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Coursera and Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream launch free nationwide skills training initiative for underserved Americans 

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Coursera and Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream launch free nationwide skills training initiative for underserved Americans 

By Leah Belsky, Chief Enterprise Officer 

The pandemic profoundly reshaped the skills and employment landscape, accelerating digitization, displacing workers, and worsening social inequities. With 149 million new digital jobs projected globally by 2025, the skills gap will only continue to widen as businesses and workers face the challenge of reskilling amid rapid transformation. 

To address these challenges, Coursera and the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream (MCAAD) have joined forces to launch The American Dream Academy, an ambitious free online training initiative designed to prepare underserved communities across the U.S. to enter high-growth digital jobs, while removing barriers to earning a college degree. 

As Coursera’s largest workforce development partnership, the MCAAD American Dream Academy will provide scholarships for certified skills training to over 200,000 underemployed Americans over three years, particularly youth, underemployed workers, and those without a college degree, to unlock their full economic potential. 

“Our mission with this partnership is to give underemployed young Americans the opportunity to learn skills that will qualify them for higher-level employment, so they are better positioned to prosper and work toward their ultimate dreams. Simultaneously, the program will provide a steady stream of talent to companies that want to diversify their workforce and focus workforce training on skills for the future, not the past. We encourage businesses across America to join us and Coursera in expanding opportunities to underserved youth to ensure a skilled workforce for the future.”

– Dr. Kerry Healey, President of MCAAD

The free six-month program focuses on three key areas:  

  • Industry-recognized credentials and degree pathways 
    • Eight entry-level Professional Certificates from industry leaders such as Google, IBM, Meta, and more, which train workers without a degree or technology experience for well-paying digital jobs in fields like IT support, social media marketing, data analytics, and cybersecurity. 
    • High-quality online courses identified by MCAAD as critical for jobs of the future, emphasizing durable employability skills including critical thinking, communication, and developing a growth mindset. 
    • Learners who complete certificates from Google and IBM with ACE Credit Recommendation are eligible to earn up to 10 to 12 college credits – the equivalent of up to four college courses. 
    • Western Governors University will allow TADA learners who complete the program to transfer credits into a degree program and qualify for admissions in WGU’s Bachelor programs in the College of Business and College of Information Technology.
    • The University of North Texas will allow TADA learners who complete certificates from Google and Meta to transfer credits into its Bachelors of Applied Arts and Sciences program.  
  • Wrap-around support services 
    • Webinars and virtual experiences will enable learners to build community and develop tools to succeed at work or continue education.
    • Elective courses will help learners build their professional networks, write resumes and cover letters, and prepare for job interviews. 
    • Upon completion of the program, each learner earns an American Dream Scholars Badge acknowledging their achievement, as well as industry-recognized certificates for the credentials they earn along the way. 
    • An “alumni” network of badge holders offering mentorship and networking opportunities.  
  • Job opportunities 
    • Learners who complete entry-level certificates from Google are able to apply for open jobs from over 150 employers who are currently hiring, including Walmart, Verizon, and Google. 
    • IBM will connect learners enrolled in the IBM cybersecurity analyst certificate with additional cyber career readiness and support resources on its SkillsBuild platform. 
    • Facebook Certification Career Network connects certified learners with 100+ companies including BBDO, Havas Media, GroupM and more. 
    • EY will support TADA learners with access to their employer networks and insights on in-demand jobs and employability skills. 

A call to action 

Training and reskilling workers won’t be enough if employers maintain outdated practices with strict requirements for educational attainment and rigid in-person working policies. We invite employers to join us in this movement to remove barriers to great jobs while expanding and diversifying their hiring pipelines. 

MCAAD and Coursera are proud to join with our partners to help revitalize the American Dream and build a more equitable workforce in the digital economy.

If you are a U.S. resident, visit theamericandreamacademy.org to sign up for the program. For more information about Coursera for Government, visit coursera.org/government. 

Empower Yourself With Alison Online Courses

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Empower Yourself With Alison Online Courses

We feel it is time to re-introduce ourselves. For those of you who have been here for a while now, this will be a refresher on what we do here at Alison. You’ll also be learning about a few exciting new things we have to offer. Please accept our warm welcome and know that we are delighted to have you with us! Without further ado, we are Alison, your home for free (yes, you read that correctly), online Courses, Certificates and Diplomas, and a whole lot more besides those. We firmly believe that knowledge is power, and we are doing everything we can to make sure that free education is available to all people around the world. There is also a lot more than just the courses. From career guidance to helping you with your mental health and giving you real opportunities to do more and live your best life.

