By the end of this project, you’ll be comfortable building complex designs out of text in Adobe Illustrator. You’ll create and transform type, place type on curving paths, and apply advanced warping with Object distort commands. By the end of the project, you’ll create a poster with type around a sticker and customized text inside a shape.

In this 1-hour long project-based course, you will learn how to build a lead generation chatbot with Email and Google sheets automation which will be able to interact with your customers and generate lead automatically for you. We will be automating the entire process using email automation and Google sheets so that you will receive a mail every time a lead is generated and a copy of the contact information of the lead will be saved on Google sheets. The chatbot will be able to interact with your customers, generate a lead, take a booking, get ticket claims, send us their message and many more. By the end of this project, you will have a fully functioning chatbot deployed to your Facebook page and interacting with your customers through Messenger in real-time. You do not need any programming knowledge because we will be using the flow builder interface from Chatfuel which is very interactive, intuitive and logical. But you do need a Facebook account and a fully functioning Facebook business page in order to test the bot. 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.

In this project, you will create a digital product management plan framework in Trello using Kanban workflow processes. You will learn the basic functionality of Trello and apply the basics of Kanban to manage your workflow. The project will model how to translate the product management life cycle stages and key deliverables into a working plan in Trello. It will demonstrate how to use the Kanban workflow principles to plan and track the status of deliverables. Finally, you will learn how to share the plan with team members to organize and assign work, collaborate, and keep everyone up-to-date. Trello is a popular digital collaboration tool that organizes projects and people. For this project, we will only use the features and functionality included in the free version of Trello. Kanban is a workflow management method that aims to help you visualize your work, maximize efficiency, and improve continuously. 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.

While agile has become the de facto standard for managing digital innovation teams, many wonder if they’re doing it ‘right’. Twitter is full of jokes about how teams say they do agile but don’t ‘really’ do it. The reality is that getting the most out of agile is less about observing specific procedures and more about how a team focuses and measures their progress. Rather than just boring you with an accounting of agile methodologies, this course focuses on helping you better charter your team’s focus, definition of success, and practice of agile. While learning about agile mainstays like Scrum, XP, and kanban, you’ll also learn to help your team ask the right questions about how they’re working and facilitate good answers on how agile can help. This course is supported by the Batten Institute at UVA’s Darden School of Business. The Batten Institute’s mission is to improve the world through entrepreneurship and innovation: www.batteninstitute.org.

In this MOOC, we will focus on learning how network systems are secured using firewalls and IDS. This will include understanding the basic components of network security, constructing a dual-firewall DMZ, and defining security policies to implement and enforce these rules. Building upon these lessons we will go in-depth on the popular Linux firewall. Finally we will learn about Network IDS and Host IDS, including a deep dive into Snort.

By the end of this project, you will be able to lead team idea generation with reverse brainstorming in Miro. To do this, you will gain hands-on experience in Miro while you apply guided brainstorming strategies that focus on problems so that they can be identified and prevented before a product goes live. 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.

By the end of this project, you’ll be able to add shadow to objects in Inkscape. Inkscape, a free and open-source vector graphics program, offers lots of ways to add shadow to your objects. Shadows add depth and dimension, and it can be surprising how much life an object can have once shadow and light effects are applied. To create shadow in Inkscape, you will practice working with vector graphics tools in Inkscape, then add shadow using three different methods. You’ll start by creating a drop shadow with Inkscape’s built-in drop shadow panel, then use more customizable tools like interpolate and gradient tools. These will add increasing levels of complexity to shadows in Inkscape. 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.

By the end of this project, you will create a Tic-tac-toe game using Java on Eclipse platform, which will improve your coding skills and your problem-solving tactics. Moreover, you will be able to create classes, define the object-oriented concept, identify the different types of methods and be able to use them,learn when to use if and switch conditions, get a glimpse of the 2D arrays and lastly you will be able to use loops to your advantage. You will create a game from scratch. The game will be a player (you) against the program created using the console log for input & output. Java is the base and most popular coding language for you to enter the programming world. The project will teach you basic programming fundamentals and will open the door for you to create rich cross-platform applications. 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.

Do you want to experience what it is to go from idea to code? If so, this is the place for you! This is the second course in the Coding for Designers, Managers, and Entrepreneurs Specialization. If you’re a hands-on collaborator with developers, this course is specifically designed for you. In this course, we’re going to focus on creating interactive user interfaces (UI’s) with Javascript, building creative confidence and competence that will make you an even better collaborator on digital projects. This course was developed at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and is taught by top-ranked faculty.

This course is the culmination of the Graphic Design Specialization and gives you an opportunity to tie together your knowledge and skills into a single project: a brand development guide for a company you will invent. This course takes you through the entire design process, from ideation to creation to presentation. Through the guide, you will be creating and giving a visual identity to an imaginary start-up company, and applying that visual identity to a number of forms. You will also develop a logotype and accompanying graphic palette to visually represent your company, as well as apply that design to a number of different applications to see it at work. Note: Only learners who have earned a certificate in the four previous courses in the Specialization are eligible to take the Capstone.