AI

Practical course

ChatGPT and AI Assistant Mastery

Run useful AI conversations, organize projects, compare answers, use files safely, and turn one-off chats into repeatable work systems.

Learning outcome

Run useful AI conversations, organize projects, compare answers, use files safely, and turn one-off chats into repeatable work systems.

Course project

Build a personal AI assistant workspace with prompt templates, project rules, file-use rules, and review checklist.

Safety rule

Do not paste passwords, payment data, private IDs, customer records, or illegal requests into AI tools.

Course syllabus

Learn, do, quiz, and save proof.

Module 1

Assistant workflows

1Lesson 1: Set up a useful AI conversationGive the assistant role, goal, context, source material, and success criteria before asking for output.Start lab

1. Learn

This lesson teaches one practical AI habit: Give the assistant role, goal, context, source material, and success criteria before asking for output. You will apply it to a real work sample, prompt, or workflow, compare the AI output with the goal, then save a reusable version only after review.

  1. 1Open ChatGPT or the closest approved tool for this task family.
  2. 2Paste the lab prompt, replace the bracketed parts with a real work sample, prompt, or workflow, and answer any clarifying questions.
  3. 3Review the output for facts, missing context, privacy, risky claims, and whether it solves the original task.
  4. 4Improve one weak part, then save the prompt, final output, and review note as course evidence.

2. Study the example

Example: use ChatGPT to complete this task: Turn a vague chat into a structured assistant conversation for one work or personal task. A strong result names the goal, gives enough context, asks for a specific format, marks assumptions, and includes a human review step before use.

Job seeker use

Use this skill to build safer job-search assets: tailored resumes, LinkedIn summaries, networking messages, company research notes, ethical interview preparation, and application tracking templates.

Student use

Use this skill for study plans, summaries, practice quizzes, class notes, project outlines, and revision checklists without submitting AI work as your own when your school rules prohibit it.

3. Proof to save

Assistant setup prompt.

Copy-ready lab prompt

You are helping me complete a practical AI-for-work task.

Task: [describe your real task]
Goal: Give the assistant role, goal, context, source material, and success criteria before asking for output.
Tool I may use: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity
Audience: [who will read or use the output]
Constraints: keep it accurate, private-data safe, and easy to review.

First ask up to 3 clarifying questions if needed. Then create the output in a clear structure. End with assumptions, risk checks, and a final checklist before I use the result.

Tools to try

ChatGPTClaudeGeminiPerplexity

4. Quick quiz and checklist

Choose which context is safe and useful to share.

  • Does the prompt include goal, context, audience, and output format?
  • Did you remove private, sensitive, payment, legal, medical, or account data?
  • Did you check facts, numbers, claims, tone, and missing assumptions?
  • Did you save the final prompt, output, and review notes as proof?

Common mistakes

  • Asking a one-line prompt with no audience, source, format, or success criteria.
  • Pasting private customer, payment, account, legal, medical, or employer-confidential information.
  • Using the AI answer without checking facts, numbers, tone, assumptions, and missing steps.

Passing answer key

A passing answer explains which tool you chose, why it fits the task, what context you gave it, how you checked the output, and what you changed before saving the final work sample, prompt, or workflow.

Rubric

  • Clear task and audience: 25%
  • Useful prompt structure and tool choice: 25%
  • Human review, privacy, and safety checks: 25%
  • Reusable saved template or work sample: 25%
2Lesson 2: Use projects, memory, and files safelyKnow when to use persistent context, when to start a clean chat, and when not to upload files.Start lab

1. Learn

This lesson teaches one practical AI habit: Know when to use persistent context, when to start a clean chat, and when not to upload files. You will apply it to a real work sample, prompt, or workflow, compare the AI output with the goal, then save a reusable version only after review.

  1. 1Open ChatGPT or the closest approved tool for this task family.
  2. 2Paste the lab prompt, replace the bracketed parts with a real work sample, prompt, or workflow, and answer any clarifying questions.
  3. 3Review the output for facts, missing context, privacy, risky claims, and whether it solves the original task.
  4. 4Improve one weak part, then save the prompt, final output, and review note as course evidence.

2. Study the example

Example: use ChatGPT to complete this task: Create a safe project brief with allowed data, blocked data, and review rules. A strong result names the goal, gives enough context, asks for a specific format, marks assumptions, and includes a human review step before use.

