AI for Workplace Productivity with Claude
Built for professionals who want more than chat fluency, this 140-hour program walks you through Claude across the full stack: prompting fundamentals, Projects, Artifacts, Styles, Memory, advanced reasoning, Extended Thinking, Claude Cowork agents with permissioned tool access, Claude Code for application development, and end-to-end integrations across the workplace.
Your training starts with everyday workplace AI use, learning prompting for writing, summarization, analysis, research, and...
AI for Workplace Productivity with Claude
Details + Objectives
Course code: GES3144
What you will learn
- Use Claude effectively for writing, summarization, analysis, research, and creative problem-solving
- Build Projects, Artifacts, Styles, and Memory configurations that make Claude reliably useful at work
- Apply intermediate prompting, Extended Thinking, and the "You Ask Me" methodology to real-world tasks
- Configure and run Claude Cowork agents safely with the right permissions, integrations, and scheduled tasks
- Use Claude Code to scaffold, build, debug, and deploy a full-stack web application from scratch
- Connect Claude Code to GitHub, IDEs, MCP servers, databases, cloud platforms, and CI/CD pipelines
How you will benefit
- Gain a deep, repeatable Claude system tailored to the student's actual job
- Ship real, tangible deliverables across the program: a working Claude Cowork agent, a deployed web app, and a documented Claude Code integration
- Build skills that transfer across roles in product, operations, marketing, support, finance, and engineering
- Develop the AI judgment to choose the right tool, prompt, and workflow for each task
How the course is taught
- Self-paced, online course
- 6 Months to complete
- Open enrollment, begin anytime
- 140 course hours
Instructors & Support
VDCI
This course is designed to be self-paced and does not involve any live classes. Instead, students will have access to various self-learning resources, including video materials, practice projects, e-books, and other materials available within the course modules. Although there is no direct interaction with an instructor, students can seek help from an industry expert by submitting questions via email.
Requirements
Prerequisites:
Open to beginners. No prior coding required. Comfort with everyday business software (browsers, email, spreadsheets) is assumed. The program progresses to intermediate developer skills in the Claude Code modules.
Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac. Chromebook is not compatible.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 11 or later.
- Mac: macOS 12 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.