Use Machine Learning APIs on Google Cloud
Earned Feb 13, 2021 EST
DEPRECATED Creating with Google Maps
Earned Feb 13, 2021 EST
Derive Insights from BigQuery Data
Earned Feb 12, 2021 EST
Pizza Day Speedrun
Earned Feb 10, 2021 EST
DevOps Essentials
Earned Jan 17, 2021 EST
Workspace Essentials
Earned Jan 14, 2021 EST
Holiday Speedrun
Earned Dec 29, 2020 EST
Cloud Engineering
Earned Dec 5, 2020 EST
Baseline: Infrastructure
Earned Dec 5, 2020 EST
Set Up an App Dev Environment on Google Cloud
Earned Dec 5, 2020 EST
Deploy Kubernetes Applications on Google Cloud
Earned Nov 1, 2020 EST
Kubernetes in Google Cloud
Earned Nov 1, 2020 EST
Work and Play: Farming in the Cloud
Earned Oct 30, 2020 EDT
Implement Load Balancing on Compute Engine
Earned Oct 17, 2020 EDT
Google Cloud Essentials
Earned Oct 17, 2020 EDT
15 Days of Kubernetes
Earned Oct 15, 2020 EDT
Develop your Google Cloud Network
Earned Sep 23, 2020 EDT
Google Cloud Next OnAir ‘20 - Cloud Hero Game: Week 7
Earned Sep 1, 2020 EDT
This course introduces diffusion models, a family of machine learning models that recently showed promise in the image generation space. Diffusion models draw inspiration from physics, specifically thermodynamics. Within the last few years, diffusion models became popular in both research and industry. Diffusion models underpin many state-of-the-art image generation models and tools on Google Cloud. This course introduces you to the theory behind diffusion models and how to train and deploy them on Vertex AI.
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This is an introductory-level microlearning course aimed at explaining what responsible AI is, why it's important, and how Google implements responsible AI in their products. It also introduces Google's 7 AI principles.
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This course will introduce you to the attention mechanism, a powerful technique that allows neural networks to focus on specific parts of an input sequence. You will learn how attention works, and how it can be used to improve the performance of a variety of machine learning tasks, including machine translation, text summarization, and question answering. This course is estimated to take approximately 45 minutes to complete.
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This is an introductory level micro-learning course that explores what large language models (LLM) are, the use cases where they can be utilized, and how you can use prompt tuning to enhance LLM performance. It also covers Google tools to help you develop your own Gen AI apps.
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This is an introductory level microlearning course aimed at explaining what Generative AI is, how it is used, and how it differs from traditional machine learning methods. It also covers Google Tools to help you develop your own Gen AI apps.
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Welcome to the Learn To Earn Cloud Challenge security track! These eight labs give you the keys to understanding GCP's powerful security suite. At the end of each lab, you'll have hands-on experience with securing your cloud. Complete this game to earn the Security game badge, and you'll be one step closer to collecting all four badges (see "what's next" below for more information).
Race the clock to increase your score and watch your name rise on the leaderboard. Good luck!
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Welcome to the Learn To Earn Cloud Challenge data track! These eight labs give you a deep dive into GCP's data universe. At the end of each lab, you'll have another in-demand skill to add to your list. Complete this game to earn the Data game badge, and you'll be one step closer to collecting all four Learn to Earn Cloud Challenge badges (see "what's next" below for more information). Race the clock to increase your score and watch your name rise on the leaderboard. Good luck!
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Welcome to the Learn To Earn Cloud Challenge architecture track! These eight labs give you a blueprint of GCP's building blocks. At the end of each lab, you'll have hands-on experience with another tool or service to add to your resume. Complete this game to earn the Architecture game badge, and you'll be one step closer to collecting all four Learn to Earn Cloud Challenge badges (see "what's next" below for more information). Race the clock to increase your score and watch your name rise on the leaderboard. Good luck!
