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The non-developer’s guide to hiring software developers

The Next Web

Some of the best developers in the world never went to college, or went to college to study something other than computer science, and with the rise of online learning tools like Udacity , Treehouse , and Codecademy , this trend will continue to grow. Full Contact offers paid paid vacation. But it is possible.

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Online learning marketplace Udemy is raising up to $100M at a $3.32B valuation

TechCrunch

Online education has been one of the hotspots in the tech world this year, as people turn to e-learning tools to fill in the gaps variously arising from closed schools, closed offices, social distancing and more time on our hands at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Best Practices for Protecting Your K–12 School from Cybersecurity Threats

sgEngage

Systems that hold student information should be HIPAA, LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability), and OneRoster 1.1 Restrict Access: Your school software systems contain a great deal of sensitive data, from names, addresses, and contact information to credit card transactions and social security numbers.

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Engageli comes out of stealth with $14.5M and a new approach to teaching by video remotely

TechCrunch

A video conferencing tool designed from the ground up as a digital learning platform, with its own unique take on virtual classrooms, Engageli is aiming first at higher education, and it is launching with $14.5 million in seed funding from Benchmark and others.

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How to enable and use Gmail’s AI-powered Smart Reply and Smart Compose tools

The Verge

Leading up to Gmail’s 15th birthday last year, Google added a lot of productivity and machine learning tools to its email service. (It Your G Suite admin must enable this for the organization, so contact the person in charge if you’d like to test this out at work. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge.

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Outgrowing RFM Segmentation? How Machine Learning Can Help

Top Nonprofits

At Dataro , we specialize in machine learning tools for nonprofits, so we’re big believers in this technology’s ability to completely change how organizations think about and use their data. Machine learning systems analyze sets of data to identify complex patterns and “learn” how that data can be expected to perform in the future.

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Find the Top 10 Best eLearning Authoring Tools

Gyrus

out of 5 Pros A host of advanced features Mobile-friendly e-learning tool and support for both MAC and Windows Intuitive user interface Cons Complex workflow with a steep learning curve Requires a lot of computing power 5. Elucidat Pricing Contact them to know more. Adobe Captivate Pricing Starting price: $33.99/mo