Who it is for
- Any employee working at a computer, new to AI or an occasional user
- Mixed teams (admin, sales, finance, management)
General-purpose AI assistantsCourse by toolLevel Beginner
ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini: the basics of working with AI
Understand how AI assistants work, choose the right tool and use it for everyday tasks, with a method and without risk to your data.
Programme updated on 6 November 2026. Our courses are delivered in French. If you need another language, contact us: we will tell you honestly what is possible.
Learning objectives
By the end of the course, participants are able to
- Explain in simple terms what a language model is, its strengths and its limits (errors, bias, data)
- Choose between ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot or Mistral depending on the task and the company's rules
- Write a clear request (role, context, task, format) and iterate to get a usable result
- Use AI to draft, summarise, translate, rephrase, structure your thinking and prepare a meeting
- Check a result and apply confidentiality rules: what you never paste into a tool
Programme
How the course is structured
1 day (7 hours). Timings are adjusted to the group's level and your priorities.
01Understand it to use it well
1 hr 15 min- What a language model is, in plain terms; why it is sometimes confidently wrong
- The landscape: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Mistral — free and business editions
- What AI does well, what it does badly, what you should never hand to it
02Guided first steps
1 hr 45 min- Interface, conversations, files (PDF, spreadsheets, images), web search, voice dictation
- The same task on three tools: compare, choose
- Organising your work: projects, folders, history
03Workshops on your real tasks
2 hrs 30 min- Write and reply to a difficult email; rephrase for a different audience
- Summarise a long document, pull out the key points and actions
- Turn notes into minutes; prepare an interview or a meeting
- Translate, proofread, build a table from a piece of text
04Good practice and security
1 hr- Personal and confidential data: the rules, the reflexes, the settings (history, training)
- Check sources, spot errors, cite correctly
- Your company's AI usage policy, in practice
05Action plan
30 min- Three concrete uses per participant
- End-of-course quiz, resources to keep learning
Details
Audience, prerequisites, methods and assessment
Prerequisites
- No prior AI knowledge
- Comfortable with a web browser and email
Teaching methods
- Short explanations alternating with hands-on AI workshops on the participants' real cases.
- Each participant works on their own computer, with the company's tools or trial accounts we provide.
- Materials handed over at the end of the session: practical guides, prompt library, reusable templates.
- Groups of 4 to 10 participants (8 recommended) to keep individual support possible.
Assessment and follow-up
- Self-assessment questionnaire before or at the start of the session.
- Hands-on exercises assessed during the course (trainer's observation grid).
- End-of-course quiz and immediate satisfaction survey.
- Certificate of completion issued to each participant.
Our courses are open to people with disabilities: contact us beforehand so we can adapt the pace, materials, tools or venue. All practical information
Funding this course
For companies established in France, this course falls under the company's skills development plan: depending on your OPCO, your headcount and the programme, the course fee may be covered in full or in part, sometimes with nothing left to pay. Funding is never automatic; it is checked case by case before the training and confirmed in writing by the OPCO. We prepare the file with you (detailed programme, quote, agreement). Companies outside France can take the course online and fund it from their own budget or through their national schemes, which we help you identify without promising anything.
OPCO funding applies only to companies established in France; it depends on the company's and the programme's eligibility and is checked case by case before any booking. Companies elsewhere fund the training from their own budget or through their national schemes. Boost Activity does not currently hold Qualiopi certification (the French quality standard for training providers).
Frequently asked questions
Before you book
Where and how is the 'ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini' course delivered?
In-house, at your premises ; Online, live virtual classroom ; Open sessions, mixed companies. Duration: 1 day (7 hours), in groups of 4 to 10 participants. Dates are agreed with you and the programme is adapted to your tools and your real cases. Sessions are delivered in French; contact us for other languages.
What are the prerequisites and what equipment is needed?
No prior AI knowledge. Comfortable with a web browser and email. Each participant works on their own computer, with the company's tools or trial accounts we provide.
How much does this course cost and can it be funded?
In-house course: quoted on request, based on group size, duration and location, excluding VAT, plus any travel costs. In France, OPCO funding depends on your company's and the programme's eligibility and is checked case by case before booking; Boost Activity does not currently hold Qualiopi certification. Outside France, the course is self-funded or funded through your national schemes.
What do participants receive at the end?
A certificate of completion (non-accredited course), the course materials and practical guides (prompt library, templates), and a personal action plan of three uses to put in place the following week.
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