At the end of this project, you will have all the basic skills to create a professional Newsletter using Canva, an online tool for creating and editing Marketing visuals. You will be able to share your latest news and inform your favorite target audience. This project is intended for beginners, small business owners and startups who have no knowledge of graphic design and who would like to share specific information with their audience through Newsletters.

By the end of this project, you will be able to create a Semi-Flat Illustration using Adobe Illustrator. You will learn the difference between semi flat and flat illustration and how to turn the flat illustration into a semi flat one. And finally, you will be able to use this illustration to create a mixed media post. This guided project is for intermediate learners/designers who are interested in designing mixed media posts and learning more about the different styles of illustration and how to design them. Illustrations are used now in many different ways to communicate complex information into a simple one. These illustration could be used in social media posts to brand an idea or a message in order to meet the interest of different consumers. In this Project, we’ll be using Adobe Illustrator which is one of the Adobe Creative Cloud.

Welcome to IBM COBOL – Data and File Management! By enrolling in this course, you are taking a big step in increasing your knowledge and hands on experience with IBM COBOL data and file management. In this course, you will learn the fundamental elements of COBOL code. You will learn the process of working with COBOL data. You will learn handling COBOL files. This course also relational databases in a mainframe, COBOL context. So let’s get started!

In this course you will explore concepts and approaches involved in creating successful character designs that can be applied to video games. Following a first week delving into some foundational concepts for successful character design, each of the remaining three weeks are structured as a master class where you will observe three professional character designers at work in the studio: Andy Ristaino (Adventure Time), Jacky Ke Jiang (Journey), and Robertryan Cory (SpongeBob SquarePants). Each designer will take on two different design challenges on the fly and address the various issues in designing characters for games, such as movement, expression, and technical limitations. At the end of each week you will have an opportunity to try out some of the concepts from that week's lesson on characters of your own design. This is a fun and engaging class especially useful for students interested in animation in film and TV as well as games, and is suitable for students of any drawing ability.

COBOL is a programming language that serves a wide range of businesses. Key aspects of COBOL are that it is scalable, mature, and self-documenting. In this COBOL CORE class you’ll discover more features of the language, how to handle tables, edit, use switches, numeric usage, and structured COBOL. Enjoy your ride through the world of COBOL! We’re excited to have you here and can’t wait to get started.

In this 1 hour and 30 minutes long project, you will learn how to create a fully functional graphical calculator using Java and one of it’s most promising graphical libraries; JavaFX. This project gives you a head start with one of the most widely used programming languages in the world; Java. The project will teach you basic programming fundamentals such as data structures and conditional statements. Learning Java and JavaFX will open the door for you to create rich cross-platform applications customized to fit your needs.

This guided project was developed to engage and harness your visionary and exploratory abilities. During this course, you will use input from previous phases of project development. Together we will identify, map, and analyse User Stories which are the components that make up the themes of the customer experience with the product and service. This is an important step for individuals or companies wanting to map value for customer to product features in new products or services; also, for enhancing their existing offerings. By the end of this guided project, you will be fluent in identifying and creating User Stories for agile projects. We will discuss directions for the next phase of the project development; furthermore, the learned concepts and tools will help you generate solutions for use as part of your project management solutions and in presentations to various stakeholders.

By the end of this project, you will be able to use SCAMPER brainstorming strategies to enhance product and service development by efficiently moving your team to the improvement and innovation stages of user experience and user interface design. To do this, you will gain hands-on experience applying SCAMPER brainstorming strategies and visualizing the results in the Miro online visual collaboration platform for teamwork. 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 1 hour long project-based course, you will learn how to build, test and deploy an AI chatbot that will be able to interact with your customers, answer their questions and through which your clients will be able to make a booking. We will begin this guided project by creating an IBM Cloud account. We will be using the Free plan of IBM cloud which allows up to 1000 unique Monthly Active Users (MAU) to chat with your chatbot and up to 10,000 messages per month. We will also explore all the integrations and deploy the IBM Watson chatbot assistant to Messenger. By the end of this project, you will have a full-featured chatbot on the backs of possibly one of the most advanced machine learning technologies that is available to the public. You do NOT need any prior experience in coding or chatbot creation to be able to complete this project. This project is beginner-friendly. Requirement: You will need a credit card to sign up for IBM Cloud account. 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.

The metaverse isn’t just for gamers or developers, it will be for everyone. In this free course from the experts at Meta, you’ll learn what the metaverse is, what it means for our world today and into the future, and the opportunities it presents for both professionals and businesses. Understand the metaverse fundamentals Experts will guide you through a broad range of topics spanning the metaverse ecosystem, from communication and collaboration to NFTs and cryptocurrency, from avatars and devices to platforms and game engines. You’ll learn about augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), extended reality, NFTs, blockchain, web3, cryptocurrency, and more. Discover new ways to connect, learn, and work The metaverse provides new ways to connect people, websites, platforms and realities. You’ll explore how it will enhance online social experiences, the future of work and learning. Opportunities for professionals and businesses The metaverse will be built by everyone, with creative and practical applications being developed every day by imaginative people. Learn how the metaverse will be applied in areas like healthcare, education, city planning, art, and more—and how you can start creating these experiences today. You’ll also learn how the metaverse can make the world a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive place. By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped with the fundamental knowledge of the metaverse to determine future areas of interest, learning, or professional growth.