Course Overview
- Course Title: School of AI Certified Cloud Practitioner (Foundational)
- Instructor: School of AI (AI Academy)
- Target Audience:
- Beginners with no prior cloud or IT experience
- Students, IT professionals, managers, or career changers
- Individuals preparing for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) exam
- Prerequisites:
- No prior cloud or IT experience required
- A computer with internet access (Windows, macOS, or Linux)
- Willingness to create a free AWS account (step-by-step guidance provided)
- Basic familiarity with web browsers and online accounts (helpful but not mandatory)
Curriculum Highlights
- Key Topics Covered:
- AWS core concepts: Global infrastructure, agility, elasticity, pay-as-you-go pricing
- Key AWS services:
- Compute: Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail
- Storage: Amazon S3, EBS, EFS, Glacier
- Databases: Amazon RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, Redshift
- Networking: Amazon VPC, Route 53, CloudFront, Elastic Load Balancing
- Security & Compliance: IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Shared Responsibility Model
- AI/ML & IoT: Foundational overview
- Containers: Basic concepts
- AWS cost management: Pricing Calculator, Free Tier, Billing Dashboard, cost models (On-Demand, Reserved Instances, Spot, Savings Plans)
- AWS Well-Architected Framework: Six pillars (Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, Sustainability)
- Exam preparation: Practice questions, study strategies, real-world use cases
- Key Skills Learned:
- Understanding cloud computing fundamentals and AWS global infrastructure
- Identifying and differentiating core AWS services
- Applying AWS security best practices (IAM, encryption, monitoring)
- Estimating and managing AWS costs and billing
- Evaluating cloud architectures using the Well-Architected Framework
- Preparing for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) exam
Course Format
- Duration:
- 2 hours on-demand video
- 7 articles
- Format:
- Self-paced online course
- Hands-on labs (e.g., creating IAM users, launching EC2 instances, hosting S3 websites)
- Mobile and TV access
- Resources:
- Downloadable materials (cheat sheets, exam tips)
- Practice questions and quizzes
- Certificate of completion