Job seeker use

Use this skill to build safer job-search assets: tailored resumes, LinkedIn summaries, networking messages, company research notes, ethical interview preparation, and application tracking templates.

Student use

Use this skill for study plans, summaries, practice quizzes, class notes, project outlines, and revision checklists without submitting AI work as your own when your school rules prohibit it.

3. Proof to save

Project safety rules.

Copy-ready lab prompt

You are helping me complete a practical AI-for-work task.

Task: [describe your real task]
Goal: Know when to use persistent context, when to start a clean chat, and when not to upload files.
Tool I may use: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity
Audience: [who will read or use the output]
Constraints: keep it accurate, private-data safe, and easy to review.

First ask up to 3 clarifying questions if needed. Then create the output in a clear structure. End with assumptions, risk checks, and a final checklist before I use the result.

Tools to try

ChatGPTClaudeGeminiPerplexity

4. Quick quiz and checklist

Identify which files should not be uploaded to an AI assistant.

  • Does the prompt include goal, context, audience, and output format?
  • Did you remove private, sensitive, payment, legal, medical, or account data?
  • Did you check facts, numbers, claims, tone, and missing assumptions?
  • Did you save the final prompt, output, and review notes as proof?

Common mistakes

  • Asking a one-line prompt with no audience, source, format, or success criteria.
  • Pasting private customer, payment, account, legal, medical, or employer-confidential information.
  • Using the AI answer without checking facts, numbers, tone, assumptions, and missing steps.

Passing answer key

A passing answer explains which tool you chose, why it fits the task, what context you gave it, how you checked the output, and what you changed before saving the final work sample, prompt, or workflow.

Rubric

  • Clear task and audience: 25%
  • Useful prompt structure and tool choice: 25%
  • Human review, privacy, and safety checks: 25%
  • Reusable saved template or work sample: 25%
3Lesson 3: Compare multiple AI answersUse a second model or second prompt to critique, improve, and verify the first answer.Start lab

1. Learn

This lesson teaches one practical AI habit: Use a second model or second prompt to critique, improve, and verify the first answer. You will apply it to a real work sample, prompt, or workflow, compare the AI output with the goal, then save a reusable version only after review.

  1. 1Open ChatGPT or the closest approved tool for this task family.
  2. 2Paste the lab prompt, replace the bracketed parts with a real work sample, prompt, or workflow, and answer any clarifying questions.
  3. 3Review the output for facts, missing context, privacy, risky claims, and whether it solves the original task.
  4. 4Improve one weak part, then save the prompt, final output, and review note as course evidence.

2. Study the example

Example: use ChatGPT to complete this task: Generate two drafts, compare strengths, and create a final human-reviewed version. A strong result names the goal, gives enough context, asks for a specific format, marks assumptions, and includes a human review step before use.

Job seeker use

Use this skill to build safer job-search assets: tailored resumes, LinkedIn summaries, networking messages, company research notes, ethical interview preparation, and application tracking templates.

Student use

Use this skill for study plans, summaries, practice quizzes, class notes, project outlines, and revision checklists without submitting AI work as your own when your school rules prohibit it.

3. Proof to save

Model comparison worksheet.

Copy-ready lab prompt

You are helping me complete a practical AI-for-work task.

Task: [describe your real task]
Goal: Use a second model or second prompt to critique, improve, and verify the first answer.
Tool I may use: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity
Audience: [who will read or use the output]
Constraints: keep it accurate, private-data safe, and easy to review.

First ask up to 3 clarifying questions if needed. Then create the output in a clear structure. End with assumptions, risk checks, and a final checklist before I use the result.

Tools to try

ChatGPTClaudeGeminiPerplexity

4. Quick quiz and checklist

Pick the strongest critique prompt.

  • Does the prompt include goal, context, audience, and output format?
  • Did you remove private, sensitive, payment, legal, medical, or account data?
  • Did you check facts, numbers, claims, tone, and missing assumptions?
  • Did you save the final prompt, output, and review notes as proof?

Common mistakes

  • Asking a one-line prompt with no audience, source, format, or success criteria.
  • Pasting private customer, payment, account, legal, medical, or employer-confidential information.
  • Using the AI answer without checking facts, numbers, tone, assumptions, and missing steps.

Passing answer key

A passing answer explains which tool you chose, why it fits the task, what context you gave it, how you checked the output, and what you changed before saving the final work sample, prompt, or workflow.

