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Free training from the makers of the AI tools Stanford supports, with a short note on what applies at Stanford, so you can pick the right one quickly.

Course · Beginner

AI Foundations

Start here if you've never used ChatGPT or GPT-based tools seriously, this is OpenAI's own on-ramp, and it pairs well with Stanford's ChatGPT Edu access.

1h 10m
OpenAI Course · Intermediate

Agents and Workflows

Covers directing multi-step AI agents, most relevant once you're comfortable with prompting and want to automate a real workflow.

1h 30m
OpenAI Course · Intermediate

Applied AI Foundations

For once you're past basics and want to apply AI to recurring work tasks, the natural second step after AI Foundations.

1h 20m
OpenAI Resource

OpenAI Academy: Higher education community

OpenAI's space for universities, with events and resources on ChatGPT Edu in teaching and campus work; needs an OpenAI Academy sign in.

Free
OpenAI
Course · Beginner

AI Capabilities and Limitations

The clearest account of why any assistant, Claude or ChatGPT, fabricates or forgets; worth reading before trusting AI output with Stanford work.

3h 30m
Claude Course · Beginner

AI Fluency for Educators

For teaching staff introducing AI into their courses, complements Stanford's teaching guidance on AI use.

1h 30m
Claude Course · Beginner

AI Fluency for Students

Written for students specifically, a good first recommendation alongside Stanford's responsible-AI guidance.

3h
Claude Course · Beginner

AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations

A vendor-neutral way of thinking about working with any AI assistant, not just Claude, good for building durable judgment rather than tool-specific tricks.

4h
Claude Course · Beginner

Claude 101

The fastest way to get oriented on Claude specifically, useful even if you already use ChatGPT, since Claude for Education is Stanford's other major supported assistant.

2h 30m
Claude Course · Beginner

Introduction to Claude Cowork

Cowork is part of Stanford's Claude for Education rollout, this is the vendor's own walkthrough of the workflow the UIT knowledge-base guides reference.

2h 30m
Claude Course · Intermediate

Claude Code 101

Pairs with Stanford's Claude Code knowledge-base guides, the how-to KBs in this portal reference exactly these workflows.

1h 30m
Claude Course · Intermediate

Claude Platform 101

Anthropic's own developer course for building on Claude with the Anthropic SDK. Note: Stanford's AI API Gateway uses an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so the concepts transfer but the code samples will not run against the gateway as-is.

1h 30m
Claude Course · Intermediate

Introduction to agent skills

Skills are how you teach Claude Code your team's recurring procedures; relevant once Claude Code runs through the API Gateway.

1h
Claude Course · Advanced

Claude Code in Action

For developers already running Claude Code through Stanford's AI API Gateway who want longer, unattended runs and team setups.

1h
Claude

Use cases 12

Short walkthroughs, ten to twenty minutes each, chosen for Stanford work.

Use case · Beginner

Bring your whiteboard lesson to life

Lesson preparation in Claude for Education: the sketch grows as you explain, so you see where the explanation needs a picture.

15 min
Claude Use case · Beginner

Chart your data in conversation with Claude

A first look at a dataset in Claude for Education before you decide what it says; approved data only, per the data classification.

15 min
Claude Use case · Beginner

Compare and analyze competing options

For staff comparing vendor proposals: Claude for Education normalises the documents into one table; the decision and the contract review stay with Procurement.

15 min
Claude Use case · Beginner

Create a process flowchart

Departmental procedures and onboarding steps become diagrams in Claude for Education in a few minutes.

15 min
Claude Use case · Beginner

Create custom course materials

Handwritten problem sets and lecture notes become typeset handouts in Claude for Education; check the maths before you share it.

10 min
Claude Use case · Beginner

Explore what Claude can do for you

Start here with Claude for Education: a fifteen minute tour built around your own job at Stanford.

15 min
Claude Use case · Beginner

Map your understanding and build lessons from the gaps

For students: a study session in Claude for Education that finds the actual gap rather than repeating the whole chapter.

20 min
Claude Use case · Beginner

Plan your literature review

For graduate students and researchers: plan the review in Claude for Education, then verify every citation in the library catalogue before it goes in a draft.

