Building Computer Skills to Enable Success
Building Computer Skills to Enable Success
Claude Foundation
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$670.00
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Claude can do far more than answer questions. Used effectively, it can help you work with documents, research and summarise information, develop reusable workflows and handle everyday workplace tasks more efficiently.
This practical, hands-on course gives you a solid foundation in using Claude confidently at work. You’ll learn how to write effective prompts, work with uploaded files and documents, create and manage Projects, customise Claude to suit the way you work and build reusable outputs.
You’ll also explore Claude’s more advanced capabilities, including Skills, Connectors, Plugins and Cowork, and understand how these tools fit together to create more repeatable ways of working. Throughout the course, we’ll cover responsible AI use, including privacy, fact-checking, recognising bias and knowing when human judgement needs to take the lead
Training a whole team? See our Claude Foundation team training, run at your workplace or online.
What You'll Get With This Course
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Small Classes
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CPD Hours: 6hrs
Claude Foundation Course Content
Understanding Claude
- What makes Claude different
- Choosing the right model for the task
- What Claude can and can’t do
- Keeping your work private and confidential
Finding Your Way Around
- The Claude interface walkthrough
- Organising and naming conversations
- Recalling earlier conversations
- Incognito chat and when to use it
Using Claude Responsibly
- Checking facts, figures and claims
- Recognising bias and knowing what to verify
- Practical workplace boundaries
- Keeping human judgement central
Setting Claude Up for You
- Settings and what they control
- Writing custom instructions
- Managing what Claude remembers
The Art of Prompting
- What makes a good prompt
- Role, task, context and output
- Step by step prompting
- Controlling tone, structure and detail
Working with Files and Documents
- Uploading files, images and documents
- Summarising and extracting key points
- Rewriting, reviewing and comparing
- Artifacts and reusable outputs
Working with Projects
- What projects are and when to use one
- Setting up a project with instructions and files
- Creating a briefing document
Skills, Connectors and Plugins
- What skills are and the problem they solve
- What connectors do and what they unlock
- Plugins: bundling skills and connectors together
- Permissions, approvals and sharing
Cowork and the Claude Ecosystem
- What Cowork is and how it differs from chat
- Knowing when to use chat and when to use Cowork
- Where Cowork fits with projects, skills and connectors
Guided Application Workshop (time permitting)
- Apply Claude to your own files and tasks
- Individual coaching and troubleshooting
- Reusable prompts and practical next steps
*Our outlines are a guide to the content covered in a typical class.
We may change the course topics to meet the objectives of a particular class.
Prior Knowledge
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Why Bring Your Own Laptop?
Personal Comfort and Efficiency
Working on your own laptop means you’ll be instantly familiar with your keyboard layout and system preferences. No need to spend 20 minutes figuring out why the volume button is launching the calculator instead. This familiarity allows you to focus entirely on learning new skills rather than wondering why someone set the desktop background to dancing hamsters.
Access to Your Complete Work Environment
Your laptop comes with your personal setup of applications, customised settings, and existing files. Think of it as bringing your digital home with you, minus the dirty dishes in the sink. This means you can immediately apply what you learn to your real work documents and seamlessly integrate new skills into your daily workflow.
Practical Setup
During the training, you’ll enjoy the best of both worlds, your personal laptop connected to our professional training setup. Each workspace is equipped with a 27-inch monitor (perfect for those who squint at their phones even with reading glasses), full-size USB-A keyboard, and USB-A mouse.
Software Accessibility
With your own laptop, you’ll have immediate access to your licensed software and saved preferences. This is particularly important for applications where having your existing login credentials readily available ensures a smooth training experience. No need to remember that complex password you created after your third coffee of the day.
Don’t Have A Laptop?
No problem! We’ll provide a fully equipped laptop for your training session. Contact us in advance, and we’ll make sure you’re ready to go. We promise it won’t be running Windows XP – remember those days?
Bring Your Enthusiasm!
Brendon Farrell
Co-Founder / Facilitator
From my early days wrestling with DOS commands to navigating today’s cloud-based world, I’ve dedicated my career to demystifying technology for others.
As a certified Microsoft and eLearning specialist, there’s nothing I enjoy more than seeing that spark of understanding when a student masters a new skill.
Outside of the training room, my passions run deep, whether I’m spending quality time with my wife and son, sharing my four decade love of lacrosse with junior players as their coach, or cycling around Melbourne’s on either my road bike or mountain bike.
Mark Finney
Co-Founder / Facilitator
With a coffee in hand and a passion for problem solving in my heart, I’ve made it my mission to turn tech frustrations into success stories. Through years of hands-on experience, I understand the challenges learners face.
Being both a co-founder and trainer at Keystroke Learning lets me combine my love for teaching with creating innovative learning solutions that actually work in the real world.
When I step away from the keyboard, find me strumming my favorite tunes on guitar, relaxing with my wife watching movies on the couch, or tending to my garden.
