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    Kennesaw State University

    AI for Professional Communication

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Business Correspondence, Target Audience, Business Communication, Strategic Communication, Business Writing, Social Media Content, Generative AI, Communication Strategies, Meeting Facilitation, Taking Meeting Minutes, Artificial Intelligence, Document Management

    4.8
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    23 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Microsoft

    SQL Foundations

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft SQL Servers, SQL, Transact-SQL, Databases, Relational Databases, Data Transformation, Data Manipulation, Query Languages, Generative AI, Data Analysis

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    68 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera Project Network

    Github CoPilot for Beginners: Write Software With AI

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Web Design and Development, Prompt Engineering, Web Development Tools, Web Development, Generative AI, GitHub, Javascript, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Machine Learning

    4.5
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    71 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Skillshare

    The Art of Landscape Photography for Beginners

    Skills you'll gain: Photography, Storytelling, Photo/Video Production and Technology, Design Elements And Principles, Image Quality, Creativity

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera Project Network

    ChatGPT for Beginners: SciFi Writing with Dall-e

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, OpenAI, Generative AI, Storytelling, Writing, Creativity, Responsible AI, Critical Thinking

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    507 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Microsoft

    Microsoft Azure SQL

    Skills you'll gain: Database Systems, Microsoft Azure, Databases, Relational Databases, MySQL, SQL, Database Management, NoSQL, Cloud Services, PostgreSQL, Data Storage Technologies, Data Security, Data Management

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    262 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    The Structured Query Language (SQL)

    Skills you'll gain: SQL, Database Management, Query Languages, Relational Databases, Database Design, Database Theory, Database Administration, Data Analysis, Database Application, Data Access, Data Manipulation, Data Science, Data Modeling

    Build toward a degree

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera Project Network

    Google Bard for Beginners: Text Generation with Prompts

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Engineering Tools, Generative AI, LLM Application

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera Project Network

    Copilot Power Apps for Beginners: Create an Expense Tracker

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Power Platform, No-Code Development, Application Development, Development Environment, Data Structures, Database Application, User Interface (UI), Generative AI

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera Instructor Network

    GenAI for Application Developers

    Skills you'll gain: Google Gemini, Code Review, Application Deployment, Continuous Deployment, Responsible AI, Software Development Tools, Google Cloud Platform, Generative AI, Prompt Engineering, Debugging, Application Development

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    29 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera Project Network

    Landing.AI for Beginners: Build Data Visualization AI Models

    Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Image Analysis, Application Deployment, Computer Vision, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Cloud Computing, Deep Learning, Supervised Learning

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Michigan

    Django for Everybody

    Skills you'll gain: Application Deployment, Django (Web Framework), Object-Relational Mapping, HTML and CSS, Model View Controller, jQuery, Ajax, JSON, Database Design, SQL, Application Frameworks, Databases, Web Applications, Application Development, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Web Development, Data Modeling, Javascript, Application Security, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular chinese for beginners courses

  • AI for Professional Communication: Kennesaw State University
  • SQL Foundations: Microsoft
  • Github CoPilot for Beginners: Write Software With AI: Coursera Project Network
  • The Art of Landscape Photography for Beginners: Skillshare
  • ChatGPT for Beginners: SciFi Writing with Dall-e: Coursera Project Network
  • Microsoft Azure SQL: Microsoft
  • The Structured Query Language (SQL): University of Colorado Boulder
  • Google Bard for Beginners: Text Generation with Prompts: Coursera Project Network
  • Copilot Power Apps for Beginners: Create an Expense Tracker: Coursera Project Network
  • GenAI for Application Developers: Coursera Instructor Network

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