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AI for Productivity

Work smarter, not harder, with AI This course will teach you, a working professional, how to boost your workflows with AI. You’ll learn how to identify, evaluate, and apply cutting-edge AI tools to streamline your daily tasks. Through case studies and discussions, you will analyze, apply, and get ready to create using tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Notion, DALL·E, and Adobe Firefly, while learning to integrate AI responsibly into your professional routine. In Week 1, you’ll explore how to use AI writing assistants to draft, summarize, and refine communication. In Week 2, you’ll discover how to optimize AI for your planning, scheduling, and administrative needs, using Copilot and ChatGPT. In Week 3, you’ll learn how AI tools like Gemini and Insight can illuminate the insights in your information by organizing your notes or assisting with data-driven analysis. Finally, in Week 4, you’ll discover how to responsibly use AI to conduct ethical research and generate multimedia content using tools like Research Rabbit, Consensus, Stable Diffusion, Synthesia, and Runway. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to identify key AI use cases, compare tools that enhance productivity, and build AI-driven workflows that save time, spark innovation, and let you focus on meaningful, high-impact work.

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Featured reviews

JW

5.0Reviewed Jan 31, 2026

Informative and concise course for students of all technical levels

AH

5.0Reviewed Feb 18, 2026

This course was very helpful in learning how to use various AI tools. The module topics were well designed, and the assignments provided valuable hands-on practice with these tools.

CS

5.0Reviewed Mar 29, 2026

I like the format for the course, and felt like it was a very strong introduction to key features of AI.

CP

5.0Reviewed Mar 11, 2026

Excellent foundational course to learn how to improve productivity both at work and home with very practical assignments.

LR

5.0Reviewed Jan 21, 2026

Great course! Learned so much that I will implement into the work place. Proud to be a Duke digital learning member!

KW

5.0Reviewed Apr 8, 2026

As someone at entry level this was perfect and I have significant more knowledge and confidence to use AI

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