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AI Powered Performance Ads CertificationGoogle SkillshopCovers Google's AI driven campaign types and tools (such as Performance Max) for performance goals.CertificationFree75 minGemini Certified EducatorGoogle for EducationYou prove you can explain key generative AI terms, choose the right Gemini tool for a teaching task, write and refine prompts, build Gems and other resources, and set classroom guidelines on hallucinations and plagiarism.CertificationFree2 hrsGemini Certified FacultyGoogle for EducationYou show you can use Gemini, NotebookLM, Gems and Imagen to design courses, support research and build assessments, and that you can address bias, privacy, hallucinations and academic integrity with your students.CertificationFreeGet the most out of Rovo (learning path) and Rovo Fundamentals certificationAtlassian LearningOver about 1 hour 40 minutes, you learn to use Rovo Search and Rovo Chat to find answers across Atlassian apps and Jira work items, then create and refine Confluence pages and service tickets, preparing you for the free Rovo Fundamentals certification.CertificateFree1 hrPer Scholas AI Enabled Healthcare IT TechnicianPer Scholas · Baltimore, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Greater Boston, Greater Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, New York City, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St. Louis onlyHealthcare IT support training that uses generative AI tools for troubleshooting and simulated clinical IT scenarios alongside EHR support and HIPAA data protection, preparing for CompTIA A+, Google IT Support, Google AI Essentials and Google AI Professional.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksPer Scholas AI Native Business IntelligencePer Scholas · Buffalo, Columbus, Greater Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, New York City, North Carolina onlyOver 15 instructor led weeks, you frame business questions with AI copilots, prepare data in Excel, Power Query and SQL, model it in Power BI with DAX, and build dashboards, preparing for PL 300 and the Google AI Professional Certificate.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksPer Scholas Data Center Technician with AI ToolsPer Scholas · Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Kansas City, Los Angeles, North Carolina, Phoenix onlyIn 15 full time weeks of labs on enterprise servers and network gear, you troubleshoot hardware and connections, run power, cooling and physical security, apply electrical safety, and use AI tools to diagnose network problems and simulate power failures.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksFree badges30
Agentic Advisor for Agentforce Financial Services (Trailhead module)Salesforce TrailheadYou walk through Salesforce's AI advisor tools that rank your daily tasks, pull client data into one view, prepare and follow up on meetings, and flag referral opportunities.CertificateFree35 minAI Studio Foundations Skill BadgeAsana AcademyYou write prompts for Asana AI Studio, build AI powered rules that route and triage work, assemble a full workflow, and troubleshoot it with people still reviewing, then pass a 30 question quiz.CertificateFree2 to 3 hrsAWS Educate Introduction to Generative AI (Training Badge)AWS Training and CertificationYou learn the core concepts behind generative AI, how to define foundation models, and how to talk through real world generative AI use cases, then pass a post course assessment to earn the AWS training badge on Credly.CertificateFreeSelf pacedGoogle AI Educator Series (K 12 and Higher Ed tracks, with ISTE+ASCD)Google for EducationYou work through short Gemini lessons on teaching and on daily school work, such as feedback, assessment and family communication for K 12, or inclusive design and agentic workflows for higher ed, and earn a badge for each quiz you pass.CertificateFree10 to 15 minHands On Essentials: Data Science Workshop (Badge 6, Snowflake University)Snowflake UniversityYou work through a scenario using Snowflake Cortex Playground and Cortex Analyst, choose and prompt LLMs, build a semantic model, and build and judge forecasting and classification models on real data.CertificateFreeSelf pacedHarvey Academy: AI for Legal BasicsHarveyYou learn the basic concepts behind legal AI, the limits you have to plan around, and how to use it responsibly in legal work, then earn a certificate and badge you can share.CertificateFreeSelf pacedIBM SkillsBuild AI training for veterans, service members and families (VA program)U.S. Department of Veterans AffairsThis VA program gives you free IBM SkillsBuild courses, including four week guided AI cohorts such as AI Fundamentals and short self paced AI lessons, plus data analytics, cybersecurity and project management courses, with free digital credentials.TrainingFree if eligible1 to 8 weekIBM SkillsBuild: AI Fundamentals: Foundations for Understanding AIIBM SkillsBuildYou learn how human learning differs from machine learning, the main types of machine learning, how neural networks and deep learning work, and how to weigh AI ethics and use AI tools responsibly, passing quizzes at 80 