BIM certification is important for engineers, especially those designing plumbing and HVAC systems. Earning the Professional in Revit for Mechanical Design certification proves you know the program inside and out, and it's a signal to employers and clients that you are a trustworthy professional. Study to become a Professional in Revit for Mechanical Design with this prep course from Revit expert Eric Wing. He reviews the specific skills covered by the exam, including the key areas covered in the certification objectives: collaboration, modeling, documentation, and views. Brush up on topics such as importing and linking existing models and files; creating floor plans; tagging elements; creating new families and family types; modeling mechanical equipment such as air terminals and ducts, fixtures, piping, and plumbing; working with heating and cooling zones; and performing an HVAC system analysis.

In the information age, companies need skilled professionals who can glean useful intelligence from troves of data. These data science roles can be challenging, rewarding, and lucrative. If you're interested in pursuing a career in this growing field, then the Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) certification may be right for you. In this course, Jungwoo Ryoo provides an expedited overview of each of the first four domains in the CAP exam, helping you get up to speed with some of the core data science concepts covered on the test. After going over the history of CAP and related certifications, he dives into domains 1–4: Business Problem Framing, Analytics Problem Framing, Data, and Methodology.

The Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certification is a valuable credential for anyone interested in demonstrating proficiency with Kubernetes. The exam curriculum was tailored to touch on relevant topics important to developers who want to deploy, maintain, and monitor an application in a Kubernetes environment. And unlike other certification exams, the CKAD requires developers to demonstrate their understanding of the curriculum in a hands-on, command-line environment. If you're considering taking this test, then this course is for you. Join instructor Benjamin Muschko as he provides a high-level overview of the concepts covered on the test, shares study tips, and explains how becoming CKAD certified can help you take your career to the next level.

Leaders don't always get to plan for change. More than ever, change is suddenly thrust upon businesses, forcing managers and executives to quickly acclimate and lead decisively. This course was designed to meet these leaders where they are. Instructor Scott Mautz covers what it takes to lead brilliantly during uncertain times. Scott shares what to focus on to produce the biggest impact, as well as how to establish a sense of control while doing so. He also explains how to exude a helpful, productive vibe as a leader, as well as achieve the five core competencies of change leadership to inspire and guide your team. Along the way, Scott shares real-life examples of leaders navigating emergent changes.

The need to manage change successfully is more common and more important for a leader’s career than ever, and a specific roadmap for managing change is essential. In this course, instructor Scott Mautz gives you a playbook—a powerful, step-by-step approach to managing change, drawing from and building on key elements of change management models in practice today. Scott begins with a brief introduction to the field of change management and dives into the truths of leading change. He discusses how to conduct a change readiness assessment, then goes into the specific change management phases that follow. Scott details key steps and considerations of each phase, as well as what barriers to expect and overcome. He concludes with how to build a change action plan (CAP).

If there’s one thing you can always rely on, it’s change. And while change has its many pros and cons, it can be harder to navigate when you’re the one having to embrace the change as opposed to initiating it. In this quick course from change management expert Dr. Eric Zackrison, learn how to go with the flow and wield organizational change to your advantage. Gain strategies for how to adapt quickly, tips on what is and isn’t in your control, and advice for how to show your bosses that you are a can-do, make-it-happen team player.

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Change can be complicated and nuanced, but the best way to manage it is with simple and straightforward leadership. When you keep your team involved and set realistic expectations, you’ll be set up to make your change positive and long lasting. In this quick course from change management expert Dr. Eric Zackrison, learn the five best practices for how to guide your teams and organizations through change.

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Developing a change plan is one of the pinnacles of a change management effort. The process is often seen as a lengthy and time-consuming experience. How can you consolidate all the effort and requirements down to one page containing all the necessary details of your change plan? Change expert Christina Charenkova introduces you to the process of creating your change plan on a page. She guides you through what information to include, and how you can use the change plan when it is complete. Christina shows you how to iterate and refine your plan on a page, so that your change plan remains relevant and efficient, by incorporating regular checkpoints in the overall project timeline. She concludes by sharing with you change plan on a page templates and some other resources to ease your change management journey.

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Enabling new ways of working or doing is one of the most vital steps in a successful business transformation. But a failure to establish standards for change integrity could jeopardize this transition. Change advisor Christina Charenkova describes the practical steps and activities that need to happen during a change management execution effort. She explains the information captured with a change impact analysis, then shows you how to verify the business impacts and ensure that new impacts are documented and reviewed. She covers how to identify stakeholders opposing the change and define strategies to mitigate their resistance to change. Christina challenges you to identify further change activities, then shares a possible solution. Christina goes over ways you can ease pain points and make the transition easier, then discusses the need for developing a growth mindset when it comes to business transformation.

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Your project success depends on your ability to plan and manage change. Instructor Christina Charenkova takes you through practical examples of how to create change plans for transformation projects, irrespective of the project or change methodology. Christina explains how to make it easy for people to change, then shows you how to plan a change management effort using techniques such as building a case for change, stakeholder analysis, change impact assessment, communications plan, and change alignment. To help you put your new skills to the test, she includes a challenge inviting you to apply a technique to craft a case for change and interpret the change information shared in a case study. Christina then steps through developing a change management plan that takes impacted stakeholders from their current state to the future ways of working. She concludes by offering you some resources and other materials linked to change management.

