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AI for Everyday Work: Writing, Research, Meetings & Data
Save hours every week with safe, practical AI workflows: email, documents, meetings, research, data, slides, projects and simple agents
- Beginner
- 6 h 28 min
- 17 lessons in 7 modules
- 2 h 20 min of video lectures
- Updated Sep 2026
About this course
You don't need to be technical to get real value from AI at work. This beginner-friendly course shows you, step by step, how to use mainstream assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Microsoft 365 Copilot, plus Notion AI, Perplexity and Gemini Notebook, for the tasks that fill your week: drafting emails and documents, summarizing long material, running meetings and follow-ups, researching with citations and deep research, analyzing spreadsheets, building presentations, translating and organizing your knowledge.
You'll also set up today's assistant features properly: projects, custom instructions and memory, voice, photos and file analysis, connectors, agents and simple scheduled automations, with the privacy settings and approval steps that keep you in control. Every lesson includes copy-paste prompt templates with before-and-after results, checklists and a detailed video lecture.
Tools you’ll use
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Gemini
- Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Notion AI
- Perplexity
- Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)
- Zapier
Skills
- AI productivity
- Prompt writing
- AI-assisted writing
- Meeting notes
- Research verification
- Spreadsheet analysis
- AI agents and automation
- Localization
What you’ll be able to do
- Use Ask, Check, Own and the W-A-R-F formula to get useful first drafts from any AI assistant
- Configure privacy settings, classify data before pasting, verify outputs and disclose AI help where expected
- Set up projects, custom instructions and memory, and use voice, photos and files to save time
- Delegate safely to connectors, agents and scheduled tasks with read-only access and human approval
- Turn meetings into accurate decisions and action items, and prepare and follow up within the hour
- Research with citations and deep research, and verify key claims in five minutes
- Analyze spreadsheets and build presentations with AI while checking every number
- Translate and localize responsibly and build a source-grounded second brain
Curriculum
Syllabus
- Modules
- 7
- Lessons
- 17
- Reading time
- 3.5 h
- Assessment questions
- 25
Build the Ask, Check, Own habit, write clear everyday prompts with W-A-R-F, and set up your assistant safely with the right account, settings and data rules.
- Your AI work habit: Ask, Check, OwnVideo lecture, 9′Video · 12 min
- The everyday prompt formulaVideo lecture, 8′12 min
- Safe use: privacy settings, sensitive data, verification and disclosureVideo lecture, 9′13 min
Set up projects, custom instructions and memory; use voice, photos and files; and delegate safely with connectors, agents and simple scheduled automations.
- Projects, memory and custom instructionsVideo lecture, 8′13 min
- Voice, photos and files: AI beyond typingVideo lecture, 8′12 min
- Agents, connectors and simple automationsVideo lecture, 8′14 min
Draft emails and documents that sound like you, with your decisions and facts in control, and produce summaries shaped for the reader and easy to verify.
- Email drafting that sounds like youVideo lecture, 8′12 min
- Documents and reports: from blank page to solid draftVideo lecture, 8′12 min
- Summarizing anything: reports, threads, articles and videosVideo lecture, 8′12 min
Prepare meetings in fifteen minutes, turn transcripts or rough notes into accurate decisions and action items with consent, and follow up within the hour.
- Meeting notes and action itemsVideo lecture, 8′12 min
- Meeting prep and follow-upVideo lecture, 8′12 min
Choose between quick answers, web search, deep research and source-grounded tools, brief research properly, and verify key claims in five minutes.
- Research with citations and deep researchVideo lecture, 9′12 min
- Verification and fact-checking in five minutesVideo lecture, 8′11 min
Analyze spreadsheets with a check-first method, write formulas in plain English, and build presentations that start with a clear message and real data.
- Spreadsheets and data analysis with AIVideo lecture, 8′13 min
- Presentations with AI: from idea to deckVideo lecture, 9′12 min
Translate and localize responsibly with glossaries, back-translation and human review, and build a second brain with source-grounded notebooks and a weekly routine.
- Translation and localizationVideo lecture, 8′12 min
- Personal knowledge management with AIVideo lecture, 8′12 min
- Final assessment
Your certificate
Finish with a credential anyone can check
Earn the Certified AI Productivity Practitioner badge: The holder can use mainstream AI assistants to work faster and better on everyday tasks: drafting and summarizing, meetings and follow-ups, research with citations and verification, spreadsheet analysis, presentations, translation and knowledge management, and can set up projects, memory, connectors and simple agents safely, protecting data and remaining accountable for results.
Completed all lessons and scored at least 80% on the final assessment.
- A public verification page
- A PDF certificate to download
- An Open Badge you can share
- One click to your LinkedIn profile
Final assessment
- 25questions drawn from a larger pool
- 40 mintime limit
- 80%pass mark
- 3attempts per 24 hours
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