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Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Ground an application in a document collection and evaluate retrieval separately from generation.

Intermediate6 hours estimatedSelf-paced · Planned
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What you’ll explore

  • Prepare and chunk source documents
  • Embeddings and retrieval strategies
  • Ground answers with source context
  • Evaluate relevance and answer quality

Who this is for

Developers and technically curious builders. The course is designed to connect understanding with a practical activity you can review and improve.

Before you begin

Basic familiarity with programming and working with web APIs is recommended. Intermediate courses assume an introductory understanding of AI application development.

The planned curriculum

A preview of the learning sequence. Lessons and activities are not yet published.

01Prepare and chunk source documents

Planned focus: prepare and chunk source documents. This module will pair a guided explanation with an applied exercise and a review of your decisions. Final lesson materials will be confirmed before enrollment opens.

02Embeddings and retrieval strategies

Planned focus: embeddings and retrieval strategies. This module will pair a guided explanation with an applied exercise and a review of your decisions. Final lesson materials will be confirmed before enrollment opens.

03Ground answers with source context

Planned focus: ground answers with source context. This module will pair a guided explanation with an applied exercise and a review of your decisions. Final lesson materials will be confirmed before enrollment opens.

04Evaluate relevance and answer quality

Planned focus: evaluate relevance and answer quality. This module will pair a guided explanation with an applied exercise and a review of your decisions. Final lesson materials will be confirmed before enrollment opens.

Build something you can explain.

The proposed final activity asks you to apply the course ideas to a small task, document your approach, and explain how you checked the result. Completion requirements will be published with the course.

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