SSchool for Everyone
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AI Foundations Bootcamp

Taught by Muhammad Talha Ashfaq — Founder, School for Everyone · Ex-Lecturer, GIKI

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Sixteen weeks from AI beginner to AI practitioner — in Urdu, with weekly live classes and real projects.

The AI Foundations Bootcamp is a free, 16-week live program that takes you from AI beginner to AI practitioner. One live class every week — taught in Urdu — plus one hands-on assignment, with all written materials in both Urdu and English.

Across four months you'll master prompting, build real automations with AI agents, ship working AI tools without coding, and run AI content systems — finishing with a capstone project, a public portfolio, and a demo day.

What makes this course different

  • Taught live in Urdu, with bilingual written materials
  • Every month ends with a shipped, working project
  • Free-tier tools first — no paid software required
  • Capstone project, demo day, and freelancing guidance

What you’ll learn

Practiced in Week 1 and Week 9 — through the live sessions and that week's assignment.

Practiced in Week 2 and Week 3 — through the live sessions and that week's assignment.

Practiced in Week 4 and Week 5 — through the live sessions and that week's assignment.

Practiced in Week 5 and Week 8 — through the live sessions and that week's assignment.

Practiced in Week 13 and Week 14 — through the live sessions and that week's assignment.

Practiced in Week 16 and Week 8 — through the live sessions and that week's assignment.

Learn directly from Muhammad Talha Ashfaq

Muhammad Talha Ashfaq

Founder, School for Everyone · Ex-Lecturer, GIKI

Muhammad Talha Ashfaq founded School for Everyone to make practical AI education free and accessible across Asia — taught in Urdu as well as English.

He holds an MS in Computer Science from COMSATS University Islamabad and previously lectured at the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIKI), where he taught Deep Learning, Computer Vision, and Medical Image Processing. His research spans machine learning, computer vision, and explainable AI.

Who this course is for

  • Complete beginners — no coding background needed
  • Students who want AI skills for study and work
  • Freelancers adding AI services to their offers
  • Professionals automating everyday office work

Prerequisites

None. A laptop and an internet connection are enough.

What’s included

16 live classes on Google Meet
16 hands-on weekly assignments
Recordings of every session
Community support throughout
Capstone project + demo day
Certificate of completion

Course syllabus

16 weeks · 16 live sessions

  • AI vs machine learning vs generative AI — no math, plain language
  • How LLMs work: tokens, context windows, and why AI hallucinates
  • Tour of ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini + what never to paste into them

Assignment: Ask the same 5 questions across ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini — one in Urdu — compare answers and verify one factual error.

OCT 17Live class: What AI Actually Is
  • Anatomy of a strong prompt: role, task, context, format
  • Zero-shot vs few-shot prompting
  • Prompting in Urdu, Roman Urdu, and English

Assignment: Build a personal library of 10 prompts with before/after versions.

OCT 24Live class: Prompting Fundamentals
  • Chain-of-thought and reasoning modes
  • Structured outputs: tables, JSON, exact templates
  • Prompt chaining for multi-step tasks

Assignment: Run a 3-prompt chain on a real document: summary, key-points table, JSON extraction.

OCT 31Live class: Advanced Prompting
  • Tool map: research, writing, images, building, agents
  • AI for studying: NotebookLM, flashcards, quizzes in Urdu
  • AI for freelancing and office work

Assignment: Complete one real task with AI; document time saved, prompts used, and manual fixes.

NOV 7Live class: The 2026 AI Tools Landscape
  • Triggers, actions, conditions: how data flows
  • Mapping a repetitive process into a diagram
  • Zapier vs Make vs n8n + Google Workspace backbone

Assignment: Flowchart 3 repetitive tasks; ship one automation: Form → Sheet → confirmation email.

NOV 14Live class: Automation Thinking
  • n8n basics: nodes, credentials, executions
  • Adding an LLM step with a free Gemini API key
  • AI classification, summarization, and drafting inside workflows

Assignment: Build a message-triage workflow: classify, summarize, log to Sheets, alert on urgent.

NOV 21Live class: AI Inside Workflows
  • Workflows vs agents
  • The n8n AI Agent node: tools, memory, instructions
  • APIs, webhooks, and MCP connectors

Assignment: Build an n8n agent answering questions from a Google Sheet + one public API.

NOV 28Live class: AI Agents & APIs
  • Lead handling, content pipelines, support auto-reply
  • WhatsApp/Telegram bots for local businesses
  • Demoing: diagram, workflow export, walkthrough video

Assignment: Ship a complete automation for a real local business with a 3-minute demo video and README.

