Claude Certified Associate - Foundations (Ccao-F)-Prelaunch

Pass the CCAO-F exam: all 7 domains, hands-on Claude demos, exam-style practice questions and exam strategy
What you'll learn

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Pass the Claude Certified Associate - Foundations (CCAO-F) exam with confidence across all seven exam domains
Choose the right Claude model and surface for any task, from Opus, Sonnet and Haiku to Chat, Projects, Artifacts and Research
Write prompts that work using role, context, task, format and examples - and diagnose prompts that are failing
Evaluate output like a professional: spot hallucinations, fact-check claims and know when a human must review before it ships
Design repeatable Claude workflows that break big tasks into steps, and measure whether they are actually saving time
Configure Projects, custom instructions, knowledge and connected tools so Claude always works from your context
Apply responsible use and data privacy practices, including what never to paste and how to redact a document first
Sit the exam with a tested strategy for pacing, reading tricky questions and judging when you are genuinely ready
Requirements

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No prior experience with Claude or any AI tool is needed - we start from your very first login
A free or paid Claude account so you can follow along with the hands-on demos
No coding required - CCAO-F is the business user certification, not the developer track
Description

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The Claude Certified Associate - Foundations (CCAO-F) is the certification for people who use Claude to get real work done - operations, marketing, project management, customer success, analysis - rather than for engineers building on the API. This course is a complete, exam-focused preparation path for it.
Every one of the seven exam domains is covered, and the time spent on each tracks the weighting on the exam blueprint. Output Evaluation and Validation is the single largest domain, so it gets a full section of its own: spotting hallucinations, fact-checking an answer line by line, judging relevance and completeness, and knowing when a human has to review something before it ships.
What the course covers
Getting set up and oriented, with an interface tour and the AI Fluency model that frames everything that follows.
Claude itself - how it actually works, the Opus, Sonnet and Haiku model family, extended thinking, tool use, and the four entry points: Chat, Projects, Artifacts and Research. Plus hands-on lessons on code execution, Skills, memory, styles, scheduled tasks and Claude Design.
Prompting and task execution - the five-part framework of role, context, task, format and examples, few-shot prompting, shaping tone and length, and a live demo that turns a vague ask into a working prompt.
Output evaluation and validation - the flagship domain, with a line-by-line fact-checking demo and a personal validation checklist you can reuse.
Workflow integration and solution design - breaking big tasks into steps, building a reusable weekly report template, measuring whether it is actually working, and communicating value and limitations to stakeholders.
Configuration and knowledge management - Projects, knowledge, custom instructions and connecting your own tools.
Governance, risk and responsible use - transparency, data privacy, what never to paste, and a demo on redacting a document before you use it.
Troubleshooting and optimisation - diagnosing and repairing prompts and workflows that have stopped working.
Exam strategy - pacing, reading questions carefully, and judging when you are genuinely ready to book.
How it is taught
Every section ends with exam-style practice questions, each with the correct answer and an explanation of why the near-miss options fail. Concepts are introduced on slides, then immediately demonstrated on screen in a real Claude session, so you see the thing being described rather than only hearing about it. Scenario walkthroughs put you in the shoes of a marketing manager, an operations analyst and a customer success lead facing realistic problems.
Who should take this
Anyone planning to sit the CCAO-F exam, and anyone who wants to move from casual Claude use to genuinely competent, defensible use at work. No coding is required and no prior AI experience is assumed - the course starts from your first login.
By the end you will be ready for the exam and, more usefully, able to do the work the exam is testing.
Who this course is for

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Business professionals in operations, marketing, project management, customer success or analysis who want an official Claude credential
Anyone preparing to sit the Claude Certified Associate - Foundations (CCAO-F) exam and wanting full domain coverage
People already using Claude casually who want to use it properly at work - and have the certificate to prove it
Complete beginners to AI who want a structured path from first login to a recognised certification
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