Getting Started with Claude is a practical short course from Australian Salesmasters Training Co (ASTC), delivered on ASTC Online. It's the foundation course in ASTC's Claude Skills series, for people who are new to Claude, or who've started using it and want to use it safely and well at work.
ASTC is independent. This course is not made, endorsed or sponsored by Anthropic. Claude is a trademark of Anthropic. ASTC is not affiliated with Anthropic.
By the end you will be able to:
- explain what Claude is and where you can use it, compare the main plan types in plain terms, choose the right account for work, and sign up safely
- identify the two layouts you might see, use the message box, plus menu and sidebar, and choose a model and effort level in plain terms while managing your usage
- apply Anthropic's main prompting advice (clear and direct, context and the reason why, a role, examples, explicit instructions) and refine and self-check Claude's replies
- apply safe habits to upload files and images, get checkable answers from long documents, create files and artifacts, and recognise the risk of hidden instructions in files
- apply privacy habits and the OAIC's guidance to what you share, set the Model Improvement, feedback, incognito and delete options, and view, edit, pause or reset Claude's memory
- apply a checking routine to Claude's answers, explain the main points of Anthropic's Usage Policy for workplaces, and build a personal 'how I use Claude' checklist
What's included: 6 narrated video lessons with captions, interactive drag-and-drop activities and practice checks, a participant book (PDF) to keep, an online final quiz (marked automatically, 3 attempts, 80% to pass) and a Certificate of Completion.
Time: about 1.5 hours, including the activities and the final quiz (allow longer if English is your second language or you replay lessons). Study online at your own pace through ASTC Online.
This is a non-accredited short course and is not nationally recognised training. Any legal content is general information current as at November 2026, not legal advice.