percent.CertificateFreeIBM SkillsBuild: Artificial Intelligence FundamentalsIBM SkillsBuildThrough IBM courses, quizzes and practice simulations you learn machine learning, deep learning, NLP, computer vision and chatbots, get a conceptual look at running a model in IBM Watson Studio, and explore AI ethics and AI careers.CertificateFreeLexisNexis AI Prompt Essentials CertificationLexisNexis Legal & ProfessionalYou learn how large language models produce answers, how to tell AI output from real legal reasoning, and the prompting techniques that keep research, drafting and analysis accurate when your judgment matters.CertificateFreeMicrosoft Learn: Describe the embedded experiences of Microsoft Security Copilot (module)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou learn the scenarios Security Copilot supports when it is built directly into Microsoft Defender XDR, Purview, Entra, Intune and Defender for Cloud, so you know where Copilot can help inside the security tools you already use.CertificateFreeMicrosoft Learn: Empower your workforce with Microsoft Copilot: Finance (module)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou work through finance exercises that use Copilot in Excel to analyze product COGS and model what if scenarios, Copilot Chat to review an acquisition and vendor contracts, and Copilot in PowerPoint, Teams, Loop and Outlook to share findings.CertificateFreeMicrosoft Learn: Empower your workforce with Microsoft Copilot: Operations (module)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou practice Copilot on an operations project: compare options in Word, track milestones and risks in Loop, prepare vendor materials, build an FAQ agent, and email safety changes to staff from Outlook.CertificateFree348 minMicrosoft Learn: Empower your workforce with Microsoft Copilot: Sales (module)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou work through sales exercises in Microsoft 365 Copilot: research competitors with the Researcher agent, draft a proposal in Word, personalize outreach in Outlook, analyze past RFP data in Excel, and build an RFP response agent in Copilot Studio.CertificateFreeMicrosoft Learn: Get started with demand planning in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management (module)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou learn the Demand planning app in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management: how its home page and planning process work and how time series data feeds its forecasting models.CertificateFreeMicrosoft Learn: Get started with Microsoft 365 Copilot for Service (module)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou deploy and use Microsoft 365 Copilot for Service in Outlook and Teams, configure and test a copilot on your knowledge sources, and set up the embedded experience inside Salesforce and ServiceNow for support agents.CertificateFreeMicrosoft Learn: Introduction to AI Skills for Nonprofits (learning path)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou learn generative AI basics and responsible use, then practice drafting documents with Copilot in Word, finding insights in Excel with Copilot, and using Copilot Chat with your files, meetings and email.CertificateFreeMicrosoft Learn: Use Dynamics 365 Copilot for Sales (learning path)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou learn how Sales Agent in Microsoft Copilot brings Dynamics 365 Sales or Salesforce data into Outlook and Teams for meeting prep and CRM updates, and how to deploy and configure it, including CRM customization and AI settings.CertificateFreeMicrosoft Learn: Use the Sales and Inventory Forecast extension in Dynamics 365 Business Central (module)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou set up the Sales and Inventory Forecast extension in Business Central and use its predictions from past sales to decide what stock to reorder, with a hands on setup exercise.CertificateFreeMicrosoft Learn: Work smarter in Excel with Copilot Chat (module)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou practice asking Copilot Chat in Excel to write formulas, summarize a data set and build charts, so routine spreadsheet work like reconciliations and variance tables takes less time and has fewer errors.CertificateFreeOpenAI Academy: AI FoundationsOpenAI AcademyYou learn the core practices for using ChatGPT at work: writing stronger prompts, giving context, checking outputs and using AI responsibly, applied to drafting, summarizing, planning and meeting prep. Scoring 80% or higher on the assessment earns a badge.CertificateFree60 to 75 minOpenAI Academy: AI LeadershipOpenAI AcademyYou work through leading AI adoption in an organization: setting business priorities, aligning stakeholders, planning governance and roadmaps, and drafting an initial AI strategy. It is a standalone course of about three hours with an assessed badge and no certificate.CertificateFree180 minPer Scholas AI Native Software DevelopmentPer Scholas · Atlanta, Columbus onlySoftware development training built around AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT for writing, debugging and scaffolding code, with the GitHub Copilot Fundamentals and Introduction to Generative AI badges.