Generative AI Certificate Online
A 78-hour bundle covering generative AI as it is applied across ordinary professional work, with no technical background assumed. It opens with two ChatGPT courses and a course on Microsoft Copilot for workplace productivity, covering task automation,...
What's included
- 78 hours of project-based instruction
- 174 training videos
- One additional elective course
- Instructor support for questions during the course
- Class recordings for 30 days
- Verified digital certificate of completion
- Instruction at an ACCET-accredited school
Overview
A 78-hour bundle covering generative AI as it is applied across ordinary professional work, with no technical background assumed. It opens with two ChatGPT courses and a course on Microsoft Copilot for workplace productivity, covering task automation, project support, and communication.
The remaining four courses are domain-specific: AI for marketing, covering SEO, content, advertising, and analytics; AI for graphic design; AI for video and motion graphics; and AI for data analytics. The structure lets students concentrate on the applications closest to their own role.
Who this course is for
Professionals in any field who want practical generative AI skills for marketing, design, video, or analytics work, whether or not they have a technical background.
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Generative AI with ChatGPT Course Online
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Technology Fundamentals
Lesson 1: Fundamentals of Generative AI and ChatGPT
10:00
Explore how AI can act as a co-pilot to boost productivity, automate tasks, and enhance creativity through real-world examples like automation and problem solving.
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Starting Your First Chat
Lesson 1: Fundamentals of Generative AI and ChatGPT
10:00
Set up an account, navigate the ChatGPT interface, and begin interacting with AI while understanding how responses are generated and saved.
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Not Satisfied with Response
Lesson 1: Fundamentals of Generative AI and ChatGPT
5:20
Adjust outputs by using follow-ups, regenerating responses, and editing prompts to better control results and keep conversations organized.
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AI Models, Pricing Plans, and Disabling Training
Lesson 1: Fundamentals of Generative AI and ChatGPT
17:31
Compare AI models and pricing plans to understand how speed, complexity, and features impact performance and usage.
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Ideas for How to Use ChatGPT
Lesson 2: Ideas for How You Can Use AI
10:00
Apply ChatGPT to tasks like writing, research, brainstorming, summarizing, and problem solving to improve efficiency in real-world scenarios.
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Using Canvas
Lesson 2: Ideas for How You Can Use AI
7:14
Use Canvas to co-write and edit content with AI by combining direct editing with AI-assisted revisions in a flexible workspace.
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Prompt Frameworks Prompt Engineering
Lesson 3: Prompt Engineering and What to Watch Out For
10:00
Structure prompts using frameworks like role, instruction, context, and constraints to generate more accurate and useful outputs.
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Things to Watch Out For Copyright & Legal Implications
Lesson 3: Prompt Engineering and What to Watch Out For
17:16
Recognize issues like hallucinations, bias, and copyright concerns while learning when to verify AI-generated content.
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Data Analysis
Lesson 4: Data Analysis with ChatGPT
10:00
Upload datasets, generate insights, and create visualizations while understanding how AI uses tools like Python for accurate analysis.
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Image Generation
Lesson 5: Creating Images with AI
19:24
Generate and refine images by writing detailed prompts and iterating on outputs to achieve more precise visual results.
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Use ChatGPT to Improve Your Prompts
Lesson 6: Smarter Prompts, Personalization, and Using AI in Your Job
8:07
Strengthen prompt quality by having ChatGPT act as a prompt engineer, asking clarifying questions and refining inputs to produce more consistent and effective results.
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Using AI in Your Job
Lesson 6: Smarter Prompts, Personalization, and Using AI in Your Job
2:08
Analyze daily tasks and workflows by describing your role in detail and using ChatGPT to generate tailored ideas for improving efficiency and solving real job-specific challenges.
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Personalize ChatGPT & Memory
Lesson 6: Smarter Prompts, Personalization, and Using AI in Your Job
12:45
Configure custom instructions, preferences, and memory settings to tailor responses, reduce repetitive prompting, and create a more personalized AI experience over time.
