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Apply prompting techniques to help you with every-day work tasks
Use prompting to speed up data analysis and build presentations
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Want to use generative AI tools but not sure where to start? Google Prompting Essentials teaches you how to give clear and specific instructions to generative AI - known as prompting. In 5 easy steps, you'll learn how to prompt effectively and unlock more of AI’s benefits.
Through hands-on exercises and real-world examples, you’ll learn how to use AI to: - Save time: Craft emails, brainstorm with ease, build tables and trackers, and summarize lengthy documents. - Uncover and share powerful insights: Identify patterns in data, create compelling data visualizations, and even rehearse presentations. - Tackle complex projects: Transform abstract ideas into actionable steps, use AI to role-play conversations, and get expert feedback. - Use AI responsibly: Evaluate your outputs for bias and errors, and iterate to get more helpful results. Taught by AI experts at Google, this self-paced course can be completed in under 10 hours, requires no prior experience, and is applicable across industries. Throughout the course, you’ll build a library of reusable prompts, so the next time that you need a little help from AI, you’re not prompting from scratch. And, you’ll earn a certificate from Google to share with your network and employer.
Need a dependable formula for writing prompts? We’ll share a 5-step prompting framework that you can use across tools and models. And if your prompt doesn’t produce what you need on the first try, don't worry – that's part of the process! You’ll learn how to evaluate and iterate until you get the results you’re looking for.
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Don’t know when to use AI? We’ll guide you through examples that can help you save time at work. You’ll design prompts that help you draft emails and adapt them to different audiences, supercharge your brainstorming, quickly build tables and trackers, turn meeting notes into action items, and summarize lengthy documents.
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Need to crunch data or pull together a presentation? You’ll design prompts that help you extract insights, understand spreadsheet formulas, and build graphs to visualize data. Once you’re ready to present your findings, you can use AI tools to help with speaker notes and practice before your big day.
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Wish you had a partner to help think through different possibilities? You'll use advanced prompting techniques, like prompt chaining and multimodal prompting, to turn abstract ideas into step-by-step solutions. Even better, you’ll create a personalized AI agent to role-play conversations and provide expert feedback that can help you prepare for any scenario.
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Reviewed on Jan 17, 2025
I appreciated this well -organized course on prompting. It was a nice complement to Google AI Essentials. I hope there are more courses in this sequence...
Reviewed on Dec 2, 2024
An excellent course. The instructors presented the course very well. I have learnt a lot.
Reviewed on Dec 23, 2024
the program is good but which prompt is most used here is not mention which prompt is more effective for content is not mention it just say itrate but after some time it was not workable
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Prompting is the process of giving instructions to a gen AI tool to receive new information or to achieve a desired outcome on a task. Each input is called a ‘prompt.’ Some gen AI tools generate text or images, while others generate video, audio, or even code.
Prompting – or giving AI instructions – is the key to unlocking more of AI’s benefits. In this course, you’ll learn how to prompt in 5 easy steps, which can help you save time and simplify complex tasks. Moreover, learning to prompt can give you a competitive advantage as AI skills are applicable across industries.
Google Prompting Essentials is taught by AI experts at Google who are working to make technology helpful for everyone. In under 10 hours, you’ll learn how to prompt effectively and make AI work for you. The course includes engaging videos and readings, and you’ll be able to practice your prompting skills in hands-on activities. As you progress through the course, you'll build a library of reusable prompts, so the next time you need a little help from AI, you don’t need to prompt from scratch.
This self-paced course is designed to fit into busy schedules and the skills taught are applicable across a variety of roles and industries. You don’t need any technical or prompt writing experience to start, and the skills you’ll learn can be applied across any gen AI tool or model. After you complete the course, you’ll earn a certificate from Google to share with your network and employer.
This course is for anyone! Whether you're interested in using AI for the first time or have used AI before, this course will help you save time and simplify tasks. In under 10 hours, you’ll learn to make AI work for you, zero experience required.
