The Microsoft Word (Ms-Word) application is one of the many applications in the Microsoft Office package. Ms-Word is used in offices, schools, and organizations to create simple and formal documents such as CV, letters etc.

Course Objectives

In this Ms-Word course, we will utilize a practical or hands-on approach to show how you can create simple office documents with pre-formatted texts, tables and adding some graphics and designs. You will learn the skills of editing texts, formatting texts, creating tables, adding designs to your document, and using graphics and other tools.

Pre-Requirements and Target Audience

The course is designed for both beginners who do not have any prior background in Ms-Word, and for intermediate level people who also wish to extend their practical/hand-on skills and knowledge.

To achieve or fully take advantage of this course, you need to have some prior knowledge Windows operating system environments.

Course Modules / Structure

The Course is divided into 5 Modules:

Module 1: Introduction and Working with the Microsoft Word Environment

Module 2: Working with Documents + Creating and Editing Text

Module 3: Formatting Word Documents Pages

Module 4: Layout Designs

Module 5: Tables + Graphics Designs

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In this Ms-Word course, we will utilize a practical or hands-on approach to show how you can create simple office documents with pre-formatted texts, tables and adding some graphics and designs. You will learn the skills of editing texts, formatting texts, creating tables, adding designs to your document, and using graphics and other tools.

The "Introduction to Public Speaking for Young Speakers" covers 6 lessons. This Practice Course is Lesson 7 which involves lives coaching. To register for live coaching, SIGN UP HERE.

The objective of the Practice Course is to reinforce lessons 1-6 through guided practice. The coach will take your child through public speaking simulations but parents and teachers, please help them prepare for the sessions by affirming them as they practice. 

The course is designed to offer children an exciting, interactive experience that exposes them to public speaking as a skill. Public speaking is a skill that can be taught and learned. The Kids Speak Funbook along with this course, is great for learning in and out of the classroom and with its help, children can build confidence on their journey to becoming effective communicators and public speakers. 

This course:

• offers a child-friendly breakdown of the elements of delivery in public speakings;
• includes confidence-building exercises and positive affirmations;
• features popular adult and kid speakers and
• provides interactive public speaking simultations and practice tests. 

Note to Adults

The use of public figures in this book is fictional narration of true stories and actual events and was drawn from various sources, including published materials and interviews. For narrative and fun educational purposes, the book contains fictionalized scenes, composite and representative characters and dialogue, and time compression. The views and opinions expressed in the content herein are those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect or represent views and opnions held by the individuals on which those characters are based. 

The Kids Speak Funbook is a child-friendly resource that introduces children ages 7-11 to public speaking. It provides a systematic pathway to teaching and re-inforcing public speaking as a skill. Public speaking is a skill that can be taught and learned. The earlier you start, the greater the results will be in your child's overall development. If you are using this resource to help a child as a teacher, parent or supporting adult, you must treat each lesson as a confidence-building exercise. 

The most important ingredient in building confidence in a child is nurturing self-love. This resource is useful in personal development classes, soft skills training, formal and non-formal education. It is fit for the classroom and home.

JavaScript is an interpreted and lightweight programming language which has wider applications in the web-based development. The original purpose of the language was to make web pages (HTML) "come alive" by adding dynamic behaviours and interactivity. JavaScript executes in the browser (front-end) and as of today, many backends are also built using JavaScript.

• Understand basic concepts in most programming languages.
• Learn how to write basic programs in JavaScript.
• Prepare for advanced concepts in JavaScript.

Overview

Learn how to build a RESTful API using ASP.Net Core API, Entity Framework, enterprise grade practices for a scalable and future proofed Web API solution. We will implement various support tools for logging, documentation, security and error handling.

ASP.NET Core based on the new .NET 5 runtime, is Microsoft's modern, cross-platform framework for building enterprise ready web applications. In this course, you will learn everything you need to know about building a RESTful API using .NET 5, from understanding the folder structure and files, to building and deploying a complete web API.