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Voice and Vision
Lesson 6: Smarter Prompts, Personalization, and Using AI in Your Job
7:47
Interact with ChatGPT using voice and camera features to enable hands-free conversations, real-time problem solving, and visual recognition for more dynamic workflows.
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Course Conclusion
Lesson 6: Smarter Prompts, Personalization, and Using AI in Your Job
10:16
Adopt a strategic mindset by treating AI as a co-pilot, focusing on critical thinking, evaluation, and creativity to maximize impact while avoiding over-reliance.
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AI for Graphic Design Course Online
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Course Overview
Lesson 1: AI Foundations & AI in Photoshop
1:48
An introduction to a complete AI-powered graphic design workflow using Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Adobe Firefly.
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Photoshop Setup
Lesson 1: AI Foundations & AI in Photoshop
10:00
Prepare Photoshop for AI-based work by resetting tools, preferences, and workspaces to create a clean, consistent environment for generative and retouching tools.
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Remove Tool AI
Lesson 1: AI Foundations & AI in Photoshop
27:40
Remove unwanted elements such as people, wires, and objects using Photoshop’s AI-powered Remove Tool and Content-Aware Fill, comparing traditional techniques with generative removal.
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Generative Expand
Lesson 1: AI Foundations & AI in Photoshop
13:28
Extend images beyond their original edges using Generative Expand and Content-Aware Fill, evaluating image quality, resolution limits, and practical sharpening workarounds.
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Smart Selections
Lesson 1: AI Foundations & AI in Photoshop
12:45
Create accurate selections and masks with Select Subject, Object Selection, and AI-based people detection, refining edits for hair, skin, clothing, and facial features.
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AI Upscaling
Lesson 1: AI Foundations & AI in Photoshop
10:37
Improve image resolution using Generative Upscale, Firefly Upscaler, and Topaz Gigapixel, and learn when AI upscaling is effective without distorting identity.
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Upscale Limitations
Lesson 1: AI Foundations & AI in Photoshop
3:28
Experiment with extreme upscaling on low-resolution images to understand common failures with facial details and determine when creative enhancement is acceptable.
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Neural Filters
Lesson 1: AI Foundations & AI in Photoshop
11:05
Enhance images using AI-powered Neural Filters such as Colorize, Skin Smoothing, Smart Portrait, and Color Transfer while maintaining non-destructive workflows.
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Harmonize Tool
Lesson 1: AI Foundations & AI in Photoshop
3:37
Blend subjects into new backgrounds using the Harmonize feature to automatically match lighting, shadows, and color for realistic compositing.
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Generative Fill
Lesson 1: AI Foundations & AI in Photoshop
4:08
Replace, remove, or add visual elements with Generative Fill while comparing different AI models and learning how prompts and selections influence realism.
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Select & Mask AI
Lesson 1: AI Foundations & AI in Photoshop
8:53
Refine difficult selections using Select Subject, Remove Background, and the Select and Mask workspace with cloud-based AI processing for cleaner edges.
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Photoshop Web AI
Lesson 1: AI Foundations & AI in Photoshop
5:01
Edit images directly in Photoshop on the web by accessing cloud-based AI tools to adjust lighting, color, and tonal values through web workflows.
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Vector Generation
Lesson 2: AI in Illustrator
10:00
Generate vector illustrations in Adobe Illustrator using AI text prompts while exploring different styles, detail levels, and model options.
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Vector Styles
Lesson 2: AI in Illustrator
5:25
Customize AI-generated vector artwork by applying effects, color presets, and stylistic variations such as pixel art, flat design, and low-poly styles.
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Shape Fill AI
Lesson 2: AI in Illustrator
5:44
Fill custom shapes with AI-generated vector artwork using Generate Shape Fill to follow complex paths and freeform drawings.
