Prompt Engineering

What prompting actually is

Your first good prompt

How AI reads your words

Try It Now: turn a vague question into a clear prompt

Week 1 – Unit 2: The Anatomy of a Great Prompt

The four parts that make a prompt work

3 lessons1 exercisequiz

The four parts of a great prompt

Try It Now: build a four-part prompt

Week 2 – Unit 3: Being Clear and Specific

Say exactly what you want so you get it

3 lessons1 exercisequiz

Say exactly what you mean

12 min

One clear ask at a time

11 min

Try It Now: rewrite three vague prompts

Week 2 – Unit 4: Giving Context and Examples

Feed AI the facts and examples it needs

3 lessons1 exercisequiz

Show, do not just tell

Try It Now: improve an answer with an example and real facts

Give it the facts to use

Week 3 – Unit 5: Controlling the Output

Ask for the shape, tone and length you want

3 lessons1 exercisequiz

Ask for the shape you want

Set the tone and the reader

Constraints that focus the answer

Try It Now: get the same idea in three different formats

Week 3 – Unit 6: Iterating and Refining

Fix a weak answer with small follow-ups

3 lessons1 exercisequiz

Prompting is a conversation

Steering, not starting over

Try It Now: improve a weak answer in three follow-ups

Week 4 – Unit 7: Prompting for Everyday Tasks

Ready patterns for writing, planning and more

3 lessons1 exercisequiz

Understanding and summarising

Thinking and planning

Try It Now: use a prompt pattern for a real task from your week

Week 4 – Unit 8: Checking and Correcting AI

Catch mistakes and make the answer true

3 lessons1 exercisequiz

AI can be confidently wrong

Correcting and guiding it back

11 min

Try It Now: catch a mistake and get the AI to correct it

Week 4 – Unit 9: Prompting Safely and Honestly

Protect your data and use AI the honest way

3 lessons1 exercisequiz

Make it sound human, not like a robot

12 min

Try It Now: make an AI draft safe, true and human

Week 5 – Capstone: Capstone: Build Your Prompt Toolkit

Collect your best prompts into a toolkit you will reuse

1 lessons3 exercises

Reviewing what you have learned

Build your toolkit, part 1

Task20 min