 

We Are Alison

Alison was founded in Galway, Ireland, in 2007, by CEO, Mike Feerick. We believe that free education has the power to change the world. Alison has become one of the world’s largest free online learning and training platforms, with more than 21 million learners in 195 countries.  

Being such a large platform means anyone, no matter their circumstance, can have access to any subject at any time with just a click of their mouse. Explore the over 3,500 Courses, Diplomas and Certificates in our catalogue immediately available when you sign up to Alison. 

It doesn’t matter if you want to improve your business knowledge and skillset to apply for your dream job, learn how to appreciate the beauty of literature or hone your artistic talents. You can earn to meditate while getting a Diploma in Legal Studies all in the same place. 

Sustainable Development Goals

Alison’s purpose is entirely in line with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Irrespective of social groups, location, or background, we provide free and valuable education to anyone and everyone.

We can alleviate poverty by providing an easier path to better jobs, lead ing to financial growth, encouraging innovation, and minimising gender-based and other harmful inequalities. Putting all of these together, we help communities and countries become more sustainable.

Empowerment

There is no better feeling than changing yourself for the better. One of the best ways to do this is through learning and growing. At Alison, not only do you get the chance to learn. You will learn in an environment that you can tailor to your needs, and we will help you achieve the goals you have set for yourself.

Knowledge

Our expertise in online education and training allows us to make good on the promises we make. Delivering the highest-quality learning materials, services and tools and learner outcomes.

Inclusivity

The United Nations declared that “everyone is entitled to a free education”. No matter your location, gender, finances or culture. There are no limits to what you can achieve when you join Alison’s diverse community.

Innovation

We are always improving and adding value to what we offer our learners. Through new tools and guides, and constantly adding to and refining our materials. We even offer ways you can earn an income through Alison.

Tools For Success

Alison offers much more than just online learning. 

We take a holistic approach to career and personal development. We understand that you also need to know you can make the most out of life. Using the tools listed below can help you find the best career path for yourself, help you discover things about yourself, make sure you are taking care of your mental state and much more.

Career Guide

Often, the hardest decision to make is choosing the right career path. No matter if you are starting a brand new job search or improving your current skills. The career guide is there to help you make the right choice. Simply choose the industry, career or subject you are interested in, and it will show the Courses, Diplomas and Certificates you’ll need to start your new career journey.

Understand Who You Truly Are

Do you need an extra edge when applying for a job or promotion? Taking Alison’s free Workplace Personality Test can give it to you. Created by expert psychologists, it will help you achieve your job goals by giving you an accurate psychometric analysis of who you are and why you do things the way you do. The test takes roughly 15 minutes and is easy to share. On completion, you can show off the key traits that make you valuable to your potential new employers.

Mental Health and Wellness

Looking after your Mental health and well-being has become critical, with COVID and remote working being a reality. Alison has produced the first Mental Health & Wellbeing Test with our partner Welliba.

Take control of your mental health. Decide which areas of wellbeing you want to work on with targeted courses and training to help you adapt, overcome and thrive in any environment. 

Achieve your maximum potential and live a happier, healthier, and more productive life. Become the best version of yourself!

Affiliate Program

When joining the Affiliate Program, you have the opportunity to make money while you learn. By promoting and encouraging others to sign up for online learning through Alison. When people who are not already registered come to the Alison website, we note that you are sending them, and you get paid accordingly. 

You are not limited to any single location; you can have people sign up from anywhere on the planet. The world is your oyster!

The Alison Blog

Stay up to date with latest news, new products launches and helpful articles from Alison HQ by subscribing to our blog. 

How It Works

In just a few simple steps, you’ll have a world of knowledge at your fingertips.

  1. Register your free Alison account
  2. Find the right course
  3. Get Enrolled
  4. Become a Graduate
  5. Acquire your Certification

 

A Brick on an Egg

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A Brick on an Egg

What do you think this image is saying? How does it relate to or comment on society or current events? Can you relate to it personally? What is your opinion of its message?

Tell us in the comments, then read the related article to learn more.