Why Learn ASP.NET Core / .NET 5

Microsoft .NET is the platform that drives the business technology of many of the top corporations in the United States and many other countries. It is the predominant technology used to drive enterprise-scale business technology. Companies have chosen .NET because for its proven scalability, reliability, and support.

The .NET language of choice to learn is C#, as it is among the most widely used languages today. It’s a general purpose programming language that can handle almost any problem, from desktop to mobile to dynamic web applications. As such, there is a high demand across the world for .NET developers in a variety of industries, so that means that more jobs are available for candidates with a foundation built upon .NET technologies.

Why Learn to Build An API

The acronym API means Application Programming Interface. The ability to design and maintain an API is an important toolset for the modern web developer. It allows you to extend the accessibility of your software to external applications and other developers, leading to a more global software solution.

Build A Strong Foundation in .NET Core / .NET 5 Programming:

Build a fully data driven REST Web API using cutting edge technology

Create a database using Entity Framework Core

Unit Of Work and Generic Repository Pattern

Dependency Injection

Setup Logging using SeriLog

Setup API documentation using SwaggerUI

Understand the REST design principles

Understand C# 9 and .Net Core Web Syntax

Understand user Authentication using JWT (JSON Web Tokens)

Understand how to use Data Transfer Objects (DTOs) and AutoMapper

Manage Packages with NuGet Manager

Understand .NET 5 workflows, tools and application development

Setup GitHub for Source Control

Deploy Applications and Database to Microsoft Azure

Content and Overview

To take this course, you will need to have some knowledge of Object Oriented Programming, if not C#. Even if you do not have much exposure to the .NET development stack, this course is very beginner friendly and chock full of development tips.

This is a huge course. Over 15 hours of premium content, but smartly broken up to highlight a set of related activities based on each module in the application that is being built. We will also look at troubleshooting and debugging errors as we go along; implementing best practices; writing efficient logic and understanding why developers do things the way they do. Your knowledge will grow, step by step, throughout the course and you will be challenged to be the best you can be.

We don't do things the perfect way the first time; that is not the reality of writing code. We make mistakes and point them out and fix them around them. By doing this, we develop proficiency in using debugging tools and techniques. By the time you have finished the course you will have moved around in Visual Studio and examined logic and syntax errors so much, that it will be second nature for you when working in the .NET environment. This will put your new learned skills into practical use and impress your boss and coworkers.

The course is complete with working files hosted on GitHub, with the inclusion of some files to make it easier for you to replicate the code being demonstrated. You will be able to work alongside the author as you work through each lecture and will receive a verifiable certificate of completion upon finishing the course.

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This course is designed to equip students with the basic knowledge beyond how PHP works with HTML and CSS. It equips students with the fundamentals of PHP programming, teaches them about the benefits of using source control and ultimately allows you to publish your finished website to the internet.

PHP was designed to make web development easier, and many beginners find it effortless to pick up and get started with. In fact, PHP code was so easy to pick up, many non-programmers end up being able to write PHP application in no time!

The top 5 reasons to learn PHP are:

Beginner Friendliness

Designed to Scale

Active Support Community

Career Opportunities

Future

This course is practical and will equip you with all you need to build a fully functional web application, add it to source control using GitHub and finally, host it on Heroku.

Languages and Technologies Used:

PHP (HyperText Pre-Processor) - Server-Side Programming Language

HTML and CSS - Standard Web Languages

Visual Studio Code (With extensions) - Development tool or IDE

XAMPP Server - To facilitate Apache and MySQL Servers

PhpMyAdmin - MySQL Management Tool

GitHub - For Source Control

Heroku - For publishing website(s) for free

NO other course on the market can equip you with these skills. Level up now and be a part of the modern PHP Developers' club!

