Django CMS for Administrators Training Course

This instructor-led, live training in the UK (online or onsite) is aimed at sysadmins who wish to install, configure, deploy and maintain an Open edX system.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure a production-grade Open edX system.
• Define user roles and permissions.
• Configure database and perform maintenance operations.
• Secure, monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot a live Open edX system.
• Peform administration tasks, including backup, restore and site migration.

This instructor-led, live training in the UK (online or onsite) is aimed at developers who wish to customize and extend an online course based on the Open edX platform.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the necessary development environment to start developing.
• Understand the Open edX architecture, tools, and development process.
• Build, test and deploy new applications and services to extend the richness of an Open edX course.
• Integrate existing web, desktop, and mobile applications and content into an Open edX course.
• Track, monitor and analyze the activity and performance of an Open edX service or application.

This instructor-led, live training in the UK (online or onsite) is aimed at instructors who wish to use the Open edX platform to create and deliver online courses.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand how Open edX's different components work together to enable instructors to design world-class online learning.
• Use Open edX's course-authoring tool to build an edX course.
• Blend the right kind of course content and multimedia to enrichen a course.
• Create interactive, hands-on lessons and activities.
• Assess student performance and provide timely feedback using Open edX instructor tools.
• Collaborate with others to deploy and manage an entire series of online course work.

This instructor-led, live training in the UK (online or onsite) is aimed at developers who wish to use Shopify to design, develop, and manage extensible e-commerce applications at scale.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the necessary development environment to start developing Shopify apps.
• Understand the features and architecture of the Shopify e-commerce platform.
• Understand the fundamentals of e-commerce and how to build a business with Shopify.
• Learn how to create a Shopify app using Shopify CLI, Polaris, App Bridge, and GraphQL.
• Build REST APIs to extend and scale the functionalities of Shopify apps.
• Get to know the tools and best practices in developing Shopify apps. 

This instructor-led, live training in the UK (online or onsite) is aimed at web developers or web content managers who wish to use TinaCMS to create, edit, review, and publish website content real-time while keeping control of the code.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the necessary development environment to start using TinaCMS.
• Create, edit, and customize web pages directly from the web UI.
• Manage the editor by configuring the backend APIs from within the source code.
• Integrate other data sources, workflows, and plugins to extend functionality.

Grav is an open-source, flat-file CMS (content management system). It comes with a powerful Package Management System to allow for simple installation and upgrading. Grav's underlying architecture uses well-established and best-in-class technologies to ensure that Grav is simple to use and easy to extend. As Grav is a flat file CMS, no database is required; this makes setting up a new site a very smooth process.

This training introduces the fundamentals of Grav CMS and walks participants through the creation of a Grav-based website.

By the end of this training, participants will have the knowledge and practice to deploy their own Grav website.

Audience

• Web application developers

Format of the course

• This training has a heavy emphasis on hands-on practice. Most of the concepts are discovered through samples, exercises and hands-on development.

Learning Management Systems (LMS) are used by trainers and educators for producing online courses that incorporate concepts such as blended learning, distance education, flipped classroom and other e-learning strategies in schools, universities, workplaces and the private sector.

This instructor-led training is aimed at technical users such as system administrators and course managers who enjoy the practical, hands-on approach to learning how to implement and deploy an LMS.

By the end of this training, participants will understand the architecture, design and functional principles behind an LMS and will, by way of live practice and implementation, know how to install, configure, manage, optimize, troubleshoot and deploy an LMS system in their own environment.

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

Note

• This training will use Moodle as a sample LMS implementation.
• To use a different LMS or customize any other part of this training, please contact us to arrange. 

Learning Management Systems (LMS) are used by trainers and educators for producing online courses that incorporate concepts such as blended learning, distance education, flipped classroom and other e-learning strategies in schools, universities, workplaces and the private sector.  

In this instructor-led, live training participants will learn how to set up and manage courses, organize a course homepage and its layout, arrange and rate assignments and give feedback, run quizzes, track learning progress, have online discussions with learners, use the gradebook and other advanced grading approaches, run surveys, hold workshops, and more.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Have an in depth knowledge of an LMS and all of its main features.
• Create, design, add, configure and manage courses based on their own needs.
• Add, configure and manage course resources and activities, including but not limited to assignment, chat, feedback, forum, lesson, quiz, SCORM, survey, workshop, gradebook, etc.
• Bring an improved teaching, interaction and learning experience to the audience.

