AI Prompting For Writers And Editors

AI Prompting For Writers And Editors consists of six modules, which explore the different types of generative AI, how AI models operate, and how you can use these tools in your work. You complete the lessons at your own pace, and you can revisit the material as often as you like.

As well as written content, the course contains plenty of interactive elements. Videos illustrate the technical processes, and quizzes and try-it-yourself exercises help you reinforce and practice what you’ve learned. At the end of the course, you will complete a self-assessed final assignment, using your newly developed skills to correct and improve an AI-generated text then reviewing our exemplar version to evaluate your work. And if you need any help along the way, our tutor team is always available!

The course also comes with a fantastic extra resource – a 30-page prompt library with over 130 customizable prompts to help you conduct research, draft content, adjust tone, rework writing, and even speed up admin tasks such as communicating with clients.

When you finish the course, you will receive a digital completion certificate, which you can attach to your resume, website, or portfolio to prove your skills to potential clients or employers.

Anyone who wants to learn more about how to use AI tools can benefit from this course, but we designed it with writers and editors in mind. This encompasses a wide range of people who create or edit any type of written content in their work, whether freelance or employed.

And AI prompting isn’t just a valuable skill for the workplace! If you write for pleasure, whether in a blog, an online journal, a society newsletter, or anywhere else, you might find that incorporating an AI assistant into your process can speed things up and give you fresh ideas.

If you think that you could put AI tools to use in your professional or personal life, then AI Prompting For Writers And Editors is for you.

To complete the course, you’ll need:

• A laptop or desktop computer
• Internet access

And that’s it! Our step-by-step video tutorials will help you sign up to free AI models (ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot), and you don’t require any additional software.

Note that although you can view the content on a tablet or mobile device, you will need a full screen and a keyboard to complete the practical exercises, and a bigger screen is preferable for study.

On average, the AI course takes around 20 hours to complete, but this varies from learner to learner based on factors such as individual learning styles.

You can start the AI course as soon as you purchase it, or you can wait until you have time for dedicated study. There are no deadlines, limits, or restrictions, so the material is yours to work through at your own pace.

You don’t need any qualifications or experience of working with AI, as the course builds your knowledge from the foundations up. However, as the content is aimed toward writers and editors, you’ll gain more from it if you have some experience in either of these fields. The course is designed to help you improve your workflow and output rather than teach you how to write or edit.

If you feel you need to learn more about content creation before taking AI Prompting For Writers And Editors, you might like to check out our other courses:

• • Becoming A Proofreader
  • Becoming An Editor
  • Becoming A Freelance Writer
  • Becoming A Copywriter

Our AI prompting course is accredited by CPD – an independent organization that assesses professional development training. CPD-certified courses have been thoroughly reviewed by industry experts and approved as being valuable professional training. This makes them a great addition to your resume.

When you complete the course, you’ll receive a digital certificate of completion, which shows the CPD logo. You can add your certificate to your resume, website, or online profile to showcase your knowledge and skills to potential employers and clients.

The course teaches you how to use three of the most popular AI models: ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini (previously called Bard), and Microsoft’s Copilot (previously called Bing).

It builds up from the basics, with videos to walk you through the process of accessing or signing up for AI models, and then expands on your knowledge of which tools to use, and when, with clear and informative course content.

While “prompting” is in the name of the course, it includes so much more! Inputting good prompts is only one piece of the puzzle when it comes to working with AI models. You also need to know how to review and refine the output to ensure it does the job.

For writers and editors alike, this means ensuring that the information is accurate, the writing is engaging, and the content meets any requirements for style and tone. And that’s why the course will teach you how to:

• Produce effective prompts that garner quality results from AI models
• Fact-check the output and remove instances of bias and plagiarism
• Humanize and enrich AI-generated writing
• Bring AI-generated content up to an error-free standard

After completing the course, you will have a well-rounded knowledge of how to incorporate AI tools into your process and be able to blend technical know-how with your own language skills.

Some courses claim the only reason you’re struggling to produce excellent AI-generated content is because of ineffective prompting. Ours is more realistic. We teach you how to improve your prompts, but we also stress that while this will help enhance the output, you’ll always need to give content a human touch. And we teach you how to do that too.

Our course is extensive and covers topics ranging from talking to your clients about generative AI to leveraging AI tools to help with each part of the content creation process:

• The brainstorming stage: Sparking ideas, researching, filling in knowledge gaps, and outlining
• The writing stage: Producing first drafts, preventing blockers, and sourcing data and statistics
• The editing stage: Optimizing content, enriching language, and fact-checking details

Plus, our downloadable prompt library provides an endlessly useful resource to speed up not only your writing or editing but also freelance admin such as planning discovery calls, drafting emails to clients, and crafting social media bios and advertising posts.

This course is designed to save you hundreds of hours of experimenting with AI models.

A reliable way to decide if a course is right for you is to try it out – which is why we offer two lessons from any of our courses for free! You can get a sense of what it’s like to learn with Knowadays, and you can contact the tutor team if you have any questions.

When deciding whether to invest in additional training, it’s also worth asking yourself:

• Does the course start from the basics?
• Does it include practical exercises?
• Do I get access to learning support?
• Do I receive a certificate?
• Does the provider have positive reviews?

We’re happy to say that, for Knowadays, the answer to all of these is yes!

While we don’t predict that generative AI chatbots will fully replace writers or editors, the technology has had an impact on the content-creation and editing industries. Luckily, clients realize that large language models, such as ChatGPT, can’t produce authentic, human-focused writing that engages and resonates with readers. Basic AI output is generally bad for business on a number of levels because readers don’t rate it, and search engines don’t rank it.

This certainly doesn’t mean that companies will reject the use of AI models entirely! It’s clear that AI is a valuable tool that can speed up processes and help generate new ideas – the trick is to know how to use that tool effectively, combining it with human ingenuity to produce excellent content. And that is the purpose of this course!

Not exactly. Google doesn’t penalize AI content; Google penalizes content that doesn’t display experience, expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness (otherwise known as E-E-A-T, which you can read more about in our blog article). Basic AI output doesn’t fulfill this criteria, which means search engines don’t place it at the top of results pages.

Search engine algorithms favor authenticity over dull, superficial information, which means that content that demonstrates first-hand experience and real expertise is more likely to be shown to users. It may have taken a little time to sink in, but brands and businesses now understand that cheap, fast-made AI-generated content isn’t actually cost-effective when they factor in the effects on user engagement and conversions. Authoritative, useful, and personality-laden information is much better, and achieving this requires input from talented humans!

We’re always happy to chat about whether our courses are right for you. Please get in touch at [email protected], and we’ll be happy to answer your questions.

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