• 16 free courses to learn computer science from your living room

16 free courses to learn computer science from your living room

Learning is part of the life of human beings.  As children, we learn to eat, walk, talk or go to the service.  When we are a little older, it is the turn of mathematics, to play an instrument or to dance.  There is a point in our lives where it is we who decide what we want to learn and when;  That's when we start to focus and understand what we really love.

 With the excuse of not having time or for giving priority to other things, we tend to put aside those things that we are curious about or find us especially useful.  To alleviate it, we set goals with which we force ourselves to look for that time that we need.  What is the most popular way to set goals?  For New Year's purposes.

 The list of goals that you have in mind every time we change the year can be immense.  Be happy, quit smoking, lose weight, travel more, find a partner And also learn.  Learn English, French or German.  Learn to cook.  Learn to ride a bicycle.  Learn anything, after all.

If you are one of those who in your priority list has put in capital letters to do a computer course, you are in luck, because in Portaltic we have collected 16 free resources with which to develop knowledge about creating web pages, some language, programming and even  SEO

 OFFICE COURSES

 If you do not control much computer science, it is useless to jump into the pool and start studying things like Javascript without knowing how to use the most basic and everyday programs.

The first thing is to control the office software, that is, Word, PowerPoint, Excel or Access, which are the most common.  The first one is intended for text editing, the second to create presentations, the third to make tables and spreadsheets and the last is a database management system.

 We propose a YouTube course for each of the programs already mentioned, all being recent versions or latest versions of each one.  The Microsoft Word course is the longest, with 4 hours of subject and the PowerPoint 2013 course the shortest with just under an hour.  Both the Excel course and the Microsoft Access course are focused on chapters of more or less duration in which they focus on a part of the program or on certain functions in each one.

COURSES OF LANGUAGES AND CREATION OF WEB PAGES OR APPLICATIONS

 Programming languages   and the creation of websites and mobile applications are more advanced things, but one of the most essential when it comes to really learning computer science, especially the subject of languages.

 In Cursopedia they have a free Javascript basics course with 9 lessons.  To lay the foundations of this programming language, the course will be very useful.  It is designed for web designers and for students looking to enter web programming.

Coursera offers a complete programming course with Java to develop Android applications.  For those interested in this branch of computing and with previous knowledge in Java, the course lasts 3 weeks and is free, although if you want to receive qualifications or obtain a certificate you will have to pay for the study.

 If you want to really learn the basics of programming, one of the most recommended languages   is C and that is why Coursepedia has a programming course in C with 8 topics and 23 lessons.  It is a fairly long course, but it is worth it even if you take it easy.  It is intended for students with a baccalaureate level or higher, but can be accessed by anyone interested

Following the ‘apps’ development courses, if you have an intermediate / high level and can embark on a 5-week course, Coursera has an Android application development program.  It has five subject modules and begins by explaining the operation of Material Design and the concept of Activity, so that all students start from the same base.

 ‘How to create a website in a weekend’ is an English course that will allow you to learn everything you need to create your basic web project, adding text, sounds, images, links, ‘plug-ins’, etc.  It requires only 10 hours of your time to finish it and people's comments are favorable.


Finally, within the world of creating web pages, one of the most used resources is Wordpress and there could not be a course on this list.  This is a basic Wordpress course for newbies, but in the almost 6 hours of the video, the author explains step by step everything you need to know.

 PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO EDITION COURSES

 Photography and video editing is a branch of computer science and design that is in high demand, so it could not be missing in this compilation.

 Learning Photoshop is complex, but with some time, desire and patience everything is learned in this life.  Cursopedia offers a course of 10 thematic units to learn Photoshop CS6 in a basic way, a course that can be complemented very well with a much shorter one that gives some basic extra notes, a Photoshop workshop also from Cursopedia.

 Adobe Lightroom CC is a program used to catalog, retouch and reveal digital photography, among other things.  Although it is not as well known, if you want to make your first steps inside the photograph it will be quite useful for you to know it.  This series of YouTube videos show step by step the operation of Lightroom CC and is focused on beginners.

 Do not forget about video editing.  Premiere, Sony Vegas or Final Cut are the three most used programs, but we have chosen the first one to be part of the Adobe package and be cross-platform.  This YouTube Megacourse allows you to learn Premiere Pro in about 35-50 hours and explains all its features from the base, based on the fact that nothing is known about the program.

 WEB POSITIONING AND SEO COURSES

 Web positioning is essential if you have a web page or a blog, since without some basic SEO notions it is very difficult for a project to succeed on the Internet.

 A fairly good free course is the YouTube channel Jotajotavn.  As the author himself indicates, he is not professional, but he gives the basic notions necessary to take the first steps within this aspect and his videos are very easy to understand.

 Another SEM and SEO web positioning course with more than 8 hours of content is that of the Cursopedia website.  It covers fundamentals, search engine positioning and marketing, web analysis, SEO and SEM on the social web, as well as other small things.  It is aimed at anyone who wants to learn this branch of computer science, but especially to students