This free online course guides you through the rules governing oil tankers and highlights the protocols and pollution prevention equipment that check the activities of oil tankers at sea. These regulations and practices combine to keep oil tankers sailing safely and prevent the kind of spill that can devastate our oceans. This course suits those interested in the legal and technical measures that protect our fragile marine environments.This course explains the 1983 ‘International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships’ (also known as ‘MARPOL’). MARPOL’s Annex I covers the prevention of pollution by oil from operational measures and accidental...

Do you want to be the brains behind a company's sound investment decisions? Have you considered a career in investment banking? We will help you understand the different aspects of capital markets, such as stocks, bonds and equities, valuation and the buy-side and sell-side of an investment bank. Discover how to help clients build capital, handle mergers and acquisitions and explore the ethical dynamics of investment banking.What is the difference between a commercial bank and an investment bank? Commercial banks handle day-to-day financial transactions, minor credit requests for mostly non-public borrowers and deposit insurance. Investment banks primarily help companies, institutions...

Have you ever wondered how to create and share files securely and easily over a network? This course will show you some basic and advanced Linux commands and programs for creating, managing, and exploring files on a system and server. We outline the Linux processes and ways to manipulate them. Discover how to install and update third-party software applications and use conditions to automate a task to save time and effort.Linux is an open-source operating system backed by a large community that constantly maintains and releases new features and security patches. We will teach you how to install Linux, its...

This free online course explains how to develop the human brain to think clearly, efficiently and creatively. We explore the concept of ‘focus mastery’ and demonstrate the value of this hugely important brain training process. This course teaches you healthy ‘cellphone hygiene’, the proper eating habits and other lifestyle tweaks that can help you concentrate while training your mind to maximize its power. Enroll now!This free online course shows you how to effectively develop your brain. We establish the value of ridding yourself of stress and explain how to do so. Most people associate the term ‘exercise’ with physical exertion...

Stand out in your IT admin career with the help of this free course on VMware vSphere 6.0! This course analyzes the functions of hypervisors in a virtual machine and shows you how to integrate the ESXi Active Directory. Explore ways to export virtual machines to open virtualization format (OVF) and the functions of the distributed resource scheduler (DRS) cluster. Start this course today and upgrade your senior solutions engineering skills.Having a hard time understanding the virtualization processes in VMware vSphere 6.0? Are you an IT administrator wanting to upskill yourself or prepare for the certification exam? This free online...

This free online course on productivity tools provides a comprehensive introduction to the basics of Microsoft OneNote and offers a step-by-step guide to getting started with a notebook. You will learn how to create, save, share, close and even delete a notebook. This course equips you with a useful skill that can help manage your information and enhance workplace productivity.In today’s information-driven world, it is worth mastering effective management of data through technology. Microsoft OneNote is an all-in-one notetaking, information-gathering and multi-user collaboration tool. It supports notes, drawings, handwriting, screen clipping, audio, video and other types of content. This course...

This course explains how different elements communicate with each other within a network. You will learn the essentials of peer-to-peer communication, creating secure data communication using advanced encryption and how nodes authenticate themselves through private and public keys. Illustrations will help demonstrate how nodes route their traffic to the correct users.This course on peer-to-peer (P2P) networking explains how nodes in a network communicate and pass data between themselves by creating secure communication channels. It introduces peer-to-peer networking basics by defining a server’s functions in a network environment and how resources and services are shared in this network. Common servers discussed...

Do you want to build and manage your Java-based projects simply and efficiently? With this course, you'll gain a good command of the open-source Maven build automation tool to create and customise your projects. Next, you will study the default behaviour of Maven and how you can customise it for your specific project needs. Finally, we will guide you step by step in executing and deploying your programs in detail.Maven is a powerful Java build tool used to build deployable ‘artifacts’ from the source code. It follows the convention over configuration principle, letting you manage your projects with little to...

This free online course on vCenter Training, Requirements and Upgrades teaches you about the core of VMTraining's datacenter and network IP setup. You will learn about how to schedule upgrades via vSphere web client. Study how to use the update manager to upgrade hosts, how to edit host profiles, as well as additions and enhancements in VM hardware. The differences between clones and templates will also be covered extensively in this course.Introduction to vCenter training, requirements and updates is a free online course that has been specially designed to introduce you to the core of VMTraining's data center and network...

Learn to develop the best pedagogy for your students using blended and online learning methods.Develop the skills you need to teach blended and online learningOnline learning is the future of teaching. This three-week teaching course aims to support teachers’ own innovations in teaching and learning online, whether you teach in a school, college or university. See what’s possible with digital technologies and online learning methods You’ll understand the nature of learning design in the context of both blended and wholly online learning, and will explore the Conversational Framework concept; the notion that the teaching-learning process is an interactive exchange of...