Using AI Tools Responsibly
AI tools such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini and Meta AI can draft an email, summarise a long document or explain a hard idea in seconds. More and more employers expect new staff to use them. But AI tools also make things up, repeat old or foreign information as if it were true, and can put personal information at risk if they are used carelessly. This course teaches you what AI tools can and cannot do, how to write prompts that get useful answers, how to check every answer before you rely on it, how to protect personal and company information under POPIA, and how to stay honest about your use of AI at college, in job applications and at work. The course is fully online and self-paced. Each lesson has a short activity in your workbook. You finish with a practical task and a final assessment, and you receive a MetaCo Certificate of Completion that you can add to your CV.
What you will learn
Use AI chat tools to save time at work: write clear prompts, check every answer, protect personal information and stay honest.
- Module 1: Introduction
- Module 2: What AI Tools Can and Cannot Do
- Module 3: Writing Good Prompts
- Module 4: Checking AI Answers
- Module 5: Privacy, Honesty and Workplace Rules
- Module 6: Putting It into Practice
How it is assessed
Short quizzes as you go, a final assessment with three attempts (fresh questions each time) and a practical task.
Certificate
MetaCo Certificate of Completion, with your own number and a QR code employers can scan. This certificate confirms completion of a MetaCo short course.
What you get
- The lessons, quiz and practical task
- A downloadable workbook (PDF)
- The Information Technology toolkit
- A one-page cheat sheet to keep
- The MetaCo certificate with a QR verification link, and a "Copy to my CV" line
- The Career Starter Kit, free with your first purchase
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