Get hands-on with Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, research, and reasoning. Practice your first prompts on real business scenarios, learn a three-part prompt framework and the 4D skills for AI fluency, and refine drafts through iteration. Compare Claude on the web with the desktop app's Chat, Cowork, and Code modes.

Getting started with Claude!

What is Claude?

Video: Your first conversation with Claude

Your first conversation with Claude

The headline, not the novel

Getting better results

Corporate voice, begone!

Claude desktop app: Chat, Cowork, Code

Meet Claude

Organize ongoing work in Claude Projects with shared knowledge bases and custom instructions that shape every chat. Create interactive artifacts such as reports and dashboards, then publish or share them outside your project. Build reusable Skills so Claude follows your team's workflows without repeating setup each time.

Video: Introduction to projects

Introduction to Projects

Setting Up a Project

Creating with Artifacts

Working with Skills

Skills vs. Projects

Organizing Your Work and Knowledge

Connect Claude to tools you already use, including Google Drive and Slack, with scoped access that respects your existing permissions. Use Enterprise Search to find answers across your organization's internal data, and Research mode for multi-source investigations with cited reports. Learn when to choose connectors, search, or research for the task at hand.

Connecting your tools

Enterprise search

Research mode for deep dives

Expanding Claude's Reach

Apply Claude to everyday work across sales, marketing, and project management, from deal prep and campaign analysis to stakeholder updates. Go beyond claude.ai with Claude in Excel, Chrome, Slack, and other surfaces built for spreadsheets, browsing, and team chat. Match role-based use cases to the right Claude product for the job.

Claude in action- use-cases by role

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What's next?

Putting It All Together

 Claude 101 is designed for anyone who is either new to AI assistants or everyday Claude users who haven't yet explored its full range of features. This course walks you through everything from writing your first prompt to organizing work with projects and skills, connecting Claude to your tools and data, and putting it all together across real business roles. By the end, you'll know how to get consistent, high-quality results from Claude, and where to take it next.


<h2>Your Practical Guide to Working with Claude</h2> Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, research, analysis, and reasoning — and this course shows you how to use it well. You'll go from your first conversation to building repeatable workflows, all without needing a Claude account or subscription. DataCamp provides a built-in Claude experience so you can learn by doing from the very first lesson. No technical background is required. <br><br> <h2>Write Better Prompts and Get Consistent Results</h2> Most people use AI tools by typing whatever comes to mind and hoping for the best. This course teaches a smarter approach. You'll learn a three-part prompt framework — setting the stage, defining the task, and specifying rules — and practice it on realistic professional scenarios. You'll also work through common challenges: responses that are too generic, the wrong tone, or the wrong format. By the end of the first chapter, you'll know how to iterate effectively and evaluate Claude's outputs using the 4D Framework for AI Fluency: Delegation, Description, Discernment, and Diligence. <br><br> <h2>Organise Your Work with Projects, Artifacts, and Skills</h2> Claude becomes significantly more powerful once you know how to structure your work around it. You'll learn how to create Projects with shared knowledge bases and custom instructions that persist across conversations, generate interactive artifacts like reports and dashboards, and build reusable Skills that encode your team's workflows so Claude follows the same process every time — without you having to explain it from scratch. <br><br> <h2>Expand Claude's Reach with Connectors and Research Mode</h2> Claude can go beyond a single chat window. This course covers how to connect Claude to the tools where your work actually lives, use enterprise search to pull in relevant information across your organisation, and activate Research Mode for deep, multi-source investigations that would take hours to do manually. You'll learn when each capability adds the most value and how to use them together. <br><br> By the time you complete this course, you'll have the skills to use Claude confidently across writing, research, and knowledge work — with a clear framework for deciding what to delegate, how to guide it, and when to apply your own judgment.

Learn how to use Claude for everyday work tasks, understand core features, and explore resources for more advanced learning on other topics.

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Claude 101

Exercice interactif pratique