For home and personal projects
daily choices, planning, messages, and personal projects.
Free course with exercises
ChatGPT for beginners
From first question to reliable daily assistant
Learn step by step how to use ChatGPT practically, critically, and safely for private use, study, work, and planning for your own business.
Version 4.3 improves the knowledge checks and guided exercises. Revised questions start unanswered. Your existing notes, ratings and lesson completion marks are retained; revisit the changed exercises too. The core route uses a free ChatGPT account, with a manual alternative when a feature is unavailable or a usage limit is reached.
Your progress0 of 48 lessons
For whom?
No technical knowledge required
The basics are for any adult beginner. You choose which examples fit your life. Entrepreneurship is one path alongside personal life, study, and work—also interesting if you only dream of having your own business.
For learning and practicing
explanation, practice, summarizing, and study planning.
For professional tasks
mails, meetings, documents, and decision preparation.
For an existing business or entrepreneurial dream
clients, offerings, communication, and first ideas for your own business.
Learning path
From first chat to independent use
Work in order or open the chapter you need right now. Each lesson contains explanation, a prompt, a quick knowledge check, and a practical assignment.
Chapter 16 lessons
Discovering ChatGPT today
You will learn what ChatGPT actually does, which features may be available, and where human review remains necessary.
- What ChatGPT is
- What ChatGPT can do
- Account, chat and interface
- and 3 more lessons
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Chapter 26 lessons
Giving Clear Instructions
You learn how to build a prompt without a rigid recipe: result, context, output, boundaries, and checks.
- A prompt is a task handover
- Goal and success criteria
- Relevant context
- and 3 more lessons
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Chapter 36 lessons
Steering and Improving Answers
You will learn how to continue after the first answer and recognize when improvement, correction, or a fresh start is needed.
- Targeted follow-up questions
- Shorten without loss of information
- Expand with useful content
- and 3 more lessons
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Chapter 46 lessons
Using ChatGPT in everyday life
You apply the same basics to private life, study, work, and a potential business idea.
- Messages and emails
- Summarizing with purpose
- Planning and tasks
- and 3 more lessons
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Chapter 56 lessons
Check current information and sources
You learn when web searching is necessary, how to evaluate sources, and how to verify an answer step by step.
- When current information is needed
- Sources in a sensible order
- Check claim by claim
- and 3 more lessons
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Chapter 66 lessons
Writing, translating, and creative collaboration
You use ChatGPT for communication and creativity without losing your own voice, source material, or responsibility.
- From first draft to your own voice
- Tone and audience
- Translating with context
- and 3 more lessons
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Chapter 76 lessons
Working Safely, Privacy-Consciously, and Responsibly
You will learn to classify data, distinguish true anonymization from pseudonymization, and handle rights and transparency responsibly.
- The data traffic light
- Data minimization and settings
- Anonymizing is more than replacing a name
- and 3 more lessons
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Chapter 86 lessons
From Beginner to Independent User
You organize recurring work, carry out a final project, and create a realistic learning plan for the next step.
- Personalize without losing control
- Projects and individual results
- A reusable library
- and 3 more lessons
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This is how you work with the course
Read, try, check
- ReadGo through one micro-lesson.
- TryCopy the prompt and modify it.
- CheckDo the knowledge check and practical assignment.
- Mark as completeSave your progress in this browser.
Quick answers
Frequently asked questions about this course
Are the Finaudax courses free?
Yes. All three courses are free to access and do not require a course account.
Which level should I choose?
Start with Beginner for the basics, Advanced for professional workflows and Expert for business implementation, integrations and governance.
Where is my progress stored?
Progress, quiz status and notes stay only in the browser on the device you use.