Stage 1 Final Challenge — Your AI Toolkit in Action

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STAGE 01 · PART B · FINAL CHALLENGE

Your AI Toolkit in Action

Bring the whole 20-lesson foundation together in a mini-project you can explain, verify and reuse — without giving AI access it shouldn’t have.

60–90 MINUTESSELF-ASSESSMENT

Your challenge: create a useful mini-project

Pick one low-risk task from daily life: organise a fictional community event, compare public learning resources, make a study guide about an ordinary topic or build a recurring personal planning routine. Use public, invented or otherwise approved information throughout.

What to produce

  1. A one-paragraph brief. Explain what you want, who it’s for, and the practical constraints.
  2. A tool choice. Explain why you need ordinary chat, a document tool, search, or a spreadsheet — and what permissions you do not need.
  3. A three-step prompt sequence. Plan, produce, then improve. Include at least one genuine clarification question.
  4. A structured output. Deliver a checklist, simple table, study guide or two versions of a message.
  5. A verification log. Identify three claims or assumptions, check any important facts using original sources, and write down any unresolved items.
  6. A privacy check. Explain what you excluded to avoid sharing private or confidential information.
  7. A reusable workflow. Document trigger, safe input, prompt, human review and final action.
  8. A reflection. In 100 words, explain what the AI helped with, what you corrected and when you’d choose not to use it.

Start with this prompt

I’m completing a beginner AI project about [safe topic]. Help me plan the work in three checkpoints: understanding the goal, producing one useful output, and checking the result. My audience is [audience], my constraints are [constraints], and the final format is [format]. Ask up to three essential questions before starting. Don’t invent facts, links, dates or approvals. I will review all outputs.
KNOWLEDGE CHECK

Before finishing your final project

Test your understanding with our free 12-question Foundations quiz and revisit any concepts you missed. Then complete your final project with evidence.

Take the quiz

Self-assessment: 10 points

Give yourself one point for each statement you can demonstrate:

  1. My goal is specific.
  2. I selected a tool for a clear reason.
  3. I used relevant context and constraints.
  4. I broke the work into reviewable steps.
  5. I made a useful output.
  6. I improved the first version.
  7. I verified important facts and labelled unknowns.
  8. I protected private information.
  9. I documented a repeatable workflow.
  10. I can explain where human judgement is essential.
Completion guidance: Aim for 9–10 points. If you score lower, revisit the matching lessons and improve your project. This is an informal, self-marked learning exercise, not an externally accredited assessment.

Your next chapter

You’ve reached the end of Stage 1 — AI Foundations: ten Getting Started lessons and ten Going Deeper lessons. Before you finish, try our free 12-question knowledge check. You can review every answer and try again as often as you like. It’s practice feedback, not a formal exam or certificate.

Take the 12-question knowledge check

When you’re ready for more, Stage 2 focuses on creating your own AI companion; Stage 3 explores AI, agents and automation. Both are still in development and are not open for paid enrolment.

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