Coursera Guided Projects

Hey everyone, just wanted to give you all a heads up about Coursera’s new product line, “Guided Projects”. Announced recently, the Guided Projects enable you to learn job-oriented skills in under 2 hours through interactive experience guided by the subject matter experts.

The best part is no prior knowledge or a software required. You get access to everything needed to complete the guided project right in your browser. And, to top it all, they are available at just $10, view here.

Starting with Guided Projects:

• When you start the guided project, the first thing you see is overview of the project structure
• Introduction to the subject matter expert Instructor
• You are then asked to open a tool called Rhyme to work on the project. Rhyme is a learning platform that provides a unique, side-by-side hands-on learning interface where learners complete each step in a virtual workspace as they watch video instructions from the instructor on the other side of the screen (See the figure 1.1 above)
• The virtual workspace is a pre-configured cloud desktop, therefore all the required data and the software is available directly in your browser. So, there is no need to install or download anything to start the project

Top 50 Coursera Guided Projects

The following is the list of trending and popular guided projects on Coursera. Each course is about two hours long, do check them out by clicking on the course name. This list will change over time as we get fresh data from Coursera.

Course Name	Average Star Rating
Create Your First Python Program	4.57
Build Your Portfolio Website with HTML and CSS	4.49
Introduction to Project Management	4.55
Object-Oriented Programming with Java	4.47
Spreadsheets for Beginners using Google Sheets	4.66
Facial Expression Recognition with Keras	4.52
Introduction to Python	4.49
Introduction to HTML	4.61
Introduction to Google Docs	4.7
Custom Prediction Routine on Google AI Platform	4.62
Introduction to Relational Database and SQL	4.52
Build a Simple App in Android Studio with Java	4.34
COVID19 Data Analysis Using Python	4.55
Linear Regression with NumPy and Python	4.37
Use Canva to Create Social Media Marketing Designs	4.51
Create a Resume and Cover Letter with Google Docs	4.64
Build a Data Science Web App with Streamlit and Python	4.55
Build a Full Website using WordPress	4.53
Use WordPress to Create a Blog for your Business	4.45
Project: Creating Your First C++ Application	4.48
Computer Vision – Object Tracking with OpenCV and Python	4
Basic Image Classification with TensorFlow	4.56
Clustering Geolocation Data Intelligently in Python	4.42
Computer Vision – Image Basics with OpenCV and Python	4.22
Image Data Augmentation with Keras	4.55
Image Classification with CNNs using Keras	4.43
Create Your First Game with Python	4.48
Create Your First Chatbot with Rasa and Python	4.43
Predicting House Prices with Regression using TensorFlow	4.46
Beginning SQL Server	4.52
RESTful API with HTTP and JavaScript	4.29
Building a Text-Based Bank in Java	4.48
Build an E-commerce Dashboard with Figma	4.41
Create a Business Marketing Brand Kit Using Canva	4.68
Perform Sentiment Analysis with scikit-learn	4.45
Computer Vision – Object Detection with OpenCV and Python	3.83
Linear Regression with Python	4.56
Support Vector Machines with scikit-learn	4.3
Visualizing Citibike Trips with Tableau	4.56
Introduction to Project Management with ClickUp	4.68
Logistic Regression with NumPy and Python	4.48
Compare Stock Returns with Google Sheets	4.35
Build a Machine Learning Web App with Streamlit and Python	4.64
Analyze Box Office Data with Plotly and Python	4.5
Image Compression with K-Means Clustering	4.6
Predict Future Product Prices Using Facebook Prophet	4.39
Image Super Resolution Using Autoencoders in Keras	4.33
Intermediate Relational Database and SQL	4.51
Traffic Sign Classification Using Deep Learning in Python/Keras	4.59
Image Denoising Using AutoEncoders in Keras and Python	4.44

Do Guided Projects boost your resume?

The guided projects are really good to learn new skills in 2 hours or less. However, if you are particularly looking for courses that add to your resume, we recommend you take a certificate course instead.

The Coursera guided projects are great for those who are looking to learn new skills in the shortest amount of time possible. It would not be fare to ask whether these course will add to your resume. Nevertheless, learners still learn something that they can demonstrate in present workplace or in front of potential employers

Do let us know if you have any questions about this post.

Happy learning 🙂