Essentials
8 guided hoursModules 1-2. An introduction with practical exercises and a small reviewed artifact.
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Use Claude for writing, document analysis, Projects and Artifacts. Practise prompting in every module, test revisions against clear criteria and build a repeatable work routine.
COURSE OVERVIEW
What will I learn in the Claude course?
Practise clear prompts, document tasks, Projects and Artifacts. Build a reusable workflow with reference material, prompt templates and a checklist for verifying the result before using it.
PROMPTING IN EVERY MODULE
Brief it. Check it. Improve it.
Each of the six modules includes a sample prompt and a specific quality check. Compare revisions and keep a record of what improves the result.
Explore the Prompting FoundationA STARTING POINT THAT FITS
Three learning levels.
Practitioner
24 guided hours totalModules 1-6, including Essentials. Complete the core labs and an assessed practical project.
Advanced
12 additional guided hoursTwo extension modules and a four-hour project clinic after practitioner readiness.
These are curriculum planning options. We confirm the timetable, delivery format, fees and required accounts before enrolment. Practitioner includes Essentials; the two durations are not added together.
Download the Curriculum PDFCheck your starting point
- Separate a planning suggestion from an approved fact. Start Essentials if the distinction is unclear.
- Apply a three-clause policy with an exception. Ready for Practitioner after brief recap.
- Maintain a versioned context pack and review an artifact independently. Advanced after six-module readiness check.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Skills to put into practice.
- Turn a vague request into a clear brief with examples and constraints.
- Use relevant documents and project context to support a task.
- Iterate on a useful artifact or document.
- Verify claims, identify uncertainty and keep a person responsible for the result.
Who this is for
Students, professionals and business teams who want to use Claude thoughtfully in everyday work.
Before you begin
Basic computer skills and access to Claude for practical exercises. Account access and any paid features are confirmed before training.
THE COURSE OUTLINE
A clear path, module by module.
Each module connects a concept to a practical task. Open a module to see its topics and exercise.
01Start with a useful task
- Understand where an AI assistant can help and where it can be wrong.
- Separate brainstorming, drafting and factual research.
- Choose a small workflow and define a good result.
What you will understand
Claude can help brainstorm several approaches before a person chooses one, or draft a deliverable after the requirements are settled. These are different tasks. Riverstone Learning's coordinator should not receive an exploratory idea as if it were an approved plan. Label speculative options and factual statements differently from the first prompt. A brief should name the reader, decision and evidence available. A one-page staff memo differs from a promotional announcement even when both concern the same course. Write the output's purpose and three acceptance checks before using Claude. These checks become a shared standard for comparing responses and explaining revisions. A model cannot know Riverstone Learning's unpublished prices or staffing decisions unless the learner supplies them. Set a source boundary and require missing information to be visible. Keep generated work as a draft until reviewed. This protects the exercise from plausible invented business details without requiring any special account feature.
PUT IT INTO PRACTICE
Compare a vague prompt with a clearly specified task.
PROMPT & REVIEW
Try this brief
Help me plan a one-page brief for a fictional business. First identify the audience, decision and information missing from my task description.
Check the result
Check whether the questions address real gaps rather than adding unnecessary complexity.
02Brief Claude clearly
- State the goal, audience, source material and constraints.
- Give examples and request a useful output structure.
- Ask for clarification when essential information is missing.
What you will understand
Put task, audience, source facts, constraints and output format in separate sections. This makes the brief easier for both Claude and a reviewer to inspect. Learners should explain why each section matters, rather than memorise a magic prompt formula. A well-structured brief still needs accurate input and independent checking. A short example shows the shape of a reply or table more effectively than several vague adjectives. Identify whether the example supplies style, schema or factual content. Riverstone Learning's example reply can teach courteous wording without granting the assistant permission to reuse a different learner's name or an unrelated refund promise. Asking questions is valuable when a missing fact prevents a correct answer. It is wasteful when the task already supplies enough material for a useful bounded draft. Teach a distinction between blocking gaps, such as an unknown requested fee, and nonblocking choices, such as greeting style, which can follow the provided template.
PUT IT INTO PRACTICE
Create a reusable prompt for a professional email or document.
PROMPT & REVIEW
Try this brief
Draft a customer response using these product facts and the example tone. Keep it under 150 words and leave out claims that the facts do not support.
Check the result
Compare two prompt versions for accuracy, tone and compliance with the requested format.
03Work with documents
- Provide relevant material and ask focused questions.
- Extract information into a consistent structure.
- Check summaries against the source and mark unsupported claims.
What you will understand
A document-analysis request works best when it asks specific questions and demands supporting excerpts. Broad summaries may miss exceptions that matter to a decision. Label each Riverstone Learning policy section, then ask which rule applies to a given scenario. The learner checks that the excerpt supports the conclusion, not merely shares keywords. A policy can contain both a general rule and a narrower exception. Extract them separately before applying either. If a clause is ambiguous, preserve its wording and ask an authorised person to clarify. Claude's plausible interpretation should not be treated as a newly adopted business policy or communicated as certain. A summary of supplied pages is a summary of those pages, not proof about omitted sections. Record what was provided and any missing appendices. When a request depends on unavailable information, state the limitation explicitly. This helps learners avoid describing partial extracts as a complete contract, policy or operational manual.
PUT IT INTO PRACTICE
Build a checked summary and action list from a sample document.
PROMPT & REVIEW
Try this brief
Summarise this sample policy into Rule, Who it applies to and Supporting excerpt. Separate unclear points from confirmed rules.
Check the result
Verify the excerpts and flag a deliberately ambiguous clause without inventing an interpretation.
04Organise context with Projects
- Group related conversations and reference material.
- Write project instructions for tone and task boundaries.
