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Software Testing with Selenium

This course prepares you for the ISTQB Foundation credential. University partner: Partner University (sample).

Testing theory aligned to the ISTQB syllabus from university faculty; manual testing, Selenium automation and API testing from working QA engineers.

Part A · Theory · University · 30%Part B · Practical · Industry · 70%

Who this course is for

Graduates from any stream with basic computer skills, and support or operations staff who want to move into IT.

What you will be able to do

Graduates are ready for QA engineer, test engineer and automation tester roles, and for the ISTQB Foundation exam.

Careers this course serves

Syllabus, by who teaches it

Progress is tracked separately for theory and practical, and both are assessed.

Part A · Theory University faculty
  1. A1
    Fundamentals of testing

    Why testing matters, the seven principles and the test process.

  2. A2
    Testing in the lifecycle

    Levels and types of testing, in waterfall and agile.

  3. A3
    Test techniques

    Black-box, white-box and experience-based techniques.

  4. A4
    Test management

    Planning, estimation, defect management and tools.

Assessed by a proctored online theory exam set and marked by university faculty.
Part B · Practical Industry professionals
  1. B1
    Manual testing on a live application

    Writing test cases, executing them and logging defects in Jira.

  2. B2
    Selenium WebDriver with Java

    Locators, waits, page objects and a maintainable framework.

  3. B3
    API testing

    Postman and REST Assured on real endpoints.

  4. B4
    ISTQB exam practice

    Mock papers on the Foundation Level syllabus.

  5. B5
    Industry project

    A regression suite for a partner company's application, reviewed by their QA lead.

Assessed on progressive assignments, the industry project and a presentation to the partner team.
You earnWalnutcraft Certificate in Software TestingIssued on passing both assessments, with theory and practical marks shown separately. Verifiable online by employers.
Industry projectA brief from a partner companyA regression suite for a partner company's application, reviewed by their QA lead.
After the courseApply to partner rolesApply from Walnut LMS to the roles partner employers share for this career, and sit the certification exam with the course's preparation.

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