Online Course Review, Free

These are online courses that, at the time of the review, were available for any student to take and complete for no cost.

REVIEW: PACT College Training Program online course from SACTEDU.ORG
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REVIEW: PACT College Training Program online course from SACTEDU.ORG

ByBilly Joe Cain

Summary Cost: Free.  Assessment-based Certificate: Yes. You must pass a reasonable test to earn the certificate.  Interactivity: The course proceeds from start to finish through videos that ask you to keep keep track of your thoughts and answers on a piece of paper, keeping you engaged with a physical object during the course. I found…

United for Human Rights – Know Your Human Rights E-Course
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United for Human Rights – Know Your Human Rights E-Course

ByBilly Joe Cain

Summary Cost: Free.  Assessment-based Certificate: Yes. There are questions throughout that relate strongly to the material you need to know. You receive a downloadable certificate for completing the course. Interactivity: Lots of questions that make you think about the material. All questions are multiple choice. Making people click on that is far better than nothing, but…

REVIEW: Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking online course from Themis Knowledge
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REVIEW: Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking online course from Themis Knowledge

ByBilly Joe Cain

You can download your certificate before you even take the course, without doing anything at all. You can watch me discover this in the video.

REVIEW: Unbound – Identifying & Responding to Human Trafficking: Commercial Lodging & Hospitality Industry
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REVIEW: Unbound – Identifying & Responding to Human Trafficking: Commercial Lodging & Hospitality Industry

ByBilly Joe Cain

A video version of a slideshow that provides a certificate after the video. No testing required.

REVIEW: Truckers Against Trafficking | CTAT Trained Local Drivers Certification Program (English)
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REVIEW: Truckers Against Trafficking | CTAT Trained Local Drivers Certification Program (English)

ByBilly Joe Cain

Summary Cost: Free. Assessment-based Certificate: Yes. This isn’t a course; it’s a video with a 15 question quiz / test.  Interactivity: None. It is a video.  Duration: ~25 minutes. Course description: In order to complete this certification program, you must demonstrate your knowledge of the issue of human trafficking and how a local driver, like yourself,…

REVIEW: iEmpathize Empower Youth Program
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REVIEW: iEmpathize Empower Youth Program

ByBilly Joe Cain

The Empower Youth Program is an innovative tool that equips you with the power to recognize people and situations that intend to take advantage of you and your friends. We call these people exploiters.

REVIEW: Convenience Stores Against Trafficking (CSAT) “C-Stores Stop Human Trafficking”
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REVIEW: Convenience Stores Against Trafficking (CSAT) “C-Stores Stop Human Trafficking”

ByBilly Joe Cain

Course description: The video module was designed to teach employees how to recognize the signs of human trafficking and how to respond when trafficking is suspected. Training is a crucial step in turning awareness into action and making a real difference in people’s lives.

REVIEW: Texas Human Trafficking Resource Center – HEART Training from Texas Health and Human Services (for Healthcare Professionals)
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REVIEW: Texas Human Trafficking Resource Center – HEART Training from Texas Health and Human Services (for Healthcare Professionals)

ByBilly Joe Cain

Good course with great materials and an assessment-based certificate. Huge lost opportunity to provide easily accessible, downloadable materials to students.

REVIEW: Com­mer­cial Lodg­ing Train­ing Video “HUMAN TRAFFICKING: HOW HOTEL EMPLOYEES CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE” from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
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REVIEW: Com­mer­cial Lodg­ing Train­ing Video “HUMAN TRAFFICKING: HOW HOTEL EMPLOYEES CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE” from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

ByBilly Joe Cain

This is, essentially, an unskippable video and a certificate form saying you have watched the video. Really. And this is provided by the Texas Attorney General. Let me make this perfectly clear: there is no test for understanding, the certificate is granted by collecting all the letters while you watch the video.

Surprisingly, collecting letters is actually more proof you’ve watched a video than most other video-only courses.

REVIEW: Human Trafficking (TCOLE# 3270) from AACOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy
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REVIEW: Human Trafficking (TCOLE# 3270) from AACOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy

ByBilly Joe Cain

Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) approved course, “Law Enforcements Role: Human Trafficking in the State of Texas,” is free.

And it’s four hours.

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