Course

AI at Work: Practical Skills for Non-Technical Professionals

Aurelius LMS · Course

Use AI tools well for writing, research and planning, while keeping your own judgement. No technical background needed.

2 weeks8 hoursStudents, professionals and teams who want to use AI responsibly and productively

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What you will be able to do

  • Explain in plain language what AI tools can and cannot do reliably
  • Write prompts that give useful first drafts
  • Check AI output for errors, bias and made-up facts
  • Use AI for research, summaries, emails and planning, with your own edits
  • Know what must never be pasted into an AI tool

Course map

00Day 1 baselineRecord your starting point before the course begins0/1
  1. Task: Baseline, Day 1Recorded task
01What AI is and is notStrengths, limits, common mistakes0/4
  1. How AI tools work in plain languageLesson
  2. What they do well and badlyLesson
  3. Hallucinations and why they happenLesson
  4. Quiz: ConceptsQuiz
02Prompting that worksContext, task, format, iteration0/4
  1. Context and taskLesson
  2. Format and toneLesson
  3. Improving a prompt step by stepLesson
  4. Quiz: Prompt qualityQuiz
03Writing and communicationDrafts with your judgement0/4
  1. First drafts and rewritingLesson
  2. Tone and audienceLesson
  3. Keeping your own voiceLesson
  4. Quiz: Editing AI textQuiz
04Research and checkingVerify before you trust0/4
  1. Summaries and their risksLesson
  2. Checking facts and sourcesLesson
  3. Spotting biasLesson
  4. Quiz: VerificationQuiz
05Safe and responsible usePrivacy and rules0/4
  1. Confidential and personal dataLesson
  2. Workplace and academic rulesLesson
  3. Disclosing AI useLesson
  4. Quiz: Safe useQuiz
06Your workflowMake it a habit0/4
  1. Choosing tasks to hand overLesson
  2. Building a review habitLesson
  3. Your 30-day planLesson
  4. Quiz: WorkflowQuiz
07Final assessmentShow what has changed since Day 10/1
  1. Task: Final assessmentRecorded task