Microsoft Free AI Classroom Training Offer

Microsoft Free AI Classroom Training Offer for students gives a fantastic opportunity to dive into the world of AI.

About the program

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Microsoft AI Classroom series is an initiative by Microsoft in association with NASSCOM FutureSkills® and supported by GitHub to skill up students and future developers on new technologies
The three (3) hour session will cover key topics to introduce students to AI, Machine learning and Data Sciences topics with lab exercises. Each module will be introduced by an industry leader and subject matter expert
Students can ask questions via live chat during the session. There is also a dedicated 30 mins Q&A slot at the end of the session to address additional questions
Link to exclusive Microsoft Official Course (MOC) material for AI-900 course will be shared by the trainers. Please ensure you attend the complete session to access it
Limited seats. Attendance is on first come first basis. If you are unable to join a session it may have reached capacity
This program is open to students enrolled in Indian universities and are residents of India

Post the session attendance, students will receive an assessment link for knowledge check and to download the participation certificat
The assessment is designed as multiple-choice questions. You have 20 minutes to answer 30 questions
You must score 60% or more to pass and download your “Microsoft AI workshop | December 2020” participation certificate
You will get 3 attempts to clear the assessment
The certificate will be a joint certificate offered by Microsoft and NASSCOM FutureSkills®
Share your certificate on social media and tag #AlwaysLearning. Be a proud member of the AI Skilled community
The assessment link will be live between December 19 to December 30, 2020

If you need support to activate any of the following resources, please write in to StudentQ@microsoft.com

Suggested Pre-read material
Environment Setup (VS Code Jupyter Notebooks)
- Visit https://code.visualstudio.com/download and download VS Code as per your machine configuration and then install Python 3.
- Follow this link for installation https://www.python.org/downloads/
- Next, open VS Code Editor and install Python, Jupyter, IntelliCode extension and restart it.
- Go to extension section (left side menu) and search for these extensions. Now to create a new Jupyter Notebook you need to press CTRL + Shift + P and run this command Python: Create Blank New Jupyter Notebook. Once you do this a Jupyter notebook will get created automatically.
Azure ML Studio Classic Subscription. Visit https://studio.azureml.net/ and Sign In
GitHub Account
- Click here to login into your account https://github.com/login
- To create a new account, visit https://github.com/. Click on Sign Up and follow the steps.
- You will receive an email from GitHub. Verify Email Address to activate your account
GitHub Student Developer Pack
- Visit https://education.github.com/pack to get started
- Azure lab access via GitHub Student Developer Pack
Link to access Exclusive Microsoft Official Course (MOC) material for AI-900 course will be shared during the session. Please ensure you attend the complete session.

Time	Topics
2:00-2:05 PM	Core note by an industry leader/ subject matter expert
2:05-2:50 PM	Module 1: Data Science Life Cycle and Cognitive Services
2:50-3:00 PM	Q&A via live chat
3:00-3:05 PM	Industry talk
3:05-3:50 PM	Module 2: Building Machine Learning Models on Azure
3:50-4:00 PM	Q&A via live chat
4:00-4:05 PM	Industry talk
4:05-4:50 pm	Intelligent Conversational AI
4:50-5:30 pm	Q&A via live chat