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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.

8 chapters · 48 short lessons · about 5 hours, plus your own practice time

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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.

Personal

For home and personal projects

daily choices, planning, messages, and personal projects.

Study

For learning and practicing

explanation, practice, summarizing, and study planning.

Work

For professional tasks

mails, meetings, documents, and decision preparation.

Entrepreneurship

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 learn what ChatGPT really does, what possibilities there may be, and where human control 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 transfer
  • Goal and success criteria
  • Relevant context
  • and 3 more lessons
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Chapter 36 lessons

Steering and Improving Answers

You will continue working after the first answer and recognize when improving, correcting, or restarting is necessary.

  • Targeted follow-up questions
  • Shorten without loss of information
  • Expand with 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 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
  • Minimize 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

  1. ReadGo through one micro-lesson.
  2. TryCopy the prompt and modify it.
  3. CheckDo the knowledge check and practical assignment.
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Frequently asked questions about this course

Are the Finaudax courses free?

Yes. All three static 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.

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