In the course, you’ll learn several prompting techniques that can be used with any gen AI tool or model. These techniques include:
- The 5 step prompting framework
- 4 key iteration methods
- Text-to-text and text-to-image prompting
- Multimodal prompting
- Few shot prompting
- Prompt chaining
You’ll engage in a series of hands-on activities, readings, quizzes, and educational videos taught by AI experts at Google that deepen your understanding of these techniques, which will help you to effectively prompt AI and make AI work for you. You’ll also gain access to bonus interview content with industry leaders from Google.
Yes, Google Prompting Essentials teaches meta-prompting. With meta-prompting, you can enlist gen AI’s help to design an effective prompt, or take one you’ve already designed to the next level. Meta-prompting comes with its own set of best practices, called power-up strategies. These strategies are covered in Module 4 of the course.
The course was designed by AI experts at Google, who are working to make the technology helpful for everyone.
This course demonstrates how to prompt using Gemini and other Google AI tools, like Gemini for Google Workspace and Google AI Studio. However, all of the prompting techniques and best practices you’ll learn in this course can be applied to any gen AI tool or model of your choice.
Both courses are beginner friendly and have no prerequisite requirements, but each course has a distinct focus.
Google AI Essentials teaches foundational AI concepts and definitions, and discusses common AI use cases for both individuals and organizations. Google Prompting Essentials focuses on teaching individuals how to effectively instruct AI by following 5 easy steps to build effective prompts that make AI work for them.
No, this course does not prepare you for a job as a prompt engineer. While Prompting Essentials will teach you the basics of prompt design as well as some advanced prompting techniques, it does not prepare you for a dedicated role as a prompt engineer. However, this course teaches AI prompting skills that are applicable to many jobs across different industries.
We understand that technology is moving fast, so we update our content regularly to make sure it stays relevant.
Google Prompting Essentials is available for $49. Once you purchase the course, you’ll have access to all course materials, including activities, readings, and graded assessments. When you complete the course, you’ll receive a certificate from Google to share with your network and employer.
Google Prompting Essentials is currently available in English. We are working to offer this certificate in additional languages. Please check back here for updates.
The course takes less than 10 hours to complete.
This course does not have any prerequisites and you don’t need any prior AI prompting experience to get started. This course is designed for beginners.
Throughout the course, you will complete practical, hands-on activities, which will help you develop key prompting skills you can apply right away. Every activity helps you design prompts to solve common challenges that you might face in your daily life or at work. Examples include generating emails and uncovering patterns from data with the help of AI. As you complete the activities,you can save your prompts to build a library that you can use again and again, so the next time you need a little help from AI, you’re not prompting from scratch.
As you progress through the course, you’ll build a library of prompts that you can reuse the next time you need a little help from AI. You’ll also receive a worksheet with key takeaways to help you keep these new found skills top of mind and easy to access. And, once you complete the course, you’ll earn a certificate from Google that demonstrates your competency in prompting and ability to effectively use AI to current and future employers.
Google Career Essentials help you build in-demand skills to grow your career in under 10 hours. Whether you’re looking to add a skill to your resume, apply a new skill to uplevel your work, or simply learn something new, the course will help you quickly gain valuable competencies. At the end, you’ll earn a certificate from Google that demonstrates your new competency to current and future employers
In contrast, Google Career Certificates prepare you for entry-level jobs in specific career fields like cybersecurity, data analytics, project management, IT support and others. They take about three to six months to complete. At the end, you’ll unlock job search support including 1-on-1 career coaching, an exclusive job board with 150+ employers, and more.
Yes, you can preview the first video and view the syllabus before you enroll. You must purchase the course to access content not included in the preview.
If you decide to enroll in the course before the session start date, you will have access to all of the lecture videos and readings for the course. You’ll be able to submit assignments once the session starts.
Once you enroll and your session begins, you will have access to all videos and other resources, including reading items and the course discussion forum. You’ll be able to view and submit practice assessments, and complete required graded assignments to earn a grade and a Course Certificate.
If you complete the course successfully, your electronic Course Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Course Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile.
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