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Welcome to the Learn To Earn Cloud Challenge! These eight labs give you a quick hands-on introduction to eight different GCP tools and services. At the end of each lab, you'll have another skill to add to your list. Complete this game to earn the Essentials game badge, and you'll be one step closer to collecting all four Learn to Earn Cloud Challenge badges (see "what's next" below for more information). Race the clock to increase your score and watch your name rise on the leaderboard. Good luck!
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Complete the intermediate Engineer Data for Predictive Modeling with BigQuery ML skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: building data transformation pipelines to BigQuery using Dataprep by Trifacta; using Cloud Storage, Dataflow, and BigQuery to build extract, transform, and load (ETL) workflows; building machine learning models using BigQuery ML; and using Cloud Composer to copy data across multiple locations. A skill badge is an exclusive digital badge issued by Google Cloud in recognition of your proficiency with Google Cloud products and services and tests your ability to apply your knowledge in an interactive hands-on environment. Complete the skill badge course, and final assessment challenge lab, to receive a digital badge that you can share with your network.
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Complete the intermediate Implement DevOps Workflows in Google Cloud skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: creating git repositories with Cloud Source Repositories, launching, managing, and scaling deployments on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and architecting CI/CD pipelines that automate container image builds and deployments to GKE. A skill badge is an exclusive digital badge issued by Google Cloud in recognition of your proficiency with Google Cloud products and services and tests your ability to apply your knowledge in an interactive hands-on environment. Complete this skill badge course and the final assessment challenge lab to receive a skill badge that you can share with your network.
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You work at a startup and you’re 6 weeks away from launching your new product. It’s a game changer and sure to land successfully, but your company needs to run lean between now and launch day. Everyone is pitching in to be smart and control costs.That’s where today’s game begins. See which team can save the most money through cost optimization. Each lab in this game walks you through a particular GCP tool that helps you monitor and optimize your spend. The points you score individually as you complete each lab will add up to your team’s total! Join the game, then join a team by updating your player name and avatar. At the end of the game, we’ll total all the points for both teams and declare a winning team. Every player on the winning team will receive 50 free Qwiklabs credits.
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In honor of the Launch of the Google Cloud Community and the Learning & Certification Hub (bit.ly/3gNtlMB), we’ve devised a fun little game to catapult your skills in BigQuery and give you a chance to win the First. Ever. Community. Learning. Challenge. (Pause for effect) Not only will participating in this game give you hands-on practice to boost key skills in BQ, but simply participating will earn you some sweet online badges. Plus, the winner of the game will be rewarded...handsomely . More details below... Complete every activity in this game and earn a Skill Badge which you can share across your network with pride. Complete every activity AND post a screenshot of your newly minted Skill Badge in the Learning Forum area of the Community (bit.ly/35LoLIB) to earn a special Community Badge which you can then flaunt over other community members shamelessly. The Community member at the top of the scoreboard at the time the game is closed will be rewarded with something objectively …
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Get hands-on practice with Google Cloud! You will compete with your peers to see who can finish this game with the most points. Speed and accuracy will be used to calculate your scores — earn points by completing the labs accurately and bonus points for speed! Be sure to click “End” where you’re done with each lab to be rewarded your points.
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Get hands-on practice with Google Cloud! You will compete with your peers to see who can finish this game with the most points. Speed and accuracy will be used to calculate your scores — earn points by completing the labs accurately and bonus points for speed! Be sure to click “End” where you’re done with each lab to be rewarded your points.
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Security is an uncompromising feature of Google Cloud Platform services, and GCP has developed specific tools for ensuring safety and identity across your projects. In this game you will get hands-on practice with various security tools of the Google Cloud Platform.
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Welcome Gamers! Today's game is all about experimenting with Big Query for Machine Learning! Use real life case studies to learn various concepts of BQML and have fun. Take labs to earn points. The faster you complete the lab objectives, the higher your score.
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Welcome Gamers! You will compete to see who can finish the game with the highest score. Earn the points by completing the steps in the lab.... and get bonus points for speed! Be sure to click "End" when you're done with each lab to get the maximum points. All players will be awarded the game badge.
