Course
AI Essentials for Professionals
A short, focused course on the AI tools that matter right now — what they are good at, where they fall short, and how to use them well in your day-to-day work.

What you’ll learn
- Understand how AI assistants work in plain language
- Write prompts that get useful answers
- Fact-check and refine AI output
- Pick the right tool for each task
Curriculum
Module 1AI, explained simply2 lessons
- What AI can and cannot do
- The tools landscape
Module 2Prompting that works3 lessons
- Clear asks
- Giving context
- Iterating on answers
Module 3AI on the job4 lessons
- Email and docs
- Research and summaries
- Privacy and ethics
- Your AI toolkit
Questions
- Is this different from Tech Skills Match?
- Yes — this is a short primer focused only on AI tools. Tech Skills Match is the full skills-mapping program.
- Do I need paid AI tools?
- No. Every lesson works with free versions of popular tools.