# AI for the Workplace with Claude (Self-Paced) Canonical URL: ## Overview This course takes you from your first Claude chat to building and running a complete AI workflow you can use in day-to-day work. You learn how to set up and manage custom Projects, connect the right tools, add role-specific Plugins, and create automated tasks that reduce friction in common responsibilities. The course also covers prompting across five practical use cases, building Projects with persistent instructions and knowledge bases, and personalizing Claude with Artifacts, Styles, and Memory. To improve consistency and output quality, you practice advanced collaboration techniques, including chain-of-thought reasoning and the “You Ask Me” method. In the second half of the course, you shift to Claude Cowork, Anthropic’s desktop agent built to work directly with files and connected tools. You design a context system, set guardrails, connect workplace integrations, install Plugins, and build recurring automations aligned to your role. The course ends with a capstone project in which each participant designs an end-to-end Claude system for their own job and produces a practical deliverable they can use immediately. ## What you'll learn - Write structured prompts for writing, analysis, summarization, and research - Set up Projects, Artifacts, Styles, and Memory for a personalized workflow - Configure Claude Cowork with guardrails, permissions, and context files - Connect Claude to Slack, Google Drive, Gmail, Excel, and PowerPoint - Install role-specific Plugins and set up Scheduled Tasks - Build a complete Claude system for your job through a guided capstone ## Curriculum #### Module 1: Getting Started with Claude AI - Describe what Claude is, who builds it, and why it is not a search engine - Understand the context window, how a conversation fills it, and when to start a new one - Choose between the models and set how much effort goes into an answer - Compare the plans, and identify where Claude can be reached: browser, desktop app, Chrome, Microsoft 365, and mobile - Set instructions and turn on Memory, the two cheapest things you can do on day one #### Module 2: Prompting Fundamentals and Working with Files - Apply the five-part prompt: context, task, format, constraints, and examples - Compare a weak prompt against a strong one and explain why the strong one works - Work with images, PDFs, spreadsheets, and documents directly in a conversation - Bring in current information with web search, and know what it does and does not settle - Recognize the five prompting mistakes that account for most disappointing results #### Module 3: Projects: Organizing Ongoing Work - Explain the problem Projects solve compared with a regular conversation - Set up a Project using its Instructions and Context panels - Write Project instructions using a repeatable framework - Build a knowledge base the Project draws on automatically #### Module 4: Artifacts, Skills, and Memory - Create and edit Artifacts, and know which kinds of output become one - Build a Skill that carries your voice or a repeatable task, and know when a Skill beats an instruction - Configure Memory, and understand how it differs from Project context - Manage your usage so a plan goes further #### Module 5: Intermediate Prompting and Advanced Features - Ask for reasoning you can check, and read it rather than collapsing it - Break a large task into steps Claude can follow in sequence - Talk to Claude instead of typing, and know when dictation is the better input - Let Claude interview you with the "You Ask Me" technique instead of writing the perfect prompt #### Module 6: Claude vs. Other AI Tools - Compare Claude against other major AI tools on the capabilities that matter for professional work - Apply a practical framework for choosing the right tool for a given task - Follow the basic rules for protecting sensitive information in any AI tool #### Module 7: Claude Cowork - Place Cowork as one of three ways to work in the app you already have, rather than a separate product to install - Describe the kind of work Cowork is for, and how it differs from Chat - Explain where a Cowork session actually runs, and what the desktop app is still needed for - Run a first Cowork task that reads and writes real files #### Module 8: Building Your Context System - Name the layers of context Cowork draws on, and what each one covers - Write instructions that apply to every session, and Project instructions that apply to one - Make "ask me clarifying questions first" a standing default rather than something you retype #### Module 9: Guardrails, Permissions, and Safe Use - Explain what Cowork can and cannot reach, based on the folder you point it at - Choose an approval mode, and configure network egress settings for a given task - Recognize prompt injection and apply the practical defenses against it - Apply the data privacy and compliance rules that govern regulated work #### Module 10: Connectors, Chrome, and Microsoft 365 - Set up and use a Connector through MCP - Work safely in the browser, the highest-risk surface, using the Chrome side panel - Run Claude inside Excel, PowerPoint and Word, where it sees the live file and edits in place - Move a workflow across two Office applications in a single conversation #### Module 11: Plugins and Scheduled Tasks - Explain what a Plugin bundles and how slash commands trigger it - Install a Plugin from a marketplace and use it on real work - Set up a recurring Scheduled Task, and know what it can still reach when your computer is asleep #### Module 12: Judging What You Get Back - Explain why a confident answer and a correct answer are different properties - Apply three checks to any output before you use it: is it true, is it complete, is it yours - Identify the failure that leaves no trace on the page, which is the one people miss - Audit something you built earlier in the course and fix what the checks find #### Module 13: Capstone: Build Your Personal Claude System - Audit your own week and identify the work worth handing over - Ask Claude what it needs from you, and write the answer into your instructions - Connect the tools your top tasks depend on, and schedule the work that recurs - Run one real task end to end using everything built across the two days #### Module 14: Wrap-Up and Next Steps - Recap the full arc of skills and system components built across both days - Understand the honest, current limitations, including what depends on your plan and your device - Leave with a concrete plan for the first week of applying what was learned ## Schedule - Apr 14, 2027 12:00am–12:00pm — Live Online ## FAQ ### Who is the target audience for this course? This hands-on course is for professionals in any role or sector who want practical, structured mastery of Claude AI - knowledge workers, managers and team leads, project managers, analysts and researchers, and HR, operations, finance, and communications professionals. It is equally valuable to anyone who has used AI tools casually and wants to move from occasional use to a reliable, repeatable workflow. No prior experience with Claude, AI tools, or programming is required. ### Is this course open to beginners? Yes, this course is open to beginners. Students must be comfortable using a computer. No other prior knowledge is required. ### Do you offer payment plans or student financing for this course? This course does not qualify for payment plans or student financing. See our Payment Plan FAQ to find related programs that qualify. ### How long do I have access to the course materials? This course is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable. ### What is the cancellation and refund policy for this single course? For this course, you are entitled to a 90% refund (your payment less the nonrefundable 10% registration fee) within 30 days of purchase if you have not accessed the course materials. ### What’s included with my tuition? A hands-on learning experience working on projects and exercises, which is proven to boost comprehension, retention, and engagement Expert instructors who are industry professionals and experienced educators that are driven to help you succeed Expert support with answers to your questions from real instructors throughout your learning journey Top-notch curricula that have been tried and tested over many years and are consistently improved for an optimal learning experience A certificate of completion to verify your accomplishment ### Are there any additional fees or expenses? There are no extra fees or taxes for our courses. The price you see on this page is the maximum you’ll pay us. ### Do you offer any discounts for this course? Take this course as part of a certificate program and save: AI Content Creation Bootcamp (Self-Paced) Price: $6,995 | Hours: 288 Hours Generative AI Certificate (Self-Paced) Price: $3,495 | Hours: 78 Hours ## Pricing **Tuition:** $799