"Ideas to Apps" Course
Make AI Your Creative Toolkit
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Course Overview
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“Ideas to Apps” course is uniquely valuable in that it empowers non-technical people to transform their ideas into functional app prototypes by teaching them how to strategically use accessible AI assistants throughout the entire creative process without requiring any prior coding experience. Bring your unique ideas to life using common AI assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, and others). Thrive in the digital future.
✓ Learn practical, hands-on skills
✓ Create solutions to meet your needs
✓ Let AI take care of writing the code
Thoughtful onboarding with common AI assistants. No coding required.
You can get started with the common, generic AI assistants, many of which offer generous free tiers.
Clear and concise lessons. For non-technical audience, creatives, and organizations promoting workforce AI adoption.
Intro + 7 lesson online course with videos that are carefully scripted, animated for clarity, narrated and subtitled in English. Plus 12 “DEEP DIVE” articles.
Who Needs This Course (And Why)?
“Ideas to Apps: Make AI Your Creative Toolkit” is perfect for non-technical people eager to build simple apps, demos, and tools of all kinds.
We teach you the practical skills and the strategic, step-by-step process to effectively use AI from concept to a functional ‘Digital Jerry Rig’. The point is to create simple digital tools that meet your personal needs, easily with AI.
With AI, developing simple apps becomes a means of problem-solving, experimentation, and creativity. Imagine the potential that you, your team, and collaborators can unleash with bespoke tools, rapid prototypes, and so on. Think for example:
Arts & Design
Generative art experiments
Interactive effects, filters, or unique navigation elements
Creative tools tailored to your workflow
Knowledge & Insight
Tools for extracting and distributing information
Data visualization experiments
Utilities for summarization or reformatting of data
Organization & Work
Projections and simulations
Custom trackers and dashboards
Micro-tools for specific client or team needs
Learn Through Clear Micro-Lessons
Building with AI is a new skill. We've designed the “Ideas to Apps” course with focus on clarity, efficiency, and practical application.
Sharp and Concise
Forget long, rambling screen recordings where you struggle to follow along. Our unique, bite-sized animated micro-lessons (around 6 mins each) are professionally crafted to be crystal clear, engaging, and respectful of your time. Learn complex concepts easily, step-by-step. Take your time reading 'Deep Dive' material provided with each lesson.
Collaborate with AI
You'll learn to instruct the AI, critically evaluate the results it provides, and then guide it through refinements with specific feedback. You can start creating your app with a well-defined idea, or you can start just experimenting. In both cases, a powerful back-and-forth process puts you in control.
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