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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
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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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