Want more Picture Prompts? Find them all in this column.

Students 13 and older in the United States and Britain, and 16 and older elsewhere, are invited to comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff, but please keep in mind that once your comment is accepted, it will be made public.

Word of the Day: canny

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Word of the Day: canny

The word canny has appeared in 108 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Feb. 20 in “At Billie Eilish’s Arena Show, the Only Spectacle Is Herself” by Lindsay Zoladz:

Billie Eilish’s latest album, “Happier Than Ever,” is a rather muted affair — acoustic ballads, fluttery, crooned tunes, even a hushed bossa nova number — so it was worth wondering how such material would translate in the arenas the 20-year-old pop phenom is playing on her Happier Than Ever: The World Tour. But the nearly 20,000 frenzied fans screaming along to every word at her triumphant Madison Square Garden concert on Saturday night proved that, at least when they’re performed live, there’s no such thing as a quiet Billie Eilish song.

… But an even more piercing moment came during a much quieter song. As Eilish sang her latest album’s opener, “Getting Older,” a montage of home videos documenting her and Finneas’s childhoods played on the huge screen at the back of the stage. During the second verse, her voice cracked and she broke down in tears. “You all just saw me cry, that’s embarrassing,” she said after the song was done. “Seeing myself as a baby and then seeing Madison Square Garden just got me crying.” But it was far from embarrassing, and in fact an expression of the canny relationship Eilish has cultivated with her fans: Such intimate expressions of emotion are, after all, a large part of what keeps them filling all those seats.

Can you correctly use the word canny in a sentence?

Based on the definition and example provided, write a sentence using today’s Word of the Day and share it as a comment on this article. It is most important that your sentence makes sense and demonstrates that you understand the word’s definition, but we also encourage you to be creative and have fun.

Then, read some of the other sentences students have submitted and use the “Recommend” button to vote for two original sentences that stand out to you.

If you want a better idea of how canny can be used in a sentence, read these usage examples on Vocabulary.com.

If you enjoy this daily challenge, try one of our monthly vocabulary challenges.

Students ages 13 and older in the United States and the United Kingdom, and 16 and older elsewhere, can comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff.

How Does Your Body React to Stress?

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How Does Your Body React to Stress?

What happens to your body when you’re stressed? Do your shoulders become tense? Does your stomach roil? Do you get headaches or back pain? Can you sleep? By contrast, how does your body feel when you are calm and more carefree? Is there a big difference?

Many of us are living with chronic, unmitigated stress thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, and, according to a recent Times article, that can result in a range of physical symptoms.

In “Your Body Knows You’re Burned Out,” Melinda Wenner Moyer writes about work-related stress, but everything she says can apply to the lives of students as well. She talks to Jeanette M. Bennett, a researcher at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, about the physical effects:

Stress can have wear and tear effects on the body, especially when it doesn’t ease up after a while — so it makes sense that it can incite physical symptoms, too, Dr. Bennett said. When people are under stress, their bodies undergo changes that include making higher than normal levels of stress hormones such as cortisol, adrenaline, epinephrine and norepinephrine. These changes are helpful in the short term — they give us the energy to power through difficult situations — but over time, they start harming the body.

Our bodies were “not designed for the kinds of stressors that we face today,” said Christina Maslach, a social psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley, who has spent her career studying burnout.

She also describes some of the symptoms, with help from Dr. Lotte Dyrbye, a physician scientist at the Mayo Clinic, and Dr. Jessi Gold, a psychiatrist at Washington University in St. Louis:

One common burnout symptom is insomnia, Dr. Dyrbye said. When researchers in Italy surveyed frontline health care workers with burnout during the first peak of the pandemic, they found that 55 percent reported having difficulty falling asleep, while nearly 40 percent had nightmares.

Research suggests that chronic stress interferes with the complicated neurological and hormonal system that regulates sleep. It’s a vicious cycle, because not sleeping throws this system even more out of whack. If you’ve noticed you’re unable to sleep at night, that could be a sign that you’re experiencing burnout, Dr. Dyrbye said — and your sleeplessness could exacerbate the problem.

Physical exhaustion is another common sign. Dr. Gold said that one of her key symptoms of burnout was fatigue. “I realized I was sleeping every day after work — and I was like, ‘What is wrong with me?’ but it was actually burnout,” she said.

