The Course Library
Choose a short practical task or build toward a larger project. Each course explains what you need before beginning.
Estimates cover reading and supplied practice. Courses with extra required project time say so. Take one lesson at a time; setup and optional extra work can take longer.
Build a Budget That Runs Itself
Turn irregular bills, everyday spending, saving, and debt payments into one calm monthly system.
Open courseWork · BeginnerGet Hired for a Better Job
Choose a realistic target, prove fit, reach decision-makers, interview with evidence, and evaluate the offer.
Open courseDigital · BeginnerDigital Basics for Work and School
Practice computer controls, web browsing, email, files, online forms, and simple fixes for work and school.
Open courseLife · BeginnerPersonal Safety & Emergency Basics
Assess local risks, build a household plan and practical kit, protect records, learn safe response boundaries, and run drills.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerSpot Scams & Protect Your Money
Recognize pressure tactics, verify identities and offers, protect payments and accounts, and respond quickly if something goes wrong.
Open courseWork · BeginnerWork Ready: Communication and Professionalism
Practice the everyday communication, teamwork, reliability, and problem-solving habits that help a person start strong without pretending one style fits every workplace.
Open courseLife · BeginnerBuild a Weekly Planning System
Capture commitments, choose outcomes, budget real capacity, connect tasks to a calendar, and review the system every week.
The project also requires four weeks of using the system, daily shutdowns, and four completed weekly reviews.
Open courseDigital · BeginnerProtect Your Digital Life
Secure the accounts, devices, data, and recovery paths that matter most before a crisis happens.
Allow extra time for each account or device you protect, backup authentication, and an actual restore test. Transfers and updates may also take time.
Open courseWork · BeginnerUnderstand Your Paycheck, Benefits & Workplace Rights
Read an offer and pay stub, track hours, compare benefits, recognize safety concerns, and raise questions with a clear record.
The project also requires two verified pay periods and a two-week time record. Allow time to obtain records and make repeated entries.
Open courseLife · BeginnerBuild Healthy Relationships, Boundaries & Consent
Recognize healthy patterns, communicate boundaries, practice clear consent, repair conflict, and respond to control or abuse safely.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerPay Off Debt & Take Control of Your Money
Turn scattered balances and rising interest into a stable cash-flow plan and a payoff sequence you can actually sustain.
Open courseDigital · BeginnerSearch, Verify, and Submit Information Online
Find trustworthy job and training information, preserve sources and deadlines, complete online submissions, and protect your privacy while doing it.
Open courseWork · BeginnerKeep the Job: Your First 90 Days
Turn a new job or placement into a manageable first 90 days with clear expectations, early wins, feedback, safety awareness, and a growth plan.
Open courseLife · BeginnerManage Stress & Get Mental Health Support
Notice patterns, strengthen daily supports, test coping tools, recognize when more help is needed, and find qualified care.
The project also requires seven days of private pattern logging and actual trials of three safe coping tools. Care appointments are separate.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerRead Contracts & Protect Yourself as a Consumer
Find the money, obligations, renewals, cancellation, dispute, warranty, privacy, and evidence terms before you agree.
Open courseDigital · BeginnerWork Online: Email, Documents, Calendars, and Meetings
Practice email, shared documents, calendars, and video meetings. Learn to pass work to others, choose sharing permissions, and help everyone take part across different apps.
Open courseWork · BeginnerChoose a Career or Training Path
Turn interests and constraints into career options, verify real work and demand, test fit cheaply, and choose a next experiment.
Open courseLife · BeginnerNavigate Health Care & Health Insurance
Understand coverage and costs, choose the right place for care, prepare for visits, review bills, and keep a useful health record.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerUnderstand Taxes & File With Confidence
Organize records, understand the basic U.S. federal return, choose a filing path, review the result, and plan for next year.
Open courseDigital · BeginnerOrganize Data and Protect Records
Make records easier to find and maintain while controlling changes and protecting private information.
Open courseLife · BeginnerBuild a Support Network & Ask for Help
Map the support you need, strengthen existing ties, make specific asks, join communities, reciprocate, and plan for difficult moments.
The project also requires three completed asks and two community participation trials, one in each community. Allow additional contact, event and travel time.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerBuild & Protect Your Credit
Learn what appears on a credit report, how scores are influenced, and how to build a clean record without gimmicks.
Open courseWork · BeginnerRead, Write, and Study for Work and Training
Strengthen the reading, note-taking, source-based writing, study, tutoring, and testing habits that support work and further learning.
Open courseLife · BeginnerCook & Meal Prep for the Week
Plan flexible meals, shop with purpose, use core cooking methods, store food safely, and reduce waste.
Allow extra shopping and cooking time for the actual meal components, safe cooling, and the required five-day meal log and review.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateMaster Excel & Google Sheets for Work
Build clean tables, reliable formulas, summaries, dashboards, and quality checks in Excel or Google Sheets.
Open courseWork · BeginnerPractical Math and Data for Work and Training
Use estimation, percentages, ratios, wages, schedules, measurements, charts, and formulas to make everyday work and training decisions.
Open courseLife · BeginnerImprove Your Sleep & Recovery
Measure your current pattern, strengthen timing and light cues, build a workable wind-down, and recognize when to seek care.
The project also requires a four-week sleep experiment, including a 14-day baseline, repeated entries and controlled schedule tests.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerUnderstand Insurance Before You Buy It
Translate premiums, deductibles, limits, exclusions, and claims into coverage decisions tied to your real risks.
Open courseLife · BeginnerNavigate Benefits and Basic Needs
Find official support information, prepare eligibility questions, and organize a private follow-up plan without assuming approval.
Open courseWork · BeginnerUse the Workforce System: Job Centers and Support
Learn how American Job Centers and public workforce partners may help with job search, training, assessment, and practical support—then build a local contact plan.
Open courseLife · BeginnerBuild Better Habits That Actually Stick
Turn a meaningful result into a tiny observable behavior, design reliable cues and environments, track it, and recover from misses.
The project also requires an observation week and a completed 30-day habit experiment, including habit practice and weekly reviews.
Open courseWork · BeginnerCompare Local Careers With Real Data
Compare local jobs using tasks, wage ranges, training needs, and travel assumptions, then choose what to investigate next.
Open courseWork · BeginnerFind Training That Leads Somewhere
Verify a specific training provider before you commit time or money: compare adult education, certificates, licenses, college, apprenticeships, and short-term programs by outcome, evidence, time, cost, and support.
Open courseLife · BeginnerEat Better Without Following a Crazy Diet
Build balanced meals, read labels, shop and cook practically, and run a sustainable two-week nutrition experiment.
