This practical beginner course teaches knowledge workers how to use AI confidently and responsibly across everyday workplace tasks. You’ll learn how to construct clear, effective prompts that specify roles, tasks, audiences, context, constraints, formats, and quality criteria. Through realistic scenarios, you’ll analyze prompt choices, compare zero-shot and few-shot strategies, break complex tasks into smaller steps, and apply an iterative workflow to draft, inspect, verify, and refine prompts. You’ll practice documenting multiple prompt iterations and assessing how revisions improve accuracy, control, and reviewability.

Prompt Engineering & AI-Powered Productivity
Build in-demand skills with a full year of Coursera Plus, now $239. Save now.

Prompt Engineering & AI-Powered Productivity
This course is part of Applied Generative AI for Business & Career Readiness Specialization

Instructor: Abhishek Srivastava
Included with Learn more
Recommended experience
What you'll learn
Design effective AI prompts using clear tasks, context, constraints, examples, and output formats.
Refine AI outputs through feedback and verification to improve workplace writing, research, and data tasks.
Build repeatable AI-assisted workflows with human review, quality checks, and measurable productivity benefits.
Details to know

Add to your LinkedIn profile
November 2026
See how employees at top companies are mastering in-demand skills

Build your subject-matter expertise
- Learn new concepts from industry experts
- Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
- Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
- Earn a shareable career certificate

There are 5 modules in this course
Earn a career certificate
Add this credential to your LinkedIn profile, resume, or CV. Share it on social media and in your performance review.
Instructor

Offered by
Explore more from Business Essentials

SkillsBooster Academy

Scrum Alliance

John Wiley & Sons

AI CERTs
Why people choose Coursera for their career

Felipe M.

Jennifer J.

Larry W.

Chaitanya A.
What brings you to Coursera today?
¹ Some assignments in this course are AI-graded. For these assignments, your data will be used in accordance with Coursera's Privacy Notice.




