Busy professionals
You’re juggling a full workload and want AI to reliably handle the “small but constant” tasks—drafting, summarizing, research, and polishing—without wasting time on guesswork.
ChatGPT & Generative AI - The Complete Guide
10x your productivity by using ChatGPT & OpenAI APIs efficiently. Includes prompt templates & hands-on examples.
Course Overview
About This Course
You’ve tried ChatGPT, got a few decent answers, and then hit the wall: inconsistent results, vague outputs, and no clear way to turn “cool demos” into something you can rely on for real work. If you’re busy, that trial-and-error loop is frustrating—and it’s hard to know what to learn next.
In this course, you’ll get a practical, guided path to using Generative AI with intention. You’ll work with the ChatGPT interface, proven prompt templates, and hands-on examples so you’re not just watching features—you’re applying them to the kinds of tasks you actually do.
By the end, you’ll be able to generate and refine content, speed up development work, build AI-powered apps with OpenAI’s APIs, and automate workflows with agent-based tools. You’ll also know when to use techniques like retrieval or finetuning so your outputs stay grounded in the right information.
What You'll Learn
You’ll combine ChatGPT workflows with OpenAI APIs, AI agents, and creator/developer tools like Midjourney, Dall‑E 2, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor IDE to produce reliable outputs across content, code, and automation.
Prompt engineering control
Write both basic and complex prompts that consistently produce the exact format, tone, and level of detail you need—then refine them using included prompt templates to save time on repeat tasks.
ChatGPT productivity workflows
Use ChatGPT to accelerate day-to-day work: research faster, summarize text, translate, adjust tone, and generate polished drafts for emails, blog posts, tweets, and other social content.
Developer acceleration toolkit
Apply ChatGPT for development, debugging, and refactoring, and boost your coding speed with GitHub Copilot, Copilot Chat, and the Cursor IDE as part of a practical coding workflow.
AI agents you can run
Explain what AI agents are (and how they differ from simple automations), then build and run your own agents to carry out multi-step tasks with less manual back-and-forth.
RAG, CAG, and finetuning
Decide when to dynamically load data into prompts with RAG or CAG, and when finetuning is the right move—so your AI outputs stay aligned with the knowledge you need.
OpenAI API integrations
Integrate OpenAI’s APIs into custom code to create AI-powered features inside your own applications, turning ChatGPT-style capabilities into reusable, programmable building blocks.
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See enrollment optionsPrerequisites
No prior ChatGPT, development, or Generative AI knowledge is required.
Who Is This Course For?
Content creators
You publish regularly and need a repeatable way to generate, reshape, and improve content for blogs and social media while keeping control over style, tone, and quality.
Aspiring app builders
You want to create useful apps but don’t have much programming experience (or you’re a non-developer). This course shows you how to turn AI into a practical building partner instead of a novelty.
Curriculum Overview
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Introduction18m
- 01Welcome To The Course!1:31 min
- 02What Exactly Is Generative AI?3:00 min
- 03About This Course - What You Can Expect3:17 min
- 04Generative AI & Speed Of Innovation2:38 min
- 05It's Not Just ChatGPT!2:19 min
- 06It's Not Just AI Chatbots!3:35 min
- 07Results May Differ & Free Model Access May Be Limited2:19 min
- 08Course Slides & Discord Community0:00 min
Understanding ChatGPT & LLMs - A Look Behind The Scenes43m
- 01Module Introduction1:08 min
- 02ChatGPT Is An Application Shell For LLMs6:17 min
- 03An Introduction to LLMs & Neural Networks3:57 min
- 04LLMs Are Token Prediction Machines!5:44 min
- 05From Foundation To Assistant Models4:20 min
- 06Onwards To Reasoning Models6:04 min
- 07Understanding Context Window Limitations4:02 min
- 08Beware Of Hallucinations!2:25 min
