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Watch this introductory webinar about SAS Viya Workbench for Learners

The webinar recording is now available to watch at your convenience. Discover how SAS Viya Workbench for Learners provides a free, flexible computing environment designed to help students and educators excel in data science, coding and AI model building. It supports both SAS and Python, giving you the flexibility to teach in a way that works best for your classroom.

Get Hands-on experience with SAS Viya Workbench for Learners

If you're looking to dive deeper into SAS Viya Workbench for Learners, join our enablement sessions to expand your knowledge. Register for the webinar on March 6th or watch the January one as on-demand.

SAS® Viya® Workbench for Learners Contest

If you haven’t checked out SAS Viya Workbench for Learners, now is the perfect time. Not only will you discover our latest free technology, you and your students can win great prizes. Visit our contest webpage, complete a brief entry form and register for Viya Workbench for Learners. That’s it. One student and one educator will win their choice of three tech prizes. The winning educator will also receive free admission to SAS Innovate 2025! Enter through March 1.

SAS Seasonal Schools in 2025 - all dates available

We have all the dates for the 2025 SAS Seasonal Schools, with one event for each season of the year! These virtual two-day sessions have been empowering educators and students for the past four years, with thousands of attendees benefiting from hands-on learning and inspiration in analytics and data science.

Each Seasonal School introduces you to the Analytics Life Cycle – a way to work with data, that covers the entire process from data preparation, data discovery, to deployment. Everything will be centered around the SAS® Visual Analytics software, accessed from our SAS® Skill Builder for Students platform. On the platform you’ll have free access to SAS software, extensive training materials, e-learning courses and documentation - even after the course.

Educators, this is an opportunity to book your place and also invite your students to join whether you're looking to enhance your teaching practices or help your students gain critical analytics skills. There is no registration fee.

Serving Up Insights: Analyzing Tennis Earnings With SAS Visual Analytics

Look no further than our academic learning portals for a ready-to-use sports analytics project for the classroom. Using SAS Visual Analytics, students will build interactive dashboards to analyze tennis players' earnings and uncover compensation patterns. This exercise enhances data visualization and analytical skills while also preparing students for real-world applications in sports analytics.

Access these materials through the Classroom Activities section of the SAS Educator Portal (after sign-in, check the panel on the right-hand side). Students will find it in the Practice Activities section of SAS Skill Builder for Students.

Meet SAS Viya Workbench for Learners

Get ready to transform your teaching and empower your students with SAS Viya Workbench for Learners! This free, cloud-based modeling and development environment provides all the flexibility and power you need to teach data science and coding, offering seamless integration with popular tools like GitHub, VS Code, and Jupyter Notebook/Lab. Whether your students prefer SAS or Python code, they'll have the freedom to analyze data and build models in a dynamic environment – helping them learn faster and tackle real-world projects with ease.

Students are Invited to Explore Data, Find Answers, and Build Confidence

Encourage your students (and you as an Educator are also invited) to kick-start their data journey with the SAS Project-Based Learner Series, Jan. 13-17! The workshops are scheduled from 1:00 to 3:00 PM EST, which corresponds to 7:00 to 9:00 PM Central European Time (CET). This free, five-day series is designed to help students dive into data exploration with SAS, guiding them through essential topics like:

• Getting Started With Data and SAS.
• Exploring Data Through Visualizations.
• Data Wrangling and Descriptive Statistics.
• Basics of Machine Learning Models.
• Interactive Display of Insights.

This series is perfect for students who want to learn best practices for answering research questions while gaining hands-on experience. No data? No problem. SAS will provide datasets to work with. Share this opportunity to help your students build foundational skills in data analytics!

Building impactful reports in SAS Visual Analytics

Are your students ready to take their report-building skills to the next level with SAS Visual Analytics? Our six-part series of SAS Communities articles is packed with practical tips and tricks to help them create reports that truly stand out. From drafting a clear plan to selecting the right charts, focusing attention on key insights, and testing reports for functionality and design, these articles cover the essentials of report-building. The first post in the series dives into the importance of planning your report to ensure it delivers meaningful insights and visual impact.

