AI Fundamentals with Claude

AI Fundamentals with Claude

This course is part of Real-World AI for Everyone Specialization

Instructors: Dan Mellott

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

40 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Sponsored by Anthropic (the company that created Claude) and taught by former Anthropic manager Dan Mellott
Featuring Hannah Pritchett, Anthropic's Head of People, and Alex Sanderford, Anthropic's Head of Trust and Safety
Use simple patterns to turn Claude into your tireless partner who transforms rough ideas into professional deliverables, websites, and apps

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There are 4 modules in this course

Sponsored by Anthropic and 1Password. No matter your background, build confidence and accelerate your career by incorporating AI. Learn how to use Claude, Anthropic’s AI assistant, to save time, write more clearly, and unlock creativity at work and in life.

You will learn how to: - Structure context and prompts to achieve the most useful responses, and set context using patterns such as role, goal, and tone - Write prompts to turn Claude into your thinking partner to brainstorm, plan, and problem-solve, or create high-visibility outputs like resumes - Transform rough ideas into professional deliverables, even websites and apps, using Claude Artifacts Featuring: - Nancy Wang, CEO and Founder, Advancing Women in Tech (AWIT); SVP and Head of Engineering, 1Password; Venture Partner, Felicis Ventures - Dan Mellott, Former Manager of the API Team, Anthropic; Faculty Lecturer, San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Cofounder, CEO and CTO, Left Turn Studios - Hannah Pritchett, Head of People, Anthropic - Alex Sanderford, AI Safeguards, Head of Policy, Enforcement and Threat Intelligence, Anthropic

Tired of AI trainings centered around "the transformer model" with no applications to your career? AWIT is here to to show you how to best use AI in your work (and life) to get ahead!

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2 videos1 reading1 discussion prompt

What is Claude? How should you think -- and feel, about Claude?

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6 videos1 reading1 assignment

6 videosTotal 46 minutes

What is an AI assistant?3 minutes
Claude Demo4 minutes
Recap1 minute
Prompts, context, and word prediction11 minutes
How to talk to Claude so it actually helps10 minutes
Meet Hannah Pritchett, Anthropic's Head of People16 minutes

1 readingTotal 1 minute

Jobs at Anthropic1 minute

1 assignmentTotal 15 minutes

Module 1 Quiz: Understanding AI and How It Works15 minutes

Now that you know how to think about Claude, learn how Claude thinks about you!

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3 videos1 reading1 assignment

How to talk to Claude so it actually helps you

What's included

3 videos1 reading1 assignment

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Dan Mellott

Advancing Women in Tech

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Reviewed on Feb 9, 2026

Bravo, really loved the work of the entire AWIT team here. I would like to request that they kindly consider doing more with Claude, such as Claude code.

Reviewed on Apr 27, 2026

Great intro and new things to think about with Claude!

Reviewed on May 4, 2026

Instructional and useful in how and when to use Claude, including how to get the most out of it in real scenarios.

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