Courses

Learn how to manage your manager. In this course, adapted from the podcast How to Be Awesome at Your Job, Mary Abbajay explains how to build a good relationship with your boss.

Learn how to create and manage apps with SCCM and prepare for Microsoft certification exam 70-703. See how to deploy apps using PowerShell scripts, and deploy App-V virtual apps.

Great leadership doesn't happen by chance—it happens by design. This course helps you create and evolve a personalized leadership checklist that keeps you focused on what matters most. You'll learn the core components of an effective checklist, from daily practices to strategic responsibilities, and how to structure them for clarity and action. Through practical tools, case examples, and hands-on activities, you'll build a Version 1 of your leadership checklist, test it against real challenges, and refine it as your role evolves.

Looking for a consistent and reliable way to install Windows applications? Learn about the Chocolatey package manager.

This course focuses on understanding why managers are crucial to team success and the positive impact they can have. It covers recognizing both effective and ineffective management behaviors and highlights the unique value managers bring to their teams.

Learn how to transition from individual contributor to Manager and Leader with confidence! What you'll learn: Welcome to your career in management. But most important…Welcome to leadership. Even for the most gifted individuals, the process of becoming a leader is a rigorous and many times an exhausting journey. The rewards, however, can be enormous. I surveyed a group of managers across many disciplines and asked the question, “As a new manager, what do you wish you learned early in your career?” What follows in this course, is a result of the responses, as well as my personal experience coaching and mentoring new managers. I will open this course by asking you to be patient with yourself. You do not develop leadership skills overnight. It takes practice, it takes trying new things, it takes making mistakes. Yes, sometimes you will fail. That is ok. It is ok to acknowledge when something doesn’t work, it is ok to celebrate and build on your successes. I have broken this course into individual modules. These are small bite sized modules that you can view either one after the other, or one at a time as you drink your morning coffee. Feel free to jump around and view the modules that are of the most importance to you. Take what works, challenge what doesn’t, try new things. I’m excited to join you in this journey. It’s time to think about success. Let’s Get Started. Welcome to your career in management. But most important…Welcome to leadership. Why did you make this big move? To grow personally and professionally? To make a difference? To lead others to realize their success? All of the above?All this, and more! Even for the most gifted individuals, the process of becoming a leader is a rigorous and many times an exhausting journey. The rewards, however, can be enormous. I surveyed a group of managers across many disciplines and asked the question, “As a new manager, what do you wish you learned early in your career?” What follows in this course, is a result of the responses, as well as my personal experience coaching and mentoring new managers. I will begin by asking you to be patient with yourself. You do not develop leadership skills overnight. It takes practice, it takes trying new things, it takes making mistakes. Yes, sometimes you will fail. That is ok. It is ok to acknowledge when something doesn’t work, it is ok to celebrate and build on your successes. I have broken this course into individual modules. These are small bite sized modules that you can view either one after the other, or one at a time as you drink your morning coffee. Feel free to jump around and view the modules that are of the most importance to you. Take what works, challenge what doesn’t, try new things.The Chapters include:Introduction to ManagementDeveloping Your Leadership StyleLeadership ResponsibilitiesLeadership CommunicationTeam DevelopmentYour Growth and DevelopmentManagers Toolkit I’m excited to join you in this journey. It’s time to think about success. Let’s Get Started.

How are designs turned into products? What resources, materials and methods are used and what set of activities goes under the heading of 'manufacturing'? This free course will introduce manufacturing as a system and will describe some of the many different ways of making products. We will illustrate how the required properties of the materials in a product influence the choice of manufacturing process used.

Learn the skills you need as a middle manager, including how to build strong hybrid teams, onboard new employees, conduct performance reviews and give feedback, develop OKRs to drive business alignment, trust your teams to do their best work, build visibility online as a remote leader, and communicate across cultures virtually. After completing this learning path, advance your skills with Manage Remote and Hybrid Teams as a Senior Manager.Build strong hybrid/remote teams.Onboard new employees effectively.Create OKRs that drive alignment, autonomy, and accountability.Communicate across cultures virtually.

