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Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT

By Dr. Jules White Posted: Jul 22, 2026

Course Details

Pricing Free
Offered By Vanderbilt University
Difficulty Beginner
Duration Approximately 18 Hours
Language English
Certificate Available

Course Curriculum & Description

Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT introduces learners to the rapidly growing field of prompt engineering and teaches practical techniques for communicating effectively with generative AI systems. The course explains how large language models process prompts and demonstrates methods to generate accurate, reliable, and useful AI responses.

Students begin by understanding the foundations of ChatGPT before progressing to advanced prompt engineering techniques such as zero-shot prompting, few-shot prompting, role prompting, chain-of-thought reasoning, iterative refinement, and prompt optimization.

The course emphasizes practical applications across business, education, software development, research, marketing, content creation, and productivity. Learners will gain hands-on experience designing prompts that improve output quality while understanding responsible AI usage and ethical considerations.

Whether you are a beginner exploring AI or a professional looking to improve productivity with ChatGPT, this course provides practical knowledge and reusable prompt strategies applicable across industries.

What You Will Learn

  • Understand how ChatGPT and LLMs work.
  • Write effective prompts for AI systems.
  • Master zero-shot and few-shot prompting.
  • Build structured prompts for complex tasks.
  • Use chain-of-thought prompting techniques.
  • Generate high-quality business content.
  • Improve AI response accuracy.
  • Create prompts for coding assistance.
  • Use AI for writing and research.
  • Develop reusable prompt templates.
  • Apply prompt engineering to business workflows.
  • Understand responsible AI usage.

Course Prerequisites

No programming experience required.
Basic computer knowledge.
Interest in Artificial Intelligence.
Internet connection.
Curiosity to learn ChatGPT.

Course Highlights

100% Online
Self-paced Learning
Beginner Friendly
Hands-on Prompting Exercises
Real-world AI Examples
University Course
Shareable Certificate
Flexible Schedule
Industry Applications
Practical Prompt Templates

Tagged Topics & Skills

Categories:
Skills Mapped:
Prompt Engineering ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence Responsible AI Generative AI AI Productivity AI Writing Large Language Models Business AI Prompt Optimization Prompt Design Zero-shot Prompting Few-shot Prompting Chain-of-Thought Prompting OpenAI Conversational AI Content Generation AI Problem Solving Workflow Automation Natural Language Processing

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Associated AI Tools

ImaginPrompt

Advanced visual prompts builder and enhancer for Midjourney and DALL-E.
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Pixmax.ai

Pixmax AI is an all-in-one creative platform for generating images, videos, text, audio, and 3D content. It brings many leading AI models into one workspace, so users can create and compare content without managing multiple AI subscriptions. Pixmax also includes visual workflows, an infinite canvas, asset management, storyboards, templates, and team collaboration features for professional creative projects.Uses of Pixmax AIPixmax AI can turn ideas, scripts, and prompts into images, advertisements, short videos, cinematic scenes, storyboards, product visuals, and social media content. Users can combine text, image, video, and audio generation in the same project, while its AI video workflows can automatically create characters, scenes, storyboards, and video clips from a script.The platform is also useful for professional creative production. Users can create reusable characters, scenes, brand styles, and assets, compare different AI models, upscale images and videos, remove subtitles, customize voices, and export finished content. Teams can collaborate on projects and use templates for commercials, short dramas, game cinematics, and cinematic animation.Pixmax AI Models & Sub-ModelsVideo Generation Models include Wan 3.0, Seedance 2.5, Seedance 2.0, Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, Hailuo 2.3, Vidu Q3 Pro, Wan 2.6/2.7, and PixVerse V6. These models provide different options for cinematic videos, social content, product videos, storytelling, and image-to-video generation.Image Generation Models include GPT Image 2, Nano Banana, Seedream 5.0, Flux, Midjourney, Ideogram, and PixVerse image models. They can be used for realistic images, advertisements, product visuals, characters, concept art, thumbnails, and creative designs.Text Models include AI models such as Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Doubao Seed, and other supported language models. These models can help with writing, scripts, creative planning, analysis, and other text-based tasks inside the Pixmax workflow.Audio & Voice Models include ElevenLabs V3, ElevenLabs Music, MiniMax Speech, and MiniMax Music. These models support voice generation, narration, voice customization, music creation, and other audio requirements for AI videos and creative projects.3D Models include Hunyuan3D Pro 3.1, which is designed for generating 3D assets and supporting workflows such as game assets, product visualization, and 3D creative production.Pixmax AI Video Agent helps automate the video-production process. Users can provide a script or idea, and Pixmax can generate characters, scenes, storyboards, and video clips while still allowing users to review and edit the creative direction.Pixmax AI Cinematic Control provides creative controls for building more consistent and controlled visual content. Combined with the Stage Editor, Infinite Canvas, and Workflow Templates, it helps creators organize and refine larger AI video projects.PricingPixmax AI offers a Free option that lets users try the platform with free credits and selected model access. Paid plans currently include Starter at $8/month, Pro at $42/month, Ultra at $234/month, and Max at $468/month, with higher credit allowances and additional production capacity. Pixmax also offers pay-as-you-go credit packs starting at $15, while enterprise pricing is customized.Free: Yes, free credits availablePaid: Yes — Starter, Pro, Ultra, Max, and EnterpriseFree Trial: Yes, free access is available with no credit card requiredBest Use CasesPixmax AI is best suited for AI video creators, filmmakers, marketers, advertising agencies, social media teams, ecommerce brands, designers, game developers, and creative studios. It can be used for advertisements, product videos, YouTube Shorts, social media campaigns, cinematic storytelling, AI short dramas, game trailers, character creation, storyboards, product visuals, voiceovers, and large-scale content production. Its biggest advantage is bringing many leading AI image, video, text, audio, and 3D models into one organized creative workspace, reducing the need to switch between multiple AI platforms.
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Midjourney V8

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