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      Politecnico di Milano

      Communication skills for engineering scholars

      Skills you'll gain: Grant Writing, Public Speaking, Verbal Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, Communication, Writing, Persuasive Communication

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      28 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Microsoft

      Microsoft Business Analyst

      Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Power Platform, Excel Formulas, Process Flow Diagrams, Business Process Modeling, User Story, Business Requirements, Stakeholder Management, Data Modeling, Microsoft Excel, Software Development Life Cycle, Requirements Analysis, Requirements Elicitation, Quality Management, Pivot Tables And Charts, Microsoft Visio, Power BI, Microsoft Power Automate/Flow, Business Analysis, Scrum (Software Development), Data Analysis

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      1.2K reviews

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      EDUCBA

      Unity: Master Procedural Fractal & Spline Design

      Skills you'll gain: Animations, Unity Engine, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Software Design Patterns, Game Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), User Interface (UI), Application Performance Management, Software Development Tools, Software Design, Computer Graphics, Performance Tuning, Scripting

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Fractal Analytics

      Data Lineage & Ethical Frameworks for Responsible AI

      Skills you'll gain: Data Governance, Responsible AI, Data Management, Data Architecture, Data Ethics, Data Strategy, Data Pipelines, Metadata Management, Data Quality, Information Privacy, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Michigan

      Applied Plotting, Charting & Data Representation in Python

      Skills you'll gain: Matplotlib, Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Interactive Data Visualization, Scientific Visualization, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Statistical Visualization, Data Presentation, Graphing, Scatter Plots, Data Manipulation, Histogram, NumPy, Pandas (Python Package), Python Programming

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      6.3K reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of California, Irvine

      Getting Started with Go

      Skills you'll gain: Go (Programming Language), JSON, Programming Principles, Development Environment, Data Structures, Remote Access Systems, File Management, Program Development, Software Development Tools

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      2.4K reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      EDUCBA

      Advanced Features and Polish for a Pinball Game in UE

      Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Game Design, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, 3D Assets, Virtual Environment, Computer Graphics, User Interface (UI), Interactive Design, Scripting

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Google

      Automating Real-World Tasks with Python

      Skills you'll gain: Web Services, Email Automation, Scripting, Automation, Python Programming, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), JSON, System Monitoring, Image Analysis

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      2.9K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Infosec

      Digital Forensics Concepts

      Skills you'll gain: Cybersecurity, TCP/IP, Network Protocols, Data Security, Litigation Support, Network Security, General Networking, Record Keeping, Data Storage, Data Integrity, Cryptography, File Management, File Systems, Encryption, Data Validation, Command-Line Interface, Technical Writing, Linux Commands, Unix Commands, Algorithms

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      261 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Microsoft

      Smarter Content and Communications with Microsoft Copilot

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Microsoft Copilot, Content Performance Analysis, Marketing and Public Relations, Customer Insights, Content Development and Management, Proofreading, Public Relations, Integrated Marketing Communications, Customer Analysis, Content Creation, Marketing Communications, Persona Development, Writing and Editing, Content Management, Web Content, Storytelling, Content Strategy, Generative AI, Marketing Strategies

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      122 reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Johns Hopkins University

      A Crash Course in Data Science

      Skills you'll gain: Data Science, Data Management, Data Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Project Design, Performance Metric, Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Predictive Modeling, Statistical Inference

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Reproducible Research

      Skills you'll gain: Rmarkdown, Knitr, Data Sharing, General Science and Research, Statistical Reporting, Data Analysis, Data Validation, Exploratory Data Analysis, R Programming, Technical Communication, Version Control

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular technical writing courses

    • Communication skills for engineering scholars: Politecnico di Milano
    • Microsoft Business Analyst: Microsoft
    • Unity: Master Procedural Fractal & Spline Design: EDUCBA
    • Data Lineage & Ethical Frameworks for Responsible AI: Fractal Analytics
    • Applied Plotting, Charting & Data Representation in Python: University of Michigan
    • Getting Started with Go: University of California, Irvine
    • Advanced Features and Polish for a Pinball Game in UE: EDUCBA
    • Automating Real-World Tasks with Python: Google
    • Digital Forensics Concepts: Infosec
    • Smarter Content and Communications with Microsoft Copilot: Microsoft

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