Accenture - Understanding Technology and Data
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Duration | 13 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Understanding Technology and Data at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a Certificate upon completion
Understanding Technology and Data at Coursera Course details
- Week 1 will teach you the basics of technology and the history and future of technological development.
- Week 2 will improve your digital literacy.
- Week 3 will provide you with an overview of coding and key programming languages.
- Week 4 will help you learn ways to collect and interpret data and use them to guide decision-making.
- This course is designed to provide a foundation on how technology and data are applied in everyday life and will help you learn to succeed in a digital work environment
- By the end of this course, you will be able to: Recognize the evolution of electronic devices, Identify new technologies in different industries, Understand technologies such as Cloud, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain etc
- You will learn about digital technologies and their growing application in different industries
- You will also learn how automation is not only benefitting the workplace but is growing in significance at home
- In module three, Exploring Coding, you will be introduced to the world of coding and some key programming languages, such as JavaScript and Python
- You will learn about different career options in programming, such as web development, app development, and software development
Understanding Technology and Data at Coursera Curriculum
Understanding Technology
Welcome Video/Course Introduction
Welcome to the module
Digital technologies
Insight on changing technology
What is cloud?
What does cloud do?
Why does cloud matter?
How is cloud applied
How does cloud combine with other technologies?
What is artificial intelligence?
What does artificial intelligence do?
How does artificial intelligence work?
Why does artificial intelligence matter?
How does artificial intelligence combine with other tech?
What is blockchain?
What does blockchain do?
Why does blockchain matter?
How is blockchain applied?
How does blockchain work?
Syllabus
Evolution of electronic devices
Apps
Automation at home
Technology then and now: summary
Technology then and now: further readings
Technology in the last decade
Data growth
Changing technology: summary
Changing technology: further reading
Cloud: summary
Cloud: further reading
Artificial intelligence: summary
Blockchain: summary
Quiz: Technology: past and present
Quiz: Technology then and now
Quiz: Changing technology
Quiz: Cloud
Quiz: Artificial intelligence
Quiz: Blockchain
Understanding technology summative assessment
Technology at Work
Welcome to the module
Introduction to digitalization
Your smart future
Hardware and software
Creating an email account
Sending emails
Sending attachments
Securing passwords
Adding a bookmark
What is security?
What does security do?
Why does security matter?
How is security applied?
What is digitalization: summary
What is digitalization: further Readings
Computer basics: further reading
Computer basics: summary
Internet basics: summary
Internet basics: further reading
Email basics: further reading
Email basics: summary
Three ways to work efficiently
Keeping a clean desk
Working with keyboard shortcuts
Working efficiently: summary
Types of communication
Virtual communication tools
Virtual communication problems
Communicating virtually: summary
Security at work: summary
Introduction
Computer skills
Microsoft Office
Operating system
Social media
Deep dive into tools: summary
Quiz: What is digitalization
Quiz: What is a computer?
Quiz: Basic parts of a computer
Quiz: Buttons and ports on a desktop computer
Quiz: Inside a desktop computer
Quiz: Getting to know laptop computers
Quiz: Understanding operating systems
Quiz: Understanding applications
Quiz: Setting up a desktop computer
Quiz: Connecting to the internet
Quiz: Cleaning your computer
Quiz: Protecting your computer
Quiz: Creating a safe workspace
Quiz: Computer basics
Quiz: What is the Internet?
Quiz: How do search engines work?
Quiz: More on search engines
Quiz: Understanding URLs
Quiz: Basic search strategies
Quiz: Browser basics
Quiz: Browser security features
Quiz: Understanding digital tracking
Quiz: Understanding spam and phishing
Quiz: Internet basics
Quiz: Email basics
Quiz: Working efficiently
Quiz: Communicating virtually
Quiz: Security at work
Quiz: Deep dive into tools
Technology at work summative assessment
Exploring Coding
Welcome to the module
Coding and programming
Defining coding
Introduction to coding: further reading
Introduction to coding: summary
Web development: summary
Web development: further reading
App development: summary
App development: further reading
Software development: further reading
Software development: summary
Instructions for code block assignments
Quiz: Introducing JavaScript
Quiz: Introducing Python
Quiz: Introduction to coding
Quiz: Introducing web development
Quiz: Types of web development
Quiz: Web development
Quiz: Introducing app development
Quiz: Comparing iOS and Android
Quiz: App development
Introducing software development
Quiz: Software development
Explore coding summative assessment
Discovering Data
Welcome to the module
What is data?
Five scales of measurement
Impact of data
What does data do?
Why does data matter?
How is data applied?
How to collect data?
Family and friends research
Internet research
Data examples and interpretation
Data-based reasoning
Working with Excel
Introduction to data
Big data
What is data interpretation?
Data scenarios
Data interpretation checklist
Data interpretation simplified: summary
Data interpretation simplified: further reading
Exploring data: summary
Library research
Reliability of data
Collecting data: summary
Methods of data interpretation: summary
Introduction to Excel
Excel basics: further reading
Excel basics: summary
Quiz: Data interpretation simplified
Quiz: Exploring data
What is fake news?
Quiz: Collecting data
Quiz: Methods of data interpretation
Quiz: Excel basics
Discovering data summative assessment
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