- Teacher: Desalegn Mamo
Start speaking Italian from day one. This beginner course (CEFR level A1) teaches the Italian you need for real everyday situations: greeting people, introducing yourself, ordering at a café, shopping, asking for directions and making small talk. Alongside the language, you will discover the customs and habits that shape daily life in Italy, so you know not only what to say but how and when to say it.
Format: 6 self-paced weeks, about 2–3 hours per week, with video lessons, audio practice, interactive activities, discussion forums and short quizzes. No previous Italian needed.
By the end you will be able to: pronounce Italian correctly, greet and introduce yourself formally and informally, use about 200 everyday words and phrases, build simple sentences with essere, avere and regular verbs, ask and answer basic questions, and handle common situations with confidence and cultural awareness.
- Teacher: Desalegn Mamo
GDPR Essentials: Understanding and Applying Data Protection Principles is an engaging, practical course designed to help employees understand the General Data Protection Regulation and apply it confidently in their everyday work.
Through presentation-style lessons, professional visuals, realistic workplace scenarios, and interactive exercises, learners will explore how to recognize and handle personal data, follow the core GDPR principles, choose appropriate lawful bases, respect individuals’ data rights, and respond correctly to potential data breaches.
Each chapter includes practical activities and a short knowledge quiz with immediate feedback. The course concludes with a comprehensive final assessment to confirm learners’ understanding.
By the end of the course, participants will be better equipped to:
- Recognize personal and special-category data
- Handle information lawfully, fairly, securely, and transparently
- Understand consent, lawful bases, and data-subject rights
- Apply data minimization, retention, and privacy-by-design practices
- Identify GDPR risks and possible data breaches
- Follow the organization’s privacy and incident-reporting procedures
Target audience: Employees, managers, contractors, and other personnel who handle personal data
Level: Introductory
Estimated duration: 60–120 minutes
Format: Interactive, presentation-style e-learning
Assessment: Chapter quizzes and a final assessment
Recommended passing score: 80%
Certificate: Awarded after successful completion, where enabled in Moodle
This course provides general GDPR awareness training and does not replace legal advice or organization-specific policies and procedures.
- Teacher: Marie Salim
SQL Database Fundamentals
This course provides a practical introduction to SQL (Structured Query Language) and relational database management. Learners will develop the skills needed to work confidently with databases, organize and retrieve data, and write effective SQL queries.
The course covers core concepts such as database structure, tables, relationships, primary and foreign keys, data types, and SQL syntax. Learners will practice creating and managing databases, inserting and updating data, filtering and sorting results, joining multiple tables, using aggregate functions, and writing more advanced queries.
Through hands-on exercises and real-world examples, participants will learn how SQL is used to manage, analyze, and extract meaningful information from structured data.
By the end of the course, learners will be able to design basic relational databases, write SQL queries independently, manipulate and analyze data, and apply SQL skills to practical business and technical scenarios.
Suitable for: Beginners, aspiring data analysts, developers, technical professionals, and anyone who wants to build a strong foundation in SQL and database management.
Prerequisites: No previous SQL or database experience is required.
- Teacher: Marie Salim