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Assessed multi-course certificate · non-accredited

AI at Work

Use everyday computer tools, AI and Python to prepare useful work. We read your work, code and explanation. This review does not run your whole app. One small Python task also has automatic code checks.

6 courses. One defined path.

Follow the required courses in order. Audit study is available with Academy membership; assessed enrollment adds evidence review and the program’s progression rules.

  1. Digital Confidence for Work

    Course 1 of 6 · Beginner · 6 lessons · about 4 h

  2. AI for Study and Everyday Work

    Course 2 of 6 · Beginner · 9 lessons · about 8 h

  3. Git and GitHub for Your Projects

    Course 3 of 6 · Beginner · 9 lessons · about 9 h

  4. Programming Foundations with Python

    Course 4 of 6 · Beginner · 9 lessons · about 40 h

  5. Python for Everyday Automation

    Course 5 of 6 · Intermediate · 9 lessons · about 32 h

  6. Show Your Work: Portfolio and Career Skills

    Course 6 of 6 · Beginner · 9 lessons · about 12 h

What you’ll work toward

  • Checked workplace handover: artifact review
  • Python study-log summary
  • Automation and Git: source and change review
  • Workplace project: static portfolio review
  • Integrate the actual course source/artifacts and explain a documented revision within the stated review limits.

Assessment & pacing

Each assessed lesson opens at least 1 day after the previous lesson is completed. Required assessment checkpoints also need approval before you continue.

Plan for about 27 weeks at 4 study hours per week, based on approximately 105 hours of course study. Allow extra time for revisions.

The minimum assessed practice period is 10 weeks. Studying faster does not bypass lesson waits or required approvals.

The assessed enrollment has a 309-day completion window from its recorded start. The clock pauses while submitted work waits for review. You can request a free extension if you need more time. Membership study remains self-paced while access is active. Paying or marking a lesson complete does not prove proficiency.

How an assessment passes

Each skill is scored from 0 to 4. You need at least 3 on every essential skill and at least 80% overall. Missing evidence must be resolved before approval. Feedback explains what to improve, and you can submit a revised attempt.

To earn the program award, complete the whole course bundle, required quiz passes, approved assignments, final project, and practice period. The school confirms the award separately.

Assessment 1 · portfolio

Checked workplace handover: artifact review

Prepare a made-up event plan, budget and review email. Send those files with an AI-assisted document and show one AI mistake you checked and corrected.

Detailed assignment instructions

Send the made-up Community Skills Afternoon pack. Include an organized file list, event brief, budget with visible formulas and an unsent review email. Add your AI-assisted planning document, its sources and a short note about how you used AI. Show at least one AI mistake you checked and corrected. Explain one calculation. Include the readable work itself; a link or claimed accuracy score is not enough. Attach readable code and text files. A link or claimed test result alone is not enough. If important work is missing or unclear, we may ask for more or send it to a school reviewer.

See assessment criteria
  • Source and artifact brief (35%) · essential
    The readable static artifacts cover the authored workplace and AI-planning tasks.
  • Source and design decisions (30%) · essential
    Visible calculations, cited sources, attribution and corrections support the stated decisions using fictional data.
  • Source analysis and check design (25%) · essential
    Show a source-backed correction, a representative manual calculation and limitations; distinguish documented reasoning from an independently verified software result.
  • Explanation, attribution and revision (10%)
    Explain a specific source/artifact decision and revision, attribute assistance and state the limits of what the submitted evidence establishes. Unresolved evidence gaps require clarification or optional human review.

Assessment 2 · code

Python study-log summary

Make a small Python program that adds up study time. Send one code file and a short explanation; the detailed instructions give the exact input and output rules.

Detailed assignment instructions

Make a small Python program that adds up study time. Send it as solution.py. Read exactly one JSON value from stdin: an array/list of at most 200 fictional {topic:string, minutes:integer 1..600, completed:boolean} records. For valid input, write exactly one JSON object to stdout: {totalMinutes:sum of all minutes, completedCount:number of completed sessions, minutesByTopic:object of minute totals keyed by each exact topic string}, then exit with status 0. An empty array/list returns zeros and an empty object. For invalid input, exit with status 2 and no stdout: reject non-arrays/lists, more than 200 entries, malformed entries, non-string or blank/whitespace-only topics, non-integer/out-of-range minutes and non-boolean completed values without coercion. Validate topic.strip() but preserve each original exact topic string as the grouping key. Python booleans are not valid integer minute values. Use no external dependencies, network or file access except reading stdin. Do not print debug messages or a test/pass report. You may organize the script with helper functions; the school assesses actual stdin/stdout behavior in fresh processes, comparing outputs independently on the host. Include a short explanation with your submission. Passing this bounded suite does not establish correctness of the entire capstone.

