Classes – Career & Professional Development | University of Denver https://career.du.edu Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 A Standalone Project: Create a AWS EC2 Web App with Load Balancing https://career.du.edu/classes/a-standalone-project-create-a-aws-ec2-web-app-with-load-balancing/ LinkedIn Learning # urn:li:lyndaCourse:6059227]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://career.du.edu/classes/a-standalone-project-create-a-aws-ec2-web-app-with-load-balancing/ Scalable web architectures, using load balancing across servers, ensure high availability, reliability, and performance under varying traffic conditions. This project focuses on simulating a real-world, scalable deployment architecture. Learn how to set up a sample web application hosted on two EC2 instances and configure an Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) to distribute incoming traffic evenly between them. The project is designed to be completed in approximately 6-8 hours.


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]]> 220642 A Standalone Project: Create a Website for Online Burger Orders Using React.js https://career.du.edu/classes/a-standalone-project-create-a-website-for-online-burger-orders-using-react-js/ LinkedIn Learning # urn:li:lyndaCourse:6056237]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://career.du.edu/classes/a-standalone-project-create-a-website-for-online-burger-orders-using-react-js/ Imagine you have a brick-and-mortar space for selling burgers and you’re looking to expand your business online by creating a well-designed website. This project-based course focuses on front-end web development, user experience (UX) design, and basic ecommerce functionality to create a burger-selling website using React.js. The platform will enable customers to browse the menu, place orders online, and make secure payments. The project is designed to be completed in approximately 10 hours.

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]]> 220640 Build with AI: Code Snippet Manager with Windsurf https://career.du.edu/classes/build-with-ai-code-snippet-manager-with-windsurf/ LinkedIn Learning # urn:li:lyndaCourse:6119069]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://career.du.edu/classes/build-with-ai-code-snippet-manager-with-windsurf/ In this hands-on course, you’ll build a Code Snippet Manager with Windsurf AI. Start by setting up your account, then develop a full-stack app to save, search, and edit snippets with syntax. We’ll cover API integration, UI design, and deployment—plus AI-powered enhancements like auto-tagging. Perfect for developers looking to streamline their workflow.

]]> 220638 A Standalone Project: Create a Phishing Website Detection System to Identify Fraudulent Sites https://career.du.edu/classes/a-standalone-project-create-a-phishing-website-detection-system-to-identify-fraudulent-sites/ LinkedIn Learning # urn:li:lyndaCourse:6061033]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://career.du.edu/classes/a-standalone-project-create-a-phishing-website-detection-system-to-identify-fraudulent-sites/ Learn how phishing websites operate and how URLs can be evaluated for red flags. This project-based course introduces you to practical URL analysis techniques and demonstrates how to implement them using Python and basic Linux tools. By developing this script-based tool, you will gain experience in spotting structural patterns and behavioral clues associated with phishing attacks. The tool you build will be a command-line utility that allows users to input a URL and receive an instant assessment of its phishing risk based on predefined indicators. By completing this project, you will enhance your understanding of phishing tactics, improve your ability to work with Linux-based environments, and develop a practical skill set in Python-based threat detection—all essential for a career in cybersecurity. The project is designed to be completed in 6-8 hours.

This project was created by SkillUp Online. We are pleased to host this training in our library.

]]> 220636 The AI-Driven Customer Service Representative https://career.du.edu/classes/the-ai-driven-customer-service-representative/ LinkedIn Learning # urn:li:lyndaCourse:6043038]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://career.du.edu/classes/the-ai-driven-customer-service-representative/ Explore the powerful role of AI in reshaping customer service operations. In this course, instructor Brad Cleveland shows you how AI can act as your new supportive teammate—handling repetitive tasks, generating personalized insights, and offering real-time coaching—to improve service quality and deliver. The course also covers critical aspects of AI such as multilingual support, ethical use, and how to manage escalations when human intervention is needed. By examining examples across diverse industries, you’ll gain practical strategies to balance technology with authentic human empathy. Upon completing this course, you’ll be equipped with the skills you need to stay ahead in an ever-evolving AI-driven landscape.

