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Live in concerts are cancelled, events canned, malls, gyms, parks, restaurants, and swimming pools shut. Schools and colleges have taken a break and offices have adopted the work from home policy. So basically most of us are under house arrest. This gives us plenty of time to update our skills and qualifications. Why not utilize it to the best? The Internet makes available for you a plethora of short online courses that you can complete in just a couple of weeks. 

Moreover, many of these short online courses are also free of cost and those which aren’t, are surely pocket-friendly. Today, there are various online learning platforms that offer short courses on almost every subject and skill that further upgrade an individual’s qualifications. 

We have put together a list of 10 fun and equally insightful short online courses you can start with today itself

Web Development

Yes, it is possible to learn how to develop a website in just a few weeks. Every brand and company today feel the need to have an online presence. The website is the most authentic and formal way to do that. Once you learn to develop a website, you can work as a web developer for companies or even build a website for yourself and start with your own blog/business. An online course of about four weeks in web development will teach you to build websites and mobile apps by using HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, Python, MySQL & other coding languages. The duration of this course stretches from 2 weeks to 4 weeks. 

Graphic Designing

Simply having an online presence for the brand is of no use if it is not visually appealing. Graphic Designers make a product, its advertisements, and the overall brand aesthetic and tempting. Enrolling yourself in a Graphic Designing course will make you are master in Graphic Designing in less than two weeks with the short course available online. With this qualification, you can work as a graphic designer and design logos, advertisements, digital posts for the brands. You can also work as a freelancer with digital marketing and advertising agencies.  

Social Media Marketing

Social media in the past few years has proved to be immensely beneficial for companies to promote their brands and develop strong recall value among the customers as well as prospective customers. A course in social media marketing will provide you with a sound understanding of how the world of social media functions and how can it be used for the benefit of companies. This course is also a very short one which can stretch to somewhere between one week to two weeks. 

Digital Product Management

A short course in Digital Product Management will teach you to craft products and sell them in the most creative ways in order to garner sales. You will also gain a detailed understanding of the job role of a digital product manager and the responsibility associated with it. You will also learn ways to develop newer ideas to create new products. This online course is usually 3-4 weeks long. 

IT and Computer Science

Computer Science is a vast field and offers many learning opportunities to students even on online platforms. Various short online courses fall under the umbrella of computer science, like app development, machine learning, learning coding languages, encryption, and cryptography, data mining, etc. You can pick any from these and choose to learn within a period of four weeks.    

Photography

Photography, videography, and cinematography are art forms that have gained rapid popularity alongside the expansion and growth of the media industry. This said, many today have begun realizing their passion for these art forms. Now with short online courses easily accessible, individuals can learn photography skills by enrolling themselves in these courses.  

There are many other short courses available online that you can check out and learn on platforms like UpGrad

• Udemy
• Coursera
• Skillshare
• Udacity
• edX

So what are you waiting for? Go sign up for these exciting courses today without wasting much of the gifted time.