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Model Comparison
Lesson 2: AI in Illustrator
3:03
Compare multiple AI models inside Illustrator, including Firefly and external models, to evaluate illustration quality, creativity, and accuracy.
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Pattern Generation
Lesson 2: AI in Illustrator
2:04
Create seamless, editable patterns from AI-generated graphics in Illustrator and adjust layout, density, and color through swatches.
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AI Recoloring
Lesson 2: AI in Illustrator
5:16
Apply AI-driven color variations to vector artwork using Generative Recolor to explore brand palettes, moods, and themes quickly.
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Mockups with AI
Lesson 2: AI in Illustrator
1:49
Build realistic product mockups by wrapping vector designs onto packaging and objects using AI mockup tools and blending modes.
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InDesign AI
Lesson 3: AI in InDesign
17:49
Generate and expand images directly in InDesign to improve layouts, bleeds, and framing while integrating AI-generated imagery into print-ready designs.
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Adobe Firefly
Lesson 4: Adobe Firefly
13:40
Explore Adobe Firefly’s standalone interface for generating and editing images, comparing built-in and partner models while managing usage credits.
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Midjourney Basics
Lesson 5: External AI Tools for Designers
Generate high-quality images using Midjourney’s web-based workflow by refining prompts, testing variations, and evaluating creative output.
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Leonardo AI
Lesson 5: External AI Tools for Designers
5:00
Create images with multiple AI models in Leonardo AI, comparing realism and illustration styles while managing generation settings and credits.
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AI for Video & Motion Graphics Course Online
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Course Introduction
Lesson 1: Foundations
9:18
Introduce the course structure, learning objectives, and how AI fits into the commercial motion graphics and video production pipeline from research through delivery.
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One Prompt, Several Outputs
Lesson 1: Foundations
12:40
Demonstrate how a single text prompt in ChatGPT can generate a project summary, script concept, and visual prompts that feed into Adobe Firefly to rapidly produce concept art.
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Research and Ideation with AI
Lesson 2: Research & Scripting
10:00
Explore how AI tools accelerate the early creative phases — trend research, brainstorming, reverse briefing, and concept validation — by acting as a conversational creative partner.
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From Client Brief to Concept Directions
Lesson 2: Research & Scripting
10:00
Walk through using ChatGPT to analyze a fictional client brand guide, generate audience personas, develop art direction options, and produce early concept imagery in Adobe Firefly.
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Scriptwriting with AI
Lesson 2: Research & Scripting
12:22
Examine how AI tools speed up commercial script drafting by generating tone and audience variations, adapting scripts for different durations and platforms, and why human revision remains essential.
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Drafting and Adapting a Commercial Script
Lesson 2: Research & Scripting
8:48
Demonstrate using ChatGPT to draft a 30-second commercial script from a reverse brief, then adapt it across different tones and durations while organizing versions for team review.
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Building the Two Column AV Script
Lesson 2: Research & Scripting
13:43
Explain the two-column audio/visual script format as a production planning tool and show how AI can convert a written script into a structured AV document.
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Formatting a Script into a Two Column AV Document
Lesson 2: Research & Scripting
6:11
Demonstrate converting an approved script into a three-column AV planning document using ChatGPT, then importing it into a layout tool like Milanote for production review.
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Creating Style Frames with AI
Lesson 3: Visual Development
10:00
Cover prompt engineering frameworks for AI image generation, using tools like Midjourney and Firefly to produce style frames and mood boards that serve the client's communication goals.
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From Script to Style Frames
Lesson 3: Visual Development
10:00
Demonstrate generating AI image prompts from an AV script's visual descriptions, running them through Midjourney with iterative adjustments, and refining outputs in Photoshop.
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Storyboarding with AI
Lesson 3: Visual Development
12:14
Explain how AI tools can accelerate storyboard creation by generating scene descriptions and rough frame visuals, while emphasizing that continuity and shot planning still require human oversight.