]]> 220634 Introduction to Oracle Cloud Essentials https://career.du.edu/classes/introduction-to-oracle-cloud-essentials-2/ LinkedIn Learning # urn:li:lyndaCourse:4066016]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://career.du.edu/classes/introduction-to-oracle-cloud-essentials-2/ In this course, dive into Oracle Cloud Interface (OCI) and Oracle Cloud Applications. Get an introduction to the complete Oracle Cloud Solution with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Cloud Applications. Learn about the key features and components of OCI, identify the core OCI service offerings, and build your understanding of the OCI security model. Explore the complete cloud solution, OCI architecture, and key components of OCI. Then get started with Oracle Cloud Applications. Learn how to define SaaS, discuss key advantages of SaaS applications, and review the complete Oracle SaaS portfolio of applications. Explore enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, human capital management, advertising, customer experience, and more. Learn about the SaaS Model and the complete Oracle SaaS portfolio of applications. Product tours throughout the course help you experience the capabilities of Oracle’s OCI and SaaS platforms.

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]]> 220632 Excel: The Complete Guide to Combining Data https://career.du.edu/classes/excel-the-complete-guide-to-combining-data/ LinkedIn Learning # urn:li:lyndaCourse:3997457]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://career.du.edu/classes/excel-the-complete-guide-to-combining-data/ In this course, Microsoft MVP Nabil Mourad guides you on a comprehensive journey to master data combination in Excel. Learn how to seamlessly integrate data from multiple sources using functions like CONCAT, TEXTJOIN, and Power Query. Explore consolidating, merging, and appending data techniques to optimize your workflow. Discover how to use Power Pivot for analyzing massive datasets that exceed Excel’s row limit. Enhance your skills by developing dynamic queries and custom functions to handle data inconsistencies. Gain insights into using Excel’s full potential to address complex business questions. This course is perfect for intermediate Excel users, analysts, data enthusiasts, or anyone looking to streamline their data processes. Advance your skills and be prepared to tackle real-world data challenges efficiently.

]]> 220629 Extending Figma Design with Adobe Creative Cloud https://career.du.edu/classes/extending-figma-design-with-adobe-creative-cloud/ LinkedIn Learning # urn:li:lyndaCourse:3984727]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://career.du.edu/classes/extending-figma-design-with-adobe-creative-cloud/ In this course, learn how to supplement and extend your Figma design work with Photoshop, Illustrator, Dimension, and Premiere Pro as part of Adobe Creative Cloud. Instructor Joseph Labrecque shows you how to use Figma and Adobe apps together, exploring common ways in which Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud software can work together and expand creative design workflow. Join Joseph as he guides you through the intersections of a Figma design project alongside popular Adobe tools.

]]> 220627 Integrating Lottie Animations with Figma https://career.du.edu/classes/integrating-lottie-animations-with-figma/ LinkedIn Learning # urn:li:lyndaCourse:3982090]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://career.du.edu/classes/integrating-lottie-animations-with-figma/ In this course, join expert Tom Green to learn how to integrate Lottie animations into Figma projects. Tom covers the scope and workflow for creating Lottie animations, then shows you how to install the Lottie plugin into Figma for direct integration. From there, learn how to create animations in Lottie and configure their properties, use Lottie Creator for deep editing and configuration of animations, and optimize Lottie files for handoff to developers.

]]> 220625 Analyzing Data with an Equity Lens https://career.du.edu/classes/analyzing-data-with-an-equity-lens/ LinkedIn Learning # urn:li:lyndaCourse:2736157]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://career.du.edu/classes/analyzing-data-with-an-equity-lens/ In this course, experts Mareisha Reese and Mary-Frances Winters explore the importance of equity in data practices to ensure fair, unbiased, and inclusive outcomes. It highlights how inequities in data collection, analysis, and reporting can perpetuate harm and skew results, particularly in areas like healthcare, HR, and AI applications. Learners will uncover sources of bias, such as sampling and algorithmic bias, and discover practical strategies to address these challenges. Through discussions on equity-focused methodologies and the role of AI and data ethicists, participants will gain tools and insights to incorporate equity into their data projects. By the end, learners will be equipped to create more just and inclusive data practices in their organizations.

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