Choose the Right Model
Select the right model type for simple requests, creative work, coding, planning, logic, and other complex tasks.
Course · AI Foundations & Prompting
Mastering Prompting: Techniques for Better AI Responses
Dr. Alvaro Cintas PhD AI Professor
Workshop recording
6 chapters · 1h 11m · Beginner
About this course
Build clearer, more reliable prompts for AI tasks by choosing the right model, structuring requests with context and constraints, and applying techniques like zero-shot, few-shot, role prompting, prompt chaining, and reasoning-aware prompt.
What you'll learn
6 outcomesApply Prompting Techniques
Use zero-shot, few-shot, role, chain, tree-of-thought, and step-by-step patterns to match the task at hand.
Structure Strong Prompts
Create prompts with clear tasks, context, input data, constraints, tone, and output formats for more reliable responses.
Prompt for Real Use Cases
Adapt prompt patterns for coding, debugging, content creation, research, marketing, education, and style matching.
Improve AI Outputs
Refine weak prompts with clearer instructions, examples, delimiters, formatting requirements, and prompt improvement tools.
Work Across AI Tools
Manage long conversations, model costs, provider differences, and visual or audio prompting quirks more effectively.
Course curriculum
1 part · 6 chapters