<?xml version="1.0"?>
<News hasArchived="false" page="1" pageCount="1" pageSize="10" timestamp="Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:14:21 -0400" url="https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/umbc-ai/posts.xml?tag=coursera">
  <NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="147559" important="false" status="posted" url="https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/umbc-ai/posts/147559">
    <Title>Free Online Google Courses to Help You Gain AI Skills</Title>
    <Tagline>Courses on AI essentials, prompting, and data analytics</Tagline>
    <Body>
      <![CDATA[
          <div class="html-content"><div><span>UMBC students, faculty, staff, and recent alumni have free access this Spring to a collection of online, self-paced </span><a href="https://googlecerts.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Google Career Certificate courses</span></a><span>, three of which are relevant to AI. Completing a course results in receiving a <strong>Google Career Certificate</strong> that you can add to your resume.</span></div><div><div><span><p><span><br></span></p><p><span>The three AI-relevant courses are:</span></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://googlecerts.umbc.edu/certificates/ai-essentials/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Google </span><span>AI Essentials</span></a><span>: Understand the foundations of AI and learn how to apply AI tools in everyday tasks.</span><span> (&lt; 10 hours)</span></p></li><li><p><a href="https://googlecerts.umbc.edu/certificates/google-prompting-essentials/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Google Prompting Essentials</span></a><span>: Develop advanced prompting techniques to generate more accurate AI-powered responses.</span><span> (&lt; 10 hours)</span></p></li><li><p><a href="https://googlecerts.umbc.edu/certificates/data-analytics/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Data Analytics</span></a><span>: </span><span>Gain expertise in analyzing data, using SQL, and creating visualizations with Tableau and R. </span><span>(8-course, 60 hours series)</span></p></li></ul><span>This free program may only be available this Spring and is limited to 500 UMBC enrollments, so you should only sign up if you are committed to completing the course.</span><br><p><br></p><span>More information, including details on how to sign up for <span></span></span></span><span>a<span> </span></span><span>course, is available </span><a href="https://googlecerts.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>here</span></a><span>.</span></div><div><div></div></div></div></div>
      ]]>
    </Body>
    <Summary>UMBC students, faculty, staff, and recent alumni have free access this Spring to a collection of online, self-paced Google Career Certificate courses, three of which are relevant to AI. Completing...</Summary>
    <Website>https://googlecerts.umbc.edu/</Website>
    <TrackingUrl>https://dev.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/147559/guest@my.umbc.edu/5e16444cbf935eb58f3ccce15bce6960/api/pixel</TrackingUrl>
    <Tag>ai</Tag>
    <Tag>certificates</Tag>
    <Tag>coursera</Tag>
    <Tag>google</Tag>
    <Group token="umbc-ai">UMBC AI</Group>
    <GroupUrl>https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/umbc-ai</GroupUrl>
    <AvatarUrl>https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/xsmall.png?1691095779</AvatarUrl>
    <AvatarUrl size="original">https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/original.png?1691095779</AvatarUrl>
    <AvatarUrl size="xxlarge">https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/xxlarge.png?1691095779</AvatarUrl>
    <AvatarUrl size="xlarge">https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/xlarge.png?1691095779</AvatarUrl>
    <AvatarUrl size="large">https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/large.png?1691095779</AvatarUrl>
    <AvatarUrl size="medium">https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/medium.png?1691095779</AvatarUrl>
    <AvatarUrl size="small">https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/small.png?1691095779</AvatarUrl>
    <AvatarUrl size="xsmall">https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/xsmall.png?1691095779</AvatarUrl>
    <AvatarUrl size="xxsmall">https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/002/081/cfb27ebe008c2636486089a759ea5c36/xxsmall.png?1691095779</AvatarUrl>
    <Sponsor>UMBC AI</Sponsor>
    <ThumbnailUrl size="xxlarge">https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/147/559/82eda216f777f91660f7fd59ac4c65c4/xxlarge.jpg?1740337879</ThumbnailUrl>
    <ThumbnailUrl size="xlarge">https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/147/559/82eda216f777f91660f7fd59ac4c65c4/xlarge.jpg?1740337879</ThumbnailUrl>
    <ThumbnailUrl size="large">https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/147/559/82eda216f777f91660f7fd59ac4c65c4/large.jpg?1740337879</ThumbnailUrl>
    <ThumbnailUrl size="medium">https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/147/559/82eda216f777f91660f7fd59ac4c65c4/medium.jpg?1740337879</ThumbnailUrl>
    <ThumbnailUrl size="small">https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/147/559/82eda216f777f91660f7fd59ac4c65c4/small.jpg?1740337879</ThumbnailUrl>
    <ThumbnailUrl size="xsmall">https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/147/559/82eda216f777f91660f7fd59ac4c65c4/xsmall.jpg?1740337879</ThumbnailUrl>
    <ThumbnailUrl size="xxsmall">https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/147/559/82eda216f777f91660f7fd59ac4c65c4/xxsmall.jpg?1740337879</ThumbnailUrl>
    <PawCount>2</PawCount>
    <CommentCount>0</CommentCount>
    <CommentsAllowed>true</CommentsAllowed>
    <PostedAt>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:20:07 -0500</PostedAt>
  </NewsItem>
</News>