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There are a lot of different databases out there with their own pros and cons. It’s important to know what your options are. In this course, instructor Amataverna Lee covers PostgreSQL, MySQL, Mongo (a NoSQL database), and several cloud-based databases, to help you choose what will be best for you. You’re likely to encounter PostgreSQL in your career, so it’s important to be familiar with this type of database and how it differs from other types. MySQL is one of the most popular SQL dialects used today, so this is another important one to understand. Amataverna introduces you to Mongo, a nonrelational database that does not use SQL, and shows you some tools that you would need to use in Mongo. She also goes over several popular cloud-based options: Snowflake, Snowsight, Amazon Web Services (Redshift and S3), and Google Cloud Platform. With an understanding of these options, you can make a more informed choice on what is best for you.

Cinema 4D has become an essential tool in the production pipeline and offers a fantastic set of features for building visual effects (VFX). In this course, you can explore the Cinema 4D workflow for creating VFX and integrating them into live action shots. Instructor Andy Needham starts with an overview of VFX, including inspiring examples you may have seen in major Hollywood films. He discusses the importance of motion tracking and gets hands on, showing how to track and solve a shot using the C4D Motion Tracker. He also covers exporting and importing data in various industry-standard formats, creating materials, and lighting 3D shots. Plus, Andy shows how to break apart objects with Voronoi Fracture and set up and composite multipass renders. When you’re ready, you can take the challenge at the end of the course to test your new skills.

Are you a current or aspiring privacy professional looking to take the CIPP/US exam? In this course, instructor Mike Chapple gives you an overview of the Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) exam resources available through LinkedIn Learning. Mike introduces the CIPP/US exam, reasons to take it, and study resources that are available to you. After showing you through the exam and question types, he explores the domains of the CIPP/US exam: the US privacy environment, the private sector privacy domain, the domain covering government and court access to information, the workplace privacy domain, and the domain devoted to state privacy laws. Mike also goes over what you can expect after the exam, with continuing education requirements, score reports and how to interpret them, and so on.

While many Internet of Things projects send data to the cloud, sometimes you want a physical indication of an event from the internet. In this course, Charlyn Gonda shows you how to use CircuitPython—a version of Python specifically for microcontrollers—to program a robot cat that reacts to events while connected to the internet. Charlyn shows how to code for common hardware devices like LEDs and servos, and explains a common messaging protocol for IoT projects called message queue telemetry transport, or MQTT. If you’re looking for an internet cat video that actually teaches you something useful, join Charlyn as she shows how to program this robot cat.

Are you getting ready for the Cisco CCNP Collaboration or the Cisco CCIE Collaboration certification? In this course, instructor Kevin Wallace covers everything you need to know to design a unified communications network and to pass your CCNP Collaboration certification. Kevin introduces the software used in this course and how to install it. He explains the fundamentals of Cisco collaboration technologies, including Cisco Instant Messaging and Presence, Cisco Jabber, Cisco Expressway, and much, much more. Kevin goes into sizing, redundancy, disaster recovery and security options, then concludes by recommending some next steps to continue your exam preparations.

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Are you getting ready for the Cisco CCNP Collaboration or the Cisco CCIE Collaboration certification? In this course, instructor Kevin Wallace covers everything you need to know to set up Voice over IP (VoIP) gateways and to pass your CCNP Collaboration certification. Kevin explains how to perform a base installation of the Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM), set up basic protocols, and install IP phones. He discusses two types of gateways: H.323 and MGCP. Kevin goes into how to configure both types of gateways, then explores how you can use media resources to make sure the right resources are made available to the right users.

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Are you getting ready for the Cisco CCNP Collaboration or the Cisco CCIE Collaboration certification? In this course, instructor Kevin Wallace covers everything you need to know about Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) call control, quality of service (QoS), and collaboration applications, to help you pass your CCNP Collaboration certification. Kevin introduces you to call control, including SIP route patterns and digit manipulation. He goes over the basics of QoS and the need for it within your unified communications environment, then explains how to configure QoS on both a router and a switch. Kevin discusses how to expand your collaboration solution by installing application servers. He concludes with some useful advice on exam preparation.

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The newest Cisco certification tracks each have one exam that serves as the core exam for that track’s CCNP certification, and that same exam also serves as the written exam for that track’s CCIE certification. For the Security track, that exam is Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologies (SCOR 350-701). This three-part series provides foundational principles necessary for IT professionals who are prepping for the exam, or are just interested in learning about and deploying Cisco Security solutions. In this course, Charles Judd covers the first two domains of the exam: Fundamental Security Concepts and Network Security.

In this second part of the three-part series covering the Cisco CCNP SCOR Security (350-701) exam, instructor Charles Judd covers the third and fourth domains of the exam: Cloud Security and Content Security. Whether you’re an IT professional pursuing the Cisco Security or CCIE Security certifications, or simply need familiarity with the Cisco Security solutions, this course provides useful insights of the latest security features Cisco has to offer.

In the final installment of the three-part series covering the Cisco CCNP SCOR Security (350-701) exam, instructor Charles Judd details the fifth and sixth domains of the exam: Endpoint Protection and Secure Access. Charles delves into topics like multifactor authentication and endpoint posture assessments, before looking into ways to achieve secure access with several different Cisco security solutions. After completing this course and series, you’ll have a solid base of preparation for the Cisco CCNP SCOR Security (350-701) exam.