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Introduction to AI for Class Teachers

A friendly, practical start with AI: what it is, the main tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot), free vs paid plans, and safe classroom use.

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Introduction to AI for Class Teachers
3 hrs · 14 lessons · Beginner
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25 scenario questions · 45 min · 70% to pass
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Explain what AI and generative AI are in simple words
Know the main AI assistants — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot — and who makes them
Understand what free plans include and when a paid plan is worth it
Write clear prompts that produce classroom-ready material
Use AI for lesson plans, worksheets, differentiation and feedback
Protect student privacy and check AI output for accuracy and bias

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AI Tools for TeachersFree

Introduction to AI for Class Teachers

Learn what AI is, how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot work, what’s free vs paid, and how to use AI safely to save time every week.

3 hrs 14 lessonsBeginner

Explain what AI and generative AI are in simple words
Know the main AI assistants — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot — and who makes them
Understand what free plans include and when a paid plan is worth it

What’s covered · 4 modules

Module 1 · Understanding AI
- What is AI? (In plain words)10m
- How do AI chatbots actually work?12m
- Myths and facts about AI in schools10m
Module 2 · Meet the AI tools
- ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot15m
- Free vs paid: what do you really get?15m
- Getting started: your first conversation12m
Module 3 · Using AI for your teaching
- Prompting made simple15m
- Lesson plans and worksheets with AI15m
- Reaching every learner: levels and languages12m
- Assessment and feedback with AI12m
Module 4 · Safe and responsible AI
- Protecting student privacy12m
- Checking accuracy and spotting bias10m
- Students and AI: honesty and good habits12m
- Your 30-day AI starter plan10m

Introduction to AI for Class Teachers

Syllabus

AI Tools for TeachersFree

Generative AI Foundations for Educators

Use AI assistants to plan lessons, differentiate materials, and save hours each week.

4 hrs 14 lessonsBeginner

Explain in plain words how generative AI produces text and why it makes mistakes
Write prompts using Role–Task–Context–Format that give usable classroom material
Draft a lesson plan, worksheet and question bank aligned to your NCERT/State chapter

What’s covered · 4 modules

Module 1 · Understanding generative AI
- What generative AI actually does15m
- Where AI helps, and where it doesn’t15m
- Choosing a tool for school work15m
Module 2 · Prompting basics
- The RTCF formula for strong prompts20m
- Iterate instead of starting over15m
- Practice: build your starter prompt library25m
Module 3 · AI in your weekly planning
- Drafting lesson plans aligned to your syllabus20m
- Worksheets, question banks and answer keys20m
- Differentiating one resource three ways20m
- Indian languages and parent communication15m
Module 4 · Using AI responsibly
- A five-point fact-check routine15m
- Protecting student privacy20m
- When students use AI15m
- Your personal AI action plan20m

Certified AI-Ready Educator

Syllabus

AI Tools for Teachers₹450 + GST

Prompt Engineering for Lesson Design

Craft prompts that produce standards-aligned activities, rubrics, and exemplars.

6 hrs 13 lessonsIntermediate

Write structured prompts with role, context, constraints and output format
Use few-shot examples to control quality, tone and difficulty
Align AI output to specific learning outcomes and competencies, and verify the alignment

What’s covered · 5 modules

Module 1 · Prompt anatomy
- Structured prompts that work every time25m
- Constraints and negative instructions20m
- Structured output: tables, templates and forms20m
Module 2 · Controlling quality
- Few-shot prompting25m
- Self-critique and verification prompts25m
- Personas and simulations20m
Module 3 · Curriculum alignment
- Aligning output to learning outcomes25m
- Competency-based questions with AI25m
- Inclusive, culturally relevant output20m
Module 4 · Chaining a full unit
- Prompt chaining: from unit plan to assessment30m
- Workshop: design a unit with AI45m
Module 5 · Your prompt toolkit
- Reusable templates and a prompt library20m
- Custom assistants and projects25m

AI Lesson Design Specialist

Syllabus

AI Tools for Teachers₹450 + GST

Ethics & Academic Integrity in the AI Era

Build fair AI-use policies and redesign tasks that reward authentic thinking.

3 hrs 10 lessonsAdvanced

Write a clear, task-level AI-use policy using a levelled scale
Explain why AI detectors must never be used as sole evidence
Respond to suspected misuse through a fair, process-based conversation

What’s covered · 3 modules

Module 1 · Integrity in the AI era
- What has changed, and what hasn’t15m
- Writing a clear AI-use policy25m
- Why AI detectors fail15m
- Responding fairly to suspected misuse20m
Module 2 · Designing for authentic learning
- Designing for process25m
- Workshop: redesign one assignment25m
Module 3 · Fairness, privacy and digital citizenship
- Bias and fairness in AI tools15m
- Privacy, safety and the law20m
- Deepfakes, misinformation and digital citizenship20m
- Teaching students to use AI well20m

AI Lesson Design Specialist

Syllabus

Assessment DesignFree

Designing Rubrics for Active Learning

Write criteria that measure the skills you actually teach — not just compliance.

5 hrs 11 lessonsBeginner

Turn a learning outcome into 3–5 observable criteria
Write performance-level descriptors that describe quality, not quantity
Choose between analytic, holistic and single-point rubrics for a task

What’s covered · 4 modules

Module 1 · Rubric foundations
- Why rubrics matter15m
- From learning outcome to criteria20m
- Writing performance levels25m
Module 2 · Choosing the right rubric
- Analytic, holistic and single-point20m
- Rubrics for projects, presentations and practicals25m
- Workshop: build your first rubric30m
Module 3 · Fair and consistent marking
- Calibration and moderation20m
- Reducing bias in marking15m
Module 4 · Rubrics as learning tools
- Self- and peer-assessment with rubrics25m
- From rubric scores to feedback and re-teaching20m
- Rubrics, grades and the Holistic Progress Card20m

Rubric Design Certificate

Syllabus

Assessment Design₹450 + GST

Scenario-Based Question Writing

Author MCQs that test judgment and application, with item-analysis basics.

7 hrs 14 lessonsAdvanced

Explain how competency-based items differ from recall items
Write realistic scenario, case-based and source-based stems
Write assertion–reason and data-interpretation items correctly

What’s covered · 5 modules

Module 1 · Why application matters
- Recall vs application20m
- Bloom’s levels in question writing20m
Module 2 · Writing better items
- Anatomy of a good MCQ20m
- Writing scenario stems30m
- Case-based and source-based item sets30m
- Assertion–reason and data items25m
Module 3 · Distractors and flaws
- Distractors that diagnose25m
- Common item-writing flaws20m
- Fairness, language and accessibility15m
Module 4 · Item analysis
- Difficulty index (p-value)25m
- Discrimination index and distractor analysis30m
- Spreadsheets and AI for item work20m
Module 5 · Building a balanced test
- Test blueprints25m
- Workshop: build and field-test your item set45m

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