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Prompting Fundamentals

Prompting Fundamentals is a self-paced AIvanced Academy course (12 lessons, 2h 5m).

Learn the building blocks of effective prompts: role, objective, context, audience, tone, and format.

Length: 2h 5m
12 lessons in 3 modules
Level: Beginner
Certificate of completion
Price: $19.99 one-time, lifetime access

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About this course

Learn a repeatable, privacy-aware prompting workflow for everyday professional tasks. Build clear instructions with role, objective, context, audience, tone, and format; diagnose weak prompts; iterate from evidence in the output; and verify results before use.

Topics: prompting, prompt templates, role-play, big tasks in steps, long chats, fact-checking

What you'll learn

Build structured prompts using role, objective, context, audience, tone, and format
Diagnose vague, conflicting, or over-constrained prompts
Iterate deliberately using evidence from an AI response
Protect sensitive information and verify outputs before workplace use

A Try It exercise called "Your first prompt": a short scenario about moving a team meeting from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., then numbered steps to send a prompt in ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini or Claude, paste the reply, and note one thing to keep or change. — An example from AI Foundations, Lesson 1. Lessons in Prompting Fundamentals work the same way: you do the task in your own AI tool, then a quick check explains the answer. Try this course's first lesson free

A quick check question about an AI tool that confidently states a rent late fee. The answer "It may be a guess, because the tool can't see Fernhill's leases" is marked correct, with an explanation of why asking again proves nothing and the fact should be checked in the lease. — An example from AI Foundations, Lesson 1. Lessons in Prompting Fundamentals work the same way: you do the task in your own AI tool, then a quick check explains the answer. Try this course's first lesson free

Course outline

Build Clear Prompt Foundations

The Prompt as a Clear Working Agreement (free preview)
Six Building Blocks of an Effective Prompt (free preview)
Guided Check: Repair a Vague Prompt

Iterate Safely and Deliberately

Iteration Is a Controlled Workflow
Break a Big Job into Steps
Privacy-Safe Context and Boundaries
Guided Check: Diagnose the Output
Get a Conversation Back on Track
Structured Simulation: Build and Refine a Brief

Apply and Demonstrate Prompting Skills

Create a Reusable Prompt Template
Final Practice Exercise
Final Knowledge Check

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