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Using AI coding assistants and agents responsibly

A ready-made course you customise for your organisation, with a live session deck and two surveys. You only add the 9 details that are specific to your organisation.

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Length
40 min
Lessons
6 lessons
Frequency
When an AI coding assistant or agent is rolled out
Last reviewed
21 Oct 2026
What code and data may go into a prompt
What would you do?

A developer pastes a production error log with customer emails into a public assistant

Try it: this is one of 16 interactive activities in the course.

What's included

Three pieces that work together

Copy once, get everything. Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck.

Self-paced course

Short lessons with real workplace scenarios, not walls of text.

  • 6 lessons, about 40 minutes
  • Sorting activity, scenario, process, timeline and quizzes

Live session deck

An AhaSlides presentation to run after the course, in person or online.

  • 10 slides
  • Quiz, poll, ranking, word cloud slides
  • A closing slide for your contacts

Two surveys

Find out what landed, and whether people use it on the job.

  • Post-course feedback, about 2 minutes
  • 30-day check-in
  • Anonymous by default
  • Results feed your next refresher

Learning objectives

At the end of this course, learners can

Each objective and the lesson that covers it.

IDObjectiveSourceWhere it's covered
TO 346.0Achieve ≥ 80% on the final assessment-Whole course
SO 346.1Describe what coding assistants and agents do well and where they failBest practiceWhole course
SO 346.2Decide what code and data may be put into a promptOrganisation's AI acceptable-use policy; ISO/IEC 42001:2023 (voluntary)Whole course
SO 346.3Review AI-written code for correctness, security and licence risk before mergingBest practice; NIST AI RMF 1.0 (voluntary)Whole course
SO 346.4Keep secrets, personal data and licensed code out of prompts and out of the repositoryOrganisation's security policyWhole course
SO 346.5Record AI use for traceability and follow team AI coding rules + your infoEU AI Act Art. 4 AI literacy [check before build]; organisation rulesWhole course

Your part: what a template can't do for you

  • Your workplace details: fill in the 9 highlighted fields so the course describes your own policies, contacts and locations.
  • Records: record completion in your own LMS or record system.

Course outline

6 lessons, about 40 minutes

Minutes per lesson are an estimate, shared out by page count.

ContentInteractiveVideoYou customise
1

The pull request nobody understood

3 pages

8 min
Before you beginNoteList
The pull requestTextImage
What went wrongTimelineQuiz
2

What assistants and agents do well and badly

3 pages

8 min
Strengths and limitsTable
Rate the snippetSorting activity
CheckFlashcardsMatching quiz
3

What code and data may go into a prompt

2 pages

5 min
The traffic lightSorting activityYour info
The pasted logScenarioQuiz
4

Reviewing AI-written code

3 pages

7 min
The review routineProcess
Spot the flawScenarioQuiz
CheckMulti-select quiz
5

Licences, secrets and traceability

3 pages

7 min
Three risksTabs
Record itChecklistNoteYour info
Raise it earlyProcessYour infoKey fact
6

Your team's AI coding rules and final assessment

2 pages

5 min
The rules at a glanceAccordionYour infoYour info
PracticeQuizKey factNoteButtonYour info

Live deck and surveys

10 slides to run live, two surveys to close the loop

Pink slides are interactive. Both surveys are anonymous; pink questions are written for this course.

ContentTitle, agenda, "bring an AI-written snippet you kept
PollHow often do you use an AI coding assistant?
QuizA secret appears in generated code. First action? (Remove, rotate and report ✔ · Leave it · Rename it · Delete the history)
Content · customisePrompt data traffic light and the review routine {{AI_CODING_RULES_LINK}}
RankingRank these data types by risk in a prompt: public docs, error logs, internal code, customer data, secrets
QuizA generated SQL string joins user input. Best fix? (Parameterised query and a test ✔)
Word cloudOne word for AI code you reviewed last week
ScaleHow confident are you reviewing AI-written code?
Q&AAsk the trainer anything
Content · customiseClosing {{HELP_CONTACT}}, {{COURSE_URL}}, {{SURVEY_2_URL}}
Post-course feedback: 11 questions, about 2 min
  1. Overall rating 5 stars
  2. Relevant, realistic, right length, helpful activities agree/disagree grid
  3. What was most useful? multi-select
  4. Confidence before this course, and now 1-5 scale
  5. Confidence in prompt data rules · review · licences · secrets · record keeping grid
  6. Which AI tools do you use for code? multiple choice
  7. What rule about AI in code is unclear to you? short text
  8. I can say ‘I pasted something I should not have’ without feeling judged. 1-5 scale
  9. One thing we should change or add open text
  10. Would you recommend this course? NPS
30-day check-in
  1. Have you used what you learned since the course? multiple choice
  2. How confident are you today? Compare with day 1 1-5 scale
  3. Do you know where to find the AI coding rules and approved tools list? yes / no / not sure
  4. A moment where the training helped, or where you weren't sure open text
  5. Which topics should the next refresher focus on? ranking

Results show whether people use the training on the job, not just whether they finished it.

Make it yours

9 fields to fill in, and you're ready

Everything else is done. These are the details only your organisation knows; each one is highlighted inside the course.

  • Link to the data classification policy{{DATA_CLASSIFICATION_POLICY_LINK}}
  • Link to the team AI coding rules{{AI_CODING_RULES_LINK}}
  • Security team contact{{SECURITY_CONTACT}}
  • List of approved tools and versions{{APPROVED_TOOLS}}
  • Who to ask for help or to report a concern{{HELP_CONTACT}}
  • Where completion is recorded{{LMS_OR_RECORD_SYSTEM}}
Show all 9 fields
  • Link to the post-course and 30-day survey{{SURVEY_2_URL}}
  • Link to the self-paced course{{COURSE_URL}}
  • Link to the baseline survey{{SURVEY_1_URL}}

FAQ

Common questions

Can I run using AI coding assistants and agents responsibly training online?

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

How often is this training needed?

When an AI coding assistant or agent is rolled out, and at developer onboarding.

Who needs this training?

All developers and the team leads who set AI usage rules for code; run by engineering managers with L&D.

What records should I keep?

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Can I edit the content?

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

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Open the live deck to see how the session runs alongside the course and both surveys.

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