Changes in eating habits — either eating more or less than usual — can also be a sign of burnout: In the study of Italian health care workers, 56 percent reported changes in food habits. People might eat less because they’re too busy or distracted, or they might find themselves craving “those comfort foods that we all like to go to when we need something to make us feel better,” Dr. Bennett said. Research suggests, too, that stress hormones can affect appetite, making people feel less hungry than usual when they’re under a lot of stress, and more hungry than usual when that stress alleviates.

Headaches and stomachaches can also be incited by burnout, Dr. Gold said. One study of people in Sweden suffering from exhaustion disorder — a medical condition similar to burnout — found that 67 percent reported experiencing nausea, gas or indigestion, and that 65 percent had headaches. It’s also important to note that burnout can develop alongside depression or anxiety, both of which can cause physical symptoms. Depression can cause muscle aches, stomachaches, sleep issues and appetite changes. Anxiety is linked to headaches, nausea and shortness of breath.

Students, read the entire article, and then tell us:

  • What has worked for you in dealing with these physical symptoms? In dealing with the underlying issues? What advice in this article might you try?

  • Right now, do you think people are more stressed than usual? Are you?

  • If, as the article suggests, you imagine each source of stress in your life as a pebble in your shoe, what does each pebble represent? Which sources seem to cause you the most problems? Can you think of small changes you can make to help remove or lessen some or all of your stressors, at least temporarily?

  • After reading the article, do you think you’ll pay more attention to the mind-body connection? How can you be more sensitive to the messages your body is sending you?

Want more writing prompts? You can find all of our questions in our Student Opinion column. Teachers, check out this guide to learn how you can incorporate them into your classroom.

Students 13 and older in the United States and Britain, and 16 and older elsewhere, are invited to comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff, but please keep in mind that once your comment is accepted, it will be made public.

What Sports Deserve More Hype?

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What Sports Deserve More Hype?

Have you ever heard of pickleball? It’s a sport that was invented more than 50 years ago and that has become a favorite with retirees and some celebrities in the past decade.

In American life, three sports play an outsize role: football, basketball and baseball. Around the world, soccer dominates. Are there other fun or thrilling or sports — like pickleball — that either should be played and appreciated more often or should be more widely watched on TV?

In “Pickleball Is Ready for Prime Time,” Todd Plummer writes about the growing popularity of the sport during the coronavirus pandemic:

There’s a moment in the most recent season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” when the character Hal Berman (Rob Morrow), seeking support for his ill father, tells Larry David that the point of country clubs is to feel a sense of togetherness in a time of need.

“I joined for the golf,” Mr. David, who plays himself on the show, counters plainly. “And you know what? I’m enjoying pickleball, too.”

Invented in the summer of 1965 on Bainbridge Island, Wash., pickleball is played with a Wiffle ball and is a cross between tennis, badminton and Ping-Pong. It has long enjoyed a cult following on the fringes of American sporting life.

Over the last decade, however, it’s grown in popularity as a racket sport with a lower barrier to entry than tennis that offers recreation without the years of fine-tuning it might take to play competitively. The nets are lower than in tennis and the courts are roughly one-fourth the size, so there’s less sprinting involved, and it has become a favorite with retirees and some celebrities.

The actor Matthew Perry, who before his starring role on “Friends” had been a nationally ranked junior tennis player in Canada, picked up pickleball during the pandemic. “I don’t move around as well as I used to, but I saw my friend Amanda Peet talking about pickleball on a talk show and I was like, ‘I have to try this,’” he said. He now plays several times a week.

The U.S.A. Pickleball Association estimates that more than 4.8 million Americans played pickleball in 2021. And as it expands, there are more opportunities to engage with the sport.

  • What other sport do you think should be more popular? Why do you think it is underrated or overlooked? What qualities make the game fun and compelling? If you had to design an advertisement to promote your sport to the public, what would be your tagline or slogan?

  • What sports and recreational games have you been playing during the pandemic? Have you started any new ones? Has it been difficult to be physically active the past two years?

  • Have you ever played pickleball? If so, was it enjoyable? Challenging? If not, does reading the article make the sport sound fun or intriguing? Do you think you might want to play it in the future? Why or why not?

  • The article says that pickleball was previously confined to retirement communities and the fringes of American sporting life. Do you think it will continue to catch on and become mainstream? Will it ever rival basketball, tennis or golf in popularity?

