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Beginner Computer Courses

Beginner computer courses can help you learn basic operating system navigation, file management, internet browsing, and word processing. You can build skills in spreadsheet creation, email communication, and online research techniques. Many courses introduce tools like Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and various web applications, showing how these skills are applied in everyday tasks and professional settings.


Popular Beginner Computer Courses and Certifications


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    Johns Hopkins University

    Introduction to Ambulatory Healthcare Management

    Skills you'll gain: Medical Terminology, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Practice Management, Health Care Administration, Health Care, Patient Flow, Primary Care, Health Systems, Urgent Care, Telehealth, Human Resources, Financial Management

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    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado System

    SRS Documents: Requirements and Diagrammatic Notations

    Skills you'll gain: Software Design Documents, Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs), User Requirements Documents, Functional Requirement, Software Documentation, Diagram Design, Unified Modeling Language, Requirements Analysis, System Requirements, Technical Documentation, Technical Writing, Data Modeling, Systems Analysis

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    57 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Create Image Captioning Models

    Skills you'll gain: Convolutional Neural Networks, Image Analysis, Deep Learning, Keras (Neural Network Library), Model Evaluation, Tensorflow, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs)

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    32 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Microsoft

    Cybersecurity Threat Vectors and Mitigation

    Skills you'll gain: Encryption, Cybersecurity, Cyber Attacks, Threat Management, Security Strategy, Authentications, Threat Detection, Network Security, Authorization (Computing), Cryptography, Data Security, Active Directory, Identity and Access Management, Firewall, Multi-Factor Authentication

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    314 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Arizona State University

    Experimental Design Basics

    Skills you'll gain: Experimentation, Sample Size Determination, Research Design, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods, Data Analysis Software, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Design Strategies, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Modeling, Descriptive Statistics, Quality Control, Variance Analysis

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Board Infinity

    Essential Testing Techniques in Software Development

    Skills you'll gain: Software Testing, Test Case, Integration Testing, System Testing, Software Development Life Cycle, Acceptance Testing, Software Quality Assurance, Unit Testing, White-Box Testing, Regression Testing, Usability Testing

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    23 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Tecnológico de Monterrey

    Física: Vectores, Trabajo y Energía

    Skills you'll gain: Calculus, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Geometry, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Graphing, Mathematical Modeling, Trigonometry

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

    New Product Development - develop your own new product

    Skills you'll gain: New Product Development, Budget Management, Risk Management, Resource Management, Project Management, Product Management, Project Planning, Agile Product Development, Scheduling, Innovation, Business Strategy, Technology Strategies, Simulation and Simulation Software

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    140 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Open AI for Beginners: Programmatic Prompting

    Skills you'll gain: OpenAI API, OpenAI, Prompt Engineering, JSON, Application Programming Interface (API), Web Applications, Generative AI, LLM Application, Data Processing

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    19 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Vanderbilt University

    Building HTTP APIs with Spring

    Skills you'll gain: Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), API Design, Data Persistence, Web Applications, Application Frameworks, Software Testing, Object-Relational Mapping, Hibernate (Java), Application Security, Authentications, JSON, Authorization (Computing), Dependency Analysis

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    28 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Data Mining Pipeline

    Skills you'll gain: Data Mining, Data Warehousing, Data Pipelines, Data Preprocessing, Data Modeling, Data Management, Data Cleansing, Model Evaluation, Data Analysis, Data Transformation, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Quality, Applied Machine Learning

    Build toward a degree

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Board Infinity

    Writing Effective Technical Documentation

    Skills you'll gain: Layout Design, Target Audience, Design, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Professional Networking, Application Programming Interface (API)

    3.7
    Rating, 3.7 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular beginner computer courses

  • Introduction to Ambulatory Healthcare Management: Johns Hopkins University
  • SRS Documents: Requirements and Diagrammatic Notations: University of Colorado System
  • Create Image Captioning Models: Google Cloud
  • Cybersecurity Threat Vectors and Mitigation: Microsoft
  • Experimental Design Basics: Arizona State University
  • Essential Testing Techniques in Software Development: Board Infinity
  • Física: Vectores, Trabajo y Energía: Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • New Product Development - develop your own new product: Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
  • Open AI for Beginners: Programmatic Prompting: Coursera
  • Building HTTP APIs with Spring: Vanderbilt University

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