The project also requires a three-day baseline and completed 14-day eating experiment, with repeated preparation, entries and review.
Open courseWork · BeginnerAccess Disability Support at Work and School
Describe an access barrier, find the responsible office, and prepare a focused request while protecting private information.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerPay for College or Career Training Wisely
Compare programs by outcomes and net cost, decode financial-aid offers, limit borrowing, and make an evidence-based enrollment decision.
Open courseDigital · BeginnerDesign Accessible Digital Content
Make a notice easier to read, understand, and use, including for people who use assistive technology.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerDesign an Original Vector Icon Kit
Draw three clear icons with editable shapes, paths, shared styling and checked exports.
Open courseLife · BeginnerLearn and Remember With Evidence
Test what you remember after a delay, spot gaps between confidence and performance, and adjust one study habit.
Open courseLife · BeginnerTutor a Peer Through an Academic Skill
Practice diagnosing a misconception, offering useful hints, and checking a peer’s independent understanding.
Open courseWork · BeginnerBuild a Safe Youth Work Plan
Check proposed duties and hours, prepare training questions, and practice responding when a work request seems unsafe.
Open courseDigital · BeginnerCybersecurity for Everyday Work
Recognize suspicious requests, follow role-appropriate access rules, and rehearse reporting and recovery without changing real systems.
Open courseLife · BeginnerCheck Manipulated Images and Synthetic Media
Trace media to its context, assess suspicious cues carefully, and decide what is safe to treat as fact.
Open courseLife · BeginnerPlan Transportation, Care, and Attendance
Check whether travel, care coverage, costs, and timing fit together, then build a fallback for disrupted plans.
Open courseWork · BeginnerRegistered Apprenticeships and Work-Based Learning
Compare apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships, internships, and other work-based learning, then search, verify, and apply with care.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateUse AI to Work Faster
Turn AI from a novelty into a repeatable assistant for research, writing, analysis, planning, and quality control.
Open courseLife · BeginnerRent Your First Apartment With Confidence
Set a real housing budget, verify listings, compare homes, read the lease, document move-in, and stay organized as a renter.
The estimate covers the guided packet. Real listing checks, three-home inspections and move-in evidence may require additional access, travel and time.
Open courseWork · BeginnerReturn to Work After Time Away
Build a return-to-work plan that fits your current responsibilities, refresh one skill, and explain your experience without oversharing.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerStart Investing From Zero
Understand accounts, risk, diversified funds, fees, and automation before placing your first long-term investment.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerBuy a Car Without Getting Ripped Off
Research the right vehicle, price the full cost, inspect it, arrange financing, negotiate, and audit the paperwork.
Open courseWork · BeginnerBuild a Portfolio That Gets You Hired
Select convincing work, turn it into clear case studies, publish it accessibly, and use it in a focused job search.
Allow extra production and revision time for three case studies and a live portfolio, plus three reviewer checks and any hosting or permission wait.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateUnderstand Stock Options in a Job Offer
Read a fictional grant, map vesting and deadlines, and keep paper value separate from cash pay.
Open courseWork · BeginnerSpeak With Confidence
Structure ideas, control nerves, use your voice and body, handle questions, and improve through deliberate rehearsal.
Allow extra time to arrange and deliver or record your 5–8-minute talk. The project includes three rehearsals and a review within 24 hours.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerDesign and Test a Useful Product
Turn a practical need into a simple prototype, try a practice usability test, and use the results to improve it.
Open courseWork · BeginnerConduct and Analyze Service Interviews
A service-research brief with neutral interview questions, a consent plan, coded fictional transcripts, and findings linked to evidence.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerProtect Your Creative Work and Use Content Lawfully
Check the rights behind creative assets, keep permission and credit records, and choose how to share your own work.
Open courseLife · BeginnerLearn Basic Home Maintenance & DIY
Know your home, inspect it on schedule, use basic tools, complete low-risk repairs, and recognize when to call a professional.
Open courseLife · BeginnerResolve Conflict and Repair Teamwork
Separate facts from assumptions, listen for the real concerns, and write a voluntary repair plan with follow-up.
Open courseLife · BeginnerHelp a Group Make a Fair Decision
Collect everyone’s input, compare options consistently, and turn a group choice into a clear action record.
Open courseWork · BeginnerSolve Customer Service Problems
Turn a complaint into a clear case, check the policy, and follow a remedy through to a documented handoff.
Open courseLife · Beginner–IntermediateUnderstand Statistics in Everyday Claims
Spot misleading percentages, compare claims, and explain what the numbers actually support.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateMake Sense of Economic News
Decode inflation, wages, unemployment and interest-rate headlines with small, checkable calculations.
Open courseLife · Beginner–IntermediateRead Research Papers and Compare Evidence
Learn the structure of a research report, inspect its method, and compare findings without overstating them.
Open courseLife · BeginnerStart Strength Training the Right Way
Learn movement patterns, choose safe loads, follow a simple full-body plan, recover, and progress without random workouts.
The project also requires a completed four-week training block with two or three sessions each week, logs and a review.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateLearn Project Management by Running a Real Project
Define outcomes, organize scope, assign ownership, build a schedule, manage risk and change, and close with evidence.
The study estimate covers guided planning. The final project also requires running a real project, delivering it, and obtaining acceptance; allow additional implementation time.
Open courseWork · BeginnerCoordinate Event-Day Operations
A run of show, staffing map, access checklist, and disruption log for a fictional indoor careers showcase.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateTrack Project Costs and Explain Variances
A reconciled project cost sheet showing baseline, incurred costs, open commitments, forecast to finish, and a supported change recommendation.
Open courseWork · BeginnerBuild a Mentoring Relationship
Identify the help you need, prepare an agreement and meeting agenda, and practice using feedback without giving up your judgment.
Open courseLife · BeginnerLearn With Free University Courses
Choose a manageable free study unit, practice what it teaches, and document what you can demonstrate.
Open courseWork · BeginnerPrepare for Job Shadowing and Internships
Prepare useful questions and learning goals so you can make more of a future workplace experience.
Open courseWork · BeginnerTrain a Teammate in One Task
A task-training packet with a worked demonstration, guided practice, independent assessment, feedback, and a follow-up plan.
Open courseWork · BeginnerPrepare for High School Equivalency
Practice reading, writing, math, science, and social studies, then use your mistakes to plan the next stage of preparation.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateWrite for College and Career Training
Build a clear argument from sources, address a fair objection, and revise an essay with evidence behind each claim.
Open courseLife · BeginnerBuild an Argument and Spot Faulty Reasoning
Map reasons, test conditional claims, and repair weak reasoning in everyday proposals.
