Category: Coursera Courses

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  • Python for Data Science, AI & Development

    Python for Data Science, AI & Development

    Kickstart your learning of Python with this beginner-friendly self-paced course taught by an expert. Python is one of the most popular languages in the programming and data science world and demand for individuals who have the ability to apply Python has never been higher.

    You will practice and apply what you learn through hands-on labs using Jupyter Notebooks. By the end of this course, you’ll feel comfortable creating basic programs, working with data, and automating real-world tasks using Python.

    This course is suitable for anyone who wants to learn Data Science, Data Analytics, Software Development, Data Engineering, AI, and DevOps as well as a number of other job roles.




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  • Introduction to Microsoft Excel

    Introduction to Microsoft Excel

    By the end of this project, you will learn how to create an Excel Spreadsheet by using a free version of Microsoft Office Excel.

    You will learn what an Excel Spreadsheet is, why we use it and the most important keyboard shortcuts, functions, and basic formulas.




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  • Business Analysis & Process Management

    Business Analysis & Process Management

    This is a guided project for both beginners and professionals managing small to medium enterprises or working in the fields of business analysis & business process management. It provides you with the initial know-how of analyzing businesses from a process view which allows you to further develop the skill needed to create solutions to your current business problems.

    Note: This project works best for learners who are based in the North America region. We’re currently working on providing the same experience in other regions.




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  • English for Common Interactions in the Workplace: Basic Level

    English for Common Interactions in the Workplace: Basic Level

    In a professional environment, we’re often faced with the need to respond appropriately according to what the situation calls for, whether it be related to situations in daily life or the workplace.

    The methodology of self-guided instruction will allow the student to manage their own study time, so that they can integrate coursework with the daily demands of their professional life at a rhythm adequate for their own learning process. More importantly, the course is held online, distributed massively, and accessible anywhere in the world through Coursera.

    En el contexto laboral frecuentemente enfrentamos la necesidad de interactuar de manera adecuada según la situación comunicativa lo amerite, ya sea, reaccionando a situaciones de la vida cotidiana o bien en el lugar de trabajo.

    Este curso fue diseñado para proporcionar al trabajador herramientas lingüísticas que permitan facilitar interacciones básicas comunes en el lugar de trabajo. De este modo, el estudiante podrá ampliar su inventario léxico y gramatical en el idioma inglés, aumentando así su valor profesional y su competencia laboral, contribuyendo no solo movilidad laboral sino que también social.

    La metodología auto-instruccional permitirá al estudiante gestionar su propio tiempo de estudio y podrá compatibilizarlo con las exigencias diarias del trabajo, a un ritmo que se adecúe a su proceso de aprendizaje individual. Aún más importante, el curso se dicta en modalidad online, en formato masivo, accesible en distintos lugares del mundo a través de la web de Coursera.

    This course’s objective is that students be able to utilize basic-level grammatical and lexical structures (CFER level A2) which will enable basic interactions common to the workplace in English.

    Este curso tiene como objetivo que los alumnos sean capaces de emplear estructuras gramaticales y léxico propios del nivel básico (MCER A2) que permitan facilitar interacciones básicas que son comunes en el lugar del trabajo en inglés.

    Course contents / Contenidos del curso:
    Module 1: Everyday Language on the Job
    • Grammar: present simple to be affirmative, negative question structure, all persons.
    • Vocabulary: professions / nationalities.
    • Indefinite article: a/an.
    • Expressions used when introducing yourself.
    • Grammar: present simple (I, you, he/she/it, we — affirmative & negative).
    • Vocabulary: work routine verbs.
    • Review of adverbs of frequency.
    • Times of the day: In the morning /in the afternoon/ at night.

    Module 2: Making Phone Calls
    • Grammar: present simple (I, you, he/she/it, we — questions and short answers).
    • Vocabulary: telephoning expressions.
    • Grammar: making suggestions
    • Vocabulary: numbers/dates
    • Dates in British English and American English

    Module 3: Preparing for meeting
    • Grammar: Going To.
    • Vocabulary: Flash Review of Cardinal Numbers 1-60.
    • Telling time.
    • Grammar: There is / There are
    • Prepositions of place
    • Vocabulary: Places around town

    Module 4: Post-meeting etiquette
    • Grammar: Past Simple (To Be).
    • Use of Past Tense of go with good/bad.
    • Vocabulary: Descriptive Adjectives (it was …).
    • Grammar: Past Simple (regular verbs)
    • Vocabulary: Correspondence Verbs (w. common phrasal verbs)

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  • Build a free website with WordPress

    Build a free website with WordPress

    By the end of this project, you will learn how to create a free website in WordPress for personal or commercial purposes.

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  • Google Ads for Beginners

    Google Ads for Beginners

    In this 2-hour long tutorial, you will learn how to get started with Google Search Ads and create successful campaigns to reach new customers and grow your business. We’ll work on Google Ads, Google’s online advertising platform.

    By the end of the tutorial, you will be able to:
    – Create your account on Google Ads
    – Set up the first campaign structure
    – Set up conversion tracking
    – Add relevant audience, set bids and budgets and targeting
    – Set up ad groups
    – Do effective keyword research
    – Create impactful and relevant ads
    – Navigate through the Google Ads Dashboard
    – Learn about Tools and Settings available on Google Ads
    – Optimize ad campaigns to generate conversions and be profitable

    Note: If you don’t have a Google account, you will need to create one to be able to complete the content.




