ChatGPT Basic to Advanced

Topics

• What ChatGPT is (and isn't): how it predicts text, why it can be wrong
• Plans, models and the model picker: Free vs Go vs Plus vs Pro/Business
• Tour of the interface: chats, sidebar, attachments, temporary chat, apps on desktop and mobile
• Privacy and safety settings: data controls, what never to paste, sharing chats

Hands-on

• Set up the account, turn on the right data controls, and run 3 starter prompts

Topics

• The 5-part prompt: role, context, task, format, constraints
• Giving examples and tone: few-shot prompting for everyday work
• Iterating: follow-ups, 'ask me questions first', and editing your prompt
• Reasoning prompts: when to ask it to think step by step and when to pick a reasoning model
• Personal prompt library: saving and reusing your best prompts

Hands-on

• Rewrite 5 weak prompts into 5-part prompts and compare outputs

Topics

• Emails, reports and posts in your own voice (style samples)
• Summarising long text, meetings and YouTube transcripts
• Translation and writing in Indian languages (Hindi, Telugu, Hinglish)
• Canvas: editing documents and code side by side
• Study mode and learning with ChatGPT without copying

Hands-on

• Turn a messy meeting note into a summary, an email and a LinkedIn post

Topics

• Uploading PDFs, Word and slides: asking questions with page references
• Spreadsheet analysis: cleaning data, pivots and formulas explained
• Charts and dashboards from a CSV in one prompt
• Checking the work: viewing the analysis code, spotting errors
• Creating files: Excel, Word, PDF and slide outputs

Hands-on

• Analyse a sample sales sheet and produce 3 charts + a one-page insight report

Topics

• Generating images: prompts for posters, thumbnails, product shots
• Editing images: changing parts, keeping a character consistent, text in images
• Voice mode: hands-free conversations, interview practice, language practice
• Screen sharing and photo input on mobile; usage rights and disclosure

Hands-on

• Create a 3-image social media set with consistent style and a voice-mode practice session

Topics

• Web search inside ChatGPT: when it searches, reading the sources
• Deep research: planning a research question, running it, reading the report
• Fact-checking and hallucination traps: verify numbers, dates and quotes
• Research prompts for students, business and content creators

Hands-on

• Run a deep research report on a market or topic and verify 5 claims

Topics

• Custom instructions and personality: making ChatGPT answer your way
• Memory: what it remembers, viewing and deleting memories
• Projects: files, instructions and chats in one workspace
• Organising work: folders of chats, temporary chats, sharing

Hands-on

• Build a Project for a real goal (job search, exam prep or a business) with files and instructions

Topics

• What custom GPTs are and when to build one
• Building a GPT step by step: instructions, knowledge files, conversation starters
• Capabilities and actions: web, images, data analysis, apps (overview)
• Testing and improving a GPT with a test checklist
• Sharing and publishing: private, link, GPT Store; safety and IP

Hands-on

• Build a custom GPT (e.g. 'Customer FAQ Assistant' or 'Exam Coach') and test it with 10 questions

Topics

• Agent mode: letting ChatGPT browse and complete multi-step tasks
• Connected apps / connectors: Gmail, Drive, Calendar and more (privacy first)
• Scheduled tasks and reminders
• Staying in control: approvals, what not to automate, prompt-injection risk

Hands-on

• Use agent mode to research and compile a comparison sheet; set one scheduled task

Topics

• What the API is: keys, tokens, pricing and the Playground
• Your first API call in Python / Colab (copy-paste friendly)
• No-code options: using ChatGPT with Zapier/Make and other tools (overview)
• Final project briefing, demo walkthrough and course wrap-up

Hands-on

• Make one API call from Colab; complete the final project