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksResponsible AI in Nursing Micro Credential Program (first course, MC01, free)Florida State University College of NursingStarting with the free Responsible AI in Nursing module, you study AI basics for nursing practice, ethical frameworks, bias and patient safety, then move through case based clinical applications, governance and compliance, earning a badge for each module.CertificateFreeSelf pacedSlack AI (Trailhead module and badge)Salesforce TrailheadIn about 25 minutes you see how Slack AI searches across channels, sums up threads and automates routine steps, and how AI agents plug into Slack, so you can keep up with busy team channels without reading every message.CertificateFree25 minTableau Agent for Tableau Prep (Trailhead module)Salesforce TrailheadYou learn to prompt Tableau Agent inside Tableau Prep to clean and transform a flow, then check and control what the agent changed before you use the data.CertificateFree15 minTableau Agent in Tableau Next: Quick Look (Trailhead module)Salesforce TrailheadYou see how Tableau Agent in Tableau Next answers plain language questions with a chart and an explanation, suggests data relationships and calculated fields, and sends alerts that explain what moved a metric.CertificateFree5 minTrailhead: Agentforce for Financial Services (module)Salesforce TrailheadIn about 15 minutes you see how Salesforce AI agents handle financial services work such as client service and banker support, which prebuilt agent skills exist, and what using those agents looks like.CertificateFree15 minWealth Management with Agentforce Financial Services (Trailhead module)Salesforce TrailheadYou see how AI agents in Salesforce's financial services product can help a wealth firm onboard clients, grow the book and give more personalized, data driven advice.CertificateFree20 minZendesk AI learning path and Zendesk AI Practitioner badgeZendesk AcademyIntroduction to Zendesk AI agents, getting started with AI agents, Copilot for agents, App Builder, then an assessment on automating support workflows with Copilot and configuring AI agents.CertificateFree3 hrsFree certificates of completion44
Agentic AI for Travel Managers (Serko Academy)Serko AcademyIn about 45 minutes you learn how AI agents can search, book and change business trips, see real use cases, and get a checklist for evaluating agentic AI products before your company adopts one.CertificateFree45 minAI Essentials 2026 (Canva Design School)Canva Design SchoolYou learn to prompt Canva AI so it produces the designs, images and copy you picture, turn photos into video, plan social posts and briefs, and build interactive content without writing code.CertificateFree1 hrAI Fluency for Educators (Anthropic)Anthropic AcademyYou apply Anthropic's 4D AI Fluency framework to your own teaching, redesigning course outcomes, learning materials and assignments so students use AI with care, then take a final assessment for a certificate.CertificateFree3 hrsAI Fluency for Nonprofits (Anthropic and GivingTuesday)Anthropic AcademyYou apply the 4D AI Fluency framework of delegation, description, discernment and diligence to nonprofit work, practicing research, writing and data analysis with AI while protecting the privacy of the people you serve.CertificateFreeSelf pacedAI Fluency for Small BusinessesAnthropic AcademyYou apply the 4D Framework to small business work, learning how AI works and where it falls short, refining outputs with AI, and using AI transparently while keeping a human in the loop. The course ends with a quiz and certificate.CertificateFreeSelf pacedAI Fluency: Framework & FoundationsAnthropic AcademyYou learn the 4D framework of Delegation, Description, Discernment and Diligence for working with AI systems, plus how generative AI works, its capabilities and limits, and effective prompting techniques. A final assessment earns a certificate.CertificateFree4 hrsAI for Small Businesses (Founderz with Microsoft)FounderzOver about three self paced hours, small business owners practice prompting and look at AI for daily operations, marketing and financial planning, then cover cybersecurity risks, AI agents and automation, and responsible use, earning a Microsoft credential.CertificateFree3 hrsAI for Travel Managers (Serko Academy)Serko AcademyYou learn what AI means for running a company travel program, see real tools and use cases, and practice judging AI products for your program with ethics and future trends in mind.CertificateFree1 to 2 hrAI in Nursing (WANC1102)Walden University Lifelong LearningIn one free hour you see how AI is used in nursing today and pick up strategies to assess AI tools and use them responsibly in your clinical workflow, earning one ANCC contact hour.CertificateFree180 daysAI Readiness Accelerator WorkshopHubSpot AcademyIn this live workshop you review your HubSpot portal's data, governance and infrastructure, rank the AI use cases with the most impact, and leave with an AI readiness roadmap tied to your business goals.CertificateFree3 hrsAI Search Operating SystemSemrush AcademyYou learn to audit your brand across four