AWS Cloud Computing and AI

Gain essential skills in AWS cloud computing, DevOps principles, and AI integration. Build a foundation for a successful tech career.

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome Card
2. Getting Started
3. Who is Generation?
4. Timetable
5. Grading Rubrics
6. Next Steps
7. Take our Baseline Form!
1. House Rules and Performance Metrics
1. Day 1: Careers: Self-discovery and Growth
2. Day 1: Introduction to Linux and Virtualization
3. Day 2: Linux Users and Groups.
4. Day 2: Group Activity: Linux Users & Groups
5. Day 2: Group Activity Submission: Linux Users and Groups
6. Day 2: Knowledge Check: Introduction to Linux and Virtualization
7. Day 3: Careers: Assignment
8. Day 3 Careers Submission: Self Discovery Assignment
9. Day 3: Linux Files and Permissions
10. Day 3: Knowledge Check: Linux File Systems and Permission
11. Day 4: Linux Processes and Services
12. Day 4: Knowledge Check: Linux Processes & Services
13. Linux Cheatsheet.
14. Week 1 Survey
1. Day 1: Careers: Time Management
2. Day 1: Bash Scripting
3. Day 1: Knowledge Check: Bash Scripting
4. Day 2: Linux Server Configuration
5. Day 2: Knowledge Check: Linux Software Management & Server Configuration
6. Day 2: Group Activity: Bash Scripting
7. Day 2: Group Activity Submission: Linux Group Activity (Bash Scripting)
8. Day 2: Linux Review and Summary
9. Day 3: AWS Accounts Signup for Skillbuilder
10. Day 3: The Physical Infrastructure Powering the Cloud
11. Day 3: Introduction to Cloud Computing (AWS Cloud Essentials Badge)
12. Day 3: Cloud Computing Is Simple
13. Day 3: Knowledge Check: Intro to AWS Cloud Computing
14. Day 3: Cloud Service Models Explained Simply
15. Day 3: Careers: Assignment
16. Day 3: Careers Submission: Time Management
17. Day 4: Networking Fundamentals
18. Day 4: Knowledge Check: Networking
19. Day 4: Group Activity: Networking (Cisco Packet Tracer)
20. Day 4: Group Activity Submission: Networking Cisco Packet Tracer
21. Day 5: Networking in AWS Cloud
22. Day 5: Knowledge Check: Network In AWS
23. Day 5: Practical Group Activity on AWS Networking
24. Day 5: Group Activity Submission: Practical Group Work on AWS Networking
25. Week 2 Survey
1. Day 1: Careers: Problem-solving, critical and strategic thinking
2. Day 1: Network Threats, Security and Incident Recovery
3. Day 1: Knowledge Check: Network Security
4. Day 1: Other Networking Threats (Async)
5. Day 2: Networking and Content Delivery
6. Day 2: Knowledge Check: Networking and Content Delivery
7. Day 2: Group Activity on IAM
8. Day 2: Group Activity Submission: AWS IAM
9. Day 2: Knowledge Check: IAM
10. Day 3: Careers Assignment
11. Day 3: Careers Submission: Problem Solving
12. Day 3: Advanced Security on AWS
13. Day 3: Knowledge Check: Advanced Security on AWS
14. Day 4: Encryption Deep Dive
15. Day 4: Knowledge Check: Encryption
16. Day 4: Research and Presentation on AWS Security Services
17. Day 4: Group Activity Submission: Research and Presentation on AWS Security Services
18. Day 5: Introduction to AWS Compute Services
19. Day 5: Knowledge Check: Compute
20. Week 3 Survey
1. Day 1: Careers: Business Communication and Interpersonal skills
2. Day 1: AWS Compute -Advanced Topics
3. Day 2: Review: AWS Auto Scaling and Load Balancing
4. Day 2: Group Activity: AWS Autoscaling & ELB
5. Day 2: Group Activity Submission: AWS Auto Scaling and Load Balancing
6. Day 3: Careers Assignment
7. Day 3: Careers Submission: Business Communication
8. Day 3: Storage Solutions in AWS
9. Day 4: Storage Solutions in AWS Part 2
10. Day 4: Knowledge Check: Storage
11. Day 4: Group Activity: Static Website Hosting
12. Day 4: Group Activity Submission: Static Website Hosting
13. Day 5: Practical Lab Session: EC2 & S3
