Beginner · 4 lessons · about 30 min · free certificate

AI for writers and editors

A practical course on using AI for research prep, outlines, drafts, line edits and proofreading while keeping your own voice, honesty and craft at the center.

For: Freelance and staff writers, copywriters, content editors and proofreaders at any experience level.

Start lesson 1

When you finish

  • You can sort writing and editing tasks into what AI drafts, what it assists, and what stays yours.
  • You can prompt AI for outlines, headline options, line edits and style-sheet checks that keep your voice.
  • You can check AI output for invented facts, fake quotes and borrowed phrasing.
  • You can handle client confidentiality, copyright and disclosure with care.
  • You can follow a 30-day plan and describe AI skills honestly to editors and clients.

Lessons

Final exam and certificate

8 questions. Score 7 or more for a free certificate of completion you can share and add to LinkedIn. Unlimited tries.

Take the final exam

Prompts you can use today

Copy one, replace the [brackets] with your details, and paste it into the AI tool you use. Leave out anything private.

Build an outline from my notes

Here are my rough notes for a [type of piece] for [audience]: [paste notes]. Propose an outline with a hook, three to five sections and a closing. For each section, say what question it answers. Do not write the piece.

Give me headline options

Suggest ten headlines for this piece, in different styles: plain, curious, direct and warm. Avoid clickbait and exaggeration. Tell me which two you would test and why. [paste summary or draft]

Edit without changing my voice

Edit this paragraph for clarity and rhythm only. Keep my word choices, humor and sentence length where possible. Show changes as a list of suggestions with the reason for each, instead of rewriting the whole thing. [paste paragraph]

Find what a reader may not follow

Read this draft as someone new to [topic]. List every spot where you would get lost, every undefined term, and every claim that needs support. Do not fix them. [paste draft]

Check consistency against a style sheet

Here is my style sheet: [paste rules such as spelling, hyphens, capitalization, number style]. Check the text below for places that break these rules. List each, with the line and the fix. Do not change anything else. [paste text]

Tighten a long paragraph

Make this paragraph about a third shorter without losing any fact or my tone. Show the shorter version, then list what you cut so I can restore anything. [paste]

Draft an email to a client

Write a polite, brief email to a client about [issue, e.g. a late reply to my draft]. State what I need from them, a deadline I choose: [date], and what happens next. Keep it warm and professional.

List claims to verify

List every factual claim in this draft (names, dates, numbers, quotes, sources) as a checklist I can verify against primary sources. Do not say whether they are true. [paste draft]

Ask the AI tutor

Ask anything about this course, in any language. The tutor is an AI: it can be wrong, and it never needs your personal details.

AI-drafted. Checked by an automated validator and a separate AI reviewer; a person has not read every lesson. Translations and tutor answers are AI-made. Found a mistake? Tell us. Tool facts last checked November 2026; features change, so check the product's own help pages. AI can be wrong. General information, not professional advice. Product names identify the tools taught; no affiliation or endorsement. Current University is not accredited; certificates of completion are not degrees, credit or licenses.