Build a Dashboard with Claude AI: Live in 2 Weeks

About this course

A live, hands-on course that takes you from Claude power user to builder. In week 1 you master Claude chat, Projects, Artifacts, Cowork and Connectors. After the Thanksgiving break you use Claude Code to build your own Budget Dashboard: a personal budget web app with monthly totals, a spending chart and over-budget alerts, built entirely by prompting Claude. No coding background needed.

Every 2-hour session follows the same rhythm: a quick recap quiz, one short concept, a live demo, a 50-minute hands-on lab, then sharing and wrap-up. Office hours run after each session, so nobody stays stuck.

Thanksgiving week is your time to finish the pre-course setup (Claude desktop app, VS Code, Git, Python and a GitHub account), with a step-by-step guide for Windows and Mac.

On Demo Day you present your working app on GitHub and earn your certificate.

By the end, you'll be able to

What you'll learn

Why this topic matters

Most people use Claude as a chat box. This course shows you the rest: Projects, Cowork, Connectors and Claude Code, the tools that turn Claude into a teammate that does real work.

You don't just watch. You build one real app, step by step, live, and leave with a working Budget Dashboard on GitHub that you can show employers or use every month.

Every session is hands-on, with office hours right after, and Demo Day gives you a deadline and an audience.

What we'll cover · 3 weeks

1. Recap quiz: 5 quick questions on the last session (10 min)
2. Concept: one idea at a time, with short slides (20 min)
3. Live demo: watch it done on screen (20 min)
4. Hands-on lab: you build it, step by step, with help (50 min)
5. Share and wrap-up: Optional for 2-3 students show their screen; homework set (15 min)
6. Office hours after every session for one-to-one help

Course plan · 5 lessons

1. Session 1 · Claude power skills2 hours

   Four power moves for better prompts (structure, examples, interview me, check yourself); turn a messy expense list into a clean table and a chart Artifact

2. Session 2 · Projects, Cowork and Connectors2 hours

   Projects with instructions and knowledge files; write your Budget Dashboard spec with Claude; Cowork for desktop files; connect Google Drive or Gmail safely

3. Session 3 · Claude Code, your first app2 hours

   How Claude Code plans, edits, runs and tests; build the dashboard skeleton: add income and expenses, a transactions list and monthly totals

4. Session 4 · Build features and debug2 hours

   Category pie chart, monthly budget limits with red over-budget alerts, CSV import from a bank export; read errors, review changes and fix bugs

5. Demo Day · Ship it and showcase1 hour

   Put your app on GitHub (no secrets in it), watch a live deploy, give a 3-minute demo, get your certificate and next steps

Who it's for

• People who already use Claude and want to go further: no coding background needed
• Analysts, managers, educators and career changers who want a real project to show
• Bring: a laptop (Windows 11 or recent macOS) with admin rights to install software
• Bring: a Claude Pro plan (needed from Session 3) and free GitHub and Google accounts

The session is recorded. The recording appears here afterwards, for registered participants.

🔒 Slides, handouts and files are for registered participants.

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