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30 Days of Google Cloud
For the GDSC India Campuses
Introduction to
30 Days Of Google Cloud
30 Days Of
Learning
Building
Sharing
Growing
Unlock your benefits in 30 days
Share your
accomplishments
Share your skill badges with your
network and on your resume
Prove you have in-
demand skills
Take the challenge lab at the end to
prove that you have the required
skills
Gain hands-on
experience
Learn real-world skills on the
Google Cloud console using
Qwiklabs
Kickstart your career in Google Cloud!
Get recognised for your efforts
You will receive a Certification of
Appreciation from Google and
yes a lot of Goodies!
30 Days of Google Cloud
As you are being trained,
onboard your peers and help
them start their journey to cloud.
Kick-off Training Session
Get yourself trained on the
program’s content by earning
Qwiklabs skill badges.
Track 1: Cloud Engineering
Track 2: Data Science & Machine
Learning
Here are the 2 tracks
Now let’s go over the different tracks that we
have in the program on which you will be
trained first and then you have to train your
peers.
Contents of the program
Track 1: Cloud Engineering
Explore and deploy solution elements, including
infrastructure components such as networks, systems,
and applications services.
1. Getting Started: Create and Manage Cloud Resources
2. Perform foundational infrastructure tasks in Google
Cloud
3. Setup and Configure a Cloud Environment in Google
Cloud
4. Deploy and Manage Cloud Environments with Google
Cloud
5. Build and Secure Networks in Google Cloud
6. Deploy to Kubernetes in Google Cloud
Track 2: Data Science &
Machine Learning
Learn & demonstrate proficiency in key data & ML topics
to prepare for roles in data, marketing & business.
1. Getting Started: Create and Manage Cloud Resources
2. Perform Foundational Data, ML, and AI Tasks in Google
Cloud
3. Insights from Data with BigQuery
4. Engineer Data in Google Cloud
5. Integrate with Machine Learning APIs
6. Explore Machine Learning Models with Explainable AI
Google Cloud Skill Badges
What is a skill badge?
An exclusive digital Google Cloud skill badge
demonstrates your growing Google Cloud
recognized skillset.
How do I earn a skill badge?
Show your cloud skills by completing a series
of hands on labs, including a final assessment
challenge lab, to test your skills and earn a Google
Cloud skill badge to share with your network.
Show us your skills
by earning all of them!
Qwiklabs credits for
students
Students would need to register successfully to be able to get the
Qwiklabs code. The code will be sent as auto response along with the
registration confirmation email.
How students will get their credits pass?
Support alias
1. dscsupport@qwiklabs.com
Rewards for
students
Rewards for Participants
Option 1
Complete any one -
Track 1 OR Track 2
*You’ll only get rewards for the milestone that you achieve after enrolment date & not for the ones before that.
Option 2
Complete both the tracks
- Track 1 AND Track 2
Rewards for Participants
*You’ll only get rewards for the milestone that you achieve after enrolment date & not for the ones before that.
Thank You!

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Info sessions30 days of google cloud

