Noble Desktop

Course Description:

Python is the fastest growing and most popular language used by programmers for data science. Python is a high-level programming language which makes it very easy for beginners to learn fast.

In the first half of this hands-on Python course, you will begin by learning the fundamentals of Python code and transition into more complicated programming tasks. The second half of the course focuses primarily on data science using Panda, Matplotlib, and Sci-Kit learn. These packages will teach you how to input, analyze, and graph data.

This course is perfect for any programming beginner to become introduced to the powerful world of coding and data science. There is no math/coding requirement necessary. This course is great for anyone interested in coding, finance, journalism, marketing, and many other fields.

Subjects:
Matplotlib, Python, Data Science, Pandas

Course Description:

Learn how to use Photoshop to create and optimize graphics for web and user interface design, without wasting time on functionality that focuses on photo retouching or print design.

You’ll learn modern techniques, including new features added to Photoshop CC. Learn to turn wireframes into finished designs. Understand how to design responsive website layouts that are optimized for mobile, tablet, and desktop screens. You’ll design on grids, extract image assets, create hi-res 2x graphics, and so much more.

This is the ultimate Photoshop for web/UI course. In addition to learning key features and techniques, we’ll cover important workflow tips and tricks. Learn to efficiently create professional designs that are easier for developers to code!

You should have a working knowledge of Photoshop before taking this class. If you do not have any Photoshop experience, you should take either the Photoshop in a Day or Beginner to Intermediate course that we offer.

Subjects:
Design Principles, Photoshop, Responsive Design

Course Description:

This class will introduce you to the basics of PHP and MySQL. We’ll start from the ground up, building a solid foundation of how PHP works, thus allowing you to tackle your own projects and applications. We’ll show you how to work with forms, sanitize user input for security, send emails, work with cookies to collect information on your users and upload files. You’ll interact with databases using SQL to fetch, insert, update, delete, and search records. You’ll learn how to use phpMyAdmin to create databases and tables, as well as data-typing and indexes.

Course Description:

Python is the most popular programming language in the world and this is in no small part because it is so versatile. While it is most commonly used in data science and database management, it is also essential for software development and many back end web development projects. Learning how to program with Python can open up a wide range of different professional opportunities for programmers willing to specialize. Python is an important language for building the databases and architecture that software applications use to run smoothly behind the scenes and a strong knowledge of Python will give developers an in-demand career skill that they can leverage when they enter the job market.

Noble Desktop’s Python Developer Certificate program is a career-focused training program that aims to teach students how to apply Python skills to software and web application development. In this class, students will learn the basics of object oriented programming, how to use APIs and how common Python frameworks like Django can be used in the development process. This course provides students with practical, hands-on training working on Python programs and by the end of the class, students will have a collection of sample designs that they can take with them onto the job market. As a career-focused training program, students enrolled in this class will benefit from professionalization assistance, including one-on-one career mentorship sessions. This course does have a prerequisite as students will need to be familiar with HTML/CSS programming.

Course Description:

In this hands-on course, students will quickly go from learning the fundamentals of Python to analyzing real-world datasets. The initial classes will give students practice with foundational programming concepts like loops, functions, and objects. The focus of the class will then shift to tabular data, as you find in CSV files or databases. You will learn how to clean and combine data, as well as generate useful statistics and visualizations. The final sessions will be focused on using linear regression to extrapolate from data and make predictions. For more information about the topics covered in the course, please refer to our syllabus below.

This course is designed to give beginners the practical skills they need to start contributing valuable insights for their company or organization. Examples and exercises will emphasize how these techniques can be applied to real-world situations and use cases. Previous math or coding experience is not required.

Course Description:

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is one of the most critical marketing skills this century. It's essential for almost any business, and one of the top 5 most requested skills on LinkedIn. Good SEO can bring in millions in business; bad SEO can ruin a business. We'll cover the secrets to Search Engine Optimization in this one-day workshop, through lessons and labs where you will actually devise your own keyword strategy. This class is for business owners, marketers, and frontend coders who want to greatly enhance their marketability. Learn how to get any website listed higher, if not at the absolute top of search engine rankings.

