Familiarity with scripts and operating system concepts helps you follow the examples and concentrate on the troubleshooting process.
Optional preparation: Google Workspace Troubleshooting: Free Google Course.
About this course
Learn a structured approach to investigating slow programs, crashes, and unexpected errors. These Google videos connect troubleshooting methods with Python efficiency, application behavior, resource management, and the practical problem of deciding what to test next.
What you can learn
- Reproduce an issue and separate symptoms from possible causes
- Investigate slow performance, crashes, and exceptions
- Manage debugging effort and evaluate the effect of a change
Course at a glance
| Provider | |
|---|---|
| Platform | YouTube · Grow with Google |
| Access | Free Video |
| Level | Intermediate — WikiFree audience assessment |
| Main language | English |
| Available videos | 6 |
| Video duration | 4h 33m · allow extra time for practice |
| Details checked | 8 October 2026 |
Who is this for?
For learners with some Python or IT support experience. Familiarity with scripts and operating system concepts helps you follow the examples and concentrate on the troubleshooting process.
Put the ideas into practice
Introduce a harmless error into a disposable script. Record the expected and observed behavior, create the smallest example that reproduces it, and change one factor at a time. Check that the correction fixes the original case.
Choose a video from the lesson list, search for a topic, or use Previous and Next to follow the official playlist order. Mark lessons complete as you go. Your progress is saved in this browser without requiring a WikiFree account.
Free videos and certificate access
These publicly available YouTube videos are free to watch. This listing does not include a Google Career Certificate, graded assignments, or access to a separate paid learning program. Some playlists introduce or preview a larger certificate curriculum. Any certificate enrollment and its current terms are separate from watching here.
Software, advertising, cloud services, and some AI features shown in the videos may require an account or a paid plan. Watching does not require purchasing those optional services. Recorded interfaces can differ from current versions.
Use this course in a learning path
Related courses for your next step
- Review a lower-level optionGoogle Workspace Troubleshooting: Free Google Course
Focus: Issue triage · Email troubleshooting
Beginner - Review a lower-level optionFree IT Support Foundations Course by Google
Focus: Identify basic computer components and software concepts · Understand introductory internet and operating system ideas
Beginner
Compare course focus, level and study time
| Course | Level | Focus | Study time |
|---|---|---|---|
| This course — Free Debugging and IT Troubleshooting Course by Google | Intermediate | Reproduce an issue and separate symptoms from possible causes · Investigate slow performance, crashes, and exceptions · Manage debugging effort and evaluate the effect of a change | 4h 33m of video; practice time is additional |
| Google Workspace Troubleshooting: Free Google Course | Beginner | Issue triage · Email troubleshooting · Collaboration support | 3 hours 45 minutes; official estimate, individual study time varies. |
| Free IT Support Foundations Course by Google | Beginner | Identify basic computer components and software concepts · Understand introductory internet and operating system ideas · Practice troubleshooting and customer-focused support communication | 4h 53m of video; practice time is additional |
Provider: Google. Videos play from the Grow with Google channel on YouTube.
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