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How to sign up:
Learners can access the new Google Prompting Essentials course at the Grow with Google AI Hub at grow.google/intl/en_ca/ai or access it directly at grow.google/prompting-essentials.
Format: Self-paced course on Coursera. 10 hours to complete.
Who it’s for
Anyone who is interested in learning how to use AI, has used AI before but hasn’t gotten useful results, or is looking to save time and simplify their tasks/workflows with AI
This course is also very useful for knowledge workers, educators, students, small businesses, and NPOs
Course Outcomes:
- Save time on daily tasks: Learn how to write prompts that help you draft emails and adapt them for a new audience, brainstorm with a creative partner, quickly build tables and trackers, turn meeting notes into action items, and summarize lengthy documents into easily digestible takeaways.
- Find and present learnings: Running out of time to crunch data or pull together an engaging presentation? You’ll learn how to design prompts that help you uncover patterns in your data, understand spreadsheet formulas to get unstuck and build visually appealing graphs to bring it all together. Once you’re ready to present your findings, we’ll teach you how to get a headstart on your speaker notes and practice before your big day!
- Simplify complex tasks: Wish you had an on-demand partner ready to help think through all the “what if’s?” before you dive into a new project? You’ll learn how to use advanced prompting techniques to turn abstract ideas into concrete steps. Even better, you’ll learn how to create a personalized AI agent to role-play conversations and provide expert feedback to help you prepare for any scenario or conversation.
Use AI responsibly: You’ll write all of your prompts with responsible practices in mind like evaluating your output for bias and errors.
Key Messages:
Learn how to effectively prompt in 5 easy steps and make AI work for you with Google Prompting Essentials, no experience necessary.
Designed by AI experts at Google, this self-paced course will teach you how to prompt AI with clear and specific instructions to help with everyday tasks like building tables and trackers, summarizing lengthy documents, and uncovering patterns from data.
In under 10 hours, you’ll learn how to use AI to save time, while keeping in mind responsible AI practices like evaluating your outputs for bias and errors.
Want to get more done with AI, but not sure where to start? You’ll leave with a library of prompts to use right away, so the next time you need a little help from AI, you’re not prompting from scratch.
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