Subjects:
HTML

Course Description:

Social media websites rank among the most frequently visited websites on the internet, with millions or even billions of users regularly checking their profiles. This has made social media platforms vital aspects of online marketing campaigns, since the potential audiences are so large. Given that each major social media platform has its own unique structure and each platform encourages audiences to engage with one another in different ways, a good social media marketing strategy needs to account for their differences. In addition, each social media platform offers different tools and services to advertisers looking to make use of their platform, so skilled marketers will learn how to leverage these features.

Noble Desktop’s Social Media Marketing Certificate program prepares students to plan and execute social media advertising campaigns. In this class, students will learn basic marketing principles, including how to prepare advertising content and how to work alongside industry professionals. In addition, students will receive targeted training on building social media content for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Since each platform is unique, students will need to learn what kind of advertising strategies will work best on certain platforms. In addition, students will learn how to use tools provided by companies like Meta and Twitter for improving the reach and effectiveness of your marketing goals. This course is an ideal program for aspiring Social Media Strategists and entrepreneurs looking to improve their online advertising campaigns.

Course Description:

Every day, we interact with an unfathomable number of software applications powering individual aspects of our lives. This includes major programs that allow us to do our jobs more efficiently and hundreds or even thousands of applications that we never see. All of these applications need to be designed and programmed by Software Engineers who are trained in building and maintaining the programs that improve our quality of life and make our day-to-day work easier. As more and more aspects of our lives and society rely upon software applications, the demand for talented Software Engineers is continuing to increase. If you are interested in working with cutting edge technologies that have the potential to change the way we live, then learning software engineering is a good place to start.

In Noble Desktop’s Software Engineering Certificate program, students will learn how to program all the major elements of a software application. They will learn how to use HTML/CSS and JavaScript to program the user facing (front end) aspects of an application and they will learn how to use Python to build the behind the scenes infrastructure (back end) that keeps the system running. They will also learn the major programming frameworks associated with these languages, including React and Django) to help them create more versatile applications (including applications that run on devices other than computers). This program is open to students with no prior programming experience and by the end of the course, students will be prepared to enter the workforce as Software Engineers.

Course Description:

Learn to design the UX (User Experience) and UI (User Interface) of websites in this 60-hour certificate program. From prototyping, to user research and testing, to creating visual designs in Sketch, and more, you’ll learn how to create effective designs.

This certificate program includes 4 courses:

Sketch in a Day
UX Design Bootcamp
Photoshop in a Day
Visual Design Bootcamp

Subjects:
Photoshop, Sketch, UX, UX Design

Course Description:

If you have ever aspired to work on video projects or create your own online video content, learning video editing and motion graphics software applications can be a vital step for helping you stand out from the rest of the field. Video editing is the process of taking raw video footage and rearranging and cutting it into a completed video project. Motion graphics is the process of designing digital assets, including animations and special effects, for those same video projects. These two practices are essential to modern filmmaking and are ideal skills to learn for anyone interested in working with video as a medium. Using software applications like Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition and Cinema 4D to edit, design and complete video projects, professional Video Editors and Motion Graphics Artists serve an essential role in creating professional video projects at any level.

Noble Desktop’s Video Editing and Motion Graphics Certificate program teaches students how to edit videos and build 2D and 3D animated assets using industry-standard design applications like Premiere Pro and After Effects. Since there is a lot of overlap between these two fields of video design, students will learn how the programs complement each other and can be used together to create professional video content. Learning how to use these programs is important whether you are looking to work for a Hollywood studio or you are just hoping to make your own content for YouTube. This is a career-focused training program and students who are enrolled will have the opportunity to take advantage of important career development services, including a demo reel building seminar and one-on-one career mentorship sessions.