If you have been wanting to expand your knowledge but lack the funding needed, you can do any of these 59 free courses, thanks to Google.
South Africa (29 June 2022) – Google put 20 free courses online in 2019 and has since added 39 new ones to create even more opportunities for people wanting to expand their knowledge.
The courses are designed to help South Africans grow their business or jumpstart their career. There are a number of digital skills to learn on the platform which will benefit millions of people.
The courses allow users to learn by selecting individual modules or by taking an entire course from start to finish. Each course indicates how many modules are available and how long it will take to work through the coursework.
The course also allows people to work at their own pace and allows people to receive an accredited certificate.
“Grow your career or business at your own pace, with flexible and personalised training courses designed to build your confidence and help you thrive.”
You can see the list of free courses below and check out their digital learning platform here. Which course is the first on your to-do list?
Data and tech – 18 Free Courses
- Understand the basics of code (1 hour)
- Machine learning crash course (15 hours)
- Elements of AI (30 hours)
- Building AI (50 hours)
- Build your first web pages with HTML and CSS (10 hours)
- Learn programming with JavaScript (20 hours)
- Learn Python basics for data analysis (12 hours)
- Create quizzes in Google Forms (2 hours)
- Create a budget in Google Sheets (8 hours)
- Google Cloud computing foundations (30 hours)
- Getting started: Create and manage Cloud resources (5 hours)
- Perform foundational infrastructure tasks in Google Cloud (4 hours)
- Perform foundational data, ML and AI tasks in Google Cloud (6 hours)
- Build a website on Google Cloud (6 hours)
- Data science foundations (1.5 hours)
- Introduction to R (1 hour)
- Data science with Python (8 hours)
- Java training (9 hours)
Digital marketing – 21 Free Courses
- Fundamentals of digital marketing (40 hours) – Includes Certification
- Connect with customers over mobile (1 hour)
- Promote a business with content (3 hours)
- Host a design thinking workshop (15 hours)
- Learn about Agile project management and SCRUM (15 hours)
- Use digital tools for everyday tasks (7 hours)
- Build your online business (8 hours)
- Prepare for your business plan (1 hour)
- Connect and collaborate anywhere with digital tools (1 hour)
- Write a business plan (1 hour)
- Google Ads search (3 hours)
- Google Ads display (2 hours)
- Google Ads measurement (3 hours)
- Shopping Ads (3 hours)
- Google Ads Video (3 hours)
- Create a presentation “all about a topic” (2 hours)
- Create a photo journal in Google Docs (2 hours)
- Understand customer’s needs and online behaviours (1 hour)
- Learn how to create Google Search campaigns (2 hours)
- Create and manage Google ads video campaigns (3 hours)
- Learn how to create and optimise Google display ads campaign (1)
Career development – 20 Free Courses
- Build confidence with self-promotion (1 hour)
- Land your next job (1 hour)
- Entrepreneurship: From business idea to action (16 hours)
- Build a sales strategy for your freelance business (8 hours)
- Improve your soft skills (24 hours)
- Use Google to get a new job (6 hours)
- Manage a project with digital tools (7 hours)
- Communicate effectively at work (8 hours)
- Negotiate your salary (8 hours)
- Give and receive effective feedback (1 hour)
- Plan effective meetings (1 hour)
- Start a CV (1 hour)
- Edit your CV (1 hour)
- Send emails in the workplace (1 hour)
- Grasshopper: Learn to code (11 hours)
- Organise files in Drive (2 hours)
- Annotate text in Google Docs (2 hours)
- Research and develop a topic (4 hours)
- Manage project communication (2 hours)
- Track due dates and tasks in Gmail (1 hour)
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