layers of AI search visibility, present the findings to leadership, and turn them into KPIs, owners and a 90 day action plan your team can deliver.CertificateFree41 minAI Tools for Accountants (free 3 unit CPD course)LearnsignalYou see where machine learning, natural language processing and automation fit in accounting work, try AI tools on analysis and routine tasks, and learn the limits, risks and human oversight AI use requires.CertificateFreeAI Visibility Essentials with SemrushSemrush AcademyYou learn how AI search differs from classic SEO, then use Semrush to track prompts, measure your brand's share of voice in LLM answers, earn third party mentions and fix technical issues that block AI crawlers.CertificateFree1 hralt+Ignite: AI Literacy for All, Develop Personal Guidelines, Educate and Empower Others (Poynter MediaWise)The Poynter InstituteYou learn how AI works, create content with it ethically, check AI answers with verification tools, guard your privacy against scams, and write a personal AI guidelines document you can share with others.CertificateFree3 hrsBecome an AI Powered MarketerSemrush AcademyYou learn how generative AI works and how to prompt it as a marketer, then use Semrush tools, Midjourney and Digital First AI for SEO, content, social, campaigns and strategy, and pass an exam for the certificate.CertificateFree1 hrBeginner's Guide to Microsoft Copilot (ASAP on demand webinar)American Society of Administrative Professionals (ASAP)You watch a trainer show admins where Copilot saves time: rewriting text into tables in Word, suggesting formula columns and sorting data in Excel, turning a Word file into a PowerPoint deck, and getting Teams meeting recaps with next steps.CertificateFree1 hrBrooklyn Public Library Digital Skills and AI Literacy (free Google AI Essentials)Brooklyn Public Library · New York City onlyNYC residents get funded Coursera access to Google AI Essentials, about four hours on using generative AI tools for ideas and tasks, writing effective prompts and spotting AI bias, plus Google Career Certificates with optional library help sessions.CertificateFree if eligible4 to 5 hrsClaude 101Anthropic AcademyYou learn to use Claude for everyday work, from your first conversation to organizing work in projects, creating artifacts and using skills. You also connect your tools, run enterprise search and use Research for deep dives, with use cases by role.CertificateFreeSelf pacedClaude Code 101 (Anthropic Academy)Anthropic AcademyYou learn how an AI coding agent differs from a chat tool, install Claude Code in your terminal or editor, follow an explore, plan, code and commit loop, and set up CLAUDE.md memory, subagents, MCP servers and hooks.CertificateFreeSelf pacedContent Marketing Essentials for SEO and AI Search with SemrushSemrush AcademyYou learn to plan content that ranks in search and AI answers, research keywords and topics, have the Content Toolkit's AI draft an SEO article in your brand voice, and tighten existing posts with the SEO Writing Assistant.CertificateFree69 minElements of AI: Introduction to AIElements of AI (University of Helsinki and MinnaLearn)You learn what AI is and is not, how to frame real problems as search and game trees, how to reason about risk with Bayes' rule, and how machine learning and neural networks work, with no coding required.CertificateFreeSelf pacedFree AI Training for Small BusinessU.S. Chamber of Commerce (CO by U.S. Chamber)In about 30 minutes you cover AI basics and common tools, practice writing better prompts, see how AI fits marketing, sales, customer service, hiring and finance at a small business, and learn simple data safety rules.CertificateFree30 minFree LinkedIn Learning AI courses with your library cardLinkedIn LearningYour library card gives you free access to more than 16,000 LinkedIn Learning courses taught by industry experts in seven languages, from basic computer literacy to the latest technologies, including AI learning content, with recommendations based on your skills.CertificateFree if eligibleGen AI Academy for NursesElsevierAcross five modules you write nursing specific prompts, review AI ethics and bias, use ClinicalKey Nursing AI for evidence based decisions, and apply AI to assessments, interventions and outcomes, earning 2.0 free NCPD contact hours.CertificateFreeGenerative AI for Educators (Google with MIT RAISE)Google for EducationYou learn what generative AI is and where it falls short, then practice using Gemini and NotebookLM to draft parent emails, personalize instruction, create assessments and feedback, and make lessons more engaging.CertificateFree2 hrsGoodwill Google AI learning track (free Google AI Essentials, Prompting Essentials and AI Professional Certificate)Goodwill Industries InternationalGoodwill covers four Google courses on Coursera: you get hands on practice with generative AI tools, learn five steps to better prompts, use AI to speed up a job search, and use AI to plan, tailor content and analyze data.CertificateFree6 hrsHarvey Academy Certification: AI Analysis for Legal WorkflowsHarveyYou set up large document review jobs with AI, design extraction prompts that return reliable answers, and check