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From Script to Storyboard Frames
Lesson 3: Visual Development
13:46
Demonstrate breaking a two-column script into visual beats, generating storyboard-style image prompts in ChatGPT and Midjourney, and assembling them into a storyboard template.
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Animatics and Rough Animation with AI
Lesson 4: Motion & Sound
10:00
Explore how AI tools help bridge the gap between static storyboards and final animation by testing timing, generating motion from stills, and validating pacing before full production.
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Building Animatics with AI
Lesson 4: Motion & Sound
8:22
Demonstrate how to use ChatGPT and Midjourney to convert storyboard frames into rough animated video clips, building animatics faster with AI-generated image-to-video motion sequences.
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Final Animation and AI Assisted Effects
Lesson 4: Motion & Sound
9:39
Explore how AI supports the final visual finishing stage of production, covering cleanup, masking, tracking, stylization, and compositing in After Effects and Premiere Pro.
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AI in Sound Design and Mixing
Lesson 4: Motion & Sound
9:07
Examine how AI tools accelerate audio post-production workflows including music generation, voice cleanup, auto ducking, and dialog enhancement for visual-focused creators.
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AI Sound Effects with Adobe Firefly
Lesson 4: Motion & Sound
6:07
Walk through Adobe Firefly's audio generation tools to create and preview custom sound effects for an animation, building a rough sound effects track alongside video content.
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Delivery and Metadata with AI
Lesson 4: Motion & Sound
10:18
Cover the final delivery stage of the production pipeline, showing how AI assists with content reframing, caption generation, metadata creation, and platform-specific distribution.
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Generative Fill and Expand
Lesson 5: AI in Photoshop & Illustrator
10:00
Demonstrate Photoshop's Generative Fill and Expand features to extend cropped images into 16:9 compositions and prepare still images for video and motion projects.
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Fixing and Enhancing Images
Lesson 5: AI in Photoshop & Illustrator
10:00
Show how to use Photoshop's generative AI tools to fix flawed AI-generated images, remove unwanted elements, and add new AI-generated visual effects to existing photographs.
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Generate Vectors and Turntable
Lesson 5: AI in Photoshop & Illustrator
13:17
Demonstrate Illustrator's Generate Vectors feature for creating scalable vector graphics from text prompts, and the Turntable feature for rotating 2D artwork into 3D perspectives.
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Generative Extend
Lesson 6: AI in Premiere Pro & After Effects
4:04
Show Premiere Pro's Generative Extend feature, which uses AI to add up to two seconds of new video content beyond a clip's end point when footage runs short.
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Auto Ducking and Enhanced Speech
Lesson 6: AI in Premiere Pro & After Effects
6:51
Demonstrate Premiere Pro's AI-powered auto ducking to balance music against dialog, and Enhanced Speech to rebuild and clean up voice recordings.
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Object Masking
Lesson 6: AI in Premiere Pro & After Effects
6:06
Walk through Premiere Pro's AI-powered Object Mask tool to isolate and track specific areas of a video subject for targeted color correction.
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Content Aware Fill
Lesson 6: AI in Premiere Pro & After Effects
5:29
Demonstrate After Effects' Content-Aware Fill to remove unwanted background objects from video by masking, tracking, and letting AI generate replacement imagery.
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Object Matte
Lesson 6: AI in Premiere Pro & After Effects
6:04
Show the Object Matte tool in After Effects to isolate a person from their background using AI-powered edge detection, for use as track mattes or targeted effects.
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AI for Data Analytics Course Online
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Course Introduction
Lesson 1: Introduction to AI in Data Analytics
1:16
Understand how AI enhances traditional analytics and supports descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive decision making.
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Reframing Analytics Through AI Augmentation
Lesson 1: Introduction to AI in Data Analytics
5:15
Define the four types of analytics and position AI as a tool that augments rather than replaces analysts.
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Understanding the AI Pipeline and Managing Bias
Lesson 1: Introduction to AI in Data Analytics
5:56
Explain the AI pipeline from data collection through deployment & examine how bias in data, algorithms, or deployment can lead to unfair outcomes.
