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Google AI Essentials Course

Course Overview:

  • Use generative AI tools to help develop ideas and content, make more informed decisions, and speed up daily work tasks

  • Write clear and specific prompts to get the output you want - you’ll apply prompting techniques to help summarize, create tag lines, and more

  • Use AI responsibly by identifying AI’s potential biases and avoiding harm 

  • Develop strategies to stay up-to-date in the emerging landscape of AI

There are 5 modules in this course

This beginner-level course introduces learners to generative AI, its applications, and ethical considerations. It covers using AI to generate ideas, improve productivity, and speed up routine tasks.

Gain skills in writing effective prompts, identifying AI biases, and staying updated with AI developments.
The course is approximately 10 hours, work at your pace and schedule. Upon completion, learners earn a certificate from Google to add to your resume.

Introduction to AI - Module 1 - Estimated time 1 hour

Discover how AI works and explore foundational AI concepts, such as machine learning (ML). Learn about the rise of generative AI and how to perform tasks with it. By the end of this module, you’ll have an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of AI tools and how to integrate generative AI in the workplace.​​

​​11 videos  •  Total time 26 minutes

  • Introduction to Google AI Essentials

  • AI and the future of work

  • Learn from AI success stories

  • Maya: The exciting world of AI

  • Explore how AI uses machine learning​

 
4 readings  •  Total time 27 minutes

  • Google AI Essentials overview

  • Helpful resources and tips

 
2 assignments  •  Total time 45 minutes

  • Module 1 challenge

 
1 plugin•Total 15 minutes

  • Go hands on - A Coach Dialogue

  • Foundations of generative AI

  • Understand the capabilities and limitations of AI

  • Vint: Use AI for positive change

  • Use AI as a collaborative tool

  • Aleck: Make daily tasks easier with AI​​​​

  • Wrap Up

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  • A guide to AI and ML

  • Activity Exemplar: Use AI to create a work email​​​​

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  • Activity: Use AI to create a work email

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Maximize Productivity With AI Tools - Module 2 - Estimated time 2 hours

Leverage generative AI tools to speed up work tasks and boost your productivity. Examine the important role humans play in the effective use of AI, and understand the types of workplace tasks you can augment with AI. By the end of this module, you will be able to determine if AI is right for a given task and how to use AI to accelerate workflows.

​​11 videos  •  Total time 28 minutes

  • Module 2 introduction: Maximize productivity with AI tools

  • Discover generative AI applications

  • Tris: My favorite ways to use AI

  • Understand how AI tools work

  • Transform your work with generative AI

 
5 readings  •  Total time 30 minutes

  • AI models and the training process

  • Generative AI tools for workplace tasks

  • Activity Exemplar:  Use generative AI to help develop ideas and content

 
3 assignments  •  Total time 75 minutes

  • Module 2 challenge

  • Activity: Use generative AI to help develop ideas & content

  • Work with Gemini

  • Manvinder: Ways I use AI in my work

  • Leverage the human-in-the-loop approach to AI

  • Kathy: Explore how people improve AI models

  • Determine if generative AI is right for the task

  • Wrap-up​​​​

  • Use Gemini in Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, Meet, and Gmail

  • Activity Exemplar: Increase productivity with the help of Gemini in Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, Meet, and Gmail

  • Activity: Increase productivity with the help of Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, Meet, and Gmail

Discover the Art of Prompting - Module 3 - Estimated time 2 hours

Write effective prompts to get the output you want. Learn how to incorporate prompting techniques, such as few-shot prompting, into your work. Understand how generative AI tools produce output and the importance of evaluating output before using it. By the end of this module, you will be able to write clear and specific prompts and produce outputs that help accomplish workplace tasks.

9 videos  •  Total time 35 minutes

  • Introduction: Discover the art of prompting

  • Understand large language models​

  • Yufeng: Experiment with prompting

  • Write clear & specific prompts

  • Leverage an LLM's capabilities at work

 
5 readings  •  Total time 54 minutes

  • Prompting best practices

  • Prompts for different purposes

  • Activity Exemplar: Evaluate output & revise prompts

 
3 assignments  •  Total time 75 minutes

  • Module 3 challenge

  • Activity: Evaluate output & revise prompts

 
1 plugin  •  Total 15 minutes

  • Prompting practice - A Coach Dialogue

  • Improve AI output through iteration

  • Discover few-shot prompting

  • Rachna: Improve prompts through exploration

  • Wrap

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  • Explore chain-of-thought prompting

  • Activity Exemplar: Use AI to inform work-related decisions

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  • Activity: Use AI to inform work-related decisions

Use AI Responsibly - Module 4 - Estimated time 1 hour

Use AI responsibly by mitigating unfair biases and inaccuracies. Learn how to apply a framework of AI harms to sample workplace scenarios and recognize the security risks of using AI in the workplace. By the end of this module, you will gain an understanding of how to use AI responsibly and effectively, and a checklist to help you do it.

​​8 videos  •  Total time 25 minutes

  • Introduction: Use AI responsibly

  • Understand bias in AI

  • Identify AI harms

  • Emilio: My path to working in responsible AI

 
2 readings  •  Total time 20 minutes

  • Bias, drift, & knowledge cutoff

  • Checklist for using AI responsibly

 
1 assignments  •  Total time 15 minutes

  • Module 4 challenge

  • Security & privacy risks of AI

  • Jalon: My work on the responsible AI team

  • Shaun: Develop AI that works for everyone

  • Wrap-up​​​​

Stay Ahead of the AI Curve - Module 5 - Estimated time 2 hours

Continue developing your skills within the current and emerging AI landscape. Learn about the ways organizations have leveraged AI and consider how these innovations may inspire your own AI-powered workplace solutions. By the end of this module, you will develop a strategy to stay up-to-date with future AI developments.

9 videos  •  Total time 22 minutes

  • Introduction: Stay ahead of the AI curve

  • Sharbani: The future of AI

  • Anoop: Become AI-empowered

  • Take inspiration from AI innovation

  • Reena: Find inspiration in how others have used AI

 
4 readings  •  Total time 30 minutes

  • Stay up to date with AI

  • Activity Exemplar: Evaluate a new AI tool

 
3 assignments  •  Total time 75 minutes

  • Module 5 challenge

  • Activity: Evaluate a new AI tool

 
1 plugin  •  Total 10 minutes

  • End-of-course survey

  • Benefits of staying up to date with AI

  • Greg: Keep exploring with AI

  • Wrap

  • Google AI Essentials Conclusion

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  • Activity Exemplar: Plan for future opportunities with AI

  • Access resources exclusively for Google AI Essentials graduates

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  • Activity: Plan for future opportunities with AI

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