Rubric

  • Clear task and audience: 25%
  • Useful prompt structure and tool choice: 25%
  • Human review, privacy, and safety checks: 25%
  • Reusable saved template or work sample: 25%

Module 2

Advanced everyday use

4Lesson 4: Deep research without blind trustUse AI to plan research, organize sources, and separate facts from assumptions.Start lab

1. Learn

This lesson teaches one practical AI habit: Use AI to plan research, organize sources, and separate facts from assumptions. You will apply it to a real work sample, prompt, or workflow, compare the AI output with the goal, then save a reusable version only after review.

  1. 1Open ChatGPT or the closest approved tool for this task family.
  2. 2Paste the lab prompt, replace the bracketed parts with a real work sample, prompt, or workflow, and answer any clarifying questions.
  3. 3Review the output for facts, missing context, privacy, risky claims, and whether it solves the original task.
  4. 4Improve one weak part, then save the prompt, final output, and review note as course evidence.

2. Study the example

Example: use ChatGPT to complete this task: Create a research plan with verification steps and source checklist. A strong result names the goal, gives enough context, asks for a specific format, marks assumptions, and includes a human review step before use.

Job seeker use

Use this skill to build safer job-search assets: tailored resumes, LinkedIn summaries, networking messages, company research notes, ethical interview preparation, and application tracking templates.

Student use

Use this skill for study plans, summaries, practice quizzes, class notes, project outlines, and revision checklists without submitting AI work as your own when your school rules prohibit it.

3. Proof to save

Research verification checklist.

Copy-ready lab prompt

You are helping me complete a practical AI-for-work task.

Task: [describe your real task]
Goal: Use AI to plan research, organize sources, and separate facts from assumptions.
Tool I may use: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity
Audience: [who will read or use the output]
Constraints: keep it accurate, private-data safe, and easy to review.

First ask up to 3 clarifying questions if needed. Then create the output in a clear structure. End with assumptions, risk checks, and a final checklist before I use the result.

Tools to try

ChatGPTClaudeGeminiPerplexity

4. Quick quiz and checklist

Find unsupported claims in a research summary.

  • Does the prompt include goal, context, audience, and output format?
  • Did you remove private, sensitive, payment, legal, medical, or account data?
  • Did you check facts, numbers, claims, tone, and missing assumptions?
  • Did you save the final prompt, output, and review notes as proof?

Common mistakes

  • Asking a one-line prompt with no audience, source, format, or success criteria.
  • Pasting private customer, payment, account, legal, medical, or employer-confidential information.
  • Using the AI answer without checking facts, numbers, tone, assumptions, and missing steps.

Passing answer key

A passing answer explains which tool you chose, why it fits the task, what context you gave it, how you checked the output, and what you changed before saving the final work sample, prompt, or workflow.

Rubric

  • Clear task and audience: 25%
  • Useful prompt structure and tool choice: 25%
  • Human review, privacy, and safety checks: 25%
  • Reusable saved template or work sample: 25%
5Lesson 5: Build reusable custom instructionsCreate personal rules for tone, format, reading level, risk checks, and output structure.Start lab

1. Learn

This lesson teaches one practical AI habit: Create personal rules for tone, format, reading level, risk checks, and output structure. You will apply it to a real work sample, prompt, or workflow, compare the AI output with the goal, then save a reusable version only after review.

  1. 1Open ChatGPT or the closest approved tool for this task family.
  2. 2Paste the lab prompt, replace the bracketed parts with a real work sample, prompt, or workflow, and answer any clarifying questions.
  3. 3Review the output for facts, missing context, privacy, risky claims, and whether it solves the original task.
  4. 4Improve one weak part, then save the prompt, final output, and review note as course evidence.

2. Study the example

Example: use ChatGPT to complete this task: Write custom instructions for work, study, business, or creator tasks. A strong result names the goal, gives enough context, asks for a specific format, marks assumptions, and includes a human review step before use.

Job seeker use

Use this skill to build safer job-search assets: tailored resumes, LinkedIn summaries, networking messages, company research notes, ethical interview preparation, and application tracking templates.

Student use

Use this skill for study plans, summaries, practice quizzes, class notes, project outlines, and revision checklists without submitting AI work as your own when your school rules prohibit it.

3. Proof to save

Custom instruction pack.

Copy-ready lab prompt

You are helping me complete a practical AI-for-work task.

