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    • Status: Free Trial
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      Google

      Google UX Design

      Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Storyboarding, Wireframing, User Experience Design, UI/UX Research, Usability Testing, Information Architecture, Presentations, User Research, Figma (Design Software), Design Reviews, Persona (User Experience), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Mobile Development, User Story, Cross Platform Development, Data Ethics, Usability, Interviewing Skills, Applicant Tracking Systems

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      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      Free Trial
      Status: AI skills
      AI skills
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      Google

      Google Project Management:

      Skills you'll gain: Quality Management, Project Management Life Cycle, Requirements Analysis, Project Scoping, Project Closure, Project Management, Project Planning, Agile Project Management, Continuous Improvement Process, Project Controls, Backlogs, Stakeholder Communications, Milestones (Project Management), Quality Assessment, Team Management, Agile Methodology, Project Documentation, Change Management, Interviewing Skills, Applicant Tracking Systems

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      4.8
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      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of Leeds

      Foundations of Software Testing and Validation

      Skills you'll gain: Test Case, Software Testing, Software Quality Assurance, Quality Assurance, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Test Planning, Verification And Validation, Acceptance Testing, System Testing, Unit Testing, Functional Testing, Usability Testing, Integration Testing, Performance Testing, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Development

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      373 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Free Trial
      Status: AI skills
      AI skills
      G

      Google

      Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce

      Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Search Engine Marketing, Media Planning, Social Media Marketing, Google Ads, Email Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Search Engine Optimization, Order Fulfillment, Social Media Management, Performance Measurement, Spreadsheet Software, A/B Testing, Customer Retention, E-Commerce, Campaign Management, Loyalty Programs, Marketing, Interviewing Skills, Applicant Tracking Systems

      Build toward a degree

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      41K reviews

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
      Status: AI skills
      AI skills
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      IBM

      IBM Data Science

      Skills you'll gain: Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Wrangling, Dashboard, Data Visualization Software, Data Visualization, SQL, Unsupervised Learning, Plotly, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Transformation, Supervised Learning, Jupyter, Data Analysis, Data Cleansing, Data Manipulation, Data Literacy, Data Mining, Matplotlib, Generative AI, Professional Networking

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      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      145K reviews

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

    • Status: New
      New
      Status: Free Trial
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      S

      Simplilearn

      Generative AI Course in Software Testing and Documentation

      Skills you'll gain: Software Documentation, Test Automation, Generative AI, Software Testing, Vulnerability Assessments, Test Case, Software Quality Assurance, Application Security, Secure Coding, Full-Stack Web Development, Artificial Intelligence, Prompt Engineering, Technical Documentation, Application Programming Interface (API)

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
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      Meta

      Principles of UX/UI Design

      Skills you'll gain: UI/UX Research, Usability Testing, Persona (User Experience), Interaction Design, User Experience Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience, Design Research, User Centered Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Figma (Design Software), Design Elements And Principles, Wireframing, Web Design, Prototyping, Front-End Web Development

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
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      U

      University of Michigan

      Python for Everybody

      Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, Data Processing, Relational Databases, Data Visualization, JSON, Database Design, SQL, Network Protocols, Databases, Web Services, Restful API, Data Modeling, Programming Principles, Application Programming Interface (API), Database Management, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Data Structures, Data Collection, Computer Programming, Python Programming

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      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      IBM

      Introduction to Test and Behavior Driven Development

      Skills you'll gain: Test Driven Development (TDD), Gherkin (Scripting Language), Code Coverage, Behavior-Driven Development, Software Testing, Unit Testing, Test Automation, Test Case, Test Data, Integration Testing, Restful API, Microservices

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      232 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
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      California Institute of the Arts

      Graphic Design

      Skills you'll gain: Typography, Design Elements And Principles, Graphic Design, Visual Design, Logo Design, Design Software, Digital Design, Creative Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Color Theory, Adobe InDesign, Photo Editing, Photography, Style Guides, Branding, Peer Review, Art History, Design, Design Strategies, Design Research

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      21K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
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      Adobe

      Design Fundamentals with AI

      Skills you'll gain: Typography, Logo Design, Digital Design, Creative Design, Visual Design, Branding, Graphic Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Color Theory, Content Creation, Creativity, Generative AI Agents

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      873 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
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      Michigan State University

      Game Design and Development with Unity

      Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Game Design, Video Game Development, Prototyping, 3D Modeling, Software Design Documents, Peer Review, Cross Platform Development, C# (Programming Language), User Interface (UI), Animation and Game Design, User Experience, Software Design, Storytelling, Software Documentation, User Experience Design, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Microsoft Visual Studio, Conceptual Design, Computer Graphics

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      622 reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular software design courses

    • Google UX Design: Google
    • Google Project Management:: Google
    • Foundations of Software Testing and Validation: University of Leeds
    • Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce: Google
    • IBM Data Science: IBM
    • Generative AI Course in Software Testing and Documentation: Simplilearn
    • Principles of UX/UI Design: Meta
    • Python for Everybody: University of Michigan
    • Introduction to Test and Behavior Driven Development: IBM
    • Graphic Design: California Institute of the Arts

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