Discover what it means to lead at a distance. As a new manager, learn how to run effective virtual and hybrid meetings, build a virtual team culture, communicate across cultures, whether working virtually or in person, and drive engagement, productivity, and growth. After completing this learning path, advance your skills with Manage Remote and Hybrid Teams as a Middle Manager.Discover what it means to lead at a distance.Drive engagement, productivity, and growth remotely.Run effective virtual and hybrid meetings.Communicate across cultures virtually.

As a senior manager, you're leading distributed teams remotely, in an office setting or both. In this learning path, you’ll learn how to plan for and embrace this new reality, including how to run collaborative hybrid teams, communicate across cultures and create great employee experiences, coach your people, and drive results and resolve conflict.Plan for the work-from-anywhere organization.Build a high-performance work culture.Communicate across cultures virtually.Drive results and resolve conflict.

Explore the critical transition from engineering manager to manager of managers in this 23-minute conference talk that addresses the surprising lack of guidance available for this pivotal career step. Learn from practical insights gained during a year-long journey of scaling from managing one engineering team to overseeing five teams. Discover the key similarities and differences between managing individual contributors and managing other managers, while identifying which existing strengths to leverage and where new skills need development. Examine the biggest challenges faced during this transition alongside debunking common misconceptions about the role. Gain practical tips and templates for navigating information flow within organizations, influencing decisions effectively, and understanding the evolving nature of problems and their resolution at this leadership level. Whether considering this career path, currently in transition, or working alongside senior engineering leaders, acquire actionable strategies to make this professional evolution both smooth and successful while building confidence that complex leadership challenges are indeed "figurable."

Explore Azure Monitor System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Managed Instance in this 21-minute video tutorial. Learn about the differences between DIY SCOM and SCOM MI, customer responsibilities, Microsoft-managed aspects, connectivity options, management tooling, and supported agents. Discover supported management packs, resiliency and scaling features, enhanced agent log capture, and updating processes. Gain insights into pricing models and migration strategies from existing SCOM deployments. Dive into key topics such as connectivity, management tools, and the benefits of Microsoft-managed infrastructure to understand how SCOM MI can streamline your monitoring responsibilities while maintaining familiar SCOM functionality.

This free course, Additive manufacturing, introduces you to its key concepts. It covers the fundamentals of the additive manufacturing (AM) process, the steps involved in creating a model and building an artefact, the materials and techniques used, as well as the design implications and the factors which affect the functionality of the finished parts.

This specialization is designed to be an introduction to additive manufacturing (AM) with exposure to six different AM processes. The field of AM can be broadly divided into three elements: process, materials and design. This specialization will provide a broad overview of all three elements, which is an ideal preparation for more advanced courses that dive more deeply into the growing field of AM. This specialization covers build preparation, machine setup, and post-processing requirements for six different AM processes. In addition, learners will explore the cross-cutting aspects of AM, including part orientation, supports, design for additive manufacturing, key process parameters, and mechanical and surface properties. You can see an overview of the specialization from Dhruv Bhate.

This course, Additive Manufacturing, is the third course in the Coursera Specialization, Digital Technologies and the Future of Manufacturing. In this course, learners will be introduced to the concept of Additive Manufacturing, learn how it is applied in manufacturing, and what businesses should consider as they decide to implement this technology. Considerations include the economics of the technology, information technology infrastructure, manufacturing ecosystem partners, the business value of implementing Additive Manufacturing, and what needs to happen across the organization to ensure successful implementation. Learners will hear from industry experts as they share their perspectives on the opportunities and challenges of implementing Additive Manufacturing, how Additive Manufacturing is being implemented in their companies, and insights on the future of this technology within their industry and across manufacturing. The content presented in this course draws on a number of real-life interviews and case studies, and was created through a partnership with Siemens.

