Couchbase Academy

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

 

How do I pay for Instructor Led Training MORE than two weeks before training?

Payment may be made by Purchase Order. Please contact your Couchbase Success Representative, or Couchbase Sales, for more information. Payment must be complete before attending training.

+1-650-417-7500 (option 2)

staff_sdr@couchbase.com

 

How do I pay for Instructor Led Training online?

Payment may be made by Credit Card. Purchase the course through our Store page. Payment must be complete before attending training.

https://learn.couchbase.com/store

 

I enrolled in an Instructor-Led Training course, but something changed. Can I cancel?

Yes. Send cancellation notices to training@couchbase.com from the same email address used when you originally registered for the training. If a manager enrolled a staff person, the manager must send the cancellation notice. 

• Registrations canceled more than two weeks prior to the first day of the enrolled training may be fully refunded.
• Registrations canceled less than two weeks prior to the first day of the enrolled training may receive a 50% refund of the registration fee paid.
• Registrations canceled one week or less prior to the first day of the enrolled training, as well as no-shows at training, will not be refunded.

 

I enrolled in an Instructor-Led Training course, but something changed. How do I reschedule to a different training date?

Paid registrations may be rescheduled to a different publicly scheduled training date, if the request is received more than two weeks prior to the first day of the enrolled training delivery. Please send a notice to training@couchbase.com

 

I enrolled in an Instructor-Led Training course, but something changed. Can someone else attend in place of me?

Yes. Please send a notice to training@couchbase.com

 

How do I contact you with other problems about the Couchbase Training portal?

Send an email to training@couchbase.com

 

Do you guarantee your training?

Yes. We guarantee that students who fully attend all lectures and complete all hands-on lab work for an Instructor-Led Training course will be competent and confident with the learning objectives presented for that course. Students who fully attend all lectures and complete all hands-on lab work for a course, but do not feel competent and confident with the stated learning objectives presented for that course, may retake any publicly scheduled delivery of the same course, without charge. 

 

Do you guarantee the learner's experience when attending via a Virtual Training Room?

Yes. If a student has fully complied with all setup requirements for a virtual training, but experiences a late start of more than 45 minutes, or a total downtime greater than 30 total minutes, the same student may retake any publicly scheduled delivery of the same course, without charge.

 

Why should I enroll myself or my staff in Couchbase Training?

• Couchbase Training delivers 50% or more hands-on lab time per lab-based course

• Hands-on lab experience builds confidence and competence

• Confident, competent staff are more productive, more quickly, reducing project risk

 

In broad terms, what training does Couchbase provide?

• Online training, providing 10-20 minute modules on

  • How to access a Couchbase Database on-Prem or within the Cloud with Couchbase Capella

  • How Couchbase is a NoSQL Database 

  • Data Organized into Scopes and Collections

  • Couchbase SDKs for Java, C#/.Net, Node.js, and Python

  • SQL++ query language

  • Full-Text Search and Vector Search

  • Generative AI features native within Couchbase

  • Couchbase Mobile SDKs for Android

  • Couchbase Capella Administrator use cases 

• Instructor-led classroom training, emphasizing hands-on labs, teaching in-depth

  • Data modeling, querying, and tuning using JSON and SQL++/N1QL

  • Couchbase administration

 

How much hands-on experience will I get in your courses?

For students who fully engage with our curriculum, 50% to 60% of the total learning time in our classroom courses, and on our lab-focused online courses, will be spent performing hands-on tasks, to learn Couchbase.

 

Who should take your courses?

• Architects

• SDK Developers

• Mobile Developers

• DevOps

• DBAs

• Systems Administrators

 

How do you justify your pricing?

Couchbase courses are priced comparably on a per-day basis with virtually all other major NoSQL, Big Data, and Cloud infrastructure vendors. The pricing reflects our cost to create, maintain, and deliver this training.

 

Do you provide certification?

Learners who complete online training courses will receive a Proof of Participation. Learners who complete hands-on classroom training will receive a Certificate of Course Completion.

Couchbase Academy has a robust certification program for Associate and Professional-level exams. We offer 8 different exams in 4 different code languages for 3 different roles. Check out our Certifications webpage to learn more.

 

How is your public training delivered?

We deliver our Instructor-led trainings using Zoom or in-person, based on availability. Users can also take any of our Associate-level training from the Couchbase Academy at any time and from anywhere.

 

Are your online classes at the same skill level as the hands-on classroom courses?

Our self-paced online courses are more introductory than our classroom courses, though they still provide a strong foundation for understanding Couchbase technology. As with anything, how much you gain from these courses depends on the time and attention you invest in them.