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Unlocking the Strategic Benefits of AI in Analytics
Lesson 1: Introduction to AI in Data Analytics
7:22
Identify the benefits of AI including speed, accuracy, scalability, and discovery.
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Navigating Enterprise AI Platforms and Smart Use Cases
Lesson 1: Introduction to AI in Data Analytics
5:18
Compare enterprise AI platforms and BI tools that integrate AI capabilities.
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Accelerating Descriptive Statistics with AI
Lesson 1: Introduction to AI in Data Analytics
6:12
Review core descriptive statistics including mean, median, variance, distribution shape, and outliers.
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Discovering Relationships Through Correlation
Lesson 1: Introduction to AI in Data Analytics
5:18
Explain the correlation coefficient and reinforce that correlation does not imply causation.
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Predicting Outcomes with Regression and Forecasting
Lesson 1: Introduction to AI in Data Analytics
7:41
Use AI to generate and interpret predictive models in accessible language.
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Applying Probability and Distributions in Analysis
Lesson 1: Introduction to AI in Data Analytics
5:33
Define theoretical, experimental, conditional, and compound probability.
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Modeling Risk with Monte Carlo Simulation
Lesson 1: Introduction to AI in Data Analytics
6:06
Explain Monte Carlo simulation and expected value under uncertainty.
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Integrating End to End AI Analysis
Lesson 1: Introduction to AI in Data Analytics
5:27
Combine descriptive, predictive, and probabilistic techniques into a unified AI prompt.
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Sourcing and Classifying Data for AI
Lesson 2: Data Collection & Preparation
6:24
Identify internal and external data sources and understand how AI accelerates data collection through APIs, scraping, and file merging.
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Cleaning Dirty Data with AI Assistance
Lesson 2: Data Collection & Preparation
4:41
Learn to recognize common data quality issues such as missing values, duplicates, inconsistent formats, and outliers.
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Automating Exploratory Data Review and Cleanup
Lesson 2: Data Collection & Preparation
6:51
Evaluate a real dataset to identify structural issues, missing values, formatting errors, and outliers.
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Applying the DIG Framework for AI Assisted EDA
Lesson 3: Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
7:24
Understand EDA as the process of reviewing, visualizing, and filtering data to uncover structure, trends, and anomalies.
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Designing Insightful Pivot Tables with AI Guidance
Lesson 4: Data Visualization
6:18
Build meaningful summaries using pivot tables to compare categories, calculate metrics, and surface unusual patterns.
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Creating Interactive Dashboards and Data Stories
Lesson 4: Data Visualization
7:46
Select effective chart types such as bar, line, and scatter plots to communicate trends and relationships.
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Building and Evaluating Predictive Models with AI
Lesson 5: Predictive Analytics & Modeling
4:19
Differentiate between regression, classification, and clustering models and connect each to real business use cases.
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Demonstrating AI Powered Classification and Model Validation
Lesson 5: Predictive Analytics & Modeling
5:09
Build a predictive model that classifies satisfaction scores using an uploaded dataset and structured prompts.
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Applying Predictive Models
Lesson 6: Application of AI in Various Domains
5:17
Connect regression, classification, and clustering models to real use cases such as churn prediction, demand forecasting, workforce planning, and employee retention.
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Leveraging AI Modeling in Finance and Healthcare
Lesson 6: Application of AI in Various Domains
2:03
Apply predictive modeling to fraud detection, credit scoring, financial forecasting, and real time risk monitoring.
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Building Scenario Models and Executive Recommendations with AI
Lesson 6: Application of AI in Various Domains
4:05
Generate revenue, cost, and profit scenarios using AI driven modeling and compare financial outcomes across strategic options.
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Analyzing Unstructured Text with Natural Language Processing
Lesson 7: Advanced AI Techniques
5:55
Apply NLP techniques such as sentiment analysis, keyword extraction, topic clustering, summarization, and text classification to transform unstructured reviews and comments into structured insights.
