Vendor-neutral · Beginner · 5 lessons · about 35 minutes · updated 2026-09-12
AI for One Job: Student, Small Business, Job Seeker, Teacher, Writer
Pick the lesson that matches your job. Two real tasks, prompts you can run right here, and a straight answer on which free or $20 tool does it well.
For people who have one job to get done and no interest in becoming an AI expert to do it. You have used a chatbot once or twice, you are not sure whether to pay for one, and you want the two or three prompts that matter for your situation.
Course outline
- 1AI for students: study notes and practice questions from one chapterTurn a textbook chapter into revision notes and a practice quiz, then learn to spot the confidently wrong fact. Free tiers do this job well; the lesson says exactly when they do not.7 min · 3 objectives
- 2AI for small business: a customer reply and a one-page plan with costsWrite a customer reply you would actually send and a one-page plan with a cost table, then decide whether the free tier or a $20 plan is the right spend for a business that uses AI a few times a day.7 min · 3 objectives
- 3AI for job seekers: tailor your CV summary and prepare for the interviewRewrite your CV summary to match a pasted job ad without inventing experience, then generate the interview questions that ad implies. All of it runs on a free tier.7 min · 3 objectives
- 4AI for teachers: a lesson outline and three versions of one worksheetDraft a timed lesson outline from your objective, then turn one worksheet into three differentiated versions in one prompt. The free tier does this; the lesson says when a paid plan is worth it for a department.7 min · 3 objectives
- 5AI for writers: an outline that is yours and a rewrite in the tone you chooseBuild an outline from your own idea and rewrite a paragraph in a chosen tone with a strict word limit. Learn which of these a free tier does well and when a $20 plan is a real upgrade for a working writer.7 min · 3 objectives
Frequently asked
Do I need to take all five lessons?
No. Each lesson stands alone for one job. Take yours; if you have two jobs (a teacher who also writes, say), take both. The skills repeat on purpose, so the second lesson will go faster.
Which AI tool does this course use?
Any of them. Every prompt works on the free tiers of ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, and the Try it boxes run on cheap models through this site. Each lesson names the cheapest tool that does that job well today and links to the matching best-of page.
Will I need to pay for anything?
Not to complete the course. Every task runs on a free tier. Each lesson ends by saying when a $20 plan genuinely adds value for that job, and for most of these five it is only at high volume or when you need file uploads.
Why are the same skills repeated across lessons?
Because the two skills (draft from your own material with a named format, then check one fact) are the whole game for beginners, and they stick when you see them in your own job rather than in the abstract.