Open courseWork · BeginnerOffice Administration and Scheduling
Practice managing schedules, organizing requests, and keeping an office handoff clear.
Open courseWork · BeginnerApply for Public-Service Jobs
Read a public-service job announcement, match its requirements to honest evidence, and assemble a consistent mock application.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerShoot & Edit Professional-Looking Videos
Use light, composition, camera control, sound, and editing to create stronger photos and short videos with any capable camera.
Open courseCreate · Beginner–IntermediateCreate Your First 3D Display Scene
Model simple objects, shape their edges, light the scene and export a deliberately framed image.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerAnimate a Two-Second Drawing Loop
Turn simple original drawings into a short loop by changing poses, spacing and timing.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerTell a Story in Six Comic Panels
Create an original short comic with clear actions, readable lettering and a simple color system.
Open courseLife · BeginnerUnderstand & Maintain Your Car
Read the owner’s manual, run safety checks, understand warning signs, manage maintenance, and communicate with repair shops.
Open courseWork · BeginnerPlan a Job Search With a Record
Plan a private job search, identify which local rules need checking, and practice responding to a fictional background-report error.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateAutomate Repetitive Work
Find worthwhile automation opportunities, map the logic, connect tools, control errors, and operate workflows safely.
Open courseLife · BeginnerSucceed in Your First College or Training Term
Turn syllabi, prerequisites, deadlines, and support options into a first-term plan you can realistically follow.
Open courseLife · BeginnerMap College Credits and Transfer Options
Read equivalencies, audit degree gaps, and compare transfer routes before choosing classes.
Open courseWork · BeginnerCreate Better Presentations
Turn a decision, lesson, or proposal into a clear story, honest visuals, confident delivery, and an accessible handoff.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerDesign a Clear Two-Page Newsletter
Use editorial hierarchy, text styles, columns and careful export to make a small publication from supplied copy.
Open courseWork · BeginnerImprove a Process and Check Quality
Map a process, measure a problem, and plan a small improvement test with a clear way to check the result.
Open courseWork · BeginnerWrite Clear Work Instructions and SOPs
A versioned equipment-loan procedure, matching checklist, and walkthrough test log that a beginner can follow.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateLearn Sales & Negotiation
Find out who needs your offer, ask useful questions, explain its value, respond to concerns, negotiate terms, and confirm the agreement.
Allow extra time to arrange discovery conversations and complete rehearsals, notes and sales drafts. Response times vary.
Open courseDigital · BeginnerIntroduction to IT Support
Record an IT problem clearly, choose tests that narrow the cause, and document when to resolve or escalate it.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateUse the Command Line for File and Text Work
Turn a tiny fictional registration file into a checked report using readable terminal commands.
Open courseDigital · BeginnerUnderstand Computer Networks
See how a request crosses local links and routers, and explain what supplied network evidence does and does not show.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerLearn Photography by Shooting a Real Story
Control exposure, focus, composition, light, motion, and editing while producing a coherent ten-image photo story.
Allow extra shooting and revision time for the light study, image selections and final ten-image story, plus access, conditions and critique.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateFractions, Measurement, and Technical Drawings
Read dimensions, convert units, and check a scaled drawing so your measurements and material estimates agree.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateModel Your First Part with Free CAD
Use sketches, constraints and solid features to create a small dimensioned part and a readable drawing.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerExplore Paper Folding with Simulation
Turn an original crease pattern into a folding study and compare how angles and panel widths change its shape.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerBookkeeping for Small Organizations
Trace fictional transactions into accounts, reconcile cash, and explain a small organization’s financial summaries.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateRead Business Financial Statements
Turn a set of company reports into a clear explanation of performance, cash and unanswered questions.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateRun a Practice Payroll
Practice the records, calculations and review controls that turn approved time into a payroll handoff.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateForecast Business Cash and Follow Up Invoices
Find cash gaps before bills are due and practice clear, documented invoice follow-up.
Open courseWork · BeginnerExplore Skilled Trades and Green Careers
Compare trades and energy tasks, check simple quantities, and prepare informed questions about training and supervised practice.
Open courseWork · BeginnerExplore Health Careers and Patient Support
Compare healthcare roles and practice nonclinical communication, privacy decisions, and routing concerns to the right person.
Open courseWork · BeginnerTrack Referrals in a Medical Office
A fictional referral tracker with status evidence, contact scripts, overdue-item escalation notes, and a checked shift handoff.
Open courseWork · BeginnerInventory and Order Operations
Keep stock records accurate, resolve count differences, and work out when to reorder.
Open courseWork · BeginnerCompare Suppliers and Recommend a Purchase
A requirement brief, three-offer comparison, and documented purchase recommendation ready for an authorized approver.
Open courseWork · BeginnerPrepare Shipments and Resolve Delivery Exceptions
A checked dispatch manifest, package and label plan, carrier-handoff record, and delivery-exception log using fictional parcels.
Open courseDigital · BeginnerBuild Your First Website
Plan, design, code, test, publish, and improve a fast, accessible website using the foundations of the web.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateCollaborate on Projects with Git
Build a fictional repair-cafe notice while practicing the way teams record and combine changes.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateAdd JavaScript Interactivity to a Web Page
Trace and improve an original local calculator while learning how browser controls, code and feedback fit together.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateConnect to APIs and Read JSON
Use a local HTTP-response simulator to practice reading structured data and handling realistic failures.
Open courseCreate · Beginner–IntermediateMake a 2D Game with Godot
Start with a complete small game, learn why each part works and make two tested design changes.
Open courseCreate · Beginner–IntermediateCreate Interactive Art with p5.js
Turn a complete small sketch into an original composition and make its controls, motion and export understandable.
Open courseDigital · BeginnerProgramming with Python
Build a small Python tool by tracing calculations, writing conditions and functions, and testing ordinary and unexpected inputs.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateMake a Data Analysis Someone Else Can Repeat
Turn a small fictional attendance analysis into a result another learner can reconstruct and explain.
Open courseDigital · BeginnerAnswer Questions with SQL
Use SQL to find answers in a small database and check that your results make sense.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateDesign a Relational Database
Separate objects from events and build a database design that avoids repeated facts and impossible loans.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateBuild Interactive Reports with Power BI Desktop
Turn two small fictional CSVs into an interactive report and prove that its totals and filters mean what they say.
Open courseWork · BeginnerTurn a Skill Into a Freelance Business
Package an existing skill, build proof fast, find buyers, price the work, and deliver professionally.
Allow extra project time for a 50-prospect list, critique, the required 10-day outreach sequence, and delivery and feedback.