- Keep reference material current and remove unnecessary sensitive data.
What you will understand
A project groups related work and can hold reference material and instructions where the account supports it. The underlying method is a maintained source pack with stable rules. Use a labelled text document and paste it into a conversation when Projects is unavailable. Learners should understand context design independently of interface layout. Putting several documents together does not establish which one is current. Label versions, dates and the authority for superseding older facts. Riverstone Learning's coordinator may retire an old course schedule only after confirming the replacement. Stale references should be removed or clearly marked so a future draft does not revive an obsolete time. An instruction like 'always be accurate' cannot repair contradictory documents. Write specific rules for source preference, missing facts and review responsibilities, then maintain the actual reference material. This makes a project useful over time. Keep fictional class data in training and exclude credentials, private messages and unnecessary personal information from context.
PUT IT INTO PRACTICE
Set up a sample project for a fictional small business.
PROMPT & REVIEW
Try this brief
For this fictional project, use the supplied reference documents when answering. Identify the source of each product fact and ask if a required fact is missing.
Check the result
Test project instructions with an incomplete source pack and check how missing information is handled.
05Create and refine Artifacts
- Ask for a document, design or small interactive tool.
- Review the result against explicit acceptance criteria.
- Iterate with specific feedback and check functionality.
What you will understand
An artifact is useful when its purpose and expected behaviour are clear. For a checklist, define what completion means and which states must appear. Start with a text or standalone HTML deliverable that learners can inspect. Claude's artifact interface and execution settings vary; no cloud execution or paid feature is required for the core exercise. A checklist may look correct while its counter fails to update or its labels are inaccessible. Test interactions directly and inspect the underlying text or code where appropriate. For Riverstone Learning's class-readiness checklist, a learner should mark items in different orders and verify that the remaining count matches the unchecked items. A revision should name the broken criterion and avoid unrelated redesign. Save a working copy before asking for changes, then rerun earlier checks. This teaches learners to distinguish a requested correction from a wholesale regeneration that may introduce new faults. Record unsupported or unavailable interface behaviour honestly rather than claiming it worked.
PUT IT INTO PRACTICE
Develop an artifact that supports your chosen workflow.
PROMPT & REVIEW
Try this brief
Create a small checklist artifact for this sample process. Include the agreed steps and a completion state. Explain which behaviour I should test.
Check the result
Test the artifact yourself, then request a focused correction against the original acceptance criteria.
06Build a reliable routine
- Use a verification checklist for facts and calculations.
- Record prompts, improvements and known limitations.
- Decide which steps require human approval.
What you will understand
A reusable Claude routine needs a checkable source pack, a template and evidence from multiple cases. Save the actual outputs, including failures. Riverstone Learning's enquiry assistant should be evaluated on supported questions, missing prices and conflicting schedules. A polished successful example alone cannot establish that the routine handles everyday variation. Accuracy, completeness and format are separate criteria. Count whether each supported enquiry question was answered, whether any unprovided claim appeared and whether requested headings were used. This avoids a vague quality score that hides important faults. Verification should examine the source facts directly, not just ask Claude to approve its own answer. Define who maintains the references, who reviews drafts and which gaps stop a reply. Add a manual fallback and a short incident note when a wrong fact is found. A reusable routine is a small operating process, not just a saved prompt. Core labs keep all messages as drafts and use fictional input.
PUT IT INTO PRACTICE
Present a complete workflow with a before-and-after comparison.
PROMPT & REVIEW
Try this brief
Run this reusable briefing prompt against a new sample input. Return the brief and list any source gaps that still need a person to resolve.
Check the result
Compare three runs with the same checklist and document which revisions improve the result.
AFTER THE CORE COURSE
Advanced extension.
07Evaluate long-context and conflicting evidence
- More context can create more ambiguity
- Build a claim-evidence matrix
- Use adversarial omissions in evaluation
ADVANCED PRACTICE
Multi-document evidence matrix
08Run an artifact quality and handover clinic
- Handover tests another person's use
- Source text must not authorise action
- Regression checks protect earlier work
ADVANCED PRACTICE
Independent artifact review clinic
Complete both four-hour extension modules and a four-hour project clinic. Entry uses the core project and readiness evidence.
BRING THE SKILLS TOGETHER
A reusable work assistant playbook
Create a sample project with reference material, a set of reusable prompts and one useful artifact. Include a checklist for checking outputs before they are used.
Your project deliverables
- Project instructions and sample knowledge pack
- Reusable prompts and a reviewed artifact
- Verification checklist and workflow walkthrough
A learning project using sample or permitted material. The final scope is agreed for your learning plan.
KEEP EXPLORING
Useful official resources.
Reference material to complement the Hawa Enterprises curriculum. Account features may vary; basic-feature or manual alternatives support the core exercises.
Course outline published by Hawa Enterprises. Updated . Ask about the learning plan.
GOOD TO KNOW
Before you take the next step.
Is Claude Code included?
This course focuses on Claude for everyday work, Projects and Artifacts. A separate coding extension can be discussed for learners who already have a technical foundation.
Do I need a paid account?
Feature access and usage limits depend on your account. We will confirm the tools required for the agreed exercises before enrolment; subscriptions are not represented as included.
What are the fees, schedule and delivery format?
These details are confirmed by email before you commit. The curriculum gives guided-hour options for Essentials, Practitioner and Advanced. Actual schedules, fees and delivery arrangements are confirmed before enrolment. Ask about the course you want and your preferred timeline.
How do I enrol?
Choose a course and complete the enrollment wizard with your name, email and WhatsApp number. Review your details before sending the enquiry. Hawa Enterprises will discuss your starting level, goals and course arrangements before enrolment is confirmed.
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