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Welcome Gamers! Have fun in today's game with Big Query concepts and Data Warehousing. Learn how to create new tables, pipelines and ingest dataets using Big Query. Take labs to earn points. The faster you complete the lab objectives, the higher your score.
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Complete the intermediate Optimize Costs for Google Kubernetes Engine skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: creating and managing multi-tenant clusters, monitoring resource usage by namespace, configuring cluster and pod autoscaling for efficiency, setting up load balancing for optimal resource distribution, and implementing liveness and readiness probes to ensure application health and cost-effectiveness. A skill badge is an exclusive digital badge issued by Google Cloud in recognition of your proficiency with Google Cloud products and services and tests your ability to apply your knowledge in an interactive hands-on environment. Complete this skill badge course and the final assessment challenge lab to receive a skill badge that you can share with your network.
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Get hands-on practice with Google Cloud! You will compete with your peers to see who can finish this game with the most points. Speed and accuracy will be used to calculate your scores — earn points by completing the labs accurately and bonus points for speed! Be sure to click “End” where you’re done with each lab to be rewarded your points.
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Earn a skill badge by completing the Integrate with Machine Learning APIs course, where you learn the basic features for the following machine learning and AI technologies: Cloud Vision API, Cloud Cloud Translation API, and Cloud Natural Language API. A skill badge is an exclusive digital badge issued by Google Cloud in recognition of your proficiency with Google Cloud products and services and tests your ability to apply your knowledge in an interactive hands-on environment. Complete this skill badge course, and the final assessment challenge lab, to receive a skill badge that you can share with your network.
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In this quest you will use several tools available in Google Cloud to manipulate data and create a Google Map - map location details to find subway stations or a business; use geocoding and Apps Script to send an email of a map; visualize data on a customized map; and build a server-side proxy to create a map on a mobile device.
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Complete the introductory Derive Insights from BigQuery Data skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: write SQL queries, query public tables, load sample data into BigQuery, troubleshoot common syntax errors with the query validator in BigQuery, and create reports in Looker Studio by connecting to BigQuery data. A skill badge is an exclusive digital badge issued by Google Cloud in recognition of your proficiency with Google Cloud products and services and tests your ability to apply your knowledge in an interactive hands-on environment. Complete this skill badge course, and the final assessment challenge lab, to receive a skill badge that you can share with your network.
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It’s pizza O’clock at Qwiklabs. 9th February is Pizza day and we thought what better way to celebrate than a speedrun! Today’s labs come with all the extra toppings, no extra charge.
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Obtain a competitive advantage through DevOps. DevOps is an organizational and cultural movement that aims to increase software delivery velocity, improve service reliability, and build shared ownership among software stakeholders. In this quest you will learn how to use Google Cloud to improve the speed, stability, availability, and security of your software delivery capability. DevOps Research and Assessment has joined Google Cloud. How does your team measure up? Take this five question multiple-choice quiz and find out! Looking for a hands on challenge lab to demonstrate your skills and validate your knowledge? On completing this quest, enroll in and finish the additional challenge lab at the end of this quest to receive an exclusive Google Cloud digital badge.
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Workspace (formerly G Suite) is Google's collaborative applications platform, delivered from Google Cloud. In this introductory-level quest, you will get hands-on practice with Workspace’s core applications from a user perspective. Although there are many more applications and tool components to Workspace than are covered here, you will get experience with the primary apps: Gmail, Calendar, Sheets and a handful of others. Each lab can be completed in 10-15 minutes, but extra time is provided to allow self-directed free exploration of the applications.
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Celebrate this holiday season with Qwiklabs. Have some holiday fun with these labs which will help you from mapping the NYC subway to building a nearby business search service with Google Maps platform. The goal - have fun! Each and every participant in this game will receive a gift of Qwiklabs credits. Then you may get more gifts - all depends on the number of labs you complete. The more labs you take, the higher your score and the better your chances! Hurry up and join this game today!! Limited seats available.
