Artificial intelligence
AI in business: understand, assess, decide
ICDL AI micro-certification · 7 hrs
The certification
ICDL micro-certification “Integrating AI into professional practice” (syllabus 1.0). It assesses understanding of AI (concepts, uses, ethical issues), not mastery of a particular tool: practice comes from the course.
This certification is not listed in the Specific Directory: it cannot be funded through CPF, but by the employer, the OPCO or a training insurance fund (FAF).
Duration and price
Course
€490
Price per person, net of tax (VAT not applicable), exam included. The recommended preparation time, the format and the price of the exam are confirmed in the written proposal.
This course is also part of the Responsible digital use in business pack (digital culture, cybersecurity, data protection and AI micro-certification): 4 certifications · 42 hrs · €2,690 net of tax per person.
Objectives
By the end of the course, the learner is able to:
- Explain what artificial intelligence is, its levels and its main milestones
- Describe in general terms how machine learning, neural networks and deep learning work
- Recognise uses of AI in business: data, images, language, decision-making
- Identify the limits, ethical issues and social and economic impact of AI
- Assess the benefits and consequences of adopting AI in a professional case
Skills assessed
The syllabus assesses 4 areas, 17 tasks:
- Definition and evolution of AI: what it is, its three levels, its main milestones
- Machine learning, neural networks and deep learning: principles and characteristics
- AI use cases: data, images, language and decision support
- Limits, ethics and impact of AI, and assessment of its adoption in a professional scenario
Programme
The order and length of each module are adjusted to the group after the placement test.
What is AI?
Define artificial intelligence, distinguish narrow AI, general AI and superintelligence, identify the main milestones in its history.
How does AI work?
Algorithms, complexity and heuristics; machine learning, neural networks and deep learning.
Examples of use
Why organisations are interested in AI; examples in data mining, image recognition, language processing and decision support.
Limits, ethics and impact
Limits of AI; ethical principles (clear and useful purpose, transparency, operational competence); social and economic effects; issues by sector.
Assess the adoption of AI in a business case
Analyse a professional scenario, notably the learner’s own company, to decide where and how to use AI.
Generative AI hands-on workshop (outside the exam)
Try generative AI on the learner’s own tools: write a request, check the answer, protect confidential data.
Exam practice and sitting the micro-certification
Practice questions, corrected with comments, then a supervised certification test.
In this course
- A hands-on generative AI workshop on your own tools
- An AI adoption case in your company, which the syllabus assesses
Audience and prerequisites
Audience: employees, freelancers and jobseekers.
- No technical knowledge is needed.
- Command of written and spoken French or English (courses delivered in French or English).
- Take the free ICDL placement test before enrolling.
Formats
In person
In a classroom in Mougins, Valbonne or Sophia Antipolis, in groups of 1 to 8 people, in full 7-hour days or 3.5-hour half-days. Workstation provided, with the necessary software.
Online
Live virtual classes with the trainer, in 3.5-hour half-days. You need a computer with the relevant software, an internet connection, a microphone and a webcam; a technical test takes place before the first session.
Hybrid
Sessions with the trainer, in a classroom or virtual class (at least 50% of the duration), and guided work on the ICDL practice platform, which is provided. Same technical conditions as online.
For online and hybrid courses, technical and teaching support is provided by phone and email, with a reply within 48 working hours at the latest.
Assessment and validation
- Before: free ICDL placement test and 20-minute interview to define the pathway.
- During: corrected exercises and practice tests.
- At the end: supervised ICDL exam.
- Satisfaction: questionnaire at the end of the course, then a questionnaire after 3 months.
Validation: ICDL certificate verifiable online if you pass, course completion certificate in all cases.
Teaching methods and resources: interview and placement test, then a pathway adjusted to the result. Demonstrations, exercises on professional cases, practice tests, digital materials given to the learner. Trainers experienced in the subject taught.
Accessibility
Courses are accessible to people with disabilities after a discussion with the disability officer, who assesses the adaptations needed. The rooms in Mougins, Valbonne and Sophia Antipolis are accessible to people with reduced mobility. Disability officer: +33 4 22 21 32 43, contact@antipolisformation.fr. For the exam, adjustments can be requested from the test centre.
Access times
Dates and the access time are given in the written proposal (programme, duration, dates, price) that follows your enquiry.
Funding
Possible funding: employer, OPCO, FAF.
Prices are per person, net of tax (VAT not applicable).
Practical information
- Documents given before the start of the course: programme, general terms of sale, internal rules, welcome booklet.
- Enrolment and teaching questions: +33 4 22 21 32 43, contact@antipolisformation.fr.
- Complaints: same address, with a reply within 10 working days.
- Other answers: see the frequently asked questions on courses, ICDL certification and funding.
Enrolment and enquiries
A question about this course?
Describe your project: an adviser will contact you free of charge and with no commitment, with the programme and a quote.