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DetailClaude 101Google AI Essentials
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
Our rating4.14.4
CostFreeFree
TimeTime not stated2.25 hours
LevelBeginnerBeginner
Credentialcertificate of completion (free)certificate of completion (free on Google Skills; included in Coursera subscription)
Open toWorldwideWorldwide
Free inWorldwideWorldwide
Content written forAny countryUnited States
SummaryA practical starting course on using Claude for everyday work. It walks through a first conversation, getting better answers, and the main features such as projects, artifacts, skills, connected tools and research, then shows role-based examples.Google's entry-level course on using generative AI tools at work: generating ideas, researching, drafting and speeding up routine tasks. It also covers prompting basics and how to spot bias and other risks. The same course is sold on Coursera, but Google now offers it at no cost on its own Google Skills platform.
Objectives
  • Hold productive conversations with Claude and improve weak answers
  • Organise ongoing work with projects and create documents or apps with artifacts
  • Use skills, connectors and enterprise search to bring your own tools and knowledge into Claude
  • Run deeper research tasks and pick suitable use cases for your role
  • Use generative AI tools to brainstorm ideas and draft content
  • Apply AI to research, organisation and planning tasks
  • Write clearer, more specific prompts
  • Recognise bias and other risks and use AI responsibly
  • Keep skills current as AI tools change
Things to know
  • Specific to Anthropic's Claude; some features covered (connectors, enterprise search) depend on your Claude plan.
  • Anthropic does not publish a duration on the course page.
  • Google Skills and Coursera versions list different durations (Google Skills: 2 hr 15 min; Coursera: about 8 hours across five short courses)
  • Coursera version is subscription-based and cannot be audited
  • US-centric examples
  • Google Skills sign-in required
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