Essential Tools and Skills for Freelancers Beginners

Learn to record professional voice overs using Audacity and OBS Studio, capturing voice and screen simultaneously, editing for a noise-free, polished audio ready for freelance projects.

Learn to use a voice recorder with Audacity and download the software from the mentioned website.

Record voice with Audacity by creating or opening a project and importing background music. Start recording with the red button, stop to finish, then play back and export.

Learn to add background music by importing audio, selecting a file, playing to preview, and adjusting volume to layer multiple tracks for your project.

Learn to trim, select, and remove parts of an audio file using Audacity, mastering copy, paste, cut, delete, and drag-and-drop across tracks to edit efficiently.

Learn to remove audio noise using noise reduction techniques, including selecting noise, getting a noise profile, applying noise reduction, and previewing results to clean any audio.

Learn to use a screen recorder to capture your computer screen, actions, and voice for video tutorials, presentations, and calls, with OBS Studio and its noise reduction features.

Learn to record your screen and voice without noise using OBS Studio, select the audio device, apply noise suppression and noise gate, and record a PowerPoint presentation on deserts.

Open the file menu and select show recordings to access your saved recordings. Then edit those recordings in Openshot studio, keeping them stored for easy access.

Learn to edit a screen recording by importing files, dragging and dropping, and cutting with the razor tool, then combine with a PowerPoint slideshow using OpenShot editor.

Discover how Notion acts as a single productivity platform, centralizing to-do lists, planning, document editing, notes, meetings, collaboration, and storage with customizable information management.

Learn why Notion is a versatile, free-for-personal-use tool used by organizations for repositories and people management. Explore freelancing and business opportunities through creating and selling Notion templates online.

Learn how Notion works by comparing it to a website, and see how a Notion page can hold documents, images, audio, video, uploads, inputs, tables, and databases to organize information.

Learn to use Notion in a browser or desktop/mobile apps, log in with Gmail, create or join personal, team, or school workspaces, and explore templates you can download or buy.

Create a page by adding main pages and sub pages, mirroring a website structure in Notion, using add page and the plus symbol to organize pages within a main page.

Master adding various content blocks—text, audio, and video embeds—by creating a sample page, navigating with the cursor, and using the plus symbol and Alt plus to place blocks.

Learn how to delete a block and duplicate a block by clicking the controls, enabling you to remove or replicate content as needed.

Create a to do list by tapping the plus symbol, selecting to do list, and adding multiple tasks. Track progress by checking and unchecking checkboxes.

Explore how to insert and use heading 1, heading 2, and heading 3 levels by clicking the plus symbol to choose text options.

Explore how to use bullets and numbering options by clicking the plus symbol, selecting bulleted list, and then choosing numbered list.

Create a toggle list by clicking the plus symbol, selecting toggle list, adding content, and using the symbol to show or hide the contents.

Explore using quotes, code dividers, and call-out blocks by clicking the plus symbol, selecting quote, code divider, or divider blocks, and using call-out blocks to highlight content and separate sections.

Create a hyperlink by clicking the plus symbol, selecting link to page, and choosing the target page to navigate to any page from the current page.

Master adding image media in your freelance starter kit by uploading an image, adding captions and comments, and managing assets with replace, resize, duplicate, delete, and full screen options.

Learn to upload or embed videos via the media menu, including file uploads under free plan limits or embedding links, and manage videos by deleting, duplicating, replacing, moving, or resizing.

Learn to add audio in your project by clicking the plus under media, selecting audio, and choosing a file; download or adjust speed, embed, or link the audio.

Learn to create and manage web bookmarks and code snippets, including saving visual bookmarks, adding captions, deleting duplicates, moving between pages, commenting, and copying code in various languages.

Learn how to upload documents by choosing a file, selecting word or pdf formats, and managing uploads with download, delete, replace, rename, move, and add comments.

Create and customize tables using the table block, adding, duplicating, or deleting rows and columns, enabling header rows or columns, resizing, and moving or converting to a database.

