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.
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
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
Syllabus
- Start Writing Prompts like a Pro
Introduces prompting and Google's five-step framework: task, context, references, evaluate, and iterate.
- Design Prompts for Everyday Work Tasks
Applies prompting to writing, brainstorming, tables, timelines, summarization, and adapting tone and style.
- Speed Up Data Analysis and Presentation Building
Uses prompting to extract insights from data, troubleshoot spreadsheet formulas, explore visualizations, and support presentation workflows.
- 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.
Prerequisites
- No prior prompting experience required
- No previous AI experience required
- No programming knowledge required
Target Audience
AI beginners, Business professionals, Marketers, Content creators, Researchers, Managers, Knowledge workers, Students
Best For
- Beginners who want structured prompt engineering skills
- Professionals who regularly use generative AI at work
- Learners following a Prompt Engineer learning path
- Content creators and marketers using AI
- Professionals who want reusable prompting workflows
Pros
- No prior AI or prompting experience required
- Developed by Google AI experts
- Strong focus on hands-on practical prompting
- Provides a reusable five-step prompting framework
- Covers workplace, data, creative, and complex prompting tasks
- Includes responsible AI practices
- Includes a Google certificate
Cons
- Designed primarily for beginners
- Does not provide deep LLM programming instruction
- Focuses on practical prompting rather than model architecture or machine learning engineering
Course Facts
- Provider:
- Instructor:
- Google Career Certificates
- Duration:
- Under 10 hours
- Level:
- Beginner
- Language:
- English
Certification & Delivery
Certificate Available
Format: Online, Self-paced, Hands-on activities
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Related Glossary Terms
Few-Shot Prompting
Few-shot prompting is a technique in which an AI model is given a small number of examples demonstrating the desired task or output pattern before processing a new input.
Prompt Engineering
Prompt engineering is the systematic process of designing, testing, evaluating, and refining instructions given to generative AI systems in order to produce more useful, reliable, and appropriately structured outputs.
System Prompt
A system prompt is a high-level instruction provided to an AI model that defines behavior, role, constraints, priorities, or operating rules for an interaction.
Zero-Shot Prompting
Zero-shot prompting is a prompting technique in which an AI model is asked to perform a task without being shown examples of the desired input-output behavior.