Dive into the world of 3D printing with this comprehensive 3.5-hour tutorial led by expert Kyle Houchens. Learn essential techniques for preparing models in Rhino for successful 3D printing, covering crucial topics such as mesh settings, solid model fixing, printing multiple solids, advanced mesh repair, and part thickness. Explore the decision-making process for choosing between hollow and solid prints, and gain insights on selecting the right rapid prototyping service. Master the art of transforming digital designs into tangible objects, whether working with your own creations or preparing models from other sources.

Explore the comprehensive capabilities of 3D printing and additive manufacturing in Fusion 360 through this extensive tutorial series. Dive into FFF print settings, body presets, and support structures, including solid volume and bar support. Master the creation of volumetric lattice structures and learn to generate base plate supports. Discover how to utilize template libraries, edit support structure defaults, and sync part visibility to active setups. Explore advanced features like multi-axis deposition toolpaths and process simulation with post-processing. Learn to integrate with select Flashforge & Makerbot printers using GPX PostProcessor, and understand the new Temperature Tower functionality. Gain insights on designing and manufacturing faster with Formlabs, and delve into parametric mesh editing and reverse engineering tools. Explore remote printing via Ultimaker Digital Factory, evaluate models for FFF manufacture using the Additive Assistant add-in, and connect Fusion 360 to OctoPrint. Master advanced techniques such as using the Arc Fit option for G-Code generation and creating custom machines and post-processors for FFF 3D printing.

In the contemporary dynamic manufacturing era, to produce products that can be easily made and can offer typical competences is of utmost importance. Besides basic manufacturing processes, engineering students and manufacturers needs to bolster their skills in advanced technologies. This course is a step in this direction to make the students to learn design, development, and manufacturing using Rapid Manufacturing technologies. Along with specific Rapid Prototyping techniques, manufacturing concerns such as geometric modelling, design for manufacturing and assembly, developing modular designs, group technology, et cetera are included. Laboratory demonstrations are also induced for practical experience. In the end of this course, students should be able to identify the methods and techniques required to manufacture any model.INTENDED AUDIENCE:Students of all Engineering and Science disciplines.PREREQUISITES:The student should have completed two semesters of UG Engineering or Science program.INDUSTRY SUPPORT :HAL, NAL, SAIL, ISRO

Learn about the basics of selecting process for a mechanical design and the principles of design for Manufacturing What you'll learn: The Criteria based on which a manufacturing process is selected for designProcess compatibility to materials and shapesComparison of processes based on tolerance and costDifference in prototyping and productionCase studies in process selection for design problemsDesign principles employed for designing forged partsDesign principles employed in Design of Casted partsDesign principles used in design of Injection molded plastic parts Design for manufacturing or DFM is a very important practical activity in Mechanical design engineering. Converting concept into designs which can be manufactured and ready for implementation is a key skill in product development. This course attempts to cover the basics of designing for manufacturing including selecting a suitable process based on various criteria and designing for the process to reduce cost and improve ease of manufacturing .Topics covered are Importance of Process selection Parameters and Criteria for selectionComparison of processes Process- Shape matrix Section wall thickness and Tolerance rangesCost associated Part complexity and part costPrototyping vs productionCase studies in process selection Designing for Forging - principles and guidelinesDesigning for Casting - principles and guidelinesDesign for Injection Molding - Principles and guidelines.Exercises to practice The learning outcome of this course is to develop a strong basic comparative understanding of various processes and get started with designing as per certain processes to build DFM skills for mechanical design & product development. Course will be best suitable for Mechanical design engineers who want to level up their DFM knowledge and skills .

Course outline: The course will basically deal with the following topics: Introduction, Detroit type automation, Analysis of automated flow lines, Automated assembly systems &Orientation of parts in automatic assembly. ABOUT INSTRUCTOR: Prof. Sounak Kumar Choudhury have completed my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Moscow, Russia in 1985 followed by post-doctoral at the same university till 1986. From 1986 I am involved in teaching and research in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. My areas of specialization are conventional and non-conventional machining, automatic control, hydraulic control, machine tools and manufacturing automation.