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Forecasting Trends with Time Series Analysis
Lesson 7: Advanced AI Techniques
4:08
Identify trends, seasonality, cycles, and anomalies in time based data such as sales or website traffic.
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Conclusion
Lesson 7: Advanced AI Techniques
1:27
Reflect on the core AI frameworks, hands on projects, and real world applications explored throughout the course.
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AI for the Workplace with Claude
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Starting Your First Claude Conversation
Lesson 1: Getting Started With Claude
4:36
Practice your first conversation with Claude by writing a simple role-based prompt, reviewing how it tailors responses, and continuing the exchange with follow-up prompts.
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Multimodal File Input
Lesson 2: Prompting Fundamentals & Working with Files
3:56
Use uploaded files, screenshots, and images as inputs so you can ask Claude to analyze documents, interpret visuals, and work across multiple file types.
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Setting Up a Project
Lesson 3: Projects — Organizing Ongoing Work
2:44
Set up your first Project by naming it clearly, adding custom instructions, uploading relevant files, and starting work with Claude already grounded in your context.
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Using Memory Across Conversations
Lesson 4: Artifacts, Styles, and Memory
2:23
Manage Claude’s memory so it can retain helpful preferences and work context across conversations while avoiding sensitive information.
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You Ask Me Technique
Lesson 5: Intermediate Prompting & Advanced Features
1:13
Flip the prompting process by telling Claude what you want to accomplish and asking it to interview you with clarifying questions, so it gathers the exact context needed for high-quality output.
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Three Foundational Context Files
Lesson 8: Building Your Context System
1:48
Create three core context files that define who you are, how you communicate, and how you want Claude to work with you so each session starts with stronger context.
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Remaining Limitations
Lesson 14: Wrap-Up and Next Steps
1:44
Identify the current limitations of Cowork, including session memory, scheduled task reliability, usage limits, and preview-stage stability, so you can use it more effectively and realistically.
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Curriculum
What you'll learn
- Use generative AI tools to automate everyday tasks, improve communication, and increase workplace productivity
- Apply AI to marketing workflows, including content creation, SEO support, advertising, and performance analysis
- Create and enhance graphics and video using AI-powered design and video tools
- Analyze data more efficiently with AI by automating data cleanup, generating visualizations, and uncovering trends
- Gain practical experience using AI to support decision-making and business insights
- Build confidence in integrating AI into real-world professional workflows at your own pace
Course outline
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Generative AI with ChatGPT Course Online 6 hours
Unlock the creative potential of AI in this hands-on course. Dive into the world of artificial intelligence and learn how to use ChatGPT to generate text, ideas, and more through practical, real-world exercises.
- Explore generative AI and ChatGPT to understand what the technology can do and how to use it
- Learn how to write clear prompts that produce useful responses
- Discover real-world applications of ChatGPT across work, creativity, and problem-solving
- Build a strong foundation for continued learning and working with generative AI technologies
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ChatGPT Level II Course Online 6 hours
Expand your ChatGPT skills with this self-paced course designed for users who want to move beyond the fundamentals. You’ll learn how to select the most effective AI model for different tasks, compare results across models, and use advanced features such as Deep Research, Projects, and Custom GPTs. The course also covers refining writing style, generating images, and using voice features to produce more natural, personalized results at your own pace.
- Compare different ChatGPT models to understand their strengths, limitations, and best use cases
- Use reasoning and research models effectively, including deep research features and connected apps
- Shape ChatGPT’s responses to match your writing style or tone using targeted prompts and adjustments
- Customize ChatGPT with saved preferences and create personalized instructions
- Organize work with Projects and Custom GPTs to manage tasks, files, and workflows
- Explore voice features and practice creating images with ChatGPT.
