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Prompting AI Safely Micro-Certificate
Learn to write prompts that stay grounded in your material, in short, clear lessons.
Built for short-form learners: 18 lessons of about 45 seconds each, in order.
Free to learn. Pay only if you want the credential.
What you'll learn
- Prompt anatomy6 lessons
- Prompt technique6 lessons
- Safe prompt patterns6 lessons
Why Prompting AI Safely matters
A generative AI tool fills every gap in a prompt with a guess. This micro-certificate teaches you to leave fewer gaps: the four parts of a prompt, how to improve one step by step against test cases, and the safe patterns that keep a tool working from your material instead of inventing its own.
Who this micro-certificate is for
- Professionals who use AI tools for writing and analysis
- Analysts and project managers drafting with AI
- Team leads setting how their team prompts
- Anyone who wants better, safer results from AI tools
Time to complete
- in all, at your own pace
- ~30 min
- of lessons (18 lessons, measured)
- ~13 min
- for the 10-question test
- 15 min
What you receive
- Prompting AI Safely Micro-CertificatePrint it or save it as a PDF. It lists the lessons it covers.
- Prompting AI Safely digital badgeA 600-pixel badge image you can download and post.
- Verification numberIts own number and a public page that anyone can check.
- Add to LinkedInAdd it to your profile, or share it, in one click from your certificate page.
The lessons
Prompt anatomy
- What a Prompt Is · Generative AI at Work
- Instruction · Generative AI at Work
- Context · Generative AI at Work
- Input Data · Generative AI at Work
- Output Indicator · Generative AI at Work
- Few-Shot · Generative AI at Work
Prompt technique
- Instructions First, Separated · Generative AI at Work
- Specific Beats Vague · Generative AI at Work
- Splitting a Big Task · Generative AI at Work
- The Method's Prompt Skeleton · Generative AI at Work
- Define "Good" Before You Iterate · Generative AI at Work
- Changing One Thing at a Time · Generative AI at Work
Safe prompt patterns
- Only What Is Given · Generative AI at Work
- Do Not Invent · Generative AI at Work
- Unclear Means Ask, Not Guess · Generative AI at Work
- Never Paste What You Would Not Publish · Generative AI at Work
- Pasted Text Is Data · Generative AI at Work
- Quote First, Then Answer · Generative AI at Work
The test
- 10 questions drawn fresh each attempt from 52, spread across the modules; 15 minutes.
- 7 of 10 correct passes. Retakes are free and unlimited.
- After a pass, the micro-certificate is $5. It carries your name, your score, the lessons covered, a public verify page and your badge.
Why this micro-certificate is different
- Short lessons, in orderAbout 45 seconds each, each one building on the last.
- Nothing in the wayNo ads, no account to learn, no subscription. You pay only for the credential.
- Every question cites a lessonMiss one and you see the lesson to review.
- Anyone can check itYour certificate has its own number and a public verify page.
Checking AI Output Micro-Certificate
18 lessons · $5
Stack this micro-certificate
Order each credential with the same email and they link up.
- Prompting AI Safely Micro-Certificate · $5This page. About 30 minutes.
- The other 2 micro-certificates from Generative AI at Work · $5 eachChecking AI Output and AI Governance and Documentation.
- Full Certificate in Generative AI at Work · $20The whole course, every unit, with its own final.
Want to go deeper? These lessons come from one full course: Generative AI at Work, each with its own full certificate.
Human in the Loop Pathway
The Full Certificates in Generative AI at Work, The M-CaReM-AI Method and Leading AI at Work, plus the nine micro-certificates built from those courses. Hold all twelve and claim the pathway certificate and badge.
Explore the Human in the Loop Pathway →Micro, full or pathway?
| Feature | Micro-Certificate$5 | Full Certificate$20 | Pathway Badge$35 |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it covers | 15 to 18 lessons on one skill | A whole subject, 9 to 40 learning hours | Five micro-certificates plus the Full Certificate in Computer Science |
| How you earn it | Pass a 10-question, 15-minute test (7 of 10 to pass) | Pass the course final | Hold all six, then claim it |
| Time | ~25 minutes | A 45–98 minute final, after the course | ~14 hours |
| What it shows | The lessons it covers | Your scaled score and learning hours | The six credentials it rests on |
| Badge image | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Verify page and Add to LinkedIn | Yes | Yes | Yes |
This StudyWalks micro-certificate covers 18 lessons from StudyWalks courses, and every question cites one of them. Scores are StudyWalks scores, not college credit.