See assessment criteria
  • Correct summary (35%) · essential
    Write the exact JSON summary for valid stdin input and exit 0; totals include every session, completed counts and original-topic totals.
  • Input validation (25%) · essential
    Reject invalid lists, entries and fields with exit status 2 and no stdout, without silently coercing strings, numbers or booleans.
  • Trusted test results (25%) · essential
    The isolated trusted suite must actually execute and pass; unavailable execution is not a pass.
  • Explanation (15%)
    Explain the function, representative checks and one error corrected.

Assessment 3 · code

Automation and Git: source and change review

Write a Python program that turns made-up event data into a report. Send the code and explain its dry run, bad-input checks and a change you made.

Detailed assignment instructions

Send the event-report generator code. Include made-up input, an example report, the export format and your plan for a dry run and bad input. Add a text copy of a Git change and your response to review. Follow normal input, bad input and a dry run through the code. Explain how the code protects the original files. A supplied log does not prove that the code or its checks ran. Attach readable code and text files. A link or claimed test result alone is not enough. If important work is missing or unclear, we may ask for more or send it to a school reviewer.

See assessment criteria
  • Source and artifact brief (35%) · essential
    The source and change artifacts cover the authored report generation, export and Git-review brief.
  • Source and design decisions (30%) · essential
    Input validation, dry-run behavior and file-boundary decisions are explicit and internally coherent in the code.
  • Source analysis and check design (25%) · essential
    Trace ordinary, invalid and dry-run paths to source locations, design checks and explain a review-driven correction without relying on a claimed pass report.
  • Explanation, attribution and revision (10%)
    Explain a specific source/artifact decision and revision, attribute assistance and state the limits of what the submitted evidence establishes. Unresolved evidence gaps require clarification or optional human review.

Assessment 4 · portfolio

Workplace project: static portfolio review

Explain a project you made and what you learned. Send a short case study, a practice resume and a written project presentation.

Detailed assignment instructions

Send the project case study, a practice resume for a stated job and a short written presentation. Use made-up personal details. Support your project claims with the code or documents you send. Explain your own work, any AI help and one correction you made. We review these materials; we do not judge your job prospects or verify that the software runs. Attach readable code and text files. A link or claimed test result alone is not enough. If important work is missing or unclear, we may ask for more or send it to a school reviewer.

See assessment criteria
  • Source and artifact brief (35%) · essential
    The case study, resume draft and presentation address the actual portfolio brief.
  • Source and design decisions (30%) · essential
    Claims accurately reflect supplied artifacts and disclose AI assistance and limits.
  • Source analysis and check design (25%) · essential
    Trace project decisions and claimed learning to readable evidence and a documented correction; avoid unverified performance claims.
  • Explanation, attribution and revision (10%)
    Explain a specific source/artifact decision and revision, attribute assistance and state the limits of what the submitted evidence establishes. Unresolved evidence gaps require clarification or optional human review.

Assessment 5 · capstone · portfolio

Workplace automation: integrated source and handover review

Put your event documents and Python reporting project into one clear handover. Send the files, code and a guide showing how you would check and improve the work.

Detailed assignment instructions

Combine your checked event documents, Python reporting code, Git changes and project presentation into one handover. Use made-up details. Follow a changed input, bad input and a dry run through the code. Show a correction and explain how another person could repeat the work. The separate small Python task has school code checks. This final project is reviewed by reading the code and documents. Attach readable code and text files. A link or claimed test result alone is not enough. If important work is missing or unclear, we may ask for more or send it to a school reviewer.

See assessment criteria
  • Source and artifact brief (35%) · essential
    The integrated handover uses actual digital, AI, Git, Python-automation and portfolio artifacts from all six courses.
  • Source and design decisions (30%) · essential
    The supplied document/source decisions handle attribution, checked information, validation and file protection coherently.
  • Source analysis and check design (25%) · essential
    Source-linked input-change/error/dry-run traces, expected results and revision evidence support the explanation without claiming the complete workflow was executed.
  • Explanation, attribution and revision (10%)
    Explain a specific source/artifact decision and revision, attribute assistance and state the limits of what the submitted evidence establishes. Unresolved evidence gaps require clarification or optional human review.

School recognition, clearly defined

A non-accredited Cloud Forest school award based on reviewed evidence. It is not a degree, professional license or guarantee of employment. Martial rank requires the authorized examiner's approval.

Historical completion awards remain part of a student’s record. New assessed recognition requires the program’s reviewed evidence and approval.