15 min
Claude Use case · Beginner

Plan your syllabus

For instructors reworking a course: attach the syllabus in Claude for Education and try a new order before the quarter starts.

10 min
Claude Use case · Beginner

Turn research into presentations

For lab meetings, conference talks and staff briefings: paste the findings into Claude for Education and get a structure to build on.

15 min
Claude Use case · Beginner

Understand and extend an inherited spreadsheet

Every office has one of these; Claude for Education reads the workbook and explains it before you change anything.

15 min
Claude Use case · Beginner

Verify statistics from raw data

Good for courses on data literacy and for anyone reviewing a report: upload the data to Claude for Education and test the claim.

15 min
Claude
All use cases on Claude Academy (opens in a new tab)
Course · Beginner

AI Boost Bootcamp: How to Use Gemini at Work 101

Google's own one-hour Gemini training; the closest match to using Gemini Enterprise at Stanford.

1h
Gemini Course · Beginner

Google AI Essentials

A practical, half-day course on using AI tools for everyday work, vendor-neutral in spirit despite being Google-branded.

5h
Gemini Course · Beginner

Google Workspace with Gemini: Foundations of Your AI Workflow

Gemini inside the Gmail, Docs, Sheets and Slides that Stanford runs on; half an hour.

30 min
Gemini Course · Beginner

Introduction to Gemini Enterprise

The platform Stanford provides as Gemini Enterprise: agents, enterprise search, Gemini Notebook, and how it handles data access.

2h 15m
Gemini Course · Beginner

Introduction to Generative AI

Google's own short intro, a good complement if your work touches Gemini Enterprise, which Stanford also supports.

45 min
Gemini Course · Beginner

Introduction to Large Language Models

Google's companion micro-course on how language models work; useful background for Gemini Enterprise users.

1h
Gemini
Course · Beginner

Enhance teaching and learning with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

For instructors using Copilot Chat in course design and materials, mapped to teaching standards.

1h 10m
Microsoft Course · Beginner

Get started with Microsoft Copilot Chat (Basic)

Copilot Chat (Basic) is the version Stanford provides; this is Microsoft's own tour of it.

24 min
Microsoft Course · Beginner

Work smarter with Microsoft Copilot Chat (Basic)

What Copilot Chat can do with your files, data and Pages inside Stanford's Microsoft 365.

36 min
Microsoft
Learning path · Beginner

Building AI Literacy (learning path)

The most comprehensive single resource on this list (7h 46m), treat it as a multi-week reference, not a one-sitting course.

9h
LinkedIn Course · Beginner

Ethics in the Age of Generative AI

Short and non-technical, a reasonable pairing with Stanford's own Responsible AI guidance for anyone in a policy-adjacent role.

45 min
LinkedIn Course · Beginner

How to Boost Your Productivity with AI Tools

Reusable prompts for everyday tasks that work in ChatGPT Edu, Claude or Gemini alike; in Stanford's LinkedIn Learning access.

2h 14m
LinkedIn Course · Beginner

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

A plain-language AI primer for non-technical staff, good starting point before anything Stanford-specific.

2h 26m
LinkedIn Course · Beginner

Introduction to Prompt Engineering for Generative AI

Covers ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot side by side, useful precisely because it's not locked to one vendor.

1h 3m
LinkedIn Course · Beginner

Responsible AI: Principles and Practical Applications

UC Berkeley faculty, more academic in tone than Stanford's own guidance but a useful second perspective for instructors.

1h 17m
LinkedIn Course · Beginner

What Is Generative AI?

A non-technical primer on generative AI, included in Stanford's LinkedIn Learning access.

1h 3m
LinkedIn Learning path · Beginner

Your Top AI Questions Answered: AI Literacy for Everyone

Plain answers to the questions people actually ask about AI, in Stanford's LinkedIn Learning access.

49 min
LinkedIn Course · Intermediate

Introduction to Large Language Models

The best plain-English explanation of how tools like Claude and ChatGPT actually work under the hood, if you want the "why" and not just the "how".

1h 17m
LinkedIn

Vendor courses go deeper. Stanford guidance still comes first.

Before applying a vendor technique at work, confirm that the tool, data type, and workflow follow Stanford's current AI guidance. The Stanford notes on each course help connect the two.