Advance skills through hands-on applied learning
Empower your employees to quickly develop new skills with Guided Projects: hands-on tutorials on critical tools and technologies.
- Learn from leading experts
- Scale skills within teams
- Enhance employee productivity
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Build real skills faster with practical learning
Expand your team’s capabilities with targeted training in a diverse range of tools, including Power BI, Docker, and Tableau.
Practice your skills in Microsoft Excel, Tableau, Power BI and more by trying one of our hands-on, interactive data and analytics projects. By taking one of these projects, you’ll be working in a pre-configured environment where you follow the instructions in real-time. No download or setup required.
Applied Learning
Enhance your learning programs with hands-on practice
Employees will learn how to use tools to complete job-specific tasks with step-by-step guidance. Select relevant Guided Projects in hundreds of SkillSets.
Scale in-house skills
Train your teams on how to use your technology
Create your own Guided Projects based on your tools and processes‌ to help your teams understand how they’re used in your business, supporting adoption and utilization.
Guided Projects are a demonstration of competency, because they bring application to life. When you apply it, it sticks better.
Increase skills proficiency with applied learning
Expand mastery of new tools and workflows with training alongside expert instructors
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C4B Guided Projects FAQs
Guided Projects are short, step-by-step applied learning experiences that help employees build real skills by working directly with industry tools and technologies. Each project supports practical learning by placing learners in a pre-configured environment, enabling them to follow expert-led instructions without setup or installation.
Guided Projects offer hands on training for employees by allowing learners to practice skills in real time using tools like Power BI, Excel, Docker, and Tableau. Employees complete tasks in a live workspace, which helps reinforce learning through direct application rather than passive observation.
Employees can strengthen technical and analytical competencies across hundreds of SkillSets, including data analysis, visualization, cloud tools, and workflow automation. These guided projects support both foundational and advanced practical learning, helping teams become more efficient and tool-proficient.
Yes. Companies can build custom Guided Projects that reflect internal tools, workflows, and processes. This enables organizations to deliver applied learning that supports technology adoption, boosts productivity, and ensures teams understand exactly how to use tools within the business.
Guided Projects strengthen retention by combining instruction with immediate practice, making applied learning significantly more effective than theory alone. Employees learn by doing, which increases skill mastery and enhances on-the-job performance across teams.