Open courseWork · BeginnerStart a Small Business From Scratch
Use customer evidence to choose a problem, shape an offer, evaluate a small test, and plan how a business could operate.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateTest a Reselling Idea with Real Costs
Explore secondhand selling through item screening, delivered prices, fees, labor and return scenarios.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediatePlan a Crowdfunding Campaign You Can Fulfill
Build a creative reward campaign on paper and test its costs, capacity and promises before launch.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerLaunch a Podcast
Design a show people can recognize, record strong conversations or stories, distribute reliably, and earn repeat listening.
Allow extra recording, editing and publication time for the three-episode pilot and six-episode results table, plus guest and listener coordination.
Open courseLife · BeginnerParticipate in Local Decisions
Find who makes a local decision, compare the options, and draft a focused public comment without submitting it.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerCurate a Mini Museum Exhibition
A six-object exhibition storyboard with an interpretive question, evidence notes, original labels, an accessible reading order, and a revision log.
Open courseLife · BeginnerTrace a Community Story Through Archives
Follow a local-history question through finding aids, original records, conflicting dates, and a short cited account.
Open courseLife · BeginnerScientific Reasoning and Lab Readiness
Organize observations, check units, and explain what a small dataset supports before entering supervised laboratory training.
Open courseDigital · BeginnerUnderstand Circuits with a Free Simulator
Build virtual DC circuits, use meters, predict series and parallel behavior, and diagnose a fault.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateInvestigate Exoplanet Signals
Plot an original practice light curve, measure repeated dips and learn how NASA archive evidence differs from a signal alone.
Open courseDigital · BeginnerTest and Debug Digital Products
Turn expected behavior into test cases, write a reproducible bug report, and check whether a repair creates new problems.
Open courseLife · BeginnerLead a Community Service Project
Plan a small project around a community’s priorities, share responsibilities, and check whether it helps.
Open courseWork · BeginnerBuild an Evidence-Based Grant Proposal
A practice grant proposal with funder-fit analysis, a traceable needs statement, logic model, evaluation plan, and submission-readiness review.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateBuild a Nonprofit Program Budget
Connect a community program’s activities to costs, funding restrictions and a clear financial report.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateBudget a Small Event and Set Ticket Prices
Test an arts event’s ticket prices, capacity and cash needs before making commitments.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerStart a YouTube Channel
Choose an audience, build repeatable video formats, produce efficiently, package for discovery, and improve with retention data.
Allow extra production and publication time for the three-video pilot, plus the required 7-day and 28-day results reviews.
Open courseWork · BeginnerBuild a Personal Brand That Opens Doors
Choose a useful reputation, prove it publicly, build real relationships, and turn visibility into relevant opportunities.
The project also requires four published pieces, eight value-first actions, and a 30-day brand review. Allow extra publishing and relationship time.
Open courseDigital · BeginnerMaps and Location Data for Community Decisions
Compare routes and coverage using a fictional community map, then explain a location decision with checked numbers.
Open courseLife · BeginnerObserve Birds and Build a Citizen Science Record
Practice field notes, observation effort, cautious identification, and data-quality checks using a complete fictional birding case.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerBuild an Audience With Short-Form Content
Create an audience promise, generate useful ideas, script and shoot efficiently, publish responsibly, and improve with evidence.
Allow extra recording, editing and publishing time for the required ten-post pilot, plus time to collect and review results.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateMeasure Digital Marketing Results
Use visits, orders and costs to explain what a campaign achieved and what to test next.
Open courseWork · BeginnerUnderstand Cooperatives and Community Enterprises
Explore how people can own and run a business together, share decisions, and check the basic costs.
Open courseDigital · BeginnerUnderstand AI and Machine Learning
Train a simple model, measure its mistakes, and explain where the results do and do not support its use.
Open courseLife · BeginnerPlan & Pay for a Trip
Design a realistic itinerary, price the full trip, save for it, book carefully, prepare documents and safety, and reconcile costs.
The estimate covers the guided packet. Confirmed bookings, travel and the post-trip actual-cost review require additional time and access.
Open courseLife · BeginnerUse Beginner Spanish for Everyday Tasks
Build a small Spanish phrase kit for greetings, simple requests, directions, and confirming a class time.
Open courseLife · BeginnerUnderstand Weather Forecasts for Everyday Plans
Read rain chances and hourly forecasts, handle updates, and build an event plan that responds to official alerts.
Open courseCreate · Beginner–IntermediateRecord & Mix Music at Home
Set up a safe signal path, capture intentional performances, edit cleanly, build a balanced mix, and export organized masters.
Open courseCreate · Beginner–IntermediateBecome an Independent Music Artist
Develop your sound, record a release, handle rights and distribution, launch it, and build a repeatable artist system.
Allow extra production and release time for a finished song and campaign, permissions, and the required 30-day results review.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerCompose and Notate a First Melody
Build an eight-bar melody, change a motif and use notation playback to compare musical choices.
Open courseLife · BeginnerLearn Basketball From Zero
Learn basketball step by step: how to stand and move, control the ball, shoot close to the basket, defend, and take part in a game.