  • The article describes pickleball as “a cross between tennis, badminton and Ping-Pong.” Now it’s your turn: Propose a new sport or a mash-up of old ones. What would be the goal of the game, the equipment needed to play and the number of players required? Make an elevator pitch to sports aficionados or sports companies on why they should play or invest in your new game.

    • Lesson of the Day: ‘How a National Movement Toppled Hundreds of Confederate Symbols’

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    Lesson of the Day: ‘How a National Movement Toppled Hundreds of Confederate Symbols’

    Featured Article: “How a National Movement Toppled Hundreds of Confederate Symbols” by Audra D. S. Burch

    George Floyd was murdered almost two years ago, and since then at least 230 Confederate symbols have been removed, relocated or renamed, as part of the larger examination of systemic racism that has unfolded throughout America.

    In this lesson, you will learn about the movement to dismantle symbols of the Confederacy since George Floyd’s death. Then, you will think about a person in your community who should be honored with a monument, mural or another symbol.

    Spend a few minutes looking closely at the image below from the featured article, and answer these questions borrowed from our “What’s Going On in This Picture?” activity:

    When you are finished looking closely, respond to these additional questions: What is your reaction to this image? How do you feel looking at it?

    Read the article, and then answer the following questions:

    1. The author writes: “Nearly 157 years after the last battle of the Civil War was waged, the United States is re-evaluating how — or even if — the Confederacy should be memorialized. Every symbol erected and every symbol dismantled speaks to the political calculations and struggle between enshrining heritage and enduring hate.” What is she saying? See if you can rewrite those two sentences in your own words.

    2. What background does the author provide to help readers understand why so many Confederate memorials have been removed since 2015, and especially since May 2020?

    3. What is one thing you learned about the national distribution of Confederate monuments in the United States? What is your reaction to that information?

    4. Are there any Confederate monuments in your region? Have you encountered them anywhere else? How do you feel seeing Confederate monuments?

    5. What is your reaction to local governments and schools renaming or removing Confederate imagery, names and memorials? What is your reaction to protesters and activists defacing or removing statues? Do you support the movement to remove, relocate and rename monuments and other symbols of the Confederacy? Why or why not?

    Part I. Reflect.

    What is your reaction to the article? What do you think should happen next in cities that have removed Confederate monuments? Should something else replace them? If so, what — and why?

    What about cities that don’t have a direct historical connection to the Confederacy? Should they also re-evaluate and think critically about the people they memorialize? Why or why not?

    Part II. Conduct a community memorial audit.

    As a class, come up with a plan to identify, map and label the people who are honored or remembered in your community.

    First, come up with an area you want to audit: Will it be a few blocks in your city? Your entire small town? Try to identify a place where there are monuments or statues.

    Second, decide what exactly you want to keep track of. Statues and monuments can be the easiest to find — and perhaps the most visible. But you can also look for the names of public buildings, streets and bridges. And you can look for stained glass and murals.

    Third, decide how you want to keep track of what you find. An easy way to collaborate as a class and share your results with others is to create a shared list in Google Maps and drop and label pins for each memorial you identify. You can also use a physical map or just create an annotated list.

    Fourth, analyze your findings. What do you notice about the people who have been honored publicly in your community? Do the results raise any questions for you?

    Part III. Design a memorial.

    Brainstorm: Create a list of people who were, or are, important to your community who have not received the recognition you think they deserve. If you noticed during Part II that certain groups of people — such as women, people with disabilities, people of color or gender-nonconforming people — were missing from community memorials, you might focus your brainstorm on those groups. If names of important present-day and historical people don’t immediately come to mind, you might have to do some research.

    Research: After you’ve created your list, choose one person to feature in a monument, mural or another type of memorial. Spend some time researching this person and choose three facts or characteristics that you would like to highlight literally or symbolically.

    Design: What medium can you use to best honor this person? The article discusses statues, stained-glass windows and flags, but you could also create a mural, collage or plaque. You can draw your design by hand or with a computer, or describe the design by writing an artist’s statement. Be specific about the choices you’re making, explain the symbolism you have included and illustrate to others why this person is important.

    Gallery Walk: If you wrote an artist’s statement, you can share it in the comments section of this lesson so students around the world can learn about the person you are honoring. If you illustrated your memorial, you can walk around your classroom’s gallery to see your peers’ work.

