Everyday AI & Safer Prompting

Finish with a personal prompt pack you can actually use. Learn to give a clear brief, improve a rough answer, check important details and protect private information. No coding or paid subscription required.

What you get

6 short lessons, in order
Project: your personal prompt pack
A quiz with a clear target: 5 of 6
Lesson 1 is free to read before you buy

Who it is for

You can open a website and type a message; no AI experience needed. This course is not medical, legal or financial guidance. AI can make mistakes even when it sounds certain.

Tools

Use a notebook and optionally one general-purpose assistant. Compare tools you already have; supplied sample answers allow offline completion. Do not buy a plan for class. Features and limits change: check current tool documentation before subscribing. 1. Choose an assistant (12 minutes). 2. Give a clear brief (15 minutes). 3. Improve an answer (15 minutes). 4. Check answers (18 minutes). 5. Protect information (15 minutes). 6. Use human judgment (15 minutes). 7. Personal prompt-pack project (20 minutes), six-question quiz (10 minutes). Read lesson files in order. Every lesson includes an example, numbered exercise and check. Save checked artifacts, not just screenshots of a conversation. Use fictional information.

Modules and outcomes

Meet your assistants

1. Choose an assistant for the job — Choose a suitable assistant for a small everyday task and explain what still needs checking. · 12 min
2. Give a clear brief — Write a reusable prompt with goal, context, constraints and format. · 15 min

Improve and verify

3. Improve an answer with examples and follow-ups — Use a checklist and a precise follow-up to improve a weak draft while preserving its boundaries. · 15 min
4. Check sources, numbers and uncertainty — Separate plausible from checked answers and keep a verification record. · 18 min

Use AI safely

5. Protect information and spot scams — Remove unnecessary private details and independently check suspicious requests. · 15 min
6. Use judgment about fairness, rights and reliance — Spot unfair assumptions, choose safer content and decide when a person or professional must take over. · 15 min

Project

Create three reusable prompts for three low-risk everyday tasks. Examples: a hobby practice plan, a fictional message draft and a household checklist. Include one tested result per prompt plus verification, privacy and human-handoff rules. Use a tool you already have or label offline sample responses. No purchases, real messages or sensitive records required.

Completion

Quiz: at least five of six answers correct (83.3%, meeting an 80% target), unlimited retries after review. Project: four criteria scored 0–2, target 6/8, with no zero for privacy or verification. Revise unsafe work regardless of total. This indicates course completion, not accreditation or professional competence.

Quiz target: 5 of 6.