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      Coursera

      Facebook Content Creation Essentials

      Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Content Creation, Social Media Content, Graphic and Visual Design, Web Content, Social Media, Drive Engagement, Photo/Video Production and Technology, Video Production, Storytelling, Photo Editing, Generative AI Agents, Writing, Video Editing

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IBM

      How to Modernize applications with IBM CICS

      Skills you'll gain: Transaction Processing, Hybrid Cloud Computing, COBOL (Programming Language), Mainframe Technologies, Mainframe Computing, IBM Cloud, Cloud Applications, Enterprise Application Management, Application Servers, Application Development, Application Programming Interface (API)

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      Build Image Quality Inspection using AWS Lookout for Vision

      Skills you'll gain: Image Analysis, Amazon Web Services, Image Quality, Computer Vision, Anomaly Detection, Software Quality Assurance, Data Science, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing

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      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Scrimba

      Frontend Developer Skills and Best Practices

      Skills you'll gain: Unit Testing, Test Case, Application Deployment, Responsive Web Design, Test Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Deployment, Debugging, Maintainability, LinkedIn, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Front-End Web Development, Software Testing, Code Review, Development Testing, Interviewing Skills, Web Development Tools, HTML and CSS, Web Development, Application Development, Software Documentation

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      11 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Designing Breakthrough Advertisements: Basics to Begin

      Skills you'll gain: Copywriting, Advertising, Marketing Materials, Promotional Materials, Marketing Design, Writing, Graphic and Visual Design, Creative Design, Typography, Storytelling, Design Elements And Principles, Creativity

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Python Scripting for DevOps

      Skills you'll gain: Scripting, Python Programming, Computer Programming Tools, Devops Tools, Software Development Tools, Data Structures, Programming Principles, Program Development

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      24 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Coursera Project Network

      Introduction to Regular Expressions in SQL

      Skills you'll gain: SQL, PostgreSQL, Query Languages, Database Management Systems, Database Management

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      12 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Knowledge Accelerators

      Microsoft Copilot in Excel: Smarter Data Analysis Made Easy

      Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Copilot, Prompt Engineering, Dashboard, Excel Macros, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Office, Spreadsheet Software, Pivot Tables And Charts, Data Analysis, Data Presentation, Data Visualization, Workflow Management, Artificial Intelligence, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Customer Data Management, Productivity, Generative AI Agents, Generative AI, Data Management, Leadership Development

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Microsoft

      Full-Stack Integration

      Skills you'll gain: Full-Stack Web Development, Microsoft Copilot, Application Programming Interface (API), Systems Integration, Web Applications, ASP.NET, Restful API, Integration Testing, Back-End Web Development, Middleware, Server Side, Event-Driven Programming, Development Environment, Real Time Data, JSON, Debugging, Performance Tuning

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera

      YouTube Planning: Script Engaging Videos

      Skills you'll gain: Storyboarding, Video Production, Storytelling, Scripting, Content Creation, Writing and Editing, AI Personalization

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Designing a Customer Support Chatbot Using Flowise

      Skills you'll gain: ChatGPT, User Interface (UI), No-Code Development, Self Service Technologies, LLM Application, Customer Support, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Web Content, Quality Assurance

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Ruby Fundamentals and Basic Programming Concepts

      Skills you'll gain: Ruby (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Debugging, Development Environment, Integrated Development Environments, Computer Programming, Programming Principles, Apple Xcode, Software Installation, Microsoft Windows, Command-Line Interface

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    • Facebook Content Creation Essentials: Coursera
    • How to Modernize applications with IBM CICS: IBM
    • Build Image Quality Inspection using AWS Lookout for Vision: Coursera Project Network
    • Frontend Developer Skills and Best Practices: Scrimba
    • Designing Breakthrough Advertisements: Basics to Begin: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Python Scripting for DevOps: Coursera Project Network
    • Introduction to Regular Expressions in SQL: Coursera Project Network
    • Microsoft Copilot in Excel: Smarter Data Analysis Made Easy: Knowledge Accelerators
    • Full-Stack Integration: Microsoft
    • YouTube Planning: Script Engaging Videos: Coursera

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