Advancing digital for your career

No idea how relational database systems are constructed? Did you know that they underpin the majority of the managed data storage in computer systems? This free course, The database development life cycle, has been designed to give you an overview of the developmental life cycle for a database system, explaining the importance of data analysis and highlighting how database development differs from traditional software development.

Database Management Essentials provides the foundation you need for a career in database development, data warehousing, or business intelligence, as well as for the entire Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence specialization. In this course, you will create relational databases, write SQL statements to extract information to satisfy business reporting requests, create entity relationship diagrams (ERDs) to design databases, and analyze table designs for excessive redundancy. Created by University of Colorado System and powered by Coursera

Learn Relational Databases from top universities and institutions around the world to build your skills and advance your career with the free courses available on edX.

Are you ever frustrated with something that you thought you could design better? This free course, Design thinking, will show you how to structure your natural creativity to come up with solutions to all kinds of problems, and have fun in the process too!

How do you model a software system? This free course, Modelling object-oriented software an introduction, will help you to work through the processes necessary to produce a conceptual model, by analysing the requirements document to identify classes and associations appropriate for modelling the system domain, together with their respective attributes and multiplicities.

Information technology (IT) systems are a critical part of our world, in business and the public and voluntary sectors. They are often highly complex and interconnected combinations of technology, organisations and people. Success and failure of IT systems can be seen in many different settings. Many are highly successful; others fail, sometimes spectacularly. This free course focuses on success, to help you understand what is meant by a successful IT system.

Enterprise systems are software applications that automate and integrate all many of the key business processes of an organisation. With some understanding of software development, in this free course, Software development for enterprise systems, you will learn about current development practices for this type of system and develop relevant skills to apply them to real-world problems. You will develop core skills in object-oriented analysis and design, allowing you to develop software that is fit for purpose, reusable and amenable to change.

You lead people across the organization to create the processes that oversee code releases along with managing the development cycle to continuously deliver business value. Get the skills and knowledge needed to build your career as a successful DevOps Engineer.

Digital evidence features in just about every part of our personal and business lives. Legal and business decisions hinge on having timely data about what people have actually done. This free course, Digital forensics, is an introduction to computer forensics and investigation, and provides a taster in understanding how to conduct investigations to correctly gather, analyse and present digital evidence to both business and legal audiences. It also outlines the tools to locate and analyse digital evidence on a variety of devices, how to keep up to date with changing technologies, and laws and regulations in digital forensics.

Master the basics of digital marketing with our free course accredited by Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe and The Open University. There are 26 modules to explore, all created by Google trainers, packed full of practical exercises and real-world examples to help you turn knowledge into action.

Collection of resources covering different skills needed for Digital Marketing.Find out about: Social media, content strategy, SEO, marketing channels; Google Analytics, Google Ads.

Get under the bonnet of social media and explore digital storytelling with Dines, founder and creative director of Studio Blup.

Learn about some of the different digital marketing strategies and techniques that are available for businesses to use.

What is digital marketing and why is it so valuable to businesses in today’s world? Find out with Coventry University Online. Access to course for 4 weeks for free.

Learners will learn the fundamental knowledge of Web Design Essentials, HTML5 Application Development Fundamentals and Social Media Strategy.