ChatGPT courses
Learn ChatGPT for free, starting from your very first question
These free courses teach you to use ChatGPT well: what the screen is showing you on day one, prompts that get useful results, using it at work and for study, and knowing when to double-check an answer. No signup, no coding, and every lesson is readable in full.
LearnWithZavi is independent and not affiliated with OpenAI. ChatGPT's features and plans change often, so the courses focus on skills that last rather than on where a particular button sits this month.
5 free courses, in the order we would take them
Getting Started with ChatGPT
Your first hour, properly spent.
A complete beginner's tour: what the screen is showing you, how to ask for things, what the different modes do, what it costs, and the settings worth changing on day one.
Beginner · 6 lessons · ~16 min
FoundationsPrompt Engineering
Talk to robots. Get better answers.
Learn to write prompts that get you exactly what you want from AI, from your first 'hello' to advanced techniques like few-shot examples and chain-of-thought. No coding required, wit strongly encouraged.
Beginner · 12 lessons · ~33 min
AI at WorkAI Productivity at Work
Get your evenings back.
Use AI for the work that eats your week: email, meeting notes, research, reports and planning. Every lesson gives you something you can use the same afternoon, and the course ends with a weekly routine you can actually keep.
Beginner · 6 lessons · ~13 min
AI at WorkAI for Research and Study
Learn faster without outsourcing the thinking.
Find and understand sources, take notes that are actually useful later, revise properly, and stay on the right side of the line between using AI to learn and using it to avoid learning.
Beginner · 6 lessons · ~20 min
Create with AIBuild and Host Websites with ChatGPT Sites
Describe a site. ChatGPT builds and hosts it.
Build a working website without code, inside ChatGPT itself, and put it online. What Sites does well, what it cannot do, where it is available, and how it compares to the other no-code builders before you commit.
Beginner · 6 lessons · ~19 min
Worth reading alongside
- 11 AI Prompts That Actually Save You Time at WorkCopyable prompts for the boring parts of the working week: email, meeting notes, reports, feedback and the document you have been avoiding since Tuesday.
- The Prompt Mistakes Everyone Makes at FirstVague asks, missing context, one giant question, and trusting the first answer. The most common prompt mistakes, why they happen, and the small fixes that solve them.
- What Is ChatGPT Sites? A Plain English GuideOpenAI's website builder, explained: what it makes, who can actually use it, where it is unavailable, and whether it replaces a proper site builder.
Common questions
- Can I learn ChatGPT for free?
- Yes. Every lesson here is free with no signup. The core skill, writing clear prompts and checking the answers, works whichever ChatGPT plan you are on. Some features depend on your plan, and plans change, so check OpenAI's current details before relying on one.
- How long does it take to learn ChatGPT?
- You can be useful with it within an hour, and Getting Started with ChatGPT is built around that first hour. Getting consistently good results takes a few weeks of practice on your own real tasks.
- Is there a ChatGPT course with a certificate?
- Yes. Every course is free to read in full with no signup and no card, and finishing one lets you print a free certificate of completion or add it to your LinkedIn profile. LearnWithZavi is not accredited, so the certificate records that you completed the lessons rather than acting as a formal qualification.
- What should I learn after the basics?
- Prompt Engineering for consistently better answers, then either AI Productivity at Work or AI for Research and Study, depending on whether you use ChatGPT for a job or for learning.
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