Technology Skills   

Games are increasingly recognized as powerful tools for education, training, marketing, and other business applications. The Certificate in Basic Game Design offers a foundational understanding of both video and analog game design, with a special focus on non-entertainment uses such as learning, engagement, and simulation.

Course 1: Introduction to Game Design (Prerequisite for Intermediate)

Course 2: Intermediate Game Design

Give your organization a competitive advantage with Artificial Intelligence (AI).  And position yourself in an emerging knowledge specialty and growth area.

Explore what AI can do to reduce costs, gather more and better business data, automate time-consuming tasks, improve efficiency, lower human error, reallocate staff time for higher priority functions, and more. 

Then master the concepts and fundamental techniques of implementing AI. Finally, develop an AI plan and strategy to deliver results for your workplace.

Walk away with the knowledge and confidence to help lead your organization into this exciting new area of business expertise.

Coding is becoming one of the most in-demand skills in the workplace today. As a result, coding has become a core skill that bolsters one’s chances of becoming a higher value to organizations. The highest demand is for programming languages with broad applicability. Begin by getting introduced to the basics of computer programming and various programming languages. Then go to the next level and acquire all the basics of HTML and CSS. You will learn the relationship between these two industry-standard web page coding languages and the step by step process of hand coding and building web pages. Finally, discover the advanced features of CSS and learn how to use this very powerful language.

Students must take the Coding Certificate classes in the following order:

1. - Introduction to Coding
2. - HTML Fundamentals
3. - CSS Fundamentals

Whether you're an entrepreneur or a valued team member, proficiency in Microsoft Excel is a must-have skill for business success. As the world’s most widely used spreadsheet software, Excel empowers users to manage, analyze, and present data effectively.

This hands-on course guides you through Excel from the ground up. You'll start by learning how to construct and populate worksheets, apply formatting, and navigate menus, commands, and settings to create polished, professional workbooks.

Next, you'll enhance your productivity by mastering techniques to organize, display, and calculate data efficiently. You'll explore how to identify different data types and represent them visually using appropriate formatting and data tools.

Finally, you'll unlock Excel’s most powerful features for analyzing and visualizing data with clarity and confidence. By the end of the course, you'll be equipped to turn raw data into meaningful insights that drive smart decisions.

Prerequisite:
Students must have access to Microsoft Excel to complete this certificate program.

Adobe's software tools are the industry standard for graphic design, offering powerful features that help you create stunning visuals. This course covers three key programs that are essential for any designer:

Adobe Illustrator: The leading vector graphics software, ideal for designing logos, flyers, posters, business cards, banners, and more. Use Illustrator to draw shapes and create scalable graphics for both print and web.

Adobe InDesign: The industry standard for page-layout design, InDesign seamlessly integrates with Illustrator and Photoshop. It’s perfect for creating multi-page documents like brochures, books, magazines, and newsletters.

Adobe Photoshop: A powerful tool for working with selection and editing tools, layers, and masks. Photoshop enables you to edit, retouch, enhance images, or create composite digital artwork from scratch.

Software Requirements:

Students are responsible for purchasing their own Adobe software for the course. Trial versions of Adobe software may be available on Adobe’s website. If you're enrolled in the Graphic Design Certificate, you will need Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe InDesign. If you’re only interested in one program, you can sign up for a single software course.

Please note that LERN does not offer school discounts for Adobe software. For more information, visit Adobe Creative Cloud.

WordPress is the world’s most popular Content Management System (CMS) for designing websites and blogs. This comprehensive certificate program guides you through the entire process—from setup to customization—making it ideal for beginners and those looking to expand their web development skills. This course is ideal for entrepreneurs, bloggers, small business owners, and anyone who wants full control over their web presence.