Learn to create a Notion database with a table of rows and columns, add properties such as text, number, dropdown, multi-select, and status, and explore gallery and calendar views.

Explore adding and configuring database properties such as text, number with currency, and date. Create select and multi-select fields, status, person, files and media, checkbox, url, email, and formulas.

Learn to use relation and roll up properties to connect databases and sum sales, linking electronics and sales data for real-time updates.

Explore different database views—table, board, gallery, list, calendar, and timeline—by creating a books database with pages (name, status, notes, links). Drag and drop to update status across views.

Learn how to use the embed option to insert various applications, including pdfs, and customize embeds by resizing, adding comments, aligning captions, downloading, and deleting duplicates.

Explore Notion’s features, from essential to advanced, by visiting Notion Academy. Learn about many features present in Ocean.

Design a simple Notion daily planner template with a to-do list and calendar view, using toggles, colors, and three-column layouts to organize tasks and dates.

Create a simple reading books template with multiple views (gallery, table, board, calendar) to track books, status, author, cover, and summaries, including toggles, icons, and custom backgrounds.

Create a Notion expense tracker template with two databases for categories and purchases, linking them with relation properties and roll up sums to track total expenses.

Create a task management template to streamline bug fixing workflow, assigning issues reported to team lead, developer, and tester, and updating statuses from in progress to in review to completed.

Learn how forms capture user inputs and how to create them with Google Forms, including integration with Google Sheets and Apps Script to automate tasks like sending emails from Sheets.

Create a Google form by signing into a Gmail account and selecting forms to start fresh. Design questions with single or multiple choice options.

Create questions with a plus button to build a user feedback form, selecting short answer and dropdown types, and add date/time fields with one-file uploads stored in Drive.

Learn how to add checkboxes, checkbox grids, and radio buttons to forms, support multiple selections and ratings, and preview dropdowns with clear selections.

Explore managing questions in forms: duplicate, delete, undo/redo, set input types and validation, require answers, add images or videos, create sections, merge content, and customize themes.

Review form responses and question-wise data, copy or delete the form, and add collaborators for collaboration. Share via email, link, or embed a pre-filled form for input comparison.

Explore form settings, including email address options, do not collect, verify, and preview. Learn to send responders a copy, allow edits, enable progress bars, and shuffle question order.

Link Google Forms to Google Sheets to view responses in a tabular form, edit data, and create graphs and charts by adding rows or columns.

Learn basic Google Sheets operations to edit and analyze form responses in a tabular format, identify cells by column and row, and manage ranges and sheets.

Master spreadsheet basics by adjusting cell size, selecting rows and columns, swapping data, copying and pasting, deleting, and undoing actions with keyboard and right-click methods.

Learn to edit tables by aligning text in columns, wrapping text, and adjusting fonts and colors; insert, delete, or clear rows and columns to format data efficiently.

Learn to create a simple chart for year and total, switch to a line chart, and drag, drop, and edit it in the chart editor.

Master basic math operations in spreadsheets, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, using cell references and formulas with the equal sign and auto-fill.

Create a sample quiz form that shows per-question points after submission, displays the total score, reveals correct and wrong answers, and sends an email copy for resubmission and point changes.

Create a quiz form from scratch by enabling quiz mode, adding questions and answer keys with points, customize the theme, and preview, then check Gmail for scores.

Link quiz forms to sheets, view responses and statistics, and see data in sheets, including the first-time setup for linking.

Create an error report form with a time zone dropdown sourced from a Google Sheet, support uploading images, audio, video, and log files, and store media in Google Drive.

Learn the basics of testing as a process of checking and verifying a product against requirements, ensuring features work and are error-free across browsers and devices.

Understand why testing a product matters across multiple stages of development, with developers and software testers. Test across different environments, devices, OS, and browsers to reduce errors in each release.

Learn how crowd testing validates responsive websites and mobile apps across laptops, devices, browsers, and operating systems in varied locations, tapping into large tester networks for scalable results.

