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. By the end of this course, you will be able to write clear and specific prompts and produce outputs that help accomplish workplace tasks.
Discover the Art of Prompting
Discover the Art of Prompting
This course is part of Google AI Essentials Specialization
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What you'll learn
Create prompts that provide clear and specific instructions for a variety of use cases
Describe the role of writing effective prompts in producing generative AI output
Apply specific prompting techniques, including few-shot prompting
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There are 4 modules in this course
n this module, you'll gain a conceptual understanding of the large language models that power generative AI.
What's included
3 videos
In this module, you’ll learn best practices for writing clear and specific prompts and see how to leverage this skill for different purposes at work. You'll also discover the power of iteration and get hands-on practice writing, transforming, and refining your prompts.
What's included
3 videos2 readings2 assignments1 plugin
In this module, you’ll advance your skills with more prompting techniques, such as few-shot and chain-of-thought prompting.
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2 videos1 reading
In this module, you’ll review the key concepts from the course and demonstrate your understanding with an end-of-course assessment.
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1 video1 assignment
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Reviewed on Aug 27, 2025
Coach would often times not work for me, but everything else was fantastic! It was helpful to read along with the videos, then try out examples after.
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Reviewed on Jul 15, 2025
Interesting Exercises, one with a coach is good. Online courses with goady coaches are a good idea Higher the goad and the earlier the learning better the grade.
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Reviewed on Oct 26, 2025
This is excellent course for basic AI knowledge, the teachers way of coaching is great, they explain each concept with practical and industry related examples, Thank Yor Coursera.