14. Day 5: Practical Lab Submission: EC2 & S3
15. Week 4: Survey
16. Month 1: Quarterly Survey
1. Day 1: Careers: Freelance Brand
2. Day 1: Monitoring and Analytics
3. Day 1: Databases Setup (Workbench Installation & Setup)
4. Day 2: Database Services in AWS
5. Day 2: Knowledge Check: Database
6. Day 2: Group Activity Review & AWS Monitoring
7. Day 2: Group Activity Submission: Review & AWS Monitoring
8. Day 3: Careers Assignment
9. Day 3: Careers Submission: Freelance
10. Day 3: Data in the Cloud (Data Lakes vs Databases, S3, Glue, Athena)
11. Day 4: Storage, Databases, Monitoring Review
12. Day 4: NoSQL Database -Simulearn & Report Activity
13. Day 5: AWS Well Architected Framework
14. Day 5: Knowledge Check: AWS Well Architected Framework
15. Day 5: AWS Cloud Essentials: Badge Submission
16. Week 5: Survey
1. Day 1: Careers: CV Surgery
2. Day 1: Migration Strategies in AWS
3. Day 1: Migration Group Activity
4. Day 1: Knowledge Check: Migration
5. Day 1: Group Activity Submission: Migration Group Activity
6. Day 2: Introduction to Trello
7. Day 2: Introduction to GitHub
8. Day 2: GitHub & Trello Portfolio Project
9. Day 3: Careers Assignment
10. Day 3: Careers Submission: CV
11. Day 4: Portfolio Project 1 Submission: Trello & GitHub
12. Day 5: Introduction to Terraform and IaC
13. Day 5: Knowledge Check: Terraform
14. Day 5: Freelance Reality
15. Week 6: Survey
1. Day 1: Careers: LINKEDIN MASTERY
2. Day 1: Infrastructure Provisioning with Terraform
3. Day 2: Terraform Operations and Management
4. Day 2: Knowledge Check: Terraform Assessment
5. Day 2: Group Activity on Terraform
6. Day 2: Group Activity Submission: Terraform
7. Day 3: Careers Assignment
8. Day 3: Careers Submission: LinkedIn
9. Day 3: Provisioning AWS Lambda with Terraform (API Gateway, IAM, S3)
10. Day 4: Key Docker Components
11. Day 4: Knowledge Check: Introduction to Docker
12. Day 4: Group Activity: Container Detective
13. Day 4: Group Activity Submission: Container Detective
14. Day 5: Docker Files and CLI
15. Day 5: Account Setup
16. Week 7: Survey
1. Day 1: Careers: Resume & Cover Letter
2. Day 1: Docker CLI Part 2
3. Day 1: Knowledge Check: Dockerfiles and CLI
4. Day 2: Multi-container Applications with Docker Compose
5. Day 2: Group Activity: Creating Dockerfile
6. Day 2: Group Activity Submission: Creating Dockerfile
7. Day 3: Careers: Submission of Updated Resume
8. Day 3: Docker Security Best Practices
9. Day 4: Docker Practical Lab: Using Docker Compose
10. Day 4: Research & Present: Beyond Docker - The container Ecosystem
11. Day 4: Group Activity Submission: Research & Present - Beyond Docker: The Container Ecosystem
12. Day 5: Kubernetes Architecture and Core Components
13. Day 5: Knowledge Check: Kubernetes Core Concepts
14. Day 5: Skills Selection and Market Validation
15. Week 8: Survey
16. Month 2: Quarterly Survey
1. Day 1: Careers: JOB SEARCH STRATEGY
2. Day 1: Kubernetes Control Plane & Hands-On Cluster Setup
3. Day 1: Knowledge Check: Kubernetes Control Plane
4. Day 2: Group Activity: Deploying with Kubernetes
5. Day 2: Group Activity Submission: Deploying Kubernetes
6. Day 2: DevOps, CI/CD & Agile Culture
7. Day 3: Careers Assignment
8. Day 3: Careers Submission: Job Search
9. Day 3: Git, Version Control & GitOps Concepts
10. Day 4: CI/CD Pipeline Architecture & AWS CI/CD Service Overview
11. Day 4: Knowledge Check: AWS CI/CD Services
12. Day 4: Group Activity: Design & Build a CI/CD Pipeline
13. Day 4: Group Activity Submission: Design & Build a CI/CD Pipeline
14. Day 5: End-to-End CI/CD with GitHub Actions (GitOps in Practice)
15. Day 5: Group Activity Submission: End-to-End CI/CD with GitHub Actions (GitOps in Practice)
16. Day 5: Security on Freelance Platforms
17. Week 9: Survey