DEC 5Live class: Month Project Workshop
  • Custom GPTs, Claude Projects, Gemini Gems
  • Writing strong system prompts
  • Grounding bots in documents (RAG, plainly explained)

Assignment: Build a bilingual FAQ assistant; test with 15 questions and document your fixes.

DEC 12Live class: No-Code Chatbots
  • Vibe coding: Lovable, Bolt, Replit, Google AI Studio
  • Writing an app spec with AI
  • Iterating by prompt and publishing a live link

Assignment: Build and publish a working tool — expense splitter, study planner, or invoice generator.

DEC 19Live class: Prompt-Driven App Builders
  • Anatomy of an LLM API call
  • Free tiers, spending limits, cost estimation
  • API key security basics

Assignment: Build a small API-powered tool in Colab — e.g. a CV → cover-letter generator.

DEC 26Live class: AI APIs for Beginners
  • Scoping a one-feature MVP
  • Handling bad outputs and usage limits
  • User testing and launching

Assignment: Publicly ship one AI tool; collect feedback from 3 users; write a one-page case study.

JAN 2Live class: Ship-It Workshop
  • Brand voice docs; killing generic AI-sounding copy
  • AI images: thumbnails, ads, product shots
  • Urdu/Roman Urdu localization

Assignment: For one brand: voice doc, 1 blog post, 3 ad variants, 5 creatives.

JAN 9Live class: AI Writing & Visuals
  • AI video: Veo, Kling, Runway
  • AI voice: ElevenLabs, consent and ethics
  • The faceless-video workflow + repeatable n8n pipelines

Assignment: Produce a 60-second faceless video end-to-end; build a weekly content-draft pipeline.

JAN 16Live class: AI Video & Voice
  • Capstone brief: automation + tool + content assets
  • Milestone planning and scope control
  • Live troubleshooting clinic and peer review

Assignment: Submit capstone v1 with a system diagram; peer-review 2 classmates.

JAN 23Live class: Capstone Build Clinic
  • Case studies and portfolio building
  • Freelancing with AI skills: Upwork/Fiverr setup
  • Pricing, proposals, and honest AI disclosure

Assignment: Demo Day: 5-minute live capstone presentation; submit your portfolio link.

JAN 30Live class: Demo Day

Free resources

GuideFree

AI Glossary: 40 Terms in Plain Urdu + English

A bilingual glossary to keep open during every class. Free.

VideoFree

Learn Faster with AI: A Study System

How to use NotebookLM and flashcards for any subject. Free.

Schedule

All live sessions · times in Pakistan Time (PKT)

Week 1 — What AI Actually Is

OCT 17Live class: What AI Actually Is

Week 2 — Prompting Fundamentals

OCT 24Live class: Prompting Fundamentals

Week 3 — Advanced Prompting & Structured Outputs

OCT 31Live class: Advanced Prompting

Week 4 — The 2026 AI Tools Landscape

NOV 7Live class: The 2026 AI Tools Landscape

Week 5 — Automation Thinking & First Workflows

NOV 14Live class: Automation Thinking

Week 6 — AI Inside Workflows (n8n)

NOV 21Live class: AI Inside Workflows

Week 7 — AI Agents & APIs Without Code

NOV 28Live class: AI Agents & APIs

Week 8 — Month Project: Automate a Real Business

DEC 5Live class: Month Project Workshop

Week 9 — No-Code Chatbots & Assistants

DEC 12Live class: No-Code Chatbots

Week 10 — Prompt-Driven App Builders

DEC 19Live class: Prompt-Driven App Builders

Week 11 — AI APIs for Beginners

DEC 26Live class: AI APIs for Beginners

Week 12 — Month Project: Ship a Working AI Tool

JAN 2Live class: Ship-It Workshop

Week 13 — AI Writing & Visual Content

JAN 9Live class: AI Writing & Visuals

Week 14 — AI Video, Voice & Content Systems

JAN 16Live class: AI Video & Voice

Week 15 — Capstone Build

JAN 23Live class: Capstone Build Clinic

Week 16 — Portfolio, Demo Day & Freelancing

JAN 30Live class: Demo Day

Frequently asked questions

Yes — the bootcamp is free for starters. One live class a week, weekly assignments, recordings, and the capstone are all included at no cost.

No. The bootcamp is designed for complete beginners. Where code appears (APIs, Colab), you work with AI coding assistants and guided templates.

Live classes are taught in Urdu. All written materials — slides, guides, assignments — are bilingual in Urdu and English.

Every session is recorded and shared with enrolled students, so you can catch up before the next class.

Students who complete all assignments, the monthly projects, and present at demo day receive a certificate of completion.

For Teams

Bringing a group? Flexible options for companies and organizations.