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CRIBI Academy Professional Certificate

Practical Generative AI

Learn to use modern AI responsibly for writing, research, proposals, teaching, administration, data interpretation, and institution-ready workflows.

5 days30 contact hoursBlendedCapstoneCertificate
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What You Will Learn

Write structured prompts for research, writing, administration, teaching, and planning.
Use AI safely for reports, memos, proposals, lesson plans, meeting notes, and decision briefs.
Review AI outputs for accuracy, privacy risk, bias, missing evidence, and institutional fit.
Build reusable prompt templates for a department, project, or personal workflow.
Convert unstructured notes into useful knowledge products and action trackers.
Use AI with tables and structured data while verifying calculations separately.
Design an AI-assisted workflow with human review, disclosure, and audit points.
Present a practical capstone workflow ready for pilot use in a real organization.

Course Content

Curriculum Preview

5 days • 29 lessons • 5 labs

Day 1: AI Literacy And Practical Foundations6 lessonsPreview available
PreviewWelcome: why practical AI matters now03:20
PreviewWhat generative AI is and is not08:45
LockedTypes of AI tools and institutional use cases12:10
LockedStrengths, limits, hallucination, and risk14:30
LockedPrompt anatomy: role, context, task, constraints16:00
LockedLab: weak prompt to strong prompt35:00
Day 2: Prompt Engineering For Work And Research6 lessonsFull access after enrollment
LockedPrompting as a workflow10:20
LockedSource-grounded prompting13:15
LockedSummarization versus synthesis11:40
LockedAI as a reviewer and critic15:10
LockedLab: meeting notes to action memo40:00
LockedAssignment: reusable prompt templates12:00
Day 3: AI For Writing, Proposals, Teaching, And Administration6 lessonsFull access after enrollment
LockedInstitutional writing standards09:50
LockedProposal support without invented facts18:20
LockedTeaching support and assessment planning13:35
LockedAdministrative productivity workflows12:45
LockedLab: improve an institutional document45:00
LockedAssignment: human-edited AI document10:00
Day 4: AI With Data, Tables, And Decision Support5 lessonsFull access after enrollment
LockedAI is not a database08:40
LockedWorking safely with tables14:25
LockedDecision matrices for leadership choices13:10
LockedLab: Academy enrollment decision brief45:00
LockedAssignment: verified data brief10:00
Day 5: Responsible AI Workflow Design And Capstone6 lessonsFull access after enrollment
LockedResponsible workflow components12:00
LockedHuman review checkpoints10:30
LockedAI disclosure and audit trail11:45
LockedCIP as institutional memory09:30
LockedCapstone studio60:00
LockedFinal presentation and certification review30:00

Practical Labs

Lab 1

Weak Prompt To Strong Prompt

Lab 2

Meeting Notes To Action Memo

Lab 3

Proposal Concept Note Support

Lab 4

Academy Enrollment Decision Brief

Lab 5

Responsible AI Workflow Design

Delivery Assets

Notes, Slides And Downloads

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Learner notes

Module-by-module concepts, examples, and practical explanations

Available in learner portal

Slide deck

Instructor-ready slides for live, blended, or AI-voiced delivery

Available in learner portal

Lab workbook

Guided exercises, submission prompts, and practical templates

Available in learner portal

Prompt template pack

Reusable prompts for writing, research, planning, and review

Available in learner portal

Assessment rubric

Quiz, lab, portfolio, and capstone scoring criteria

Available in learner portal

Video scripts

Narration-ready scripts for preview and full lecture recording

Available in learner portal

Capstone Project

Design a reusable AI workflow for a KeMU unit, CRIBI program, NGO, county department, church office, SME, or startup team. The workflow must include prompt sequence, human review, risk controls, disclosure, expected productivity gain, and pilot plan.