Free Google courses: Actívate, Skillshop and AI

Official Google courses, including Skillshop and Google Actívate.

8 published courses

Google course guidance

Actívate, Skillshop and Developers are not the same

Digital Marketing Fundamentals provides a broad overview. Gemini on Actívate teaches the tool, not how to train models. Google Ads Skillshop helps you train for and choose an advertising certification. Google for Developers covers machine learning: the introduction orients and the crash course already assumes Python. The catalog AI path starts with Elements of AI, not a Google course.

Before you begin

Skillshop and Google Actívate may require a Google account to save progress or receive a badge.
We only mark a certificate or badge when the specific source confirms it.
The machine learning resources are free to study, but we do not present them as a university certification.

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Google course questions

Are Google Actívate and Skillshop the same?: Not exactly. Actívate groups introductory training, while Skillshop provides product training, including Google Ads certifications. Each course page identifies its specific source.
Do Google courses provide a free certificate?: It depends on the resource. Some training offers a badge or certification with an account; other resources only provide free content. We do not apply one promise to every Google course.
Can I start the machine learning crash course without Python?: It is not the best first step. Start with Elements of AI or a Python path before attempting the crash course exercises.

8 courses

Free with conditions
Google Ads certifications — Skillshop
Google’s official center, in Spanish, to train in Google Ads and get certified. It is free with a Google account. It is not a single closed syllabus: you choose the certification (Search, Display, video, etc.).
Google · Beginner · Spanish
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Free
Machine Learning Crash Course — Google
A free Google course, with a Spanish page, to understand machine learning ideas with exercises. It assumes some Python. It does not replace a programming foundation. There is no university certificate.
Google · Intermediate · Spanish
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Free with conditions
Digital Marketing Fundamentals — Google Actívate
An official Google course on Skillshop, in Spanish: 17 modules on strategy, customers, content, social, search, email, video and Google tools. Self-paced. You need an account. On completion there is a Skillshop digital badge, not a university degree. It fits as a broad overview; it does not replace the Google Ads certification.
Google · Beginner · Spanish
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Free
Introduction to Machine Learning — Google for Developers
A free Google introduction, with a Spanish page, to understand machine learning ideas. It does not replace a programming foundation.
Google · Beginner · Spanish
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Free
Google Sheets help
Official Google guides, in Spanish, to create and use Sheets. It is free. It is not Excel and not a certificate. We include it in the Office cluster because many people work here, not in Microsoft.
Google · Beginner · Spanish
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Free with conditions
E-commerce — Google Actívate
An EOI course on Google Actívate, in Spanish with no tuition: e-commerce types, logistics, social, ads and search. You need a Skillshop account. Digital badge if you pass the final exam. It complements a marketing course; it does not replace Digital Marketing Fundamentals or Google Ads.
Google · Beginner · Spanish
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Free with conditions
Mobile app development — Google Actívate
A Universidad Complutense de Madrid course on Google Actívate: app principles, Android, iOS, cross-platform and stores. In Spanish, with a Skillshop account. At the end there is a digital badge if you pass the final exam. It is not a bootcamp to ship an app on day one.
Google · Beginner · Spanish
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Free with conditions
Master AI with Gemini — Google Actívate
A short Google Spain course on Skillshop, in Spanish: what AI is, Gemini in practice and a responsible-use block. The page says 1 hour. You need an account. There is an award on completion. It does not teach you to train models and does not replace Python or Google’s Crash Course.
Google · Beginner · Spanish
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