AI Essentials | Beyond the Prompt: ChatGPT Codex in Practice (August 4, 2026)

AI Essentials | Beyond the Prompt: ChatGPT Codex in Practice (August 4, 2026)

Live Online  25.00  Tue, Aug 4, 11:30AM - 1:00PM

Session Description

This session builds on the “Beyond the Prompt” foundation by moving from general agentic AI concepts into hands-on practice with ChatGPT Codex. Participants will explore how Codex can use files, folders, and project context to support multi-step work, including documentation, analysis, troubleshooting, revisions, and other project-based tasks.

Through live, instructor-led demonstrations, participants will learn how to structure effective requests, define goals and constraints, guide Codex through iterative work, and evaluate its outputs before using them. The session emphasizes ChatGPT Codex as a project collaborator: useful for accelerating work, but still dependent on human direction, review, and judgment.

Participants will leave with a practical understanding of when ChatGPT Codex is a good fit, where it requires caution, and how to use review checkpoints, data-security awareness, and clear guardrails to keep AI-assisted work aligned with institutional needs.

✔ 100% Online, Live Instructor-Led
✔ For Professionals with Foundational AI Experience
✔ Focused on Agentic, Real-World AI Workflows

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Benefits

  • Develop Immediate, Practical AI Skills – Gain practical tools you can implement in your day-to-day.
  • Designed for Professionals, Not Tech Experts – Designed for non-technical professionals ready to move beyond basic AI use and apply AI to real workplace tasks, not coding or theory
  • Low Commitment, High Value – Each AI Essentials 90-minute session is just $25, allowing participants to choose the topics most relevant to them without a major time or financial commitment
  • Learn from an AI Expert – Sessions led by University of Maine Vice Chancellor for Finance and Strategic AI Integration Ryan Low

Session Details

Format: Live On Zoom*
Duration: 90 minutes – featuring 75 minutes of instruction and 15 minutes for Q&A, plus access to a 1-hour, live AI Q&A Café
Cost: $25
*While live participation is strongly encouraged, all AI Essentials sessions will be recorded and made available for participants unable to attend in real time.

University of Maine System Employees:
Please submit this form before registering to receive a 20% employee discount and to pay for this course via Interdepartmental Transfer using ChartFields.
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