We are thrilled to announce a new partnership between SUNY and Google that brings free access to Google AI Essentials and Google Prompting Essentials to all SUNY students, faculty and staff through the Coursera platform.  Learn at your own pace and earn your certificate from Google at no cost. Register with SUNY or Google AI Certificate page.

Courses Available

• Google AI Essentials: Build a strong foundation in artificial intelligence and understand how it’s transforming industries. Earn a Google-issued certificate upon completion.
• Google Prompting Essentials: Learn how to effectively communicate with AI tools using prompt engineering techniques, with hands-on exercises for both academic and workplace applications.

Benefits for Our Community

• Students: Gain workplace-ready AI skills, critically evaluate AI-generated content, and understand ethical implications.
• Faculty: Access professional development and integrate AI-enhanced teaching and research tools (automated grading, intelligent tutoring, natural language processing, and more).
• Staff: Improve efficiency and effectiveness by applying AI-powered productivity tools.

Supporting SUNY’s General Education Goals

SUNY’s AI for the Public Good Fellows (to be announced) will support faculty and instructional designers in:

• Designing courses and learning activities aligned with the new Information Literacy competency.
• Creating assessments that teach students to critically evaluate AI-generated content.