These are free AI lessons for beginners. Two written courses take about an hour each. Short YouTube explainers sit beside them as extra lessons. There is no certificate and no fee.
What this learning path is
This page holds two kinds of free training. The ChatGPT course and the Claude course are written lessons you work through in order. The YouTube videos are separate extra lessons. Watch one when you want a short explanation of a single idea. They do not replace a module in either course.
Use them when you want to learn the tool before you change how your business works. The lessons do not replace a business system. They teach the skills those systems depend on.
ChatGPT for beginners
This free ChatGPT course is for ordinary work: asking for a useful answer, staying in the conversation, and using your own documents without handing over the final decision. Five lessons, about an hour.
- Your first conversation with ChatGPT
- How to ask ChatGPT for what you actually want
- Keep the ChatGPT conversation going
- Give ChatGPT your own documents
- Put ChatGPT to work, safely
Claude for beginners
The Claude course follows the same path: a first conversation, clearer requests, follow-up, your own documents, and using the tool while you stay in charge. Five lessons, about an hour.
- Your first conversation with Claude
- How to ask for what you actually want
- Keep the conversation going
- Give Claude your own documents
- Put Claude to work, safely
Extra lessons on YouTube
These short explainers are extra lessons. Each one stands on its own. They are not recordings of the ChatGPT course or the Claude course, and you do not need to finish either course before you watch one.
Bookkeeping
This short shows AI used for small-business bookkeeping. Check the figures before you rely on them.
A proposal
This short is about a proposal prepared by AI. Read it before you send it. A person still approves what goes to a customer.
What you will practise
- Start a first conversation and read the answer properly
- Ask for the result you actually want
- Correct an answer instead of starting again
- Work from your own documents
- Use the tool for real tasks while you approve what goes out
After the free lessons
Stop here if you only wanted the skill. If you want those skills inside reviewed business workflows, continue with the guide for small businesses in South Africa or look through the shop.