Task: [describe your real task]
Goal: Create personal rules for tone, format, reading level, risk checks, and output structure.
Tool I may use: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity
Audience: [who will read or use the output]
Constraints: keep it accurate, private-data safe, and easy to review.

First ask up to 3 clarifying questions if needed. Then create the output in a clear structure. End with assumptions, risk checks, and a final checklist before I use the result.

Tools to try

ChatGPTClaudeGeminiPerplexity

4. Quick quiz and checklist

Identify which instruction is too broad or unsafe.

  • Does the prompt include goal, context, audience, and output format?
  • Did you remove private, sensitive, payment, legal, medical, or account data?
  • Did you check facts, numbers, claims, tone, and missing assumptions?
  • Did you save the final prompt, output, and review notes as proof?

Common mistakes

  • Asking a one-line prompt with no audience, source, format, or success criteria.
  • Pasting private customer, payment, account, legal, medical, or employer-confidential information.
  • Using the AI answer without checking facts, numbers, tone, assumptions, and missing steps.

Passing answer key

A passing answer explains which tool you chose, why it fits the task, what context you gave it, how you checked the output, and what you changed before saving the final work sample, prompt, or workflow.

Rubric

  • Clear task and audience: 25%
  • Useful prompt structure and tool choice: 25%
  • Human review, privacy, and safety checks: 25%
  • Reusable saved template or work sample: 25%
6Lesson 6: Create a repeatable assistant workflowMove from one-off chats to a repeatable workflow with setup, draft, critique, revision, and final review.Start lab

1. Learn

This lesson teaches one practical AI habit: Move from one-off chats to a repeatable workflow with setup, draft, critique, revision, and final review. You will apply it to a real work sample, prompt, or workflow, compare the AI output with the goal, then save a reusable version only after review.

  1. 1Open ChatGPT or the closest approved tool for this task family.
  2. 2Paste the lab prompt, replace the bracketed parts with a real work sample, prompt, or workflow, and answer any clarifying questions.
  3. 3Review the output for facts, missing context, privacy, risky claims, and whether it solves the original task.
  4. 4Improve one weak part, then save the prompt, final output, and review note as course evidence.

2. Study the example

Example: use ChatGPT to complete this task: Build a workflow for one task you repeat every week. A strong result names the goal, gives enough context, asks for a specific format, marks assumptions, and includes a human review step before use.

Job seeker use

Use this skill to build safer job-search assets: tailored resumes, LinkedIn summaries, networking messages, company research notes, ethical interview preparation, and application tracking templates.

Student use

Use this skill for study plans, summaries, practice quizzes, class notes, project outlines, and revision checklists without submitting AI work as your own when your school rules prohibit it.

3. Proof to save

Assistant workflow template.

Copy-ready lab prompt

You are helping me complete a practical AI-for-work task.

Task: [describe your real task]
Goal: Move from one-off chats to a repeatable workflow with setup, draft, critique, revision, and final review.
Tool I may use: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity
Audience: [who will read or use the output]
Constraints: keep it accurate, private-data safe, and easy to review.

First ask up to 3 clarifying questions if needed. Then create the output in a clear structure. End with assumptions, risk checks, and a final checklist before I use the result.

Tools to try

ChatGPTClaudeGeminiPerplexity

4. Quick quiz and checklist

Choose the best follow-up prompt after a weak first answer.

  • Does the prompt include goal, context, audience, and output format?
  • Did you remove private, sensitive, payment, legal, medical, or account data?
  • Did you check facts, numbers, claims, tone, and missing assumptions?
  • Did you save the final prompt, output, and review notes as proof?

Common mistakes

  • Asking a one-line prompt with no audience, source, format, or success criteria.
  • Pasting private customer, payment, account, legal, medical, or employer-confidential information.
  • Using the AI answer without checking facts, numbers, tone, assumptions, and missing steps.

Passing answer key

A passing answer explains which tool you chose, why it fits the task, what context you gave it, how you checked the output, and what you changed before saving the final work sample, prompt, or workflow.

Rubric

  • Clear task and audience: 25%
  • Useful prompt structure and tool choice: 25%
  • Human review, privacy, and safety checks: 25%
  • Reusable saved template or work sample: 25%

Certificate evidence

This course contributes to your AI work portfolio.

Finish the lessons, save your prompts and outputs, then use the capstone checklist to show what AI did, what you reviewed, and where human judgment was required.

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