Identify essentials to become a tester, including required devices and internet access, and learn basic testing terms like bug and test case to verify against requirements using websites and apps.

Explore bug bounty contests and show how learners can earn big cash prizes by finding issues in products and platforms, focusing on functionality testing and user testing for freelancing opportunities.

Learn testing terms like test cycle, test overview, test cases, test scenarios, and bugs, and how a test cycle moves from tester submission to developer resolution via bug reporting platform.

Explore a complete testing overview with product details, testing instructions, and environment setup including OS, devices, browsers, and versions, plus known and in-scope bugs listed under test view.

Define the objective of testing and develop test scenarios, such as text input accepting only text, successful login, and successful logout.

Define and execute test cases by outlining test scenarios, steps, expected behavior, and status to validate features such as login and signup forms on a university registration website.

Identify bugs as errors or unexpected behavior of features, including broken links, broken images, error messages, and windows closing on minimize.

Identify the three main bug types accepted by crowd testing platforms—functional, visual, and content—through examples like a non-working close button, misaligned layouts, and missing content.

Explore bug severity levels from low to critical, including content and visual defects, broken links and images, and failing payments, to assess impact on product usability.

Prioritize bugs by urgency: low, medium, high. Low bugs are less serious and fixed after high and medium; high bugs affect major users and brands, impression, and business.

Follow a provided test case template to execute website test scenarios, verify expected outcomes for home, search, contact us, and subscribe actions, and update results as pass or fail.

Learn to use a comprehensive bug report template for bug bounty programs, detailing environment, steps to reproduce, screenshots, logs, and frequency, with an example for a sign-in feature.

Explore user testing to boost product success by assessing ease of use, reliability, and learnability, gathering end-user feedback through surveys, video, or crowd testing platforms.

Explore how to use ChatGPT, an AI chatbot from OpenAI, for various sectors, with prompts and prompt engineering, example interactions, and earning opportunities.

Explore how to use ChatGPT by opening the page, logging in, creating a new chat, and typing basic questions to ask.

Learn how to generate a book summary by outlining the steps to write a concise summary for any book.

Learn to create blog posts and eBooks, build a table of contents, and generate content for topics, including writing stories with ChatGPT.

Explore career guidance for aspiring testers, including what to learn and paths to become an automation tester, with practical suggestions and relevant descriptions for beginners.

Explore how to translate a sentence using a translation tool. The lesson demonstrates translating text to English and shows how you can translate any text.

Learn how to create a travel itinerary for any place, with a simple, actionable approach that guides you through building itineraries.

Learn how to prompt ChatGPT to write emails by practicing asking ChatGPT to compose emails.

Learn how to improve writing with simple guidance, designed for beginners pursuing freelance work, and build confidence in communicating clearly.

Learn how to solve simple math problems by watching a demonstration of solving typed problems and viewing the resulting solutions.

See how ChatGPT solves complex verbal reasoning questions using copied examples, and observe quick problem solving that illustrates asking the right questions.

Learn how to use ChatGPT to generate code, with an example of a JavaScript clock, and how to copy and run the code for beginners.

Generate excel formulas with chatgpt by using exact row and column references, then copy and paste the code to compute remaining and returned amounts for lender and receiver.

Learn prompt engineering by crafting explicit instructions, including input, output, and constraints, to guide chat bot interactions and generate precise, relevant results.

Learn to craft quality prompts for ChatGPT by applying domain knowledge, clear instructions, and prompt engineering specifications such as input and output constraints; test scenarios and refine based on feedback.

Master image editing basics using a free, beginner-friendly tool to crop, adjust brightness, rotate, add text and shapes, and apply borders or cutouts.

Learn to create an editable pdf with a free online tool, add text and font options, insert form fields, and download changes.

Create eye-catching resumes and a portfolio using Canva templates, edit with your content, upload images, and download as PDF for free, then design and publish a site with seven pages.

Create engaging e-learning videos by selecting topics, building a curriculum, scripting content, producing pdfs, recording lectures, editing with a video editor, and publishing on e-learning platforms.