At the end of this course, you should be able to:

Build a fully data driven web application

Understand the PHP Application Flow

Create and manage databases with phpMyAdmin

Create PHP/MySQL queries with PDO

Setup User Authentication and Authorization

Use Bootstrap 4 CSS Framework

Use JQuery and JQueryUI

Use Visual Studio Code Efficiency

Deploy using Heroku Hosting

Manage Projects with GitHub

By the end of this course you should be able to:

• Build a Data Driven PHP Web Application
• Host your PHP Application on the internet using Heroku
• Build a MySQL Database and host it on a remote server
• Use Bootstrap 4
• Use GitHub

This introductory course will consist of a series of tutorials, discussion opportunities, and assessments. 

The topics covered include the following.

1. What Is Design Thinking
   • What exactly is a wicked problem?
   • Why is Design Thinking Important?
2. The History of Design Thinking 
   • The origins of design thinking 
3. The Phases of Design Thinking - A Synopsis 
   • The Five Phases of Design Thinking 
4. Building Empathy with Customers 
   • How to Empathise?
   • Understanding Customers through Empathy Maps
   • Customer Journey Maps
   • Making Sense of your User Research Data
   • Reflect, Analyse, Synthesise, and Define
5. Define the Design Challenge 
   • What exactly is a Problem Statement/Point of View in Design Thinking?
   • How to Define your Problem Statement?
   • Space Saturation and Group
   • How Might we Questions?
   • What Happens Next?
6. The Idea Generation Process
   • What is ideation?
   • Why is ideation significant?
   • Key idea Generation Design Methods
   • How to Organise an ideation workshop?
   • What happens next?
7. Getting Started with Prototyping 
   • What is a Prototype?
   • Why is Prototyping Important?
   • Types of Prototypes
   • Low Fidelity Prototypes
   • High Fidelity Prototypes
   • How to Prototype?
   • Reflect, Analyse, and transition to the Testing Phase
8. Evaluating your Designs 
   • What is user testing?
   • Why is it important to test with users?
   • When should you test with users?
   • Testing Methodologies
   • User Testing Guidelines
   • Do you stop at user testing?
9. Summary
   • Lessons Learned from Design Thinking. 

There are no prerequisites for this course and You must enroll to download your certificate of completion. To successfully complete the course, you must complete and pass the final assignment. 

At the end of this course, you will achieve the following.

• You'll be provided with an introductory methodology to put design thinking into action.
• Learn the skills to undertake a creative approach to problem-solving.
• Learn how to better empathize with your customers.
• Acquire the skills to define your problem statements.
• Learn how to harness the power of diversity in your ideas in your work environment. 
• Learn how to gain fresh perspectives and bring your ideas to life through prototyping. 
• Learn the skills to effectively evaluate your prototypes.
• Harness the skills to adequately involve your user in all stages of the design thinking process. 
• Sharpen your competitive edge by harnessing creativity and innovation in your work environment. 

In this course, we are going to learn how to build a serverless application for automatically converting mp4 and mp3 files to HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) encoded format (.m3u8 and .ts files). HLS has the advantage of allowing the creation of adaptive bitrate media that automatically adapts and adjusts in response to changes in network speed. 

The application will use FFmpeg, which is a powerful open-source tool, for conversion. With a simple command, you can encode an mp4 or an mp3 into HLS compatible formats.

And finally, we will use Zappa to abstract away the details of lambda creation, API Gateway, event source configurations, default role creation, and many more. 

Zappa is a Python framework that allows you to build and deploy serverless and event-driven applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Python code runs on AWS Lambda and supports synchronous and asynchronous invocations via API Gateway, S3, and other events.

For this course, you need to be familiar with:

• Amazon Web Services
• Linux/MacOS Command line interface
• Python programming

• Learn to use Zappa for building and deploying serverless Python applications.
• Learn to use FFmpeg to media conversion
• Learn Amazon Web Services: AWS Lambda, API Gateway, S3
• Learn to set up AWS CLI and configuration
• Learn to create AWS Lambda layers