Open courseLife · BeginnerLearn Football Fundamentals
Understand positions and rules, then train throwing, catching, routes, footwork, defense, and safe non-contact play.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerManage Bank Transactions and Reconcile a Statement
Practice manage bank transactions and reconcile a statement with complete fictional records, worked calculations and changed-input checks.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerCompare Short-Term Savings Products
Practice compare short-term savings products with complete fictional records, worked calculations and changed-input checks.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerUnderstand Credit-Card Statements and Interest
Practice understand credit-card statements and interest with complete fictional records, worked calculations and changed-input checks.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerCompare Loan Terms and Build a Payment Schedule
Practice compare loan terms and build a payment schedule with complete fictional records, worked calculations and changed-input checks.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerManage Student-Loan Repayment and Servicing
Practice manage student-loan repayment and servicing with complete fictional records, worked calculations and changed-input checks.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerPrepare a First-Home Finance and Closing File
Practice prepare a first-home finance and closing file with complete fictional records, worked calculations and changed-input checks.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerManage a Mortgage and Test Refinancing
Practice manage a mortgage and test refinancing with complete fictional records, worked calculations and changed-input checks.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerSettle Shared Household Expenses Fairly
Practice settle shared household expenses fairly with complete fictional records, worked calculations and changed-input checks.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerPrepare a Family Financial Handoff
Practice prepare a family financial handoff with complete fictional records, worked calculations and changed-input checks.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateModel Retirement Income and Withdrawals
Practice model retirement income and withdrawals with complete fictional records, worked calculations and changed-input checks.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateCompare Cross-Border Money Transfers
Practice compare cross-border money transfers with complete fictional records, worked calculations and changed-input checks.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateTest Biases in Money Decisions
Compare fictional money decisions, check the evidence for common biases, and retest a prewritten rule on changed cases.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateUse Supply, Demand and Opportunity Cost
Practice use supply, demand and opportunity cost with complete fictional records, worked calculations and changed-input checks.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateEvaluate Public-Spending Costs and Benefits
Practice evaluate public-spending costs and benefits with complete fictional records, worked calculations and changed-input checks.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediatePrepare a Small-Business Loan Readiness File
Practice prepare a small-business loan readiness file with complete fictional records, worked calculations and changed-input checks.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateCompare Buying, Leasing and Repairing Equipment
Produce an equipment financial decision model with service-equivalent alternatives, timed costs, downtime, residual value and a conditional recommendation. Use complete original records and independently checked changed-input practice.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateCost Products and Choose a Profitable Mix
Produce a two-product costing and constrained-capacity model with contribution, overhead, bottleneck minutes and a demand-limited production recommendation. Use complete original records and independently checked changed-input practice.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateValue Inventory and Reconcile Cost of Goods Sold
Produce a fictional inventory-cost ledger with FIFO and weighted-average comparison, returns, write-down case and reconciled gross profit. Use complete original records and independently checked changed-input practice.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateClose a Month with Accrual Adjustments
Produce a fictional month-end adjustment packet with accruals, prepayments, depreciation, corrected trial balance and reconciled income statement. Use complete original records and independently checked changed-input practice.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateReconcile Sales Tax in a Practice Business
Produce a fictional sales-tax register with taxable/exempt classification, inclusive/exclusive prices, returns, remittance reconciliation and verification questions. Use complete original records and independently checked changed-input practice.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateBuild Cash-Handling and Refund Controls
Produce a fictional cash-desk control file with role separation, cash count, deposit reconciliation, refund evidence and exception follow-up. Use complete original records and independently checked changed-input practice.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediatePrepare a Self-Employment Tax-Record Handoff
Produce a fictional reconciled self-employment tax-record package with gross receipts, expenses, mixed-use support, profit and a practice estimated-payment schedule. Use complete original records and independently checked changed-input practice.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateBuild a Business Income Projection and Test Assumptions
Produce a fictional twelve-month accrual income forecast with demand/capacity drivers, cost behavior, seasonality, sensitivity and revision log. Use complete original records and independently checked changed-input practice.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateEvaluate a Franchise or Business Purchase
Produce a fictional purchase due-diligence file with disclosure questions, normalized earnings, owner labor, recurring fees, financing stress and a proceed/revise/stop decision. Use complete original records and independently checked changed-input practice.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateCompare Charities and Plan Responsible Giving
Produce a fictional giving decision file with identity checks, mission fit, financial statement comparison, outcome uncertainty and a capped giving plan. Use complete original records and independently checked changed-input practice.
Open courseWork · BeginnerManage Hotel Reservations and Room Readiness
Build a checked three-day room-assignment board with reservation changes, room-readiness gates, guest confirmation drafts and an unresolved-exception handoff.
Open courseWork · BeginnerCoordinate Restaurant Orders and Service
Build a fictional dining-service packet with a table/seat map, accurately coded orders, explicit ingredient-question holds, kitchen handoffs, corrected tickets and a service-completion audit.
Open courseWork · BeginnerPlan a Retail Merchandising Reset
Build a dimensioned paper shelf plan with product facings, matched labels, accessible-route constraints, replenishment notes and a reset acceptance checklist.
Open courseWork · BeginnerMaintain an Accurate Online Product Catalog
Build a publish-ready fictional twelve-variant catalog with attribute rules, parent/variant relationships, corrected inconsistencies, a source-evidence ledger and change/release checklist.
Open courseWork · BeginnerCoordinate Automotive Service Work Orders
Build an administrative service-order board linking customer-reported concerns, supplied technician scopes, authorization status, appointment capacity and verified release/handoff evidence.
Open courseWork · BeginnerCoordinate Property Maintenance Requests
Build a fictional building request register with urgent-report routing, permission/access windows, contractor assignments, tenant-update drafts, completion evidence and reopen decisions.
Open courseWork · BeginnerRun a Library Circulation Shift
Build a fictional circulation desk packet with sorted call-number cards, item/patron loan records, hold queues, return exceptions and a privacy-preserving end-of-shift reconciliation.
Open courseWork · BeginnerCheck School Attendance Records and Corrections
Build a supplied fictional class-attendance audit with session counting rules, late corrections, duplicate/missing record resolution, approved-contact messages and a source-linked report.
Open courseWork · BeginnerCoordinate Recreation Program Registration
Build a fictional community-program roster with explicit eligibility rules, capacity and wait list decisions, accommodation requests, consent-status holds and a checked session handoff.
