Computer fundamentals courses can help you learn basic hardware and software concepts, operating systems, networking, and cybersecurity principles. You can build skills in troubleshooting, system maintenance, and understanding data management practices. Many courses introduce tools like Windows, Linux, and various programming languages, showing how these skills apply in everyday computing tasks and professional environments.

Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, User Interface (UI), UI Components, Figma (Design Software), UI/UX Strategy, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Prototyping, Usability Testing, Interactive Design, User Experience Design, Mobile Development, Style Guides, Web Development, Animations
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Azure, Data Lakes, Microsoft SQL Servers, Transact-SQL, Data Integration, Cloud Storage, SQL, File Management
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: TypeScript, Scripting, Web Development Tools, Scripting Languages, Programming Principles, Computational Thinking, Computer Programming
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Vanderbilt University
Skills you'll gain: Microservices, Application Deployment, Software Architecture, Scalability, Service Oriented Architecture, Distributed Computing, Load Balancing, Java, Program Development, Software Design, Maintainability, Dependency Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Anthropic
Skills you'll gain: Model Context Protocol, Anthropic Claude, AI Workflows, Tool Calling, Program Development, Systems Architecture, Servers, Debugging, JSON, Development Environment, Document Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Cyber Threat Intelligence, Responsible AI, Cybersecurity, Threat Detection, Threat Modeling, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Incident Response, AI Security, Generative AI, Data Ethics, Security Testing, Vulnerability Assessments
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Xi'an Jiaotong University
Skills you'll gain: Programming Principles, C# (Programming Language), UI Components, Microsoft Windows, User Interface (UI), Computer Graphics, File Management, Graphical Tools, Event-Driven Programming, Application Design, Application Development, Development Environment
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), GitHub, HTML and CSS, Git (Version Control System), Microsoft Copilot, Web Development, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Responsive Web Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Javascript, Web Design, Front-End Web Development, JSON, Semantic Web
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Networking Hardware, Network Infrastructure, Network Routers, Network Switches, Network Architecture, Cloud Infrastructure, Internet Of Things, General Networking, Network Administration, Network Protocols, Infrastructure Security, Wireless Networks, Network Planning And Design, Network Security, System Implementation, Cloud Computing, System Monitoring
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Leeds
Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, AI Enablement, Artificial Intelligence, Data Ethics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), digital literacy, Machine Learning
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Vulnerability Assessments, Vulnerability Scanning, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Exploitation techniques, Unix, Network Security, Cybersecurity, Information Systems Security, Network Analysis, Web Applications, Virtual Machines, Web Servers
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design and Development, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks