CompTIA Prompting Essentials

Hours: 8 / Access Length: 12 Months / Delivery: Online, Self-Paced
Online Hours: 8
Retail Price: $179.00

Course Overview:

Master the power of AI tools in your daily work with CompTIA AI Prompting Essentials. Designed for all experience levels, this course develops practical skills in prompt writing, automation, and the responsible use of AI. Earn a CompTIA CompCert to showcase your workplace-ready AI prompting skills.

Students will:

• Understand how AI tools can support a variety of workplace tasks.
• Decide when and how to use the right AI tool for your needs.
• Write clear and effective prompts to get useful results from AI chat tools.
• Review and verify AI outputs for accuracy, bias, and quality.
• Use AI to automate tasks, enhance learning, make decisions, and provide feedback.

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Course Intro

Welcome to AI Prompting Essentials! In this module, you'll discover how artificial intelligence can transform the way you work and learn how this course is structured to help you build practical skills step by step. You'll also complete a short self-assessment and set clear goals for your learning journey.

Lesson 2: Foundations of AI Prompting

Lay the groundwork for using AI confidently and effectively at work. This module explores how to identify tasks where AI adds the most value, select the right tools for each situation, and understand key risks and security guidelines to ensure ethical, professional use of workplace AI. You'll gain the foundational knowledge needed to approach AI with both safety and impact in mind.

Lesson 3: AI Prompting Basics

Learn how to create effective two-way conversations with AI tools by mastering the basics of prompt writing, adding context, and assessing the output you receive from AI chatbots. Through hands-on activities, you'll practice refining your prompts, identifying potential errors or biases in AI responses, and building skills to get more accurate, useful results every time.

Lesson 4: Advanced AI Prompting Skills

Push your skills further by learning to automate routine tasks and design end-to-end workflows using advanced AI features. In this module, you'll explore project-based AI applications, efficient prompt templates, and the use of AI agents while also examining when and how humans should remain part of the automation process. These skills will empower you to streamline your work and apply AI to real projects.

Lesson 5: Apply AI Skills in Real World Contexts

Now it's time to put everything you've learned into action. In this final module, you'll combine your AI skills to tackle realistic workplace challenges—using AI as a tutor for learning, a thought partner for collaboration and decision-making, and a coach or critic for feedback and improvement. Through hands-on activities and scenarios, you'll see how blending multiple AI interaction skills leads to greater results and greater confidence.

All necessary course materials are included.

System Requirements:

Internet Connectivity Requirements:

• Cable, Fiber, DSL, or LEO Satellite (i.e. Starlink) internet with speeds of at least 10mb/sec download and 5mb/sec upload are recommended for the best experience.

NOTE: While cellular hotspots may allow access to our courses, users may experience connectivity issues by trying to access our learning management system.  This is due to the potential high download and upload latency of cellular connections.   Therefore, it is not recommended that students use a cellular hotspot as their primary way of accessing their courses.

Hardware Requirements:

• CPU: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 4 GB or higher
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher.  1920x1080 resolution is recommended for the best experience.
• Speakers / Headphones
• Microphone for Webinar or Live Online sessions.

Operating System Requirements:

• Windows 7 or higher.
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• Latest Chrome OS
• Latest Linux Distributions
  

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

Web Browser Requirements:

• Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
• Latest Mozilla FireFox
• Latest Microsoft Edge
• Latest Apple Safari

Basic Software Requirements (These are recommendations of software to use):

• Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
• PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
• Courses may require other software that is described in the above course outline.