Getting Started with Claude
36mBeginner2026-09-10
Authors

Ray Villalobos
Senior Staff Instructor at LinkedIn Learning
Course details
Rather than teaching AI fundamentals or AI development, this course focuses on practical productivity workflows that help professionals use Claude effectively in day-to-day work. Instructor Ray Villalobos helps you move beyond AI awareness and develop hands-on skills for interacting with Claude across its major surfaces and productivity features.
Learning objectives
Navigate the core Claude interfaces and experiences through guided product walkthroughs and demonstrations.
Choose appropriate Claude models and effort levels for different tasks by following practical examples and decision-making scenarios.
Use Claude Cowork to accelerate everyday knowledge work through hands-on workflow demonstrations.
Create and refine artifacts by following guided exercises that show how Claude can generate and organize deliverables.
Organize ongoing work using Projects through step-by-step walkthroughs of project-based AI workflows.
Extend Claude using connectors by observing and practicing connected-workflow scenarios.
Use skills and plugins to customize workflows through feature demonstrations and applied use cases.
Apply Claude to coding and technical tasks through guided coding examples and real-world demonstrations.
Evaluate where Claude fits into your personal and team workflows through practical workplace scenarios.
Learning objectives
Navigate the core Claude interfaces and experiences through guided product walkthroughs and demonstrations.
Choose appropriate Claude models and effort levels for different tasks by following practical examples and decision-making scenarios.
Use Claude Cowork to accelerate everyday knowledge work through hands-on workflow demonstrations.
Create and refine artifacts by following guided exercises that show how Claude can generate and organize deliverables.
Organize ongoing work using Projects through step-by-step walkthroughs of project-based AI workflows.
Extend Claude using connectors by observing and practicing connected-workflow scenarios.
Use skills and plugins to customize workflows through feature demonstrations and applied use cases.
Apply Claude to coding and technical tasks through guided coding examples and real-world demonstrations.
Evaluate where Claude fits into your personal and team workflows through practical workplace scenarios.
Concepts
Introduction
- The platform for getting work done
Using Claude
- Claude is everywhere you work
- App surfaces - Chat, Cowork, and Code
- Choosing model and effort options
Getting Work Done
- Claude Cowork
- Building artifacts
- Organizing with projects
- Expanding Claude with connectors
- Shortcuts, skills, and plugins