AI
Generative AI
Overview
Work with language and image models: prompting, evaluation, and building useful generative workflows.
Learn how generative models work and how to use them well. The course covers prompt design, grounding with your own data, evaluating outputs, and shipping a small generative application responsibly.
Level
Intermediate
Duration
5 weeks
Lessons
11 lessons
Certificate
Included
What you'll learn
- Write clear, structured prompts
- Understand tokens, context windows and sampling
- Ground model answers with retrieval
- Evaluate and monitor generative output
- Apply safety and disclosure practices
Curriculum
3 modules · 11 lessons · about 2 hours
Module 1How generative models work4 lessons
- Tokens and contextvideo12 min
- Sampling and temperaturetext10 min
- Model families at a glancepdf10 min
- Checkpoint: how models workquiz8 min
Module 2Prompting in practice4 lessons
- Anatomy of a good promptvideo12 min
- Examples and structuretext10 min
- Prompt patterns that scalepdf10 min
- Checkpoint: promptingquiz8 min
Module 3Grounding and evaluation3 lessons
- Retrieval basicsvideo12 min
- Evaluating outputstext10 min
- Project: a grounded assistantproject45 min
Projects & assignments
- Project: a grounded assistant
Requirements
- Comfort with basic programming or AI Foundations
Who it's for
- Builders adding generative features to products
- Creators and writers
- Analysts automating routine work
Spark Academy
Course material is designed and maintained by the Spark Academy learning team in collaboration with Spark Labs.
Certificate
A Spark Academy certificate of completion is issued when you finish every lesson. Every credential has a public verification page.
Frequently asked questions
Do I get a certificate?
Yes. A Spark Academy certificate of completion is issued when you finish every lesson.
Can I learn at my own pace?
Yes. All lessons are self-paced and your progress is saved automatically.
Is this demo content?
Course material is development data while the academy is being set up.
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