1. Day 1: Careers: Handling Interview Questions
2. Day 1: Understanding Roles & Simulated Environment
3. Day 2: Agile Workflow & Jira - Work Tracking
4. Day 2: Jira for Cloud Teams
5. Day 2: Knowledge Check: Jira For Cloud Teams
6. Day 3: Careers Assignment
7. Day 3: Careers Submission: Interview
8. Day 3: Jira + GitHub Integration
9. Day 4: Slack for Cloud Team Communication
10. Day 4: Group Activity Submission: Design a Cloud Team Productivity Workflow
11. Day 5: Lab: CI/CD & Monitoring with GitHub Actions
12. Day 5: Group Activity Submission: CI/CD & Monitoring with GitHub Actions
13. Day 5: Fiverr Account Setup
14. Week 10: Survey
1. Day 1: Careers: Handling Technical Interview Questions
2. Day 1: REST Basics, API Gateway, AWS Lambda and IAM Authorizers
3. Day 1: Knowledge Check: REST Basics, API Gateway, AWS Lambda and IAM Authorizers
4. Day 2: Microservices (Monolith vs Microservices, Event-Driven Arch)
5. Day 2: Lab: Build a Simple REST API with API Gateway and Lambda
6. Day 2: Group Activity Submission: Build a Simple REST API with API Gateway & Lambda
7. Day 3: Careers Assignment
8. Day 3: Careers Submission: Interview 1
9. Day 3: EventBridge, SQS and SNS
10. Day 3: Knowledge Check: Eventbridge, SQS and SNS
11. Day 4: Troubleshooting & Operations (CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Health)
12. Day 4: Knowledge Check: Troubleshooting & Operations
13. Day 4: Fundamentals of ML and AI (Amazon Q Badge Introduction)
14. Day 5: Exploring AI Use Cases and Applications
15. Day 5: Knowledge Check: Exploring AI Use Cases and Applications
16. Day 5: Portfolio Project Structuring
17. Week 11: Survey
1. URGENT!!! CV UPLOADS
2. Day 1: Careers: NEGOTIATION SKILLS
3. Day 1: Responsible Artificial Intelligence Practices
4. Day 2: Developing Machine Learning Solutions
5. Day 3: Careers Assignment
6. Day 3: Careers Submission: Negotiation
7. Day 3: Developing Generative Artificial Intelligence Solutions
8. Day 3: Knowledge Check: Developing Generative AI Solutions
9. Day 4: Security, Compliance and Governance for AI Solutions
10. Day 4: Simulearn: Create an AI Smart Assistant
11. Day 4: Simulearn: Create an AI Smart Assistant Submission
12. Day 5: Essentials of Prompt Engineering
13. Day 5: Proposal Writing
14. Week 12: Survey
15. Month 3: Quarterly Survey
1. Day 1: Careers: Remote Business Environment
2. Day 1: AI Automation & AWS AI Tools (Amazon Q, Lambda Automation)
3. Day 2: AI Automation Using n8n
4. Day 2: Knowledge Check: AI Automation with n8n
5. Day 2: Group Activity: AI Automation & AWS Automation Tools
6. Day 2: Group Activity Submission: AI Automation and AWS Automation Tools
7. Day 3: Careers Assignment
8. Day 3: Careers Submission: Remote Work
9. Day 3: Group Activity: Explore Amazon Bedrock Playgrounds
10. Day 4: Group Activity: AWS PartyRock Task
11. Day 4: Group Activity Submission: AWS PartyRock Task
12. Day 5: Edge & IoT (AWS IoT Core, CloudFront)
13. Day 5: Badge Submission: Q Developer
14. Day 5: Skill Marketing on Social Media Platforms
15. Week 13: Survey
1. Day 1: Careers : Hi Azubi & Final Submissions
2. Careers: Final Submission Link
3. Day 1: AI and ML Lab
4. Day 1: Group Activity Submission: AI and ML Lab
5. Day 2: Cost Optimization and Billing (Cost Explorer, Billing Dashboard)
6. Day 2: Knowledge Check: Cost Optimization & Billing
7. Day 2: Final Capstone Introduction
8. Day 3: Final Capstone: Cloud System (API Gateway + Lambda, Storage, Monitoring
9. Day 4: Portfolio Project – Work Session
10. Day 4: Portfolio Project – Final Review
11. Day 5: Capstone Submission: Final Capstone
12. Day 5: Selecting the Right Gigs
13. Week 14: Survey
14. Course Completion Survey
15. Hurray, Congratulations!

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