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Prompt Engineering Basics
on-demand course

Prompt Engineering Basics

with Kate Harwood
September 2025
Intermediate
46m
English
Pearson
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese

Overview

30+ Minutes of Video Instruction

Your introduction to AI prompt engineering.

Overview

As we learn more about what AI is and it becomes more and more a part of our everyday work experience, the question then turns to how we can become more efficient and more productive in using it. One way to accomplish that is to learn more about writing effective AI prompts.

In this course, you learn about prompt engineering. The course begins with the basics, first discussing what prompting is, and then it move into examples, techniques, and refinement. The course finishes up with the important step of verifying the output you get from your prompts.

Learn How To

  • Explain what an AI prompt is
  • Analyze example prompts
  • Utilize prompting techniques
  • Refine your prompts
  • Verify the outputs you receive from your prompts

Who Should Take This Course

Anyone who

  • is interested in furthering their understanding of how to use AI
  • wants to write more efficient prompts

Course Requirements

No specific requirements

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780135496909