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AI for Workplace Productivity with Microsoft Copilot Course Online 6 hours
Learn how to use Microsoft Copilot and its integration with Microsoft 365 apps such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive to work more efficiently, save time, and enhance both creativity and professionalism.
- Understand the basics of artificial intelligence and how large language models, such as Copilot, generate responses
- Learn how to write clear, effective prompts and fine-tune Copilot’s output for different workplace tasks
- Use Copilot within Microsoft 365 apps, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive
- Automate and improve everyday work like drafting emails, summarizing meetings, analyzing data, and creating documents
- Generate AI-based images and graphics while learning best practices and understanding the limits of generative AI
- Compare Copilot with tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot to know when each is most useful
- Keep current with emerging AI tools and mobile apps to extend your workflow beyond the desktop
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AI for Marketing Course Online 18 hours
Learn how to integrate AI into your marketing strategy with this in-depth course. Discover how AI-powered tools can support SEO and SEM, strengthen social media marketing, improve analytics tracking, enhance paid advertising, and more.
- Leverage AI-based approaches to plan and execute marketing campaigns
- Apply AI across SEO, SEM, content creation, advertising, and analytics workflows
- Evaluate and measure the real-world impact of AI-powered marketing initiatives
- Complete a capstone project that demonstrates your skills and practical application
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AI for Graphic Design Course Online 12 hours
Leverage the power of advanced AI tools and features in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and other Adobe apps in this hands-on class.
- Generate vector illustrations, photo edits, and layouts using AI tools in Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
- Create original visuals through prompt-based image generation with Midjourney, Leonardo AI, and DALL·E 3
- Enhance and restore images with AI-powered sharpening, upscaling, and denoising techniques
- Use ChatGPT and Notion AI to develop creative briefs, brand names, and design concepts
- Build mood boards, style guides, and concept sets with free and paid AI design tools
- Assemble a complete brand identity using multiple AI platforms within a simulated design workflow
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AI for Video & Motion Graphics Course Online 12 hours
Learn how to apply generative AI to enhance your video and motion projects. Create visual and audio assets, integrate AI tools into your everyday workflow, and understand how copyright and data confidentiality apply when working with AI-generated content.
- Understand how generative AI tools function and how they are used in creative production
- Apply AI across every stage of a motion design and video project, including research, scripting, design, animation, audio, and delivery
- Write effective prompts for text, image, audio, and video-based AI tools to produce usable results
- Create AI-enhanced visual assets, scripts, voiceovers, and animatics
- Generate and run basic JavaScript and ExtendScript code with ChatGPT to automate repetitive tasks in Adobe Creative Cloud applications
- Complete a short motion graphics or video project from start to finish using AI tools
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AI for Data Analytics Course Online 12 hours
Learn how to enhance data analysis with artificial intelligence by using AI tools to handle data collection, preprocessing, analysis, and visualization. This course focuses on practical techniques that allow you to extract insights without extensive programming knowledge.
- Get an overview of widely used AI tools and platforms such as IBM Watson, Google AI, Tableau, and Microsoft Azure AI
- Learn how to automate data cleaning and manage missing values and outliers using AI-powered tools
- Use AI to generate summary statistics, create visualizations, and uncover patterns in data
- Understand regression, classification, and clustering, and apply AI tools to build and evaluate predictive models
- Explore natural language processing for text analysis and automated time series forecasting with AI tools
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AI for the Workplace with Claude 12 hours
This hands-on course covers everything you need to put Claude to work in your job. Over two days, you'll go from the basics of prompting to building a fully operational AI system with Projects, Plugins, automations, and desktop tools, all using your own work files as the foundation.
- Write structured prompts for writing, analysis, summarization, and research
- Set up Projects, Artifacts, Skills, and Memory for a personalized workflow
- Configure Claude Cowork with guardrails, permissions, and context files
- Connect Claude to Slack, Google Drive, Gmail, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Install role-specific Plugins and set up Scheduled Tasks
- Build a complete Claude system for your job through a guided capstone