{"id":10937,"date":"2018-12-12T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news?p=10937&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=10937"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:39","slug":"michigan-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/12\/12\/michigan-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Earn a free U-M certificate in UX, web apps, &#038; more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11024\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11024\" class=\"wp-image-11024 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ux_micromasters-700x493.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"468\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Copyright: iStock<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Looking to gain some new skills? There is no better place to start than the online course offerings available through <a href=\"https:\/\/online.umich.edu\/?utm_source=it-news&amp;utm_medium=its-blog&amp;utm_campaign=u-m-community-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michigan Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/record.umich.edu\/articles\/faculty-staff-students-can-earn-free-coursera-certifications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As announced in May 2018<\/a>, current students, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">faculty, staff, and alumni from all three<\/span> U-M campuses can earn a verified certificate free-of-charge for courses developed by U-M faculty and instructional teams and delivered <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through Michigan Online<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of Academic Innovation partners with schools and colleges across the university to create learning opportunities led by U-M faculty. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are more than 130 courses and Teach-Outs with more offered each month.<\/span> See the complete catalog: <a href=\"https:\/\/online.umich.edu\/catalog\/?utm_source=it-news&amp;utm_medium=its-blog&amp;utm_campaign=u-m-community-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online.umich.edu\/catalog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not sure where to start? Here are some suggestions for IT-related courses.<\/p>\n<p><em>Related: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/record.umich.edu\/articles\/academic-innovation-notes-strides-u-m-hits-online-enrollment-milestone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Academic Innovation notes strides as U-M hits online enrollment milestone<\/a>&#8221; (The University Record)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"omsc-box omsc-with-title omsc-with-bg-color omsc-with-icon omsc-icon-style-border omsc-icon-shape-circle\" style=\"border-color:#000000;background-color:#eff0f1;text-align:left\"><div class=\"omsc-box-icon-wrapper\"><div class=\"omsc-box-icon\" style=\"border-color:#eff0f1;color:#eff0f1;border-color:#000000;color:#000000;\"><i class=\"fa fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><div class=\"omsc-box-inner\"><div class=\"omsc-box-title\"><strong>Note about registration<\/strong><\/div><\/p>\n<p>To earn a verified certificate for free as part of the U-M community, you must log in and register for courses via <a href=\"https:\/\/online.umich.edu\/Welcome\/\">Michigan Online<\/a>. To sign in with your U-M credentials, click &#8220;U-M&#8221; below the password field and follow the prompts for Weblogin. On course pages, look for the graphic below:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0?ui=2&amp;ik=aabbe54490&amp;attid=0.1&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1619205911417019554&amp;th=1678933290395ca2&amp;view=fimg&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ_FKULSzJ105IyTDoM5PW_gzz7ochATSb3Rgv84mk-QbdIZy4fv9hyzc5iu5f5WYprNhM55WfoB7k_cnAJ-wl9ng8SqzDJhg0aIFy2Zd6dUY5otyCWdmCCovi8&amp;disp=emb&amp;realattid=ii_jpe5rn6f0\" alt=\"image.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Currently, Michigan Online only lists individual course pages, not series of courses in Specializations. Look for\u00a0series pages to be added early next year.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>User Experience Research and Design Specialization<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/online.umich.edu\/catalog\/200\/?utm_source=it-news&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=series-user-experience-research-and-design&amp;utm_content=series-user-experience-research-and-design-introduction-to-user-experience-principles-and-processes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register for the first course on Michigan Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This six-course specialization will teach you how to take a product from initial concept, through user research, ideation and refinement, formal analysis, prototyping, and user testing. By the end of this series, you&#8217;ll learn how to apply these perspectives and methods to create great experiences for your users.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Web Design for Everybody\u00a0Specialization<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/online.umich.edu\/catalog\/93\/?utm_source=it-news&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=series-web-design-for-everybody&amp;utm_content=series-web-design-for-everybody-introduction-to-html5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register for the first course on Michigan Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This specialization covers how to write syntactically correct HTML5 and CSS3, and how to create interactive web experiences with JavaScript. Mastering this range of technologies will allow you to develop high-quality web sites that work seamlessly on mobile, tablet, and large-screen browsers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Web Applications for Everybody Specialization<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/online.umich.edu\/catalog\/122\/?utm_source=it-news&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=series-web-applications-for-everybody&amp;utm_content=series-web-applications-for-everybody-building-web-applications-in-php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register for the first course on Michigan Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This four-course specialization is a basic introduction to building web applications, and is an excellent starting point for learners who already have a basic understanding of programming, HTML, and CSS. You will be introduced to web and database applications in PHP, SQL for database creation, as well as functionality in JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Python 3 Programming Specialization<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/online.umich.edu\/catalog\/225\/?utm_source=it-news&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=series-python-3-programming&amp;utm_content=series-python-3-programming-python-basics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register for the first course on Michigan Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This specialization teaches the fundamentals of programming in Python 3. By the end of the specialization, you\u2019ll be writing programs that query internet APIs to extract useful data. And you\u2019ll be able to learn to use new modules and APIs on your own by reading the documentation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Applied Data Science with Python Specialization<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/online.umich.edu\/catalog\/50\/?utm_source=it-news&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=series-applied-data-science-with-python&amp;utm_content=series-applied-data-science-with-python-introduction-to-data-science-in-python\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register for the first course on Michigan Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The five courses in this specialization introduce you to data science through the python programming language. You will apply statistical, machine learning, information visualization, text analysis, and social network analysis techniques through popular python toolkits to gain insight into their data.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Data Science Ethics Course<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/online.umich.edu\/catalog\/1\/?utm_source=it-news&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=mooc-data-science-ethics&amp;utm_content=mooc-data-science-ethics-blog-it-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register on Michigan Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this course, you will examine the ethical and privacy implications of collecting and managing big data. This course will help you understand who owns data, how we value privacy, how to receive informed consent, and what it means to be fair. Everyone, including data scientists, will benefit from this course. No previous knowledge is needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to gain some new skills? 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