AI Image & Video Prompting
Turn words into striking product photos, ads and short clips — no studio, no camera, just clear prompts and a sharp eye.
- Free
- Beginner-friendly
- 4 weeks · ~3 hrs/week
- 7 lessons
- ~1 hours
- Certificate on passing the project
Free account required to open the lessons. No card, no fees.
About this course
A beginner-friendly, hands-on guide to AI image and video generation for Nigerian hustles — writing prompts that actually work, controlling style, size and quality, fixing the rough edges, animating short clips, and using it all to sell, honestly and safely.
You describe a picture in words — a prompt — and the AI imagines it for you. It is not a camera and not Google; it is a brilliant visual guesser. You stay the director.
What you'll learn
- Writing image prompts
- Controlling style, quality & aspect
- Iterating & editing images
- Prompting AI video
- Real business use cases
- Ethics, rights & disclosure
Course syllabus — 7 lessons
- Words Into Pictures: The Landscape (and Why It Earns)10 min
- Anatomy of an Image Prompt11 min
- Style, Quality & Control: The Right Look and the Right Size11 min
- Iterate, Edit & Fix: Treat It Like a Conversation11 min
- Prompting AI Video: Adding Motion12 min
- Put It to Work: One Mini-Campaign, End to End12 min
- Ethics, Rights & Disclosure: Protect Your Name11 min
Your project
Run a Mini Visual Campaign for One Business
A single shareable link (Google Drive folder, a doc, a gallery, or a social post) — or pasted text if you cannot host media — containing your brand brief, at least three image prompts with their generated results, one before/after iteration, ideally one short video clip (or its written prompt), and a short honesty note.
Certificates on Skillnaija are earned, not issued for attendance: you submit this project, it is graded against a rubric, and passing issues a certificate anyone can verify.
Frequently asked questions
Is AI Image & Video Prompting free?
Yes. AI Image & Video Prompting is completely free on Skillnaija. You need a free account to open the lessons, and there is no charge for the course, the project, or the certificate.
How long does AI Image & Video Prompting take to complete?
4 weeks · ~3 hrs/week. There are 7 lessons, about 1 hour of material in total. You learn at your own pace and your progress is saved.
Do I need any experience to start AI Image & Video Prompting?
Beginner-friendly. You can start from scratch — no prior experience is assumed.
What will I learn in AI Image & Video Prompting?
You will build practical skills in Writing image prompts, Controlling style, quality & aspect, Iterating & editing images, Prompting AI video, Real business use cases, Ethics, rights & disclosure. Every lesson is written for a Nigerian context, with examples drawn from how the work is actually done and paid for here.
Do I get a certificate for AI Image & Video Prompting?
Yes, but it has to be earned. You complete the course project — Run a Mini Visual Campaign for One Business and submit it for grading. Passing the project issues a verifiable certificate; finishing the lessons alone does not.
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