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

Note

• This training will use Moodle as the LMS for all exercises.
• To use a different LMS or customize any other part of this training, please contact us to arrange. 

This instructor-led, live training in the UK (online or onsite) is aimed at developers, instructors, or trainers who wish to use xAPI to track learning behavior and activities, and make better learning solutions.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the features and benefits of xAPI and how it works.
• Learn how to build a Learning Record Store (LRS).
• Get an in-depth understanding of the complete xAPI specification.
• Learn how to send and retrieve xAPI statements.
• Get insights on how to implement xAPI to effectively measure learning activities.

Magento is the world's most popular CMS (Content Management System) for e-commerce. It is used by some of the biggest brands, including Samsung, Levono and Nike, and is hugely popular with small and medium-sized ecommerce companies as well.
 
In this instructor-led, live training (onsite or remote), participants will learn about Mageto's features, strengths, weaknesses, and strategies for implementing Magento within an organization. Case studies are also provided to illustrate successful and unsuccessful implementations of Magento in the real-world. In addition to observing the past, we discuss future trends in the adoption of Magento in the market.

By the end of this training, participants will understand how to:

• Manage sales, inventory and customers using the Magento back-end
• Set up and manage the front-end for a truly customized user experience
• Integrate existing systems with a Magento e-commerce solution
• Integrate existing systems with partners who themselves use Magento

Audience

• Managers investigating e-commerce solutions
• Engineers considering implementing Magento in their organizations

Format of the Course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and live demonstrations

Note

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in the UK (online or onsite) is aimed at web developers who wish to create a web application with Magento 2.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Master Magento 2 development patterns, design patterns, and approaches.
• Create and personalize themes in Magento 2.
• Implement customizations to Magento 2 functionality with extensions.

Magento Commerce is the leading platform for open commerce innovation with over $50B in gross merchandise volume transacted on the platform annually.

Audience

This course is suitable for engineers and developers seeking to deploy and utilize Magento 2.1 as an ecommerce platform.

After completing this course, delegates will be able to:

• understand Magenta’s structure and deployment mechanisms
• carry out installation / production environment / architecture tasks and configuration
• assess code quality, perform debugging, monitoring
• implement advanced production like elastic search, multiple websites and logging
• customize Magento's webstore to their specific requirements 

This instructor-led, live training in the UK (online or onsite) is aimed at developers who wish to use Magento Commerce Cloud to design, build, and develop e-commerce websites for enterprise-scale businesses in the Cloud.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the necessary development environment to start developing enterprise e-commerce sites using Magento Commerce Cloud.
• Understand the infrastructure, technology stack, and services required to host an online store in the Cloud.
• Learn how to configure and manage a cloud project in Magento using the Project Web Interface and CLI.
• Integrate supported services (Fastly, New Relic, Blackfire, and Sendgrid) to optimize the site performance and features.
• Configure and maintain a highly secure platform to eliminate cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
• Build, test, and deploy sites to staging and production, and then perform post-launch checks and maintenance.

This instructor-led, live training in the UK (online or onsite) is aimed at developers who wish to use Magento to design and build a secure and user-friendly online shopping site.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the necessary development environment to start developing e-commerce sites with Magento.
• Understand the architecture, core concepts, modules, and file structure in Magento.
• Develop a functional and robust online store by customizing Magento components and modules.
• Implement security enhancement practices in Magento to reduce vulnerabilities and potential cyber attacks.

In this instructor-led, live training in the UK participants will learn how to add categories and store products, process a purchase order and make shipments, run product promotions, manage customers and permissions, run multiple websites and stores, and more.

By the end of this training, participants will:

• Have a comprehensive, expert user level understanding of Magento usage and functionality.
• Be able to independently run and manage multiple websites and stores based on business needs.
• Be able to streamline business activity by simplifying and minimizing daily administration and maintenance efforts.