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  • Business Analytics with Excel: Elementary to Advanced

    Business Analytics with Excel: Elementary to Advanced

    A leader in a data driven world requires the knowledge of both data-related (statistical) methods and of appropriate models to use that data. This Business Analytics class focuses on the latter: it introduces students to analytical frameworks used for decision making though Excel modeling. These include Linear and Integer Optimization, Decision Analysis, and Risk modeling. For each methodology students are first exposed to the basic mechanics, and then apply the methodology to real-world business problems using Excel.

    Business analytics makes extensive use of data and modeling to drive decision making in organizations. This class focuses on introducing students to analytical frameworks used for decision making to make sense of the data, starting from the basics of Excel and working up to advanced modeling techniques.




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  • Investment Risk Management

    Investment Risk Management

    By the end of the project, you will learn how to quantify risk-to-reward using Treynor Ratio, and calculate the value at risk for investment portfolio.

    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.

    This course’s content is not intended to be investment advice and does not constitute an offer to perform any operations in the regulated or unregulated financial market




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  • Python Data Structures

    Python Data Structures

    This course will introduce the core data structures of the Python programming language. We will move past the basics of procedural programming and explore how we can use the Python built-in data structures such as lists, dictionaries, and tuples to perform increasingly complex data analysis. This course will cover Chapters 6-10 of the textbook “Python for Everybody”. This course covers Python 3.

    Syllabus

    • Chapter Six: Strings
      • In this class, we pick up where we left off in the previous class, starting in Chapter 6 of the textbook and covering Strings and moving into data structures. The second week of this class is dedicated to getting Python installed if you want to actually run the applications on your desktop or laptop. If you choose not to install Python, you can just skip to the third week and get a head start.
    • Unit: Installing and Using Python
      • In this module you will set things up so you can write Python programs. We do not require installation of Python for this class. You can write and test Python programs in the browser using the “Python Code Playground” in this lesson. Please read the “Using Python in this Class” material for details.
    • Chapter Seven: Files
      • Up to now, we have been working with data that is read from the user or data in constants. But real programs process much larger amounts of data by reading and writing files on the secondary storage on your computer. In this chapter we start to write our first programs that read, scan, and process real data.
    • Chapter Eight: Lists
      • As we want to solve more complex problems in Python, we need more powerful variables. Up to now we have been using simple variables to store numbers or strings where we have a single value in a variable. Starting with lists we will store many values in a single variable using an indexing scheme to store, organize, and retrieve different values from within a single variable. We call these multi-valued variables “collections” or “data structures”.
    • Chapter Nine: Dictionaries
      • The Python dictionary is one of its most powerful data structures. Instead of representing values in a linear list, dictionaries store data as key / value pairs. Using key / value pairs gives us a simple in-memory “database” in a single Python variable.
    • Chapter Ten: Tuples
      • Tuples are our third and final basic Python data structure. Tuples are a simple version of lists. We often use tuples in conjunction with dictionaries to accomplish multi-step tasks like sorting or looping through all of the data in a dictionary.
    • Graduation
      • To celebrate your making it to the halfway point in our Python for Everybody Specialization, we welcome you to attend our online graduation ceremony. It is not very long, and it features a Commencement speaker and very short commencement speech.

  • Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”)

    Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”)

    ModPo is a FREE (no fee, no charge) fast-paced introduction to modern and contemporary U.S. poetry, with an emphasis on experimental verse, from Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman to the present. Participants (who need no prior experience with poetry) will learn how to read poems that are supposedly “difficult.” We encounter and discuss the poems one at a time. It’s much easier than it seems! Join us and try it!

    ModPo is open all year, so you can enroll now, or any time, and join us. Each year we host a lively, interactive 10-week session, in which we move together through the ten-week syllabus. The next live 10-week session of ModPo will begin on September 1, 2024, and will conclude on November 11, 2024. Al Filreis will be in touch with you by email before the September 1 start of the course with all the information you’ll need to participate. If you have questions, you can email the ModPo team any time at modpo@writing.upenn.edu. Much more information about ModPo can be found at modpo.org.

    During the 10 weeks of the course, you will be guided through poems, video discussions of each poem, and community discussions of each poem. And (unique among open online courses) we offer weekly, interactive live webcasts. Our famed TAs also offer office hours throughout the week. We help arrange meet-ups and in-site study groups.

    If you are curious about the ModPo team, type “ModPo YouTube introduction” into Google or your favorite search engine, and watch the 20-minute introductory video. You will get an overview of the course and will meet the brilliant TAs, who will be encountering the poems with you all the way to the end.

    If you use Facebook, join the always-thriving ModPo group: from inside Facebook, search for “Modern & Contemporary American Poetry” and then request to be added as a member. If you have any questions about ModPo, you can post a question to the FB group and you’ll receive an almost instant reply.

    Much more information about ModPo can be found at modpo.org .

    We tweet all year long at @ModPoPenn and you can also find ModPo colleagues using the hashtag #ModPoLive.

    ModPo is hosted by—and is housed at—the Kelly Writers House at 3805 Locust Walk on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia USA. All ModPo’ers are welcome to visit the Writers House when they are in our area. Our discussions are filmed there. Our live webcasts take place in the famed “Arts Cafe” of the House. To find out what’s going on at the Writers House any time, just dial 215-746-POEM.