Appendix — For Further Reading
Appendix — For Further Reading
Optional external resources for each Day, organized by type. These sit outside the graded course content — nothing here is required for assignments or quizzes. Each link was checked at the time this page was built; external sites change, so if a link goes stale, use the search terms in brackets to find a current equivalent.
Note: not every Day has a resource in every category. Some AI providers (e.g. Anthropic/Claude) don't build image, video, or audio generation tools, so a "Claude resource" genuinely doesn't exist for those Days — that's marked as Not applicable rather than left unexplained. Where a category is marked Not verified, a suitable link wasn't confidently confirmed at build time rather than being ruled out — worth a quick manual check before relying on it.
Day 1 — Prompt Engineering
| Type | Resource |
|---|---|
| YouTube |
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| Microsoft Learn | Prompt engineering techniques |
| Microsoft (open curriculum) | Generative AI for Beginners — Lesson 4: Prompt Engineering Fundamentals |
| OpenAI / ChatGPT | OpenAI — Official Prompt Engineering Guide |
| Claude / Anthropic | Anthropic — Claude Prompt Engineering Guide |
| Medium | https://medium.com/@dimrac/structuring-prompts-using-the-co-star-framework-ca4f1f33261d |
Day 2 — AI Content Writing
| Type | Resource |
|---|---|
| YouTube |
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| OpenAI / ChatGPT | OpenAI — A Student's Guide to Writing with ChatGPT |
| OpenAI Academy | OpenAI Academy — Writing with ChatGPT |
| Microsoft Learn | Draft Impactful Writing Using AI |
| Claude / Anthropic | Claude. Trainings |
| Medium | "Human-in-the-Loop AI writing workflow" |
Day 3 — AI Research & Analysis
| Type | Resource |
|---|---|
| Medium | The 10 Best AI Research Assistants — NotebookLM vs Perplexity vs Consensus |
| Medium | NotebookLM vs Perplexity Spaces — Which AI Tool Is Actually Worth Your Time? |
| YouTube |
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Day 4 — AI Image Generation
| Type | Resource |
|---|---|
| Microsoft (official) | How to Use AI Picture Generators — Microsoft Copilot & Designer |
| Microsoft (official) | Create and Edit AI Images With Copilot |
| YouTube / Medium |
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Day 5 — AI Presentation Design
| Type | Resource |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Support (official) | Copilot Tutorial: Create a Presentation With a Prompt |
| Microsoft Support (official) | Create a New Presentation With Copilot in PowerPoint |
| YouTube |
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| Medium | Gamma AI presentation tutorial |
| Claude / Anthropic |
Using Claude for presentation generation.
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Day 6 — AI Video Generation
| Type | Resource |
|---|---|
| Medium | AI Video Generation Prompt Template System You Can Use |
| Medium | Crafting Effective Video Prompts for AI-Generated Videos — Step-by-Step Guide |
| YouTube |
AI video generation tutorial beginners
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| OpenAI / Claude |
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Day 7 — AI Audio & Voice Generation
| Type | Resource |
|---|---|
| Medium | Step-by-Step Guide on How to Use ElevenLabs for Text-to-Speech |
| YouTube / Microsoft / OpenAI / Claude |
Using ElevenLabs for Voice Generation
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Day 8 — AI Chatbot Building
| Type | Resource |
|---|---|
| Medium | How to Build a Chatbot with Chatbase — Complete Step-by-Step Guide |
| Microsoft Learn | Quickstart: Create a Classic Agent and Publish to Microsoft Teams — Copilot Studio |
| YouTube | |
| OpenAI / Claude | Not verified this round — search "Custom GPTs tutorial" (OpenAI) or "Claude Projects for chatbots" (Anthropic) |
Day 9 — AI Workflow Automation
| Type | Resource |
|---|---|
| Medium | A Beginner's Guide to AI Automation with n8n |
| Microsoft Learn | Create Your First Cloud Flow Using Copilot — Power Automate |
| YouTube / OpenAI / Claude |
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Day 10 — AI Resume & Career Optimization
| Type | Resource |
|---|---|
| Career guide (not Medium, but strong) | ATS Resume Optimization — The Ultimate 2026 Guide to Getting Past the Bots |
| YouTube / Medium / Microsoft / OpenAI / Claude |
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Bonus — GitHub AI Projects Guide & Prompt Library
| Type | Resource |
|---|---|
| Microsoft (open curriculum) | Microsoft — Generative AI for Beginners (full 21-lesson open curriculum on GitHub) |
| OpenAI / FreeCodeCamp |
OpenAI Academy — free courses and guides hub
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