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This fundamental-level quest is unique amongst the other quest offerings. The labs have been curated to give IT professionals hands-on practice with topics and services that appear in the Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Certification. From IAM, to networking, to Kubernetes engine deployment, this quest is composed of specific labs that will put your Google Cloud knowledge to the test. Be aware that while practice with these labs will increase your skills and abilities, we recommend that you also review the exam guide and other available preparation resources.
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If you are a novice cloud developer looking for hands-on practice beyond Google Cloud Essentials, this quest is for you. You will get practical experience through labs that dive into Cloud Storage and other key application services like Stackdriver and Cloud Functions. By taking this quest, you will develop valuable skills that are applicable to any Google Cloud initiative. 1-minute videos walk you through key concepts for these labs.
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Earn a skill badge by completing the Set Up an App Dev Environment on Google Cloud course, where you learn how to build and connect storage-centric cloud infrastructure using the basic capabilities of the of the following technologies: Cloud Storage, Identity and Access Management, Cloud Functions, and Pub/Sub. A skill badge is an exclusive digital badge issued by Google Cloud in recognition of your proficiency with Google Cloud products and services and tests your ability to apply your knowledge in an interactive hands-on environment. Complete this skill badge, and the final assessment challenge lab, to receive a skill badge that you can share with your network.
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Complete the intermediate Deploy Kubernetes Applications on Google Cloud skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: configuring and building Docker container images, creating and managing Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters, utilizing kubectl for efficient cluster management, and deploying Kubernetes applications with robust continuous delivery (CD) practices. A skill badge is an exclusive digital badge issued by Google Cloud in recognition of your proficiency with Google Cloud products and services and tests your ability to apply your knowledge in an interactive hands-on environment. Complete this skill badge course and the final assessment challenge lab to receive a skill badge that you can share with your network.
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Kubernetes is the most popular container orchestration system, and Google Kubernetes Engine was designed specifically to support managed Kubernetes deployments in Google Cloud. In this advanced-level quest, you will get hands-on practice configuring Docker images, containers, and deploying fully-fledged Kubernetes Engine applications. This quest will teach you the practical skills needed for integrating container orchestration into your own workflow. Looking for a hands-on challenge lab to demonstrate your skills and validate your knowledge? On completing this quest, finish the additional Challenge Lab at the end of the Deploy to Kubernetes in Google Cloud Quest to receive an exclusive Google Cloud digital badge.
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Farming is a dominant sector, employing half of the labor force in India. Recent innovations have led to higher yield seeds and improved soil analyses, but access to new tech is challenging for small farmers. That’s where AgroStar’s multilingual mobile app comes in, connecting a million farmers in the cloud with agronomy, data science, and analytics - and running on Google Cloud. You can master key GCP tools the team is currently using to improve response times by 85% and support knowledge center updates for 1 million mobile devices in near real time - even building a discussion platform in 3 weeks. This game is part of the Work & Play series - understanding how you can apply GCP tools to help solve real-world problems.
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Complete the introductory Implement Load Balancing on Compute Engine skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: writing gcloud commands and using Cloud Shell, creating and deploying virtual machines in Compute Engine, and configuring network and HTTP load balancers. A skill badge is an exclusive digital badge issued by Google Cloud in recognition of your proficiency with Google Cloud products and services and tests your ability to apply your knowledge in an interactive hands-on environment. Complete this skill badge, and the final assessment challenge lab, to receive a skill badge that you can share with your network.
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In this introductory-level Quest, you will get hands-on practice with the Google Cloud’s fundamental tools and services. Google Cloud Essentials is the recommended first Quest for the Google Cloud learner - you will come in with little or no prior cloud knowledge, and come out with practical experience that you can apply to your first Google Cloud project. From writing Cloud Shell commands and deploying your first virtual machine, to running applications on Kubernetes Engine or with load balancing, Google Cloud Essentials is a prime introduction to the platform’s basic features. 1-minute videos walk you through key concepts for each lab.
