Prompting with Purpose | Course & Completion Credential

WHAT YOU WILL PRACTICE

01

Protect

Recognize customer, employee, and confidential information that stays out of prompts.

02

Prompt

Use Role + Context + Task + Format to make a request useful.

03

Probe

Verify specific claims against approved sources and catch missing context.

04

Polish

Edit a checked draft for its audience and take responsibility for what you send.

Harborline Financial is a fictional client used for the course scenarios. Apply your own organization’s policies and approved-tool rules at work.

HOW TO EARN THE CREDENTIAL

Learn. Apply.
Show what you can do.

Complete the course.
Work through all six lessons and the course’s practice activities. Keep a completion-screen image for your request.
Complete the application check below.
Answer four questions and write a synthetic prompt with a verification and editing plan. Use invented or public information only.
Request review by email.
The form prepares an email draft. Attach your completion-screen image and send it yourself. Brett reviews the evidence and may ask for revisions.
Receive your credential link.
After approval, Brett issues a unique credential with a public verification page, a certificate image, and instructions for adding it to LinkedIn.

What this credential means

Completion of this course and its application check, reviewed by Workplace Learning Studio. It is not a professional license, accredited qualification, or certification of enterprise-wide AI competence. No Open Badges credential is issued in this pilot.

The static course does not report completion to this website. Opening the course, passing the self-check, or preparing an email does not issue a credential. Review is manual; no turnaround time is promised.

APPLICATION CHECK / CRITERIA VERSION 2026-10-V1

Put the habits to work.

1. Which input should stay out of the assistant?A synthetic meeting invitationAn employee performance review with the name removedPublic product details permitted by your organization

2. What makes a prompt more useful?Role, context, task, and formatAn instruction to sound confidentPasting more information regardless of its sensitivity

3. An AI draft cites a policy you cannot confirm. What should you do?Keep it because the wording sounds officialReplace it with another unverified policyCheck an approved source and remove unsupported claims

4. Before sending an accurate AI draft, what is your responsibility?Check the audience, tone, and context, edit it, and own the final messageSend the first draft unchangedAssume the assistant is accountable for the message

Name to show on your credentialYour reply email

Course completion dateYour synthetic promptHow will you protect the input, verify the output, and polish it?I completed all six course lessons and practice activities and will attach a completion-screen image to my email.If approved, I agree to publish my chosen credential name, course, dates, ID, and status on a shareable verification page. My email and submitted work stay private.

Opens a draft in your email app. Attach your completion-screen image, review, and send it there. This website does not submit, store, or review your answers. If you prefer a private completion record, contact Brett directly instead.

Keep the habits handy.

Use the one-page Prompt Check after the course.

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