Open courseWork · BeginnerDispatch Field Service with Time Windows
Build a tested two-worker dispatch plan using supplied travel times, skill matches, appointment windows and breaks, plus a disruption revision and customer-update log.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediatePlan a Manufacturing Batch from a Bill of Materials
Build a two-level paper bill-of-materials explosion, net material requirement sheet, batch release decision and revised production packet for fictional stationery kits.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateBalance a Small Assembly Line on Paper
Build a paper assembly-station plan with precedence constraints, target cycle time, station assignments, calculated balance losses and a tested demand-change response.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateAudit an Inspection Sample and Release Decision
Build a fictional quality-inspection record with sample selection, boundary classifications, stated acceptance-rule application and a traceable release-or-hold memo.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateTrace Product Lots and Rehearse a Recall
Build a fictional stationery-lot traceability map with component/batch/customer links, affected and unaffected quantities, hold notices, response counts and a recall tabletop review.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediatePlan Preventive Maintenance and Work-Order Priorities
Build a fictional facility asset register with meter/date-based due tasks, authorized work-order priorities, downtime windows, completion evidence and a monthly backlog review.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateControl Construction Documents and RFIs
Build a fictional construction document register with revision/supersession history, drawing/specification discrepancies, an unsent request for information, response disposition and distribution receipt checks.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediatePrepare a Building-Finish Quantity Takeoff
Build a checked paper finish takeoff with rooms/openings, net surface areas, specified coverage and waste rules, whole-package quantities and drawing revision impacts.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateBuild a Paper Job Hazard Analysis
Build a fictional job-step/hazard/control table for a low-risk office supply task, with control-priority reasoning, a supervisor review request and a changed-condition stop decision.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateReview a Workplace Incident with Evidence
Build a fictional low-severity office incident review with an event timeline, fact/unknown table, contributing-condition map, corrective-action owner list and evidence-based follow-up check.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateAudit a Work Task for Ergonomic Friction
Build a paper task-observation study separating frequency, duration, force/posture cues and access constraints, with a low-risk process-change comparison and supervisor questions.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateCoordinate New-Employee Onboarding
Practice coordinate new-employee onboarding with supplied workplace records, concrete methods, worked decisions and a changed-case test.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateEvaluate Candidates with a Structured Interview
Practice evaluate candidates with a structured interview with supplied workplace records, concrete methods, worked decisions and a changed-case test.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateBuild a Skill-Based Shift Coverage Plan
Practice build a skill-based shift coverage plan with supplied workplace records, concrete methods, worked decisions and a changed-case test.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateMap Team Skills and Cross-Training Priorities
Practice map team skills and cross-training priorities with supplied workplace records, concrete methods, worked decisions and a changed-case test.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateDelegate Work and Give Fair Performance Feedback
Practice delegate work and give fair performance feedback with supplied workplace records, concrete methods, worked decisions and a changed-case test.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediatePlan a Workplace Change and Check Adoption
Build a fictional service-process transition packet with stakeholder impacts, readiness evidence, communication/training sequence, a small roll out gate and adoption-versus-compliance review.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateHandle Conflicts of Interest at Work
Build an ethics decision file with fictional gifts, outside interests and procurement scenarios, a role/conflict map, disclosure drafts, recusal decisions and a traceable authorized resolution.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateBuild a Small-Organization Continuity Plan
Build a tabletop continuity plan with critical services, dependencies, outage tolerance, minimum staffing/records, alternate delivery decisions, recovery evidence and a rehearsal log.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateBenchmark a Building Energy Record
Build a fictional building-energy brief with source/unit checks, whole-year site energy, floor-area intensity, fair comparison limits, anomaly questions and an evidence-based monitoring proposal.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediatePlan a Permission-Based Email Campaign
Build an unsent fictional two-message campaign with a permission/withdrawal ledger, preference segments, useful message copy, accessible action and opt-out QA, send-calendar holds and a privacy-aware delivered/unique-action review.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateCoordinate Volunteer Intake and Shift Handoffs
Practice a fictional ongoing volunteer-program operations file with role limits, readiness gates, a consent/status index, shift assignments, safe concern-routing scripts and a continuity handoff.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateOnboard a School or Employer Program Partner
Practice an original fictional partner-pilot readiness packet with purpose and roles, learner-access/privacy questions, delivery schedule, evidence definitions, staged launch gates and a review/exit agreement.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateEvaluate a Program with Completion and Learning Evidence
Practice a fictional program evaluation brief with denominator definitions, matched pre/post results, attrition sensitivity, project-rubric evidence, a noncausal conclusion and a next measurement plan.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateTrack Grant Deliverables and Reporting Evidence
Practice a fictional awarded-program deliverable matrix with scope/due dates, activity-to-evidence links, unresolved reporting gaps, an authorized change request and a truthful narrative report.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediatePrepare a Responsive Public-Procurement Bid
Practice an unsent fictional vendor bid with a requirement/attachment matrix, separate pass/fail and scored criteria, scope response, supplied-price cross-check, deadline plan and unsupported-claim audit.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateBuild a Customer Onboarding and Renewal Plan
Practice a fictional recurring service account plan with success criteria, dependency milestones, adoption evidence, scope-risk escalations and an honest renew/revise/end recommendation.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateResearch a Business Market with Public Data
Practice a fictional market-research file with population/geography definitions, public-data source cards, a bounded customer-count range, contrary evidence and a demand-test question.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateCheck Nonclinical Patient Registration Records
Build a fictional registration quality file with minimal demographic/appointment checks, duplicate-record holds, authorization/contact boundaries, administrative missing-item messages and a clean handoff.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediatePrepare a Cross-Border Shipment Document Check
Build a fictional non regulated-goods export/import desk packet with party roles, consistent item/quantity/value fields, provisional classification questions, missing-document holds and a qualified-broker handoff.
Open courseWork · Beginner–IntermediateForecast Service Workload and Control a Backlog
Build a checked fictional four-day service workload model with arrival counts, work-content demand, available capacity, backlog aging, two allocation scenarios and a bounded service-promise recommendation.
Open courseLife · BeginnerSolve Equations with Algebra
A checked algebra notebook that models four situations, solves equations and inequalities, and tests solutions against the original conditions. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerRead and Build Linear Functions
A linear-model comparison with tables, graphs, slope and intercept interpretations, a solved intersection and a limitation note. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · Beginner–IntermediateModel Exponential Growth and Decay
A population and cooling model sheet comparing repeated addition with repeated multiplication and checking predictions against supplied observations. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerReason About Shapes with Geometry
A geometry explanation board with angle deductions, congruence and similarity tests, a scale argument and a checked space-design decision. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · Beginner–IntermediateUse Right-Triangle Trigonometry
A desk-based right-triangle investigation with labeled sides, ratio choices, checked distances and an uncertainty comparison. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerReason with Probability and Chance
A chance-model packet with a complete sample space, combined-event calculations, conditional probabilities and a repeated-trial comparison. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerRead Fiction Through Character and Theme
An evidence-based interpretation of an original short story, with a plot map, narrator comparison, character inference and two defensible thematic readings. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerRead Poetry Through Image and Sound