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We're almost through our 15 Day Challenge! Want a way to show off those new skills? Complete the Deploy to Kubernetes challenge in today's special, one-lab game
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Earn a skill badge by completing the Develop your Google Cloud Network course, where you learn multiple ways to deploy and monitor applications including how to: explore IAM rols and add/remove project access, create VPC networks, deploy and monitor Compute Engine VMs, write SQL queries, deploy and monitor VMs in Compute Engine, and deploy applications using Kubernetes with multiple deployment approaches. A skill badge is an exclusivedigital badge issued by Google Cloud in recognition of your proficiency with Google Cloud products and services and tests your ability to apply your knowledge in an interactive hands-on environment. Complete this skill badge, and the final assessment challenge lab, to receive a skill badge that you can share with your network.
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Practice your skills in our weekly hands-on game. In this competitive challenge, you will find a curated collection of relevant labs for Next OnAir. Play with other attendees to see yourself on the leaderboard, earn a digital badge, and win prizes! Please see the official rules before participating; by entering the Contest, you agree to the Official Rules (“Rules”) available below and that these Rules apply to you.
Introduction to Image Generation
Earned Jun 4, 2023 EDT
Introduction to Responsible AI
Earned Jun 4, 2023 EDT
Attention Mechanism
Earned Jun 4, 2023 EDT
Introduction to Large Language Models
Earned May 30, 2023 EDT
Introduction to Generative AI
Earned May 29, 2023 EDT
Learn to Earn Cloud Challenge: Security
Earned Oct 9, 2021 EDT
Learn to Earn Cloud Challenge: Data
Earned Oct 9, 2021 EDT
Learn to Earn Cloud Challenge: Architecture
Earned Oct 9, 2021 EDT
Learn to Earn Cloud Challenge: Essentials
Earned Sep 12, 2021 EDT
Engineer Data for Predictive Modeling with BigQuery ML
Earned Aug 2, 2021 EDT
Implement DevOps Workflows in Google Cloud
Earned Jul 26, 2021 EDT
Save the Day!
Earned Jul 25, 2021 EDT
Launch & Learn: BigQuery Game
Earned Jun 23, 2021 EDT
Cloud Hero Infra Skills
Earned May 26, 2021 EDT
Cloud Hero Data II Skills
Earned May 25, 2021 EDT
Cloud Hero: Security
Earned May 24, 2021 EDT
Intro to BigQuery: Analytics & Machine Learning
Earned May 19, 2021 EDT
Intro to Infrastructure
Earned May 18, 2021 EDT
BigQuery for Data Warehousing I
Earned May 10, 2021 EDT
Optimize Costs for Google Kubernetes Engine
Earned May 6, 2021 EDT
Cloud Hero Kubernetes Skills
Earned Apr 29, 2021 EDT
Use Machine Learning APIs on Google Cloud
Earned Feb 13, 2021 EST
DEPRECATED Creating with Google Maps
Earned Feb 13, 2021 EST
Derive Insights from BigQuery Data
Earned Feb 12, 2021 EST
Pizza Day Speedrun
Earned Feb 10, 2021 EST
DevOps Essentials
Earned Jan 17, 2021 EST
Workspace Essentials
Earned Jan 14, 2021 EST
Holiday Speedrun
Earned Dec 29, 2020 EST
Cloud Engineering
Earned Dec 5, 2020 EST
Baseline: Infrastructure
Earned Dec 5, 2020 EST
Set Up an App Dev Environment on Google Cloud
Earned Dec 5, 2020 EST
Deploy Kubernetes Applications on Google Cloud
Earned Nov 1, 2020 EST
Kubernetes in Google Cloud
Earned Nov 1, 2020 EST
Work and Play: Farming in the Cloud
Earned Oct 30, 2020 EDT
Implement Load Balancing on Compute Engine
Earned Oct 17, 2020 EDT
Google Cloud Essentials
Earned Oct 17, 2020 EDT
15 Days of Kubernetes
Earned Oct 15, 2020 EDT
Develop your Google Cloud Network
Earned Sep 23, 2020 EDT
Google Cloud Next OnAir ‘20 - Cloud Hero Game: Week 7
Earned Sep 1, 2020 EDT