    Want more Lessons of the Day? You can find them all here.

    How To Clone A Website

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    How To Clone A Website

    If you’ve ever created a website from scratch, you know that it can be a complex, time-consuming project. There are so many elements to consider, from the color palette to the navigation to optimizing the load speed — and that’s just the beginning.

    But luckily, starting from scratch isn’t usually necessary. Instead, you can clone an existing website or parts of a website, and then customize the cloned code to fit your needs and make a totally new site. This process can be a much more efficient way of creating a website. So whether you’re cloning a website for a client or for your personal portfolio, here are the steps to follow, as well as some things to keep in mind when working with a cloned website.

    First, some ground rules

    The process of cloning a website is common in web development. But you obviously don’t want to just copy someone else’s website — you want to ultimately make your own unique site. Thankfully, there are simple steps you can take to avoid outright copying someone else’s external-facing work.

    First, think of cloning a website as a starting point — like a template — that you get to tweak and personalize. Then you’ll be able to add your own ideas and designs to that template. The idea is to make the website totally your own so that you won’t have legal issues to worry about.

    To that end, watch out for content that’s copied over when you clone a site. You’ll need to replace any written or visual content.

    How to clone a website using Google Chrome

    One way to clone a website is with Google Chrome Developer Tools (DevTools), a toolkit for developers that’s conveniently built directly into the Chrome browser.

    Follow these steps to clone a website using Google Chrome:

    • Select an element on the page
    • Right-click on the selected element and choose “Inspect”
    • At the top, you can see the site’s HTML
    • As you scroll, you can see all the elements of the page, from the header to the footer
    • As you select elements, you can see the CSS, which shows details like the maximum width and margins
    • Click on the three dots at the top-right of the page and select “Open File,” which shows you all the files associated with that page
    • Type in the file that you want, such as styles.css or index.html, then select the code and copy it into a text editor or into a Codecademy workspace if you’re signed up for Codecademy Pro

    This method also works with JavaScript. You right-click on the element, choose “Inspect,” and scroll through the elements on the page. When you find the JavaScript files, you can open and copy them over to your text editor.

    Cloning a complex website

    Simple websites likely have just one CSS and HTML file, but more complex sites, like Twitter, can have several. If you want to clone a site like this, follow these steps.

    To copy the HTML, select an element and click “Inspect” to open the DevTools. Next, click “Sources” at the top. You’ll see the HTML appear on this tab, and you can select it, copy it, and then paste it into a text editor. Save the file with a .html extension (​​myfilename.html).

    To copy the CSS, click on “Elements” at the top navigation bar of the DevTools. You’ll see the CSS in the middle of the page. Click on main.CSS, which will open up the code. Select and copy the code, then open a new sheet in your text editor and paste the CSS. Save the file with a .css extension.

    Working with a cloned website

    Once you’ve copied the code into your text editor, it’s ready for you to edit and make it your own. Working with a cloned website is also a great way to learn how to code, since it gives you a look at the inner workings of a live website. Here are the programming languages you’ll work with as you edit a cloned website.

    HTML

    HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. It’s used to create the structure of a web page, including paragraphs, images, and bulleted lists. HTML uses elements to make components of the page act a specific way. For example, to designate text as a paragraph, you would use the tag

    before the paragraph and

    to end the paragraph. The items in brackets are called tags.

    CSS

    While HTML gives websites their basic structure, like headings and paragraphs, Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS, gives these elements a style. For example, with CSS you can change the size and color of your text and links. You can also create interesting layouts with sidebars and create effects with CSS.

    CSS starts with a selector, which selects the HTML element you want to change. For example, for an H1 heading, you would use h1 as the selector. That’s followed by brackets { }. Inside the brackets, you have the property and the value. Here’s what it would look like for a heading:

    h1 {
color: blue;
font-size: 5em;
}

    JavaScript

    JavaScript is a programming language that lets you add more complexity to websites. It’s used alongside HTML and CSS to do things like zoom in or out on an image, display real-time updates, play audio or video, animate 3D graphics, and change the color of a button when you hover over it with a cursor. JavaScript can also be used to create mobile apps, build web servers, and design and create browser games.