the results before anyone relies on them, with a final module on Harvey's Review Tables.CertificateFreeHubSpot Marketing AI Micro Internship ProgramHubSpot AcademyYou work in Marketing Hub and Content Hub to build a library of AI enabled and standard marketing assets, using Campaign Assistant, Content Assistant, Content Remix and Brand Voice for blogs, landing pages, emails and social posts.CertificateFree20 hrsIntegrating AI in Periodontal Classifications: Enhancing the Patient Experience (Course 695)dentalcare.com (Procter and Gamble)You learn how AI supports diagnosing and classifying periodontal conditions, how AI supported data can guide clinical decisions, and how to tailor patient education, care plans and homecare advice to each periodontal classification.CertificateFreeIntroduction to Second Opinion (Fundamentals of Second Opinion)PearlPearl course on what AI is and how it is changing dentistry, how Pearl's Second Opinion AI helps flag findings on dental radiographs, and how to fit it into the existing clinical workflow.CertificateFree25 minIntroduction to Second Opinion + Practice Intelligence (Fundamentals of Practice Intelligence)PearlPearl course on AI in dentistry, using Second Opinion AI for clinical care, and using Practice Intelligence to improve scheduling and team workflow in a dental office.CertificateFree40 minKhan Academy AI Certification Course for Teachers (Khanmigo for educators)Khan AcademyYou learn the basics of AI and how it can support teaching, the ethics of AI in schools, simple prompt writing, and how Khanmigo protects student safety and privacy when you use its teacher tools.CertificateFreeSelf pacedLegal AI Advanced CertificationClioYou work through your ABA Model Rules duties when AI agents do legal work, refine prompting and review for complex matters, fold AI output into briefs, and practice building a TRO package in Clio Work.CertificateFree2 hrsLegal AI Emerging CertificationClioYou move from your first prompts toward using AI agents, set ethical and accuracy guardrails for client work, and practice a new way to analyze, research and draft with AI before a short Clio Work walkthrough.CertificateFree2 hrsLegal AI Fundamentals CertificationClioYou learn how legal AI tools work, how to write clear prompts, how to protect client data from AI era cyber threats, and how to judge which AI tools fit your firm, with a closing tour of Clio Work.CertificateFree2.5 hrsMerit America Workplace AI EssentialsMerit AmericaOver six coached weeks online, you use AI to plan, brainstorm, draft emails, summarize documents and analyze information, build repeatable workflows, check outputs for accuracy and bias, and finish a portfolio capstone plus the Google AI Professional Certificate.TrainingFree if eligible6 weeksNVIDIA InfiniBand EssentialsNVIDIA Certification and Deep Learning InstituteShort introduction to InfiniBand, the high speed network that links GPU servers in most large AI clusters, covering its uses, architecture layers and management concepts.CertificateFree1 hrOn Page SEO and AI Search Essentials with SemrushSemrush AcademyWorking on a sample store site, you write title tags, meta descriptions and H1s, fix alt text and broken links with Site Audit, build pillar pages and clusters, and format content so AI search and LLMs can cite it.CertificateFree1 hrOpenAI Academy: Codex Pathway Certificate (3 courses)OpenAI AcademyYou take three short courses on Codex, starting with handing it a first coding task, then extending its workflows, then running it safely across governed teams and systems, passing a quiz for each.CertificateFree4.5 hrsSmall Business B(AI)sics: Free AI Training for Small BusinessU.S. Chamber of Commerce FoundationYou learn basic AI terms and popular tools, how to write useful prompts, and how to apply AI with sample prompts across the functions of a small business, while keeping business data secure and using AI responsibly.CertificateFree30 minTeaching AI Fluency (Anthropic)Anthropic AcademyYou learn how to teach the 4D AI Fluency skills to students, assess them, design assignments that build them, and connect AI's effect on your subject to your own discipline expertise.CertificateFreeSelf pacedThe AI Empowered Teacher (NC State Friday Institute)Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State UniversityYou build AI literacy, learn how generative AI works and where it fails, work through bias, transparency and ethical choices, and design learning and assessment that use AI for personalized learning.CertificateFree365 daysThe ArcGIS Imagery MOOC: Foundations and FrontiersEsri TrainingYou work through ArcGIS workflows that combine imagery, remote sensing and geospatial data, practicing how to acquire, manage and analyze imagery in 2D and 3D views and with AI enhanced analysis to build information products for decisions.CertificateFreeUnlocking AI for NGOs (NetHope on Kaya)NetHopeYou choose a pathway that fits your AI experience, then learn basic AI concepts and practice prompts for grant writing and program planning, using case studies from humanitarian and development nonprofits.CertificateFree90 minMore guides
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