- 09The Problem With The Knowledge Cutoff Date2:46 min
- 10How LLMs Use Tools5:24 min
- 11Module Summary1:27 min
ChatGPT Basics1h 17m
- 01Module Introduction1:42 min
- 02ChatGPT - Free vs Paid1:40 min
- 03A Tour Through The ChatGPT Interface7:52 min
- 04The Model Picker & Understanding Model Names7:56 min
- 05Writing Prompts - The Basics4:55 min
- 06Editing Prompts & Regenerating Responses6:20 min
- 07Using Speech As Input - Understanding The Different Modes3:57 min
- 08Using The Web Search Tool3:14 min
- 09Using The Deep Research Tool2:39 min
- 10Generating Images with ChatGPT1:26 min
- 11Using Canvas Mode3:02 min
- 12Letting ChatGPT Execute Code & Generating QR Codes (Example)3:46 min
- 13Tool Availability0:45 min
- 14Customizing ChatGPT & Using Custom Instructions4:12 min
- 15Key Settings, Memory & Privacy4:06 min
- 16Working with ChatGPT Projects3:06 min
- 17Scheduling Tasks2:39 min
- 18Exploring GPTs4:38 min
- 19Creating Custom GPTs5:50 min
- 20A More Realistic Custom GPT2:48 min
- 21Module Summary0:50 min
ChatGPT Alternatives20m
- 01Module Introduction1:46 min
- 02Exploring Google Gemini5:25 min
- 03Gemini, Web Search & "Double Checking"2:54 min
- 04Using Gemini Indirectly via Google Search1:42 min
- 05Exploring Anthropic Claude2:18 min
- 06Exploring xAI's Grok2:19 min
- 07Exploring Microsoft Copilot & Its Edge Integration3:42 min
Running LLMs Locally via LM Studio37m
- 01Module Introduction2:59 min
- 02Why Would You Use Open LLMs?5:28 min
- 03Finding & Understanding Open LLMs5:36 min
- 04Hardware Requirements & Quantization9:08 min
- 05Software Options For Running LLMs Locally & Installing LM Studio7:54 min
- 06Example Use-Cases: Text Summarization & Data Analysis3:02 min
- 07Hosting Open Models3:35 min
Prompt Engineering1h 26m
- 01Module Introduction1:27 min
- 02Prompt Engineering: What & Why?2:21 min
- 03Prompt Engineering & ChatGPT Custom Instructions2:43 min
- 04Prompt Engineering Goals2:56 min
- 05The Core Elements Of A Good Prompt4:11 min
- 06It's a Chat! Use it!3:34 min
- 07Time To Practice: Your Tasks1:45 min
- 08Time To Practice: Solution (1/3)4:50 min
- 09Time To Practice: Solution (2/3)4:24 min
- 10Time To Practice: Solution (3/3)2:11 min
- 11Onwards To Specific Prompt Engineering Techniques1:14 min
- 12Delimiters and Zero-, One- & Few-Shot Prompting10:34 min
- 13Finetuning vs Few-Shot Prompting2:56 min
- 14Few-Shot Prompting To Control Output3:19 min
- 15Using Delimiters To Structure Prompts2:35 min
- 16Contextual Prompting & Including Relevant Data + Information7:16 min
- 17Chain-of-Thought Prompting6:08 min
- 18Split Complex Problems Into Simpler Ones0:00 min
- 19Reasoning Models & Chain-of-Thought Prompting2:56 min
- 20Ask Before Answer Prompting2:56 min
- 21Persona Prompting1:40 min
- 22Self-reflective Prompting3:19 min
- 23Negative Prompting1:57 min
- 24Controlling The Output Format4:45 min
- 25Let The AI Help You With Prompting!2:05 min
- 26Using Provider-specific Prompt Guides1:26 min
- 27Module Summary1:00 min
Generating Images & Videos with AI45m
- 01Module Introduction1:09 min
- 02AI Image Generation - An Overview5:09 min
- 03Generating Images with ChatGPT4:48 min
- 04It's Not Just ChatGPT: Alternatives0:52 min
- 05A First Glimpse At Midjourney2:19 min
- 06Alternative: Integrated AI (Example: Photoshop)2:06 min
- 07Meaningful Context Matters!4:52 min
- 08Prompt Engineering Matters!1:42 min
- 09Limitations & Errors1:10 min
- 10Creating Illustrations, Logos & Icons1:09 min
- 11Refining Images via Chat2:04 min
- 12Controlling Aspect Ratio0:53 min
- 13Adding Text To Images1:48 min
- 14Including Images In Prompts1:30 min
- 15Generating Images Based On Images3:00 min
- 16Generating Other Content (Like A Website) From Images2:04 min
- 17Getting Started with AI Video Generation & Sora6:25 min
- 18Generating Videos via Veo 22:11 min
Using ChatGPT For Utility Tasks22m
- 01Module Introduction1:19 min
- 02Researching Information with ChatGPT4:19 min
- 03Summarizing Text & Information3:29 min
- 04Translations & Tone Adjustments4:09 min
- 05Using ChatGPT for Proofreading3:32 min
- 06Writing Utility Scripts with ChatGPT5:55 min
And 15 more sections in the full course.
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