    Getting started with web design

    As you can see, the steps to cloning a website are pretty straightforward. The real work comes in once you’re ready to start modifying the cloned website; and to do that, you’ll need to know your way around HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

    New to programming? HTML is a good starting point for learning web design and how to get the most out of cloned websites. Our Learn HTML course walks you through the basics, including tables and forms.

    Learn CSS is a course that builds on your HTML knowledge and teaches you about colors, text size, typeface, alignment, and positioning elements. After that, you can look at Learn Intermediate CSS, which teaches you how to create more advanced visual effects and layouts.

    If you already know HTML and CSS, our Learn JavaScript course will help you build more advanced websites with JavaScript fundamentals. Once you have the basics down, our Building Interactive JavaScript Websites course will help you put everything you’ve learned into practice.

    Want to learn it all? Sign up for our beginner-friendly Front-End Engineering path.

    Web Development Courses & Tutorials | Codecademy

    Web Development is the practice of developing websites and web apps that live on the internet. Whether you’re interested in front-end, back-end, or going full-stack, the content in our Web Development domain will help you get there.

    Learn How Innovative Tech Companies Operate In Our Intro to DevOps Course

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    Learn How Innovative Tech Companies Operate In Our Intro to DevOps Course
    Learn How Innovative Tech Companies Operate In Our Intro to DevOps Course

    Looking to break into tech? Coding skills are just the beginning — you’ll also need to understand how software is created and how development teams work together to ensure a quality end product.

    That means you’ll need to know DevOps — literally the combination of “development” and “operations.” Since it was introduced in 2007, DevOps quickly became the industry standard for how developers work within a larger team at innovative, fast-paced organizations. It’s used at early stage startups and legacy tech companies alike.

    So what is it, exactly? DevOps is a system of collaboration and practices that bring together teams that have traditionally worked separately. Thanks to DevOps, developers can release software faster and at a higher quality, because workflows are more streamlined and more tasks can be automated.

    Studies show that up to 74% of tech organizations have implemented some form of DevOps, and DevOps skills are in high demand for everything from Web and Mobile Developers to Data Scientists and Systems Engineers. In other words, learning DevOps is a valuable skill in the job market — and we’ll show you everything you need to know in our new Intro to DevOps course.

    Who is the course right for?

    Intro to DevOps is perfect for anyone looking to learn more about DevOps culture and practices.

    Looking to become a DevOps Engineer? Here’s your first step. Or maybe you work with development teams and want to learn more about their process. This course is a great high-level introduction.

    What will you learn from the new course?

    This course will introduce you to the world of DevOps and show you how it helps improve an organization’s workflows and software products. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:

    • Describe DevOps at a high level.
    • Identify key components of DevOps culture.
    • Differentiate between major DevOps practices such as monitoring and continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).
    • Describe aspects of on-premises versus cloud infrastructure management.

    Ready to learn more about this popular methodology? Check out Intro to DevOps!

    6 Cute & Playful Fonts That Make My Heart Happy

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    6 Cute & Playful Fonts That Make My Heart Happy

    6 Cute & Playful Fonts That Make My Heart Happy

    Call me crazy, but something that always brings a smile to my face is stumbling across a gorgeous typeface. There’s something truly magical about a good font. These days it’s super easy to build a collection of stunning fonts without breaking the bank. Here’s a look at 6 cute & playful fonts that will be the perfect addition to your collection. If you are looking for some new fonts for Spring – this list is for you!

    6 Cute & Playful Fonts

    You will find here playful and casual fonts that will be perfect for spring and summer crafts. Combine them with pastels or bold colorful palettes to create heart-warming designs for your social media. Click on the font cover or name to see its Creative Market page.

    Pin me for later!

    If you are browsing this post at work or just do not feel crafty right now, we have something for you too! All the fonts collected in one please on easy to pin graphic so you can save those inspirations for later.

    Cute & Playful Fonts to add to your collection in 2022

    Show us your works!

    I would love to see what you will create using those cute & playful fonts. Make sure to let us know in the comments, or share your creation on social media and tag Designer Blogs.

    Don’t forget to let us know which font is your favorite. Do you like graphic fonts, or would you rather see a compilation of classic fonts?

    Still looking for a perfect font? Check the list of 20 Best Free Holiday Fonts.

    P.S This post includes affiliate links so by clicking them you are supporting us. Thanks!

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