Big ideas. Small first steps.
You don’t need to be technical to get something wonderful out of AI. We’ll show you how it works, help you practise, and give you the confidence to make it genuinely useful in your life.
The free lesson library needs no account. Create a free learner account to save progress across devices.
You learn by doing.
No jargon-heavy lectures. Each short lesson teaches one useful idea, helps you try it and asks you to check what you’ve understood.
Learn
Read a clear explanation and see a worked example. Take your time: there’s no rush and no compulsory timetable.
Try
Open your chosen AI assistant and use the lesson’s practical exercise. Experiment, change the prompt and see what improves.
Check & keep
Answer the knowledge-check questions, save anything useful and mark your lesson complete on your own browser checklist.
Six milestones. Real skills.
These are suggested checkpoints to help you see how far you’ve come. All free lessons are openly accessible — there are no locked levels or automatic unlocks on these pages.
Get talking to AI
Understand what AI is, have your first useful conversation, write better prompts and improve a first answer.
Use it with confidence
Learn to verify AI claims, handle privacy sensibly, write more clearly and make plans that fit real life.
Build your first AI habit
Explore learning and creativity, then create a small repeatable habit that makes your day easier.
Work smarter
Meet the AI toolbelt, explore documents and tables, use multi-step instructions and choose the right role or style for a task.
Explore, verify, personalise
Try images and voice where available, research carefully, compare decisions, make repeatable workflows and explore personalisation.
Show what you can do
Complete the practical AI Toolkit challenge, then attempt the 12-question self-assessment. Read the explanations and try again where needed.
Open the knowledge check
Choose how to track your progress
Want your progress to follow you?
Our free 20-lesson Tutor LMS course saves lesson completion to your learner account, so you can resume on another device when signed in.
You can still use the original self-marked checklist without an account; those ticks stay only in that browser unless you export them.
Open the course with saved progressTwo ways to learn
- With a free account: enrol in the Tutor LMS course and save lesson completion across devices.
- Without an account: read the free lessons and use the optional browser-only progress checklist.
- The 12-question knowledge check provides practice feedback, not a formal certificate or account-based grade.
- Password-reset email delivery is still being tested before the public launch.
A few useful answers.
Do I need any AI experience?
None. Start with Lesson 1. The course is designed for curious beginners and explains key terms as it goes.
Do I have to complete the lessons in order?
No. All twenty free lessons are accessible at any time. Following the sequence is recommended because later lessons build on earlier ideas.
How long should a lesson take?
Read at your own pace. The written lessons are short, but practical exercises can take longer. Try the exercise before moving on; there’s no timer or deadline.
Does the knowledge check give me a certificate?
No. The public 12-question knowledge check provides instant feedback and explanations to help you learn. It is an unverified self-assessment, not an accredited exam or certificate.
Can I continue on a different device?
Yes, the public course pages work across devices, but your self-marked browser checklist doesn’t automatically sync. Export your progress from the course overview if you’d like a record to follow manually.
What about the companion and automation courses?
Stage 2 — Create Your Own AI Companion — and Stage 3 — Master AI, Agents & Automation — are in development. Their paid enrolment isn’t open. You can explore each syllabus and try a free sample lesson now.
Keep learning when you’re ready.
Once you’ve built your Foundations, two independent paths are taking shape. Both are planned programmes, not currently available for purchase.
Create your own AI companion
Design its purpose, personality and useful routines. Learn how memory, context, permissions and testing really work.
Explore the planned courseUnderstand AI, agents & automation
Look under the bonnet and explore practical systems, tools and safe agent workflows without promises of magic autonomy.
Explore the planned courseReady for your first small win?
Start with one lesson. Try one exercise. Ask a better question than you did yesterday. That’s how confidence grows.