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      Microsoft

      Microsoft JavaScript Starter Kit

      Skills you'll gain:

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Minnesota

      Business Model & Product Pitch

      Skills you'll gain: Business Modeling, Entrepreneurship, Growth Strategies, Price Negotiation, Business Planning, Financial Modeling, Cost Accounting, Product Strategy, Product Development, New Product Development, Business Strategies, Value Propositions, Presentations, Business Metrics, Customer Acquisition Management, Market Analysis, Fundraising

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
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      Coursera

      Creating Engaging Content for YouTube

      Skills you'll gain: Video Production, Web Analytics and SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Media Production, Content Development and Management, Content Strategy, Video Editing, Drive Engagement, Content Performance Analysis, Content Creation, Digital Content, Branding, Media Strategy, Marketing Channel, Live Streaming, Growth Strategies, Storytelling

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Imperial College London

      Master of Science in Machine Learning and Data Science

      Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Supervised Learning, Exploratory Data Analysis, Unsupervised Learning, Student Support and Services, PySpark, Data Pipelines, Linear Algebra, Ggplot2, Dimensionality Reduction, Student Services, Data Processing, Big Data, Agentic systems, Graphing, A/B Testing, Unstructured Data, Deep Learning, Bayesian Statistics, Applied Machine Learning

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      Degree · 1 - 4 Years

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Salesforce CLM & CPQ: Streamlining Contract Operations

      Skills you'll gain: Salesforce, Contract Management, Business Reporting, Systems Integration, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Sales Management, Workflow Management, Process Optimization, Business Process Automation, Configuration Management, Automation, Compliance Management, Scalability

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera

      Test, Learn, Evolve: Usability Testing in Figma

      Skills you'll gain: Usability Testing, Usability, Figma (Design Software), User Experience Design, User Centered Design, UI/UX Research, User Research, Prototyping, Test Planning

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Visio for Professionals: Diagrams & Flowchart Design

      Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Visio, Process Flow Diagrams, Collaborative Software, Process Design, Data Visualization, Process Mapping, Workflow Management, Business Workflow Analysis, Organizational Structure, Real Time Data, Data Integration, Process Improvement

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera

      Content Creation for TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook

      Skills you'll gain:

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera

      Experience Essentials: Unlocking the UX Process with Miro

      Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, User Centered Design, Prototyping, Wireframing, User Research, Design Thinking, Collaborative Software

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: New
      New
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      Coursera Instructor Network

      .NET & .NET Core Mastery: Cross-Platform Development

      Skills you'll gain: Cloud Applications, Containerization, .NET Framework, Cross Platform Development, Application Deployment, Application Development, C# (Programming Language), Development Environment, Application Performance Management, Web Applications, Debugging

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera

      Prototype to Success: Figma Prototyping Essentials

      Skills you'll gain: Figma (Design Software), Prototyping, Mockups, Interaction Design, User Interface (UI), Design Reviews, Wireframing, Collaborative Software, UI Components, User Experience Design, Usability Testing, Animations

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Microsoft

      Relational Database Design and Advanced Querying

      Skills you'll gain:

      Beginner · Course

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular back end courses

    • Microsoft JavaScript Starter Kit: Microsoft
    • Business Model & Product Pitch: University of Minnesota
    • Creating Engaging Content for YouTube: Coursera
    • Master of Science in Machine Learning and Data Science: Imperial College London
    • Salesforce CLM & CPQ: Streamlining Contract Operations: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Test, Learn, Evolve: Usability Testing in Figma: Coursera
    • Visio for Professionals: Diagrams & Flowchart Design: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Content Creation for TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook: Coursera
    • Experience Essentials: Unlocking the UX Process with Miro: Coursera
    • .NET & .NET Core Mastery: Cross-Platform Development: Coursera Instructor Network

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