compreender os princípios de orientação a objetos por meio da linguagem Java e saber como eficientemente aplicar esses princípios na prática quando projetando e desenvolvendo software de maneira ágil. Os conceitos discutidos e experimentados por você neste curso serão a base para você poder compreender os novos conceitos apresentados nos cursos seguintes desta especialização. Os conceitos Java apresentados neste curso incluem o seguinte: revisão de conceitos básicos de orientação a objetos, tais como classes, objetos, métodos e atributos, variáveis de instância e de classe; responsabilidades, colaborações e cartões CRC; testes de unidade, uso de plataforma IDE como o Eclipse; herança, classes concretas e abstratas, interfaces, modificadores de acesso, encapsulamento, métodos de acesso; aprofundamento nos conceitos de polimorfismo, sobrecarga e sobreposição; associação de classes, agregação e composição; exceções, delegação e acoplamento abstrato. Em seguida, vocês serão apresentados aos principais princípios usados para organizar o desenvolvimento de programas orientados a objetos com qualidade, dentre os quais, os princípios "Tell, Don't Ask!" e "Law of Demeter". Sempre que conveniente, cada conceito será representado por meio de diagramas UML. Você será exposto a propriedades e anotações em Java. Ao final deste curso, você terá amadurecido de tal modo suas habilidades de programação que você será capaz de implementar versões iniciais do componente de gamificação constante do Trabalho de Conclusão da Especialização, com base nas boas práticas exercitadas neste curso.
Coursera
APIs in C#: Create a Student Management API
As a C# backend developer, why is it important to implement API endpoints? APIs are a logical choice for building applications that allow users to connect to, manage, and interact with cloud services flexibly in a distributed environment. Many enterprises, such as Amazon, Google, LinkedIn, and Twitter, utilize APIs to create seamless applications and services. In this intermediate 90-minute project, you will integrate and utilize APIs within a student management application by creating API methods, incorporating C# methods into a C# API application, and making calls to your C# APIs. To achieve this, you will create endpoints to retrieve, lookup, and add new data within a list of students. By the end of this project, you will master the implementation of C# APIs and apply your knowledge to create a customer management API. This project is unique as it teaches you how to implement API endpoints in C# simply and efficiently in a simulated environment with all necessary software and tools readily available. To succeed in this project, you must have a solid understanding of the client-server model, familiarity with Visual Studio Code and .NET Core, as well as working experience with C# classes and methods.
Michigan State University
Game Design and Development 1: 2D Shooter
If you love games and want to learn how to make them, then this course will start you down that path. Making games is a creative and technical art form. In this course you will familiarize yourself with the tools and practices of game development and well as the process. You will get started developing video games using industry standard game development tools, including the Unity 2020 game engine. At the end of the course you will have completed two hands-on projects, including an Intro to Unity project and a 2D Shooter game, and will be able to leverage an array of game development techniques to create your own basic games.
University of Pennsylvania
Introducción al Marketing
Aprende las bases de Marketing llegando al fondo de toma de decisiones del cliente. Después de completar con éxito este curso, puedes aplicar estas habilidades en un reto empresarial de la vida real como parte de la Programa Especializadode Fundamentos de Negocios de Wharton.