How is this course different from other AI prompting courses?

This course combines Claude fundamentals with practical prompt engineering techniques, helping you understand the tool and apply it across real-world tasks instead of learning prompts in isolation.

What will I get if I purchase the Certificate?

When you purchase a Certificate you get access to all course materials, including graded assignments. Upon completing the course, your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile.

Is financial aid available?

Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.

Claude AI Foundations and Prompt Engineering

Claude AI Foundations and Prompt Engineering

Instructors: LearnKartS

Included with Learn more

6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Understand Claude’s features, interface, and capabilities to use AI effectively for research, content creation, and daily workflows.
Create effective prompts using core and advanced techniques to improve Claude responses and generate more accurate outputs.
Apply advanced prompting patterns such as role-based prompts, comparisons, revisions, and structured formats with Claude.
Use Claude to summarize, rewrite, proofread, translate, and organize information for better productivity.

Details to know

Shareable certificate

Add to your LinkedIn profile

See how employees at top companies are mastering in-demand skills

Learn more about Coursera for Business

logos of Petrobras, TATA, Danone, Capgemini, P&G and L'Oreal

There are 6 modules in this course

AI tools are becoming easier to access, but knowing how to use them effectively is the skill that makes the difference. This Claude AI Foundations & Prompt Engineering course helps you learn how to work with Claude through effective prompting techniques and apply AI for research, content creation, writing, and productivity.

You’ll start the course by learning Claude’s capabilities, interface, features, and key concepts to understand how the tool works. Then you’ll learn how to write effective prompts, improve responses, and use core prompting techniques. Finally, you’ll explore advanced prompt patterns and apply Claude to summarize information, rewrite content, proofread text, and organize data effectively. What makes this course different is its practical approach to prompt engineering. You’ll go beyond basic prompts and features to learn how to apply Claude across real-world tasks using proven techniques that help you create better outputs, improve productivity, and work confidently with AI. This course is ideal for beginners, professionals, creators, and marketers who want to build practical Claude skills. Enroll Now and Start Creating Better Results with Claude Prompting Strategies.

Explore Claude’s capabilities for text generation, research, and everyday AI tasks. Compare Claude with ChatGPT and discover where Claude can provide practical value.

What's included

5 videos1 assignment

Learn Claude’s interface, plans, context window, tokens, knowledge cutoff, usage policies, and web search. Explore practical prompting techniques and modifiers for creating clearer and more useful outputs.

What's included

10 videos1 assignment

10 videosTotal 29 minutes

Know the Tool Before You Push It1 minute
Claude Layout and Interface8 minutes
Claude Pro & Max: Features and Functions3 minutes
Claude's Knowledge Cutoff Date Explained1 minute
Effectively Creating Prompts7 minutes
Modifiers for Better Outputs5 minutes
Claude Tokens & Context Window Explained1 minute
Claude's Usage Policies & Copyright Protection1 minute
Claude: Web Search Feature1 minute
Key Takeaway1 minute

1 assignmentTotal 15 minutes

Checkpoint Quiz15 minutes

Build a strong foundation in prompt engineering through prompt priming, prompt starters, and effective revisions. Explore structured prompting, including chain-of-thought, tabular formats, and zero-, one-, and few-shot techniques.

What's included

11 videos1 assignment

11 videosTotal 29 minutes

The Core Prompting Skills Every User Needs1 minute
What is Prompt Engineering3 minutes
Prompt Priming3 minutes
30 Simple Prompt Starters2 minutes
New Ideas and Copy Generation3 minutes
Client Emails, Analogies and Bulk Writing4 minutes
Effective Prompt Revisions4 minutes
Chain of Thought Prompting3 minutes
Tabular Format Prompting4 minutes
Zero, One, and Few Shot Prompting2 minutes
Key Takeaway1 minute

1 assignmentTotal 15 minutes

Checkpoint Quiz15 minutes

Explore advanced prompting patterns that help you guide Claude toward more targeted and useful responses. Practice techniques such as perspective, comparative, reverse, critic, fill-in-the-blank, and role-based prompting.

What's included

10 videos1 assignment

10 videosTotal 28 minutes

Named Prompt Patterns That Do the Heavy Lifting1 minute
Ask Before Answer Prompting3 minutes
Fill-In-The-Blank Prompting3 minutes
Get Better AI Responses with Perspective Prompting4 minutes
Improve Your AI Outputs with Constructive Critic Prompts2 minutes
Make Better Decisions with Comparative Prompting3 minutes
Get Better Prompts with Reverse Prompting6 minutes
Create Effective Prompts with RGC Prompting3 minutes
I Want You To Act As Prompting2 minutes
Key Takeaway1 minute

1 assignmentTotal 15 minutes

Checkpoint Quiz15 minutes

Learn to summarize, rewrite, translate, proofread, and improve complex information with Claude. Explore practical techniques for reorganizing, extracting, classifying, and transforming unstructured data.

What's included

13 videos1 assignment

13 videosTotal 40 minutes

Turn Messy Input Into Clean, Usable Output1 minute
Summarize Dense Text4 minutes
Re-Write Text for a Specific Audience6 minutes
Health Optimization6 minutes
Language Translation3 minutes
Quickly Summarize Videos2 minutes
Proofreading Text3 minutes
Re-Organize Data: Basic3 minutes
Re-Organize Data: Named Entity Recognition2 minutes
Re-Organize Data: Text Classification - Advanced3 minutes
Review and Improve Writing5 minutes
Create Essay Questions, Multiple Choice, True or False3 minutes
Key Takeaway1 minute

1 assignmentTotal 15 minutes

Checkpoint Quiz15 minutes

Review your Claude and prompt engineering knowledge, access bonus content, and complete the proficiency quiz. Reflect on your progress and identify opportunities to apply your skills and continue learning.

What's included

2 readings1 assignment

Instructors

LearnKartS

218 Courses267,296 learners

Tanmoy Kumar Das

LearnKartS

38 Courses27,593 learners

Offered by

LearnKartS

Why people choose Coursera for their career

Felipe M.

Learner since 2018

"To be able to take courses at my own pace and rhythm has been an amazing experience. I can learn whenever it fits my schedule and mood."

Jennifer J.

Learner since 2020

"I directly applied the concepts and skills I learned from my courses to an exciting new project at work."

Larry W.

Learner since 2021

"When I need courses on topics that my university doesn't offer, Coursera is one of the best places to go."

Chaitanya A.

"Learning isn't just about being better at your job: it's so much more than that. Coursera allows me to learn without limits."

Unlock access to 10,000+ courses with a subscription
Advance your career with an online degree
Earn a degree from world-class universities - 100% online
Join over 4,700 global companies that choose Coursera for Business

Frequently asked questions

This course is ideal for beginners, professionals, content creators, marketers, researchers, and business users who want to use Claude to improve productivity, create better content, enhance research, and apply practical prompt engineering skills in their everyday workflows.

Yes. This course is designed for beginners and starts with Claude fundamentals, including its capabilities, interface, features, and key concepts before introducing prompt engineering techniques and practical AI workflows.

You will develop practical skills in Claude AI, prompt engineering, and AI-assisted workflows. You’ll learn how to create effective prompts, improve AI responses, generate and refine content, summarize information, proofread text, and organize data using Claude to enhance productivity.

To access course materials, assignments, and earn a Certificate, you'll need to purchase the Certificate experience when you enroll in a course. Eligible learners may also have the option to start with a Free Trial. Some courses may also offer a Full Course, No Certificate option. This lets you access course materials, submit required assessments, and receive a final grade, but you won't be able to earn or purchase a Certificate.