# Courses URL: https://aiguideson.com/courses/ Never used AI? Do "AI for beginners", then "Prompting for beginners", then build your first website. ## Available now - [AI for beginners: start here](https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/) (Beginner; 5 lessons, about 45 minutes in total; updated 2026-10-03): What AI chat tools like ChatGPT and Claude are, what they get wrong, and how to use one safely. You’ll make a free account, have your first conversation, learn to check what it tells you, and then finish by making something useful for your week. Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here.md - [Lesson 1: What AI chat tools are, and what they get wrong](https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/what-ai-chat-tools-are/) (8 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/what-ai-chat-tools-are.md - [Lesson 2: Make a free account and choose your privacy settings](https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/make-a-free-account/) (8 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/make-a-free-account.md - [Lesson 3: Your first conversation](https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/your-first-conversation/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/your-first-conversation.md - [Lesson 4: Check what it tells you](https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/check-what-it-tells-you/) (9 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/check-what-it-tells-you.md - [Lesson 5: Make something useful: a week of meals and a shopping list](https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/make-a-meal-plan/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/ai-for-beginners-start-here/make-a-meal-plan.md - [Prompting for beginners](https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/) (Beginner; 5 lessons, about 50 minutes in total; updated 2026-10-03): Ask AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude for what you actually want, and get it back first time more often. You’ll see why vague prompts get vague answers, learn the four parts of a good prompt, show the AI examples, fix answers you don’t like, and finish with your own tested prompt kit. Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners.md - [Lesson 1: Why AI answers come back vague](https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/why-answers-come-back-vague/) (8 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/why-answers-come-back-vague.md - [Lesson 2: The four parts of a good prompt](https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/four-parts-of-a-good-prompt/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/four-parts-of-a-good-prompt.md - [Lesson 3: Show it an example](https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/show-it-an-example/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/show-it-an-example.md - [Lesson 4: Fix an answer you don’t like](https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/fix-an-answer/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/fix-an-answer.md - [Lesson 5: Build your own prompt kit](https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/build-your-prompt-kit/) (12 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/prompting-for-beginners/build-your-prompt-kit.md - [Build a website with AI and put it online](https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/) (Beginner; 5 lessons, about 55 minutes in total; updated 2026-10-03): Write a short brief, ask Claude to turn it into a one-page website, check every line, then put it online for free with Cloudflare Pages. There’s no code to learn: you copy, paste, check and drag a folder. Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai.md - [Lesson 1: What you'll build and what you need](https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/what-youll-build/) (5 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/what-youll-build.md - [Lesson 2: Write a short brief for your page](https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/write-a-short-brief/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/write-a-short-brief.md - [Lesson 3: Ask AI to build your first page](https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/ask-ai-to-build-your-first-page/) (15 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/ask-ai-to-build-your-first-page.md - [Lesson 4: Check it and ask for changes](https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/check-it-and-ask-for-changes/) (10 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/check-it-and-ask-for-changes.md - [Lesson 5: Put it online for free with Cloudflare Pages](https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/put-it-online-for-free/) (15 minutes). Markdown: https://aiguideson.com/courses/build-a-website-with-ai/put-it-online-for-free.md ## Planned Planned courses are an outline, not a finished course: their lesson counts and times are the plan. - Build a simple app without coding (planned: 6 lessons, about 70 minutes): Describe a small app in plain English and get a working version you can use and share. - Make videos with AI (planned: 5 lessons, about 60 minutes): Plan, generate and edit a short video with AI tools, and know what you’re allowed to use it for. - Build your first AI agent (planned: 5 lessons, about 60 minutes): Set up an AI assistant that follows your instructions and does one job for you, with no code. - AI automation with no code (planned: 5 lessons, about 55 minutes): Connect the apps you already use so the routine admin happens on its own, with AI where it helps. - AI for your small business (planned: 4 lessons, about 40 minutes): Find the jobs in your business that AI can take on first, and the ones it shouldn’t touch. - AI for marketing (planned: 4 lessons, about 45 minutes): Use AI for briefs, first drafts and ideas without your marketing sounding like everyone else. - AI in spreadsheets (planned: 4 lessons, about 40 minutes): Get AI to write, fix and explain spreadsheet formulas, and check what it gives you.