Introduction to autonomous vehicles (AV).  Includes history of AV, levels of autonomy, introduction to the technology utilized, ethics, laws, and security.  This course was developed in partnership with TuSimple, the world's largest and most advanced self-driving truck company with a mission to improve safety and efficiency of the trucking industry using self-driving technology. 

This course covers the HIV/AIDS training required for health care professionals in Washington State.  The 1988 Washington State Omnibus Law requires certain people to have an HIV/AIDS education. If you are obtaining health care credentials, you must have this training. You are required to have AIDS education if you work as a health care professional or in a state-licensed or state-certified health care facility in Washington, and/or you want to get a license, certification or registration to practice a regulated health care profession in Washington State. The Washington State Department of Health developed a model curriculum for HIV/AIDS education. This curriculum is taught by an expert instructor and, upon successful completion of this course, students will receive state-accepted documentation of the training. This course is offered from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with one-hour for lunch (not provided).

Tools and Resources for Online Instruction

The course will focus on locating, evaluating, implementing and properly citing online resources in accordance with copyright and fair use regulations. Learners will explore best practices with a focus on the alignment of instructional resources within online course content and course development.

Design Successful Online Learning Environments

For learners seeking assistance in developing successful online learning environments. This course meets the needs of all learners in an inclusive online environment.  Guided by universal design principles, learn how to evaluate and implement course development to increase accessibility for all learners in an online environment.

Organize, manipulate and report on data using Excel’s Power Pivot. We are living in the age of big data. Data is being collected all the time and for increasingly detailed transactions. This can lead to an overwhelming amount of data, bringing about a need for people who can analyze large quantities quickly. Fortunately, Excel provides Power Pivot to help you organize, manipulate and report on your data by using functions, charts, PivotTables and slicers. Excel users can display those elements in a dashboard format. 

Harness the power of advanced PivotTable features and create PivotCharts for a competitive edge.  Advances in technology have made it possible to store ever-increasing amounts of data. The need to analyze that data and gain actionable insight is greater than ever. You already have experience working with Microsoft Office Excel and creating basic PivotTables to summarize data. But Excel is capable of doing much more. Being able to harness the power of advanced PivotTable features and create PivotCharts will help you to gain a competitive edge. You’ll not only be able to summarize data to analyze, but you’ll also be able to organize the data in a way that can be meaningfully presented to others. This leads to data-driven business decisions that have a better chance for success for everyone involved.

Pronunciation for non-native English speakers at the intermediate level.  Includes word stress, sentence stress and rhythm, and intonation patterns. 

Create strong teams and foster spirit, commitment and trust.

Analysis of the use of computers in the logistics industry and an introduction to available logistics software. Includes the need for computers, the history and future of computers in the logistics industry, and the impact of computers on customer service. Also includes logistics software availability, selection and implementation, and security measures.

A study of inventory control concepts and techniques.  Course A in the Inventory Control series provides an overview of logistics and a focus on costs associated with inventory.  Courses A, B, and C in the Inventory Control Series includes cost concepts, determining size and nature of inventory, forecasting, and inventory planning and control.  Also includes ordering methods, controlling pilferage, and matching customer demand with supply.  NOTE: basic math skills for simple computation are used.  Students completing Inventory Control A,B, C may apply for prior learning to earn 3 credits toward certification in logistics.  Logistics Certificate requires completion of Inventory Control, Computerized Logistics, Warehouse Management, Transportation and Traffic Management, Purchasing.

Explore how to collect and report on project status with the Earned Value Management System. Learn how to collect information about project status and report the results with the Earned Value Management System. This system integrates both cost and schedule to provide accurate tracking of project tasks. Learn to track performance by collecting information and measuring project status against a predetermined baseline. Practice techniques for creating and monitoring results to achieve positive project outcomes.  

Assessment Tools for Online Instructors

This course looks at various assessment methods with a focus on aligning assessment with instruction and learning objectives within the course design.

Enhance Skills to Communicate with your Online Learners

Whether it's learner-to-learner or learner-to-instructor, or learner-to-content interaction, the right communication is essential. Learn how to use the right online tools for synchronous and asynchronous communication while exploring new technologies to support learning and instruction in an online environment.

Developing Effective Online Engagement Skills

• Learn how to embed ways to foster student-to-student interaction in the online classroom.
• Demonstrate the ability to use tools for communicating online.
• Develop communication policies and instructions for use in the online classroom.

Learn a systematic method for applying techniques and identifying issues to avoid project failure. This course provides a systematic method for applying techniques and identifying the issues that can result in cost overruns, delayed schedules or failure to meet performance standards. Course topics include resource identification, estimating techniques, and planning phases, which take place during project definition and planning, as well as risk triggers, performance issues and contract management, which take place during project Execution, Monitoring, Controlling and Closure. 

Essentials for Creating an Effective Online Learning Environment

This course introduces online teaching and learning with a focus on the skills and knowledge needed to actively engage learners in an online environment through on-going communication, instructor presence, and high-quality instruction.