An annotated pair of original poems and a short interpretation comparing imagery, sound, line breaks and the effect of one deliberate revision. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerEdit Clear English Sentences
A sentence-editing portfolio with before/after examples, named repairs and a final paragraph checked for meaning, grammar and clarity. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerUse English for School and Public Services
Six completed written English exchanges using request, clarification, time, location and confirmation frames, plus a combined service conversation. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerExplain Places with Human and Physical Geography
A fictional region atlas explanation linking landforms, settlement, climate, resources and transport, with a comparison that avoids geographic determinism. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerUnderstand U.S. Government and Checks
A neutral government-process map showing federal branches, checks, federal/state roles and the stages of a fictional law. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerPrepare to Vote with Official Information
An unsubmitted election-readiness packet using fictional voters, official-source checks, registration questions, sample-ballot research and a timing plan. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerUnderstand Constitutional Rights and Civic Duties
A civic casebook distinguishing constitutional text, government action, a limited right, an unresolved legal question and a qualified-help route. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerTrace Trade and Migration in World History
A world-history connection map using supplied historical source summaries to compare trade, migration, exchange and unequal power across three periods. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerExplore Culture Without Stereotypes
A cultural interpretation packet that distinguishes individual testimony, community variation, tradition and change, with respectful inquiry questions. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerUnderstand Global Institutions in the News
A news-explanation map separating a country’s authority, international cooperation, recommendations, treaties and implementation in a fictional cross-border issue. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerUnderstand Social Roles and Institutions
A sociological case analysis connecting roles, norms, institutions and unequal access in a fictional school-to-work transition without labeling individuals. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerExplain How Cells Support Living Things
A labeled cell-function model with membrane transport predictions, cell-type comparisons and an explanation connecting cells to tissues and organs. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerFollow Genetic Information and Inheritance
A fictional plant inheritance notebook with DNA-to-protein explanations, simple inheritance crosses and a distinction between probability and certainty. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerExplain Food Webs and Ecosystem Change
A food-web and carbon-cycle model explaining a fictional ecosystem disturbance, with a supported prediction and an alternative explanation. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerUnderstand Matter with Particle Models
A particle-model notebook explaining states, mixtures, elements, compounds, mass conservation and a physical separation plan from supplied materials. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerBalance and Explain Chemical Reactions
A reaction-model sheet with atom inventories, balanced symbolic equations, a limiting-count model and an explanation of energy transfer. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerExplain Motion and Forces
A fictional cart-motion report with position and velocity graphs, net-force reasoning, a mass/acceleration comparison and a checked prediction. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerTrace Energy and Heat Transfer
An energy-accounting notebook explaining work, stored energy, efficiency and three heat-transfer mechanisms in supplied desk scenarios. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerExplain Waves, Sound and Light
A wave model comparison with period/frequency calculations, reflection and refraction diagrams and an explanation of a fictional communication failure. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerRead Earth’s Rocks and Moving Plates
An Earth-system evidence board linking a rock cycle, plate-boundary model, earthquake/volcano distribution and a cautious geological explanation. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerUnderstand Climate Change Evidence
A climate evidence brief with weather/climate distinctions, trend and anomaly interpretation, greenhouse mechanism and mitigation/adaptation comparisons. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerModel the Sun, Earth and Moon
A labeled astronomy model explaining day/night, seasons, Moon phases and eclipse geometry with two misconception corrections. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerTrace Water Through a Watershed
A fictional watershed diagram tracking runoff, infiltration, groundwater and pollution paths, with a supported upstream/downstream prevention choice. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerUse Air Quality Information for Daily Choices
An air-quality interpretation card with pollutant/time metadata, AQI categories, official guidance and revised activity choices for fictional users. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerMeasure and Reduce Household Energy Use
A desk-based household energy comparison with checked kWh estimates, usage assumptions and a safe no-installation conservation recommendation. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerSort Waste and Plan Reuse Responsibly
A fictional household waste audit separating prevention, reuse, local recycling acceptance and special-disposal questions with checked quantities. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerPlan a Small Garden with Plant Evidence
A safe paper garden trial with plant requirements, container spacing, watering observations, a simple comparison and a revised growing plan. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerCare for Clothes and Run Laundry
A garment-care packet with label interpretations, compatible load groups, a checked machine-use sequence and drying decisions for fictional garments. Six introductory lessons use supplied practice cases.
Open courseLife · BeginnerMend Clothes with Basic Hand Stitches
A repair sampler or paper equivalent showing thread setup, running stitch, backstitch, a button attachment and a simple patch with inspection criteria. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerClean a Home with Safe Product Choices
A room-cleaning plan distinguishing cleaning from disinfecting, compatible products, surface limits, contact-time questions and a checked task sequence. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerShare a Home with Clear Household Agreements
A nonlegal household operating agreement for fictional roommates covering access, chores, shared spaces, guests, quiet time and review of responsibilities. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerPrepare to Support Children Safely
A supervised child-support readiness packet with role limits, active-supervision map, accessible activity plan, pickup check and escalation questions. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerCoordinate Everyday Support for an Older Adult
A fictional nonclinical support handoff that records the adult’s preferences, consent, practical tasks, named owners and a qualified-help escalation route. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerRead Medicine Labels and Ask Safer Questions
A medicine-information practice file locating active ingredients, warnings and directions in supplied labels, identifying duplicate-ingredient risks and drafting pharmacist questions. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerUnderstand Sexual Health Information and Care
A private fictional sexual-health information packet separating anatomy, pregnancy and STI risk, prevention limits, consent and questions for qualified confidential services. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerMake Informed Choices About Alcohol, Nicotine and Drugs
A fictional risk-decision card separating marketing claims, impairment, dependence, peer pressure and trusted support with a rehearsed safe exit. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerBuild an Accessible Aerobic Activity Routine
A fictional age-appropriate activity plan using intensity cues, accessible options, progression checks and a reflection on supplied activity records. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerPrepare for Safer Everyday Cycling
A cycling-readiness packet with fit and helmet checks, official road-rule questions, route hazards, visibility and a no-ride decision for unsafe conditions. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerMake Safer Pedestrian and Transit Choices
A pedestrian-safety route review identifying crossings, visibility, turning vehicles, transit access and a safer alternative from supplied scene cards. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerStudy the Driver Handbook and Road Decisions
A driver-theory notebook with sign/signal interpretation, right-of-way scenarios, distraction decisions and a provisional official-training requirement list. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerMake Safer Choices In and Around Water
A water-safety scenario packet with supervision responsibilities, life-jacket questions, environmental hazards, safe emergency help and a supervised-learning route. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerOrganize and Replace Essential Identity Records
A fictional identity-document readiness file with document purposes, issuing offices, official requirement questions, dependencies and safe replacement steps. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseLife · BeginnerRead Food Allergen Information and Plan Questions
