Course 01 · Beginner · 5–6 hours · Learn at your own pace

Getting started with ChatGPT, Claude and AI tools

Create your account, get a first useful result in your first session, learn to spot errors and leave with three real tasks from your week done with AI.

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Estimated duration
5–6 hours · Learn at your own pace

Estimate calculated from the content (reading and exercises), not measured with learners: modules ≈ 4 h 10 min, assessment ≈ 5 min, final project ≈ 1 h 30 min. Hands-on work in a real tool: ≈ 73% of this time.

Level
Beginner
Prerequisites
  • No technical prerequisites: being able to use a browser and an email address is enough.
Required tools
  • A free ChatGPT or Claude account: module 1 guides you through creating it. A second account is useful in module 4.
  • Three real tasks from your week: a message to write, a document to understand, something to organise.
External costs
No mandatory cost: the course can be followed with free plans, which have volume limits. Our tests were run with ChatGPT Plus, a paid plan, and with a Claude account whose plan was not recorded: not yet with free accounts. The Academy sends nothing to these services.

Learning objectives

  • Create an account and get a useful result in an assistant in your first session.
  • Write a precise request and correct the answer in conversation.
  • Spot a real error and check an answer against its source.
  • Have an assistant work on a document without letting it fill in the gaps.
  • Choose an assistant by comparing two real answers, and protect your data.
  • Do three tasks from your week on your own and estimate the time saved.

Syllabus

  1. Module 1 — Your first real answer

    Create your account, get a usable message, correct it, then see a real error and learn to check it.

    ≈ 1 h · 4 activities

  2. Module 2 — Getting a usable result first time

    Compare a vague and a precise request on the same message, then have the assistant trace what it added.

    ≈ 50 min · 3 activities

  3. Module 3 — Having AI work on a document

    Compare two quotes, separate facts, deductions and gaps, then prepare the right questions.

    ≈ 45 min · 3 activities

  4. Module 4 — Choosing the right tool by testing it

    Ask two assistants the same question, open their sources and decide from what you observe.

    ≈ 50 min · 3 activities

  5. Module 5 — Chaining several steps without losing the thread

    Go from raw notes to a reliable email and action table, then do it again on your own notes.

    ≈ 45 min · 3 activities

  6. Final project: my AI starter kit

    Your starter kit: three real tasks from your week done with an assistant, each with the prompt, the result, what you corrected and the time saved, plus your personal checking rules.

    ≈ 1 h 30 min · Assessment rubric

Progress summary

Content verified on 28 October 2026

Practical training provided by Cloud Tech Innovation. It awards no diploma or recognised certification; the summary only records the exercises passed and the assessed project.