AI basics – Practical use in everyday work

Online courses

AI basics – Practical use in everyday work

Person uses AI on both mobile and PC

Are you new to artificial intelligence and want to learn how generative AI works and how you can streamline your workday with AI tools? Choose the whole package or individual courses.

Translated by AI
Person uses AI on both mobile and PC

Signup

AI basics – Practical use in everyday work

Login Register

Artificial intelligence is becoming a fundamental part of everyday work in most industries. In this course, you will get a comprehensive and practical introduction to generative AI – both how language models work, and how to use them effectively in practice. You will learn key concepts, how the models are trained, and how to use tools such as ChatGPT in tasks such as writing, analysis and problem solving.

The course combines technological understanding with concrete applications in everyday work. You will get practical methods for using AI in e-mail, meetings, documents and content production, while learning how to use multimodal tools for text, images and audio. The goal is for you to be able to use AI in a safe and efficient way, and quickly translate the knowledge into better work processes and increased productivity.

What you will learn in the course

  • Understand how generative AI and language models work, including key concepts and how the models are trained
  • Using ChatGPT and similar tools to write, analyze, summarize, and solve tasks more efficiently
  • Streamline your workday with AI in emails, meetings, documents and reports
  • Produce and improve content such as articles, newsletters and posts using AI
  • Apply multimodal AI to text, images, and audio in the same workflow
  • Adapt and use AI tools in a safe and appropriate way in their own work

Course Overview

The course package consists of the courses Complete guide to Generative AI and AI in everyday work. Choose the whole package or individual courses – see package price and prices per course.
Complete Guide to Generative AI

Duration: Approximately 6 hours and 33 minutes

Price: NOK 4990 for NITO members and NOK 7990 for others

Course content:

  1. How Language Models Work – Basic Understanding of What Models Are and How They Are Built
  2. Language Model Tools – Practical Use of Features Offered by ChatGPT
  3. Multimodal Language Models – Generating and Using Text, Images, and Audio in the Same Workflow
  4. Customize the language model – Fine-tuning, preferences, and personalization
  5. Conclusion – Summary and the way forward

After the course, you will be able to:

  • Understand what language models are and how they work
  • Understand how models are trained: pre-training, SFT, RLHF and RL
  • Understand key concepts such as tokens and contextual winds
  • Using ChatGPT and similar models to think, write, and solve problems
  • Carry out practical exercises with basic model, chat model and thinking model
  • Explore the language model's tools: search, research, file upload, and code analysis
  • Use AI for data analysis and visualization with text or code
  • Create photos, videos, and talk to the model in multimodal interfaces
  • Tailor the language model with memory, preferences, and personalization
  • Create your own GPT model with your own instructions and tools
  • Find help, use assignments, and get support in the learning process
AI in everyday work

Duration: Approximately 4 hours and 31 minutes

Price: NOK 3990 for NITO members and NOK 5990 for others

Course content:

  1. Introduction – What you will learn, AI changes the working day, which language model is best? And what is prompt engineering?

  2. Email & Communication – Summarize Emails, Respond Quickly to Emails, Difficult Emails, Summarize Email Threads, Improve Text, Quizzes

  3. Meetings and follow-up – Create meeting invitation, during the meeting, download transcript, summarize the meeting, create task list, follow up on the meeting, quiz

  4. Documents & Reports – Create Outline, Write First Draft, Finalize Report, Send Report

  5. Text and content – From brief to message, create outline, write article, SEO/LLM optimization, create AI images, quizzes

  6. Share on LinkedIn – Write article, share on LinkedIn, create a newsletter

  7. Conclusion – Summary and the way forward

After the course, you will be able to:

  • Use artificial intelligence (AI) practically and safely in everyday work
  • Summarize emails and threads and write quick, professional responses
  • Plan, carry out and follow up meetings with AI as an assistant
  • Create reports and documents from raw data, notes, and transcripts
  • Improve the tone, language and structure of your own texts
  • Produce articles, newsletters and posts with AI
  • Optimize content for both Google and language models like ChatGPT
  • Create simple AI-generated images that elevate your content
  • Share and publish content strategically on LinkedIn and social media
  • Using effective prompt technique and choosing the right language models
Full course package

Duration: About 11 hours

Price: NOK 6490 for NITO members and NOK 9990 for others

By purchasing the entire course package, you get access to both courses: Complete guide to generative AI and AI in working life.

Do you want to take the next step and work more advanced with AI?

If you have completed this course and want to continue, you can build on your skills with our course package KI Upper Secondary – AI Agents, Copilot and Claude.

In the advanced course package, you go even deeper into how to automate work processes, use AI assistants more strategically and use advanced and recognized tools such as Copilot and Claude in your everyday work.

Practical information

  • When registering, tick whether you want to buy a course package or a single course, and choose which course.
  • The course is 100% online and can be taken at your own pace when it suits you.
  • You get access within two working days and have perpetual access to the course. This gives you the opportunity to repeat and update your knowledge when you need it, whether it's months or years later.
  • When you have completed a single course, you will receive a course certificate for this. If you choose the entire course package, you will receive a complete course certificate that documents your basic competence in AI.
  • Registration is binding, and the full course fee must be paid upon cancellation.

Espen Faugstad

Course instructor Espen Faugstad is one of Norway's most experienced course instructors in digital and technological competence. He has helped tens of thousands master tools like Excel, Google Ads, Google Analytics, SEO, and Adobe programs, as well as modern AI tools like Copilot and Claude, and basic and advanced coding. Espen is known for making complex topics easy to understand, with a strong focus on practical and engaging learning that provides skills you can use right away.

Do you have any questions?