From First Prompt to Reliable Everyday Use
Claude can read your documents, draft and edit your writing, check facts on the web, analyse a spreadsheet and build a small tool, but only if you ask in the right way and check what comes…
Claude can read your documents, draft and edit your writing, check facts on the web, analyse a spreadsheet and build a small tool, but only if you ask in the right way and check what comes back. This one-day course takes you from your first prompt to a working routine you can trust: what Claude is good and bad at, how to set it up safely, how to write prompts that get a useful first answer, and how to turn a good result into something you can repeat.
You will learn to
- Explain what Claude does well and where it goes wrong, and apply three simple rules for using it safely at work
- Write clear prompts with GCES (Goal, Context, Expectations, Source) and improve an answer by refining it rather than starting again
- Upload documents and have Claude summarise, extract and compare them, then check the result against the original
Suited to Business professionalsManagers and team leadersAdministration and operationsMarketing and communications
Claude productivity
Prompting, Projects, Cowork and Microsoft 365
Most people start with Claude as a chatbot. This course shows how to turn it into a dependable work partner that knows your role, remembers your material, works in the background and sits inside the Microsoft 365 tools you use every day.
You will learn to
- Choose the right model, plan and workspace for a task, and manage the risk of wrong or invented answers
- Write context-rich prompts with the GCES method and set Claude up to respond in line with your role and tone
- Build a Project, an Artifact and a Skill for your own work
Suited to ManagersAnalystsAdministratorsProject and operations leads
Prompting and Automation for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is an AI assistant that helps you write, summarise, analyse and automate everyday work. This course builds practical skill across Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, starting with how generative AI works, how to get access, and a simple method for writing prompts that get good results.
You will learn to
- Use Copilot Chat to generate content and insights for tasks in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Write and refine prompts with GCES, and use personas to adjust tone and style
- Generate formulas, analyses and chart ideas from plain-language requests, and verify the results
Suited to AdministrationCommunicationsData analysisTeam leaders