Bored at home? Click onto Google Digital Garage to learn something new
View(s):If like me, you have been aimlessly scrolling through Google, you may come across Google Digital Garage. Amazingly the content is all free, and it’s user- friendly too.
With the recent curfew due to the corona virus pandemic, a lot of us are at home with nothing much to do. Instead of spending countless hours staring at memes or watching pointless videos, make use of the internet’s array of learning tools. Google Digital Garage is one such– a free learning platform set up by Google where one can learn and develop skills for free.
The courses fall into three categories: Data and Tech, Digital Marketing, and Career Development. The time span of these courses range from under two hours, 2–10 hours, 11–20 hours, and 20+ hours. There are also several courses offered by Deakin University, Monash University, University of Auckland and many more institutes of higher education.
Two of the many courses available give you a certification if you complete the course successfully. Offered by Google and accredited by Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe and the Open University, the Fundamentals of Digital Marketing is a 40 hour, 26 module course that teaches you the basics of Digital Marketing. The second certified course is Prepare for the G Suite Certification Exam which is offered by Applied Digital Skill. This teaches how to use cloud-based tools to create and share documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and files.
The courses offered by Google are on Google Garage itself, while the university and other learning platforms take you to their respective websites. How the courses work is firstly you watch a video and then you answer questions and move on to another section if you get them right. More advancedcourses give you a 10 question quiz after completing a topic and when you get them right you move on to the next.
Google offers courses such as Get a Business Online, How to Enhance and Protect your Online Campaign, Machine Learning Crash Course, as well as courses that can help you in your career such as Land your Next Job, which guides you on how to compile a CV and how to prepare for job interviews. Another great course that they offer, and which takes less than an hour to complete, is the Intro to Digital Wellbeing, which is all about developing healthy tech habits.
So switch off your phone and TV and visit http://www.sundaytimes.lk/200329/ to find out more.