English Courses

Building Web Applications in Django

This second course in Django for Everybody explores data models in Django and how it communicates with a database. This course also explores basic Structured Query Language (SQL) and database modeling and how they work in the Django model.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Strategic Planning for Public Libraries

Learn how to develop, implement, and adapt a strategic plan to fit the needs of your library.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Using JavaScript and JSON in Django

This fourth and final course in Django for Everybody explores the JavaScript language and provides an introduction to the jQuery library and the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) syntax.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Impacting the Opioid Crisis: Prevention, Education, and Practice for Non-Prescribing Providers

Empower non-prescribing providers to impact the opioid crisis through prevention, education, and evidence-based strategies. Gain knowledge and tools to transform practice and policies in healthcare, behavioral health, dental, and social services.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 3-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Managing a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace for Public Libraries

Learn management skills to support workplace diversity and inclusion in a public library setting.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Infrastructure Management for Public Libraries

Learn how library managers and directors make key operational decisions regarding maintenance, insurance, technology, and more.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Django Features and Libraries

Explore Django's advanced features for building user-friendly web applications, including authentication, sessions, and deployment techniques.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Intermediate PostgreSQL

This second course in PostgreSQL for Everybody explores a wide range of SQL techniques to aggregate and transact data in PostgreSQL.This course also explores handling, reading, and parsing data with PostgreSQL and working with text in databases with regu…

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

JSON and Natural Language Processing in PostgreSQL

In this third course in PostgreSQL for Everybody, learners will learn how PostgreSQL creates and uses JSON and natural language content. Learners will explore using multiple sources of data and how text is structured within PostgreSQL.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Database Architecture, Scale, and NoSQL with Elasticsearch

Explore database architecture, PostgreSQL, and Elasticsearch NoSQL. Learn CRUD operations, indexing, transactions, and compare ACID and BASE approaches for scalable deployments.

• edX
• 3 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Storytelling for Social Change

29 ratings at edX

Use stories to deliver messages that affect people. Learn how to craft a story that develops empathy and delivers impact.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 1-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Identifying Community Needs for Public Library Management

10 ratings at edX

Learn how to conduct research, surveys, and interviews as well as how to analyze data to better assess the local needs and wants of a public library community.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Database Design and Basic SQL in PostgreSQL

7 ratings at edX

Learn database design principles and essential SQL commands in PostgreSQL. Create tables, define schemas, model relationships, and perform data operations through hands-on assignments.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Grant Writing and Crowdfunding for Public Libraries

5 ratings at edX

Learn how to increase your impact, innovate, and overcome often static funding through various fundraising and grant writing approaches.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Microcredential

Four-Week Coding Interview Prep in Python

1106 ratings at CodeSignal

Master Python coding interview skills through foundational exercises, classic problems, complex algorithms, and advanced data structures - from string manipulation to graph algorithms.

• CodeSignal
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate
• 4 courses