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      EDUCBA

      Unity: Design & Develop a Tower Defense Game

      Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Video Game Development, Game Design, C# (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Scripting, Animations

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Skillshare

      Canva Design Essentials Pt. 2: Branding & Identity

      Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Typography, Style Guides, Logo Design, Creative Design, Graphic Design, Brand Strategy, Instagram, Marketing Design, Branding, Color Theory, Competitive Analysis, Social Media Content, Content Creation

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Skillshare

      Figma Pro Pt. 1: Auto Layouts, Grids & Components

      Skills you'll gain: Figma (Design Software), File Management, Responsive Web Design, UI Components, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Web Design, Wireframing, Scalability, Prototyping, Style Guides

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Skillshare

      AI Video Creation: A Beginner's Guide to Realistic AI Videos

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Storytelling, Video Editing, Animations, Video Production, Motion Graphics, Artificial Intelligence, Content Creation, Image Analysis, Creativity

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Michigan

      Introduction to CSS3

      Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, HTML and CSS, Web Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Design and Development, Responsive Web Design, User Interface (UI), Web Development, Javascript, Debugging

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      Linux Crash Course for Beginners - 2023

      Skills you'll gain: System Monitoring, Shell Script, Bash (Scripting Language), User Accounts, Linux Commands, Linux, Systems Administration, Linux Administration, File Management, Command-Line Interface, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Network Administration, Software Installation, Virtualization and Virtual Machines, Virtual Machines, Virtualization

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      EDUCBA

      Project on Recommendation Engine - Book Recommender

      Skills you'll gain: AI Personalization, Data Manipulation, Data Cleansing, Data Transformation, Feature Engineering, Pandas (Python Package), Text Mining, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Data Integration, Python Programming, Machine Learning

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Master of Science in Data Science

      Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, User Story, Real-Time Operating Systems, Model Based Systems Engineering, Unsupervised Learning, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), New Product Development, Failure Analysis, Data Mining, Delegation Skills, Sampling (Statistics), Supplier Management, Sustainability Reporting, Accountability, Data Ethics, Database Design, Generative AI, Process Capability, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Engineering Management

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      Degree · 1 - 4 Years

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      EDUCBA

      Advanced Features and Polish for a Pinball Game in UE

      Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Game Design, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Animations, User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, Scripting, Event-Driven Programming

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Macquarie University

      AI Security: Risks, Defences and Safety

      Skills you'll gain: Cyber Threat Intelligence, Security Testing, Cyber Attacks, Cyber Security Assessment, Cybersecurity, Information Systems Security, Threat Modeling, Security Engineering, DevSecOps, Data Security, Cyber Governance, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Risk Management, Encryption, Machine Learning, Application Programming Interface (API), Regulation and Legal Compliance, Governance, Applied Machine Learning

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Edureka

      Introduction to YAML

      Skills you'll gain: YAML, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, Kubernetes, Devops Tools, Docker (Software), Extensible Markup Language (XML), Data Structures, Data Validation, JSON, Containerization, Scripting, DevOps, Configuration Management, Debugging, System Configuration, Automation, Software Versioning, Version Control, User Provisioning

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Skillshare

      Iconic Logo Design: Brainstorm & Refine Unique Concepts

      Skills you'll gain: Logo Design, Adobe Illustrator, Typography, Graphic Design, Design Research, Design, Adobe Creative Cloud, Design Elements And Principles, Color Theory, Creativity, Scalability

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular theoretical computer science courses

    • Unity: Design & Develop a Tower Defense Game: EDUCBA
    • Canva Design Essentials Pt. 2: Branding & Identity: Skillshare
    • Figma Pro Pt. 1: Auto Layouts, Grids & Components: Skillshare
    • AI Video Creation: A Beginner's Guide to Realistic AI Videos: Skillshare
    • Introduction to CSS3: University of Michigan
    • Linux Crash Course for Beginners - 2023: Packt
    • Project on Recommendation Engine - Book Recommender: EDUCBA
    • Master of Science in Data Science: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Advanced Features and Polish for a Pinball Game in UE: EDUCBA
    • AI Security: Risks, Defences and Safety: Macquarie University

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