A fictional allergen-information review comparing ingredient and Contains statements, recognizing advisory-label limits, cross-contact questions and a qualified care-plan handoff. Use six supplied cases to build and check the project.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateCompare Search and Sort Algorithms
Build a tested Python catalog search with linear and binary methods, comparison counts, sortedness checks and a justified method choice. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateChoose Stacks, Queues and Graphs
Build a runnable fictional help-desk simulator with an undo stack, FIFO queue and small dependency graph, plus empty and cyclic case tests. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateModel a System with Python Objects
Build an original library-room booking simulation using independent objects, invariants, composition and an event history. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateBuild a Python File-Processing Tool
Build a local command-line converter that validates fictional attendance CSV, writes JSON to a chosen output and reports rejected rows without altering input. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateAutomate Python Tests with unittest
Build a runnable automated test suite for an original parcel-price module with boundary cases, isolated fixtures, failure evidence and a repaired regression. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateExtract and Validate Text with Regular Expressions
Build a checked extraction script for fictional equipment tags, dates and log lines, with a mismatch report and exact-match safety boundaries. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateBuild and Test a Local Web API
Build a localhost-only read-only JSON book API with defined routes, 200/404 responses, headers and an automated client contract test. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateChange SQL Data with Safe Transactions
Build a local SQLite seat-transfer exercise with before/after totals, an all-or-nothing update, a deliberately rejected change and rollback evidence. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateAnalyze Sequences with SQL Window Functions
Build a reproducible SQLite attendance analysis with per-session rank, running totals and prior-period changes that retains every original row. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateBuild a Workflow with a State Machine
Build a tested fictional equipment-repair workflow with a transition table, guarded actions, rejected transitions and a trace of two complete cases. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateBuild an Accessible Multi-Step Form
Build a local two-step fictional workshop-registration form with labeled fields, preserved back navigation, error summary and a review-before-submit screen; no data is sent. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateBuild Browser Saving with Export and Recovery
Build a fictional local reading-list app with versioned saved data, explicit browser-only wording, validated JSON export/import and corrupt-save recovery tests. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateMake a Small Web App Work Offline
Build a localhost reference-card app with an explicit asset cache, offline fallback, visible cache version and a controlled update/cleanup test. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateMeasure and Improve Web Page Performance
Build a before/after optimization record for a supplied local page, with resource-size accounting, reserved image dimensions, fewer blocking resources and repeatable browser measurements. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateBuild Content-Resilient CSS Layouts
Build a local community schedule with Grid/Flexbox, long-label wrapping, narrow-screen source order, zoom checks and a four-case layout stress test. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateCode an Accessible Data Chart
Build a local SVG bar chart generated from fictional library-use rows, with checked numeric scale, visible labels, matching data table and a text summary. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateDesign Privacy-Preserving Application Logs
Build a local logging module that emits only allowed fictional event fields, redacts sample secrets, separates user-facing errors and passes a prohibited-field test. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateHandle Untrusted Input in a Browser App
Build a defensive local link-directory app with text-only rendering, allowed URL schemes, same-origin explanation and a validation matrix using inert fictional strings. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediatePlan a Cloud Service with Cost and Access Controls
Build a fictional cloud-service architecture packet with workload and data flow, responsibility boundary, least-privilege role matrix, unit-based cost and egress budget, recovery table and supported service decision. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateRefactor Code Without Changing Behavior
Build a before/after fictional fee calculator split into pure functions with an executable equivalence suite, clearer names and documented intentional nonchanges. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateBuild a Local Test and Release Pipeline
Build a local Python release script that validates source, runs tests, packages only allowlisted files, writes checksums and stops on a failing stage. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateNavigate Digital Tasks with Assistive Technology
Build a personal non-sensitive task card and scoped navigation test using text size, zoom, keyboard and an available screen reader, with a truthful fallback comparison when a reader is unavailable. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateProcess Image Pixels with Canvas
Build a local original 4×4-to-64×64 pixel image tool with RGBA inspection, grayscale and threshold filters, preserved alpha and checked PNG export. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateDiagnose a Local Network Connection
Build a localhost-only client/server diagnostic packet distinguishing name resolution, connection, timeout and HTTP response, with controlled failures and no probing of external systems. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseDigital · Beginner–IntermediateRun and Control Computer Processes
Build a local supervisor for two harmless supplied Python scripts, with process IDs, captured output, return-code classification, timeout cleanup and a resource-limit decision record. Work from supplied original examples and check changed cases.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerWrite and Revise a Short Story
Write one small, complete prose story. Practice premise, character pressure, close viewpoint, a consequential choice and two different revision methods using original library-display examples.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerWrite Poems with Image, Sound and Line
Compose three short original poems using concrete images, sound echoes and deliberate line breaks. Compare forms and keep revision evidence without needing publication or another reader.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerWrite a Playable Two-Person Scene
Write a short two-person stage scene with opposing objectives, tactical dialogue, a caused turning point and physically coherent directions. Revise with a solo reading or an honestly labeled text alternative.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerDraw Everyday Objects with Line and Value
Draw an original supplied cup/box/ball reference or optional household objects. Use simple shapes, ratios, negative spaces and a five-value light model, then make one evidence-based correction.
Open courseCreate · Beginner–IntermediatePaint a Digital Still Life with Layers
Paint a small limited-palette still life in a free raster editor. Learn pixel canvas decisions, separately owned silhouettes, light/edge relationships and a reversible transparency-mask correction; inspect the actual export.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerDesign a Poster with Type and Hierarchy
Design a single large-format fictional workshop poster using typographic scale, alignment and proximity. Check actual color pairs, long-text fit and two sizes, then inspect the delivered export and equivalent text.
Open courseCreate · BeginnerDesign Original Sound Effects
Create three original short effects using waveform, sweep and amplitude-envelope choices. Use a free editor or the supplied dependency-free generator; verify real WAV headers, duration and peak bounds with scoped evidence.
Open courseCreate · Beginner–IntermediateArrange Chords and Bass for a Melody
Add triads, a bass line and deliberate voicing to an original eight-bar melody. Compare chord-tone fit, nonchord movement and semitone voice motion using a complete paper note grid or optional free notation software.
Open courseCreate · Beginner–IntermediateWrite and Build Interactive Fiction
Build an original six-passage browser story with four complete paths and three endings. Write consequential choices, carry one story fact, and test actual state/restart logic; provide a complete all-route text alternative.
Open courseCreate · Beginner–IntermediateAnimate a Clear Motion Graphic
Build an original nine-second SVG/CSS explanation with deliberate keyframes, manual play/pause and non motion meaning. Reconcile coordinates/timing and test the actual local artifact without claiming unperformed device checks.
Open courseMoney · Beginner–IntermediateUnderstand Stock Orders and Read Price Charts
Use original fictional quotes, order cases and charts to learn execution mechanics, fees, OHLC and the limits of pattern predictions. No brokerage account or real trades are required.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerRead and Check a Utility Bill
Check a fictional electric bill, find what does not add up and prepare one clear billing question in a short session.
Open courseDigital · BeginnerChoose Internet and Mobile Data Without Overpaying
Compare fictional data, speed and coverage needs with full-year plan costs before trusting a low introductory price.
Open courseMoney · BeginnerPlan a Change in Earnings and Public Benefits
In about 45 minutes, compare fictional earnings and cash benefits, test a taper and cliff, and check whether first-month receipt dates can cover required bills.
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