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AI Content Foundations — Tools, Prompting, and Brand Voice

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AI Content Foundations — Tools, Prompting, and Brand Voice

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Instructor: LearnQuest Network

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

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3 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

3 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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Taught in English

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There are 5 modules in this course

In this module, you tackle the first decision that shapes every AI-assisted content project: which tool to open. You will move past brand recognition and feature lists to a content-first method that maps real tasks, such as captions, ad variants, long-form drafts, and visuals, to functional tool categories like generators, editors, analyzers, and orchestrators. You will build a personal evaluation matrix using five criteria: strategic fit, integration, total cost of adoption, output fidelity, and workflow compatibility. By the end, you will be able to assess any AI content tool against a specific job, run a structured trial on a real brief, and defend your choice with reasoning you can reuse as the landscape changes.

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8 videos1 reading1 assignment

In this module, you build the prompting discipline that turns generative AI from a generator of generic copy into a reliable producer of usable marketing drafts. You learn the anatomy of a strong prompt, including role, task, context, format, and constraints, and you practice writing prompts that direct a model toward your specific audience, channel, and brief. You also develop a diagnostic habit, reviewing output against the brief instead of personal taste, then refining prompts by adjusting one variable at a time. You will work with prompts you write yourself and with prompts adapted from others. By the end of this module, you will be able to write structured prompts that produce first drafts you can edit for polish rather than rebuild from scratch.

What's included

7 videos1 assignment

In this module, you focus on the gap that opens once AI starts producing your marketing copy: drafts that are technically fluent but tonally generic, requiring heavy revision that erases your speed gains. You learn how to read your own brand guidelines as raw material, extract the concrete linguistic patterns that define your brand’s sound, and translate qualitative descriptors like “warm but professional” into specific word choices, sentence structures, and guardrails. You also learn how to embed those parameters into AI tools through reusable instruction blocks and persistent settings. By the end, you will be able to configure an AI tool to produce on-voice copy that a brand manager would approve with light editing, not a full rewrite.

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7 videos1 assignment

In this module, you build the visual judgment needed to direct AI image and design tools rather than accept whatever they produce first. You learn how compositional hierarchy guides a viewer’s eye, how color choices shape perception in marketing contexts, and how visual style signals brand identity across channels. You practice translating reference imagery into precise prompt parameters, evaluating AI outputs against clear criteria, and refining one variable at a time when results miss the brief. The module is built for marketers, social media managers, and content creators who do not have formal design training but now make visual decisions daily. By the end, you can produce a social asset that needs style refinement, not a complete conceptual restart.

What's included

7 videos1 assignment

You already know how to pick AI tools, write effective prompts, and encode brand voice. This module connects those capabilities into a documented workflow you can repeat with confidence. You will map the stages of your current content production process from brief to publication, locate the friction points where AI genuinely adds value, and define the handoff points where human judgment must precede or follow AI generation. You will then run one full content task through your new workflow as a pilot. By the end of the module, you will be able to produce your next equivalent piece in roughly half the time, with documented steps a colleague could follow.

What's included

8 videos1 assignment

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