  • 1. 30 Days of Google Cloud For the GDSC India Campuses
  • 2. Introduction to 30 Days Of Google Cloud
  • 4. Unlock your benefits in 30 days Share your accomplishments Share your skill badges with your network and on your resume Prove you have in- demand skills Take the challenge lab at the end to prove that you have the required skills Gain hands-on experience Learn real-world skills on the Google Cloud console using Qwiklabs
  • 5. Kickstart your career in Google Cloud! Get recognised for your efforts You will receive a Certification of Appreciation from Google and yes a lot of Goodies! 30 Days of Google Cloud As you are being trained, onboard your peers and help them start their journey to cloud. Kick-off Training Session Get yourself trained on the program’s content by earning Qwiklabs skill badges.
  • 6. Track 1: Cloud Engineering Track 2: Data Science & Machine Learning Here are the 2 tracks Now let’s go over the different tracks that we have in the program on which you will be trained first and then you have to train your peers. Contents of the program
  • 7. Track 1: Cloud Engineering Explore and deploy solution elements, including infrastructure components such as networks, systems, and applications services. 1. Getting Started: Create and Manage Cloud Resources 2. Perform foundational infrastructure tasks in Google Cloud 3. Setup and Configure a Cloud Environment in Google Cloud 4. Deploy and Manage Cloud Environments with Google Cloud 5. Build and Secure Networks in Google Cloud 6. Deploy to Kubernetes in Google Cloud
  • 8. Track 2: Data Science & Machine Learning Learn & demonstrate proficiency in key data & ML topics to prepare for roles in data, marketing & business. 1. Getting Started: Create and Manage Cloud Resources 2. Perform Foundational Data, ML, and AI Tasks in Google Cloud 3. Insights from Data with BigQuery 4. Engineer Data in Google Cloud 5. Integrate with Machine Learning APIs 6. Explore Machine Learning Models with Explainable AI
  • 9. Google Cloud Skill Badges What is a skill badge? An exclusive digital Google Cloud skill badge demonstrates your growing Google Cloud recognized skillset. How do I earn a skill badge? Show your cloud skills by completing a series of hands on labs, including a final assessment challenge lab, to test your skills and earn a Google Cloud skill badge to share with your network. Show us your skills by earning all of them!
  • 11. Students would need to register successfully to be able to get the Qwiklabs code. The code will be sent as auto response along with the registration confirmation email. How students will get their credits pass?
  • 14. Rewards for Participants Option 1 Complete any one - Track 1 OR Track 2 *You’ll only get rewards for the milestone that you achieve after enrolment date & not for the ones before that.
  • 15. Option 2 Complete both the tracks - Track 1 AND Track 2 Rewards for Participants *You’ll only get rewards for the milestone that you achieve after enrolment date & not for the ones before that.

Editor's Notes

  1. To get those industry skills, let’s begin your journey with the 30 Days of Google Cloud program. Let us tell you how your program journey would look like. Begin your journey to cloud with 30 Days of Google Cloud.
  2. After you acquire them, do remember to add them on your resume and professional profiles and share it with your network to prove that you have the in-demand skills. We have a total of 6 skills badges to be earned for each track!
  3. This starts with the training session where we will conduct your training. In this kick-off call and the follow up session, we will give you an introduction to some basics of Google Cloud and will also provide you with an headstart to either of the 2 tracks that you are supposed to do in the program. In each session, we will cover some hand-on practice labs and during the end we will set you on the path where you can earn your Qwiklabs skill badges for the tracks in the 30 Days of Google Cloud program. As you start your journey, you in parallel onboard your peers in your institution and start their learning a week later. You will help them deep dive into what you have already learned and get them to complete their quests on Qwiklabs, just like you did. Upon successful completion of the program, you would have learned the necessary technical & soft skills that any company/organisation is looking for like leadership, program management, problem solving, team building & much more. As the campaign progresses, we recognise your efforts and award you with certificates and cool goodies. You will know more about the rewards in slides ahead. Now let’s take a look at what areas will we be covering in this journey!
  4. [Read the content on the screen] Let’s go over each track one by one.
  5. First track that we have in the program is the “Cloud Engineering” track. By completing the quests under the Cloud Engineering track, you will learn to explore and deploy solution elements, including infrastructure components such as networks, systems, and applications services. We have a total of 6 quests under this track that will be covered through training sessions starting next week. Let’s take a look at the second track!
  6. For Track 2, we have the “Data Science & Machine Learning” track. By completing the quests in this track, you will learn and demonstrate proficiency in key topics related to big data and machine learning to prepare for roles such as data analyst, marketing analyst, business intelligence professional, and data engineer. This track also consists of 6 quests. I am sure you are curious to know about the campaign timelines and training schedules. You hear more about it in the slides ahead.
  7. After completing each quest from either of the tracks, you have a chance of earning Google Cloud Skill Badges. Skill badges are used to show that you have actually applied your new learned skills using a challenge lab at the end where you have to take your new learned skills for a test drive.