SAS recognized as a top programming language for jobs

SAS was ranked #5 in IEEE Spectrum's 2024 Top Programming Languages Jobs ranking, which measures employer demand. This ranking reinforces the value of incorporating SAS into analytics curricula and emphasizes its relevance alongside other major languages like Python and SQL. IEEE Spectrum is the flagship publication of the IEEE, the world’s largest professional organization dedicated to engineering and applied sciences.

Exploring data uploads in SAS® Viya® for Learners

Do you have data you want to upload into SAS Viya for Learners? Let us help. Check out the SAS Communities article for eight – yes, eight – different ways to go about it. You'll find steps and screenshots for each option, making the process a breeze no matter which option you choose.

Help students stand out with applied learning 

Our customers tell us that when they review early-career candidates for employment opportunities, applied learning experiences often differentiate individuals. The Curiosity Cup, our global student data competition, offers your students the perfect hands-on learning experience. The experience fosters teamwork, develops skills and showcases analytical prowess. And the jury members are real-life data scientists and consultants.

Plan to make The Curiosity Cup part of your curriculum and give your students a competitive edge. Registration opens Dec. 1, and the competition runs through April 2025.

Check out our new home for teaching and learning resources!

We've migrated the SAS Educator Portal to a new learning platform. Enjoy the same great features – free software, instructional resources and digital learning – with a modern, user-friendly experience. SAS Skill Builder for Students is also on the new platform.

If you have accessed the SAS Educator Portal in the last 12 months, you're already registered in the new platform. You can access your content and learning progress on the legacy learning environment until Jan. 31, 2025. If you're not registered, now's the perfect time to explore how SAS can help you and your students turn data into intelligence.

Please, note you do not have to register for SAS Skill Builder for Students as you can access it throough your SAS Educator Portal easily.

For all the details and to learn what this means for you and your students, visit our FAQ page.

Have questions about SAS certification?

Check out the new SAS certification FAQ for answers to the most commonly asked questions about earning an industry-recognized SAS certification.

From exam scheduling to accessing score reports and certificates to claiming badges, everything you need to know is in this SAS Communities resource. You'll also find contact information for the SAS certification support team and Pearson VUE, our third-party partner for exam scheduling, payment and delivery.

There's never been a better time to use SAS Viya for Learners

Whether you're a longtime SAS Viya for Learners user or the software is new to you, you're going to want to explore the latest just-released version. What makes it great?

For starters:

• Improved performance.
• Fresh look and intuitive interface.
• Expanded open source integration.

New users will go right to the newest version after signing up. Existing users have automatically been enrolled and will have the new version available to them upon sign-in. If you still need access to the previous version, you will find a link on the Viya for Learners launch page after you log in.

You and your students can use the previous version until Aug. 28.

Explore AI in the Life Sciences Industry

Join us for the SAS Life Sciences Analytics School from August 26-28, 2024 (3 mornings), open to all enthusiasts of AI, Data Science and Business Analytics.

Invite your students and dive into the Life Sciences industry, gaining hands-on experience with SAS on specific use cases.

Discover exciting career opportunities through expert-led sessions and interactive workshops. Enhance your skills and knowledge in this dynamic field.

The agenda and speaker information are now available on our website.

SAS Educate set to deliver inspiration and opportunity

The agenda for SAS Educate, a free virtual learning week July 22-25, is taking shape, and we know you'll find sessions that inspire and inform you no matter what you teach or where you are in your SAS journey.

Topics include:

• Responsible innovation and trustworthy AI.
• Applied learning opportunities and data competitions.
• Transitioning to SAS® Viya® for Learners 4.
• Panels featuring educator award recipients and the SAS HBCU+ Fellows.
• Skills disruption in analytics careers.
• Data storytelling in SAS Visual Analytics.
• Industry and talent connections.
• And much more!

Speakers will include SAS experts, educator peers and industry partners. Join us and discover all that SAS has to offer educators.

3-hour sessions start each day at 5 pm Central European Time (11 am EDT).

SAS makes it easy to find the right book for your class

Looking for texts to use in your classroom? Whether you're diving into the world of statistics, exploring the nuances of visual analytics or delving into advanced SQL techniques, we've got you covered with free copies for educators to review.

Instructors at accredited academic institutions get up to two free evaluation copies per semester. E-books are available in PDF format.

Read more and learn how to request your copies in the latest SAS Communities article.