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Google Prompting Essentials

A practical Google program for learning effective prompting techniques and applying generative AI to everyday work, data analysis, creative tasks, and complex projects.

Provider
Google
Level
Beginner
Duration
Under 10 hours
Instructor
Google Career Certificates
Format
Online, Self-paced, Hands-on activities

About

Google Prompting Essentials is a beginner-friendly program developed by Google that teaches learners how to communicate effectively with generative AI systems. The program introduces a five-step prompting framework and applies it to real workplace tasks including writing, brainstorming, summarization, data analysis, visualization, presentation preparation, creative problem solving, and expert-style feedback. Learners also practice evaluating AI output, iterating on prompts, using AI responsibly, and building a reusable library of prompts.

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Learning Outcomes

  • ✓Apply Google's five-step framework for writing effective prompts
  • ✓Provide task, context, references, evaluation criteria, and iterative improvements in prompts
  • ✓Use generative AI for common workplace tasks
  • ✓Create and refine text, tables, summaries, and structured information with AI
  • ✓Use prompting techniques to support data analysis and visualization
  • ✓Apply prompt chaining to more complex tasks
  • ✓Evaluate AI-generated output for errors and bias
  • ✓Build and maintain a reusable library of effective prompts

Syllabus

1. Start Writing Prompts like a Pro

Introduces prompting and Google's five-step framework: task, context, references, evaluate, and iterate.

2. Design Prompts for Everyday Work Tasks

Applies prompting to writing, brainstorming, tables, timelines, summarization, and adapting tone and style.

3. Speed Up Data Analysis and Presentation Building

Uses prompting to extract insights from data, troubleshoot spreadsheet formulas, explore visualizations, and support presentation workflows.

4. Use AI as a Creative or Expert Partner

Introduces more complex prompting workflows including prompt chaining, multimodal prompting, reusable prompts, creative collaboration, and expert-style feedback.

Skills Covered

🧠 Prompt Engineering🧠 Prompt Patterns🧠 Generative AI🧠 AI literacy🧠 LLM applications🧠 Prompt iteration🧠 Prompt chaining🧠 Data analysis🧠 Data visualization🧠 Content creation🧠 AI-powered creativity🧠 Critical thinking🧠 Responsible AI