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Introduction to Generative AI and LLMs

Explore generative AI use cases, how language models work, customisation and model limitations.

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Course topics

AI foundations

  • Business use cases
  • How LLMs work
  • Limitations and safeguards

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For managers and non-technical learners; no coding background or exercises are required.

Starting point
Beginner
Course length
3.5 total hours
Lessons
21 lectures

Course by Varad V

Course last updated: 05/2026

Requirements
  • There are no requirements or pre requisites.
  • There are no coding exercises. No coding background is required.
  • This is an introductory course for beginners interested in learning about Generative AI.
What is included
  • 3.5 hours on-demand video
  • 1 downloadable resource
  • 1 practice test
  • Access on mobile
  • Assignments
  • Certificate of completion

DoJo membership: A$250 per month per seat, excluding GST. Includes fortnightly group support and a private member community.

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9 sections • 21 lectures • 3h 23m total length

Introduction2 lectures • 16min
  1. What is Generative AI?12:35
  2. Demo03:50
  3. Test your learning 3 questions
Business use cases for Generative AI1 lecture • 16min
  1. Business use cases15:52
  2. Test your understanding 4 questions
Concepts, terminology and how LLMs work1 lecture • 23min
  1. Concepts, terminology and how LLMs work23:07
  2. Test your understanding 6 questions
Customizing LLMs for your use case4 lectures • 43min
  1. Customizing LLMs for your use case15:35
  2. Prompting techniques10:57
  3. Custom GPTs08:22
  4. AWS PartyRock07:36
  5. Test your understanding 4 questions
  6. Create your custom GPT Tutor 1 question
  7. Create an app with PartyRock 1 question
Limitations of LLMs and workarounds2 lectures • 19min
  1. Limitations of LLMs and workarounds06:06
  2. How well do you know your LLMs?13:04
  3. Test your understanding 5 questions
Building safeguards2 lectures • 19min
  1. Building safeguards10:25
  2. Demo of setting up Guardrails using Amazon Bedrock08:36
  3. Test your understanding 3 questions
  4. Create a sample guardrail 1 question
Why do some AI projects fail?1 lecture • 13min
  1. Why do some AI projects fail and how to avoid the failure?13:24
Additional topics6 lectures • 40min
  1. Generative AI Apps, Platforms and Use Cases09:00
  2. A primer on AI Agents14:02
  3. Create your personal office secretary 1 question
  4. Use case: Code Generation using GitHub CoPilot03:32
  5. Use case: Image and Video Generation using Amazon Nova05:32
  6. How to run LLMs locally?01:03
  7. How AI is disrupting search06:39
  8. AI enabled browsers 1 question
The future, jobs and certifications - where to go from here?2 lectures • 14min
  1. The future, jobs, certifications and what next?13:33
  2. Test your understanding 1 question
  3. Bonus lecture00:42
  4. Practice Test 20 questions

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