AI Tools for Business
BBA 6th Semester
Course Syllabus & Lesson Plan
| Duration | 50 hours — 1 hour per day for 50 days |
| Primary Tool | Google Gemini (free tier — most generous) |
| Session Structure | 10–15 min theory or opener → 45–50 min hands-on practice |
| Prior Knowledge Assumed | Word, Excel, Tally (Sem 2 & 4), Canva, PowerPoint basics (Sem 2 & 4) |
| Assessment | Unit mini-projects (continuous) + Capstone presentation (final) |
The most important skill in AI. Students begin using tools from Day 1. Each session opens with a 10-minute AI terminology snippet woven into practice.
Day 1 : What is GenAI, LLM & Prompt Engineering — Hands-on from the Start
📌 Terminology Opener (10 min): What is Generative AI? What is an LLM? What is a prompt? How do they connect?
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini
Day 2 : RCTFC Framework — Role, Context, Task, Format, Constraints
📌 Terminology Opener (10 min): Tokens and context window — what they mean and why they affect your results.
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini, ChatGPT
Day 3 : Prompt Techniques — Chain-of-Thought & Few-Shot Prompting
📌 Terminology Opener (10 min): ChatGPT vs Gemini — what is different under the hood: training data, knowledge cutoff, web access.
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini, ChatGPT
Day 4 : Persona Prompting & Tone Control
📌 Terminology Opener (10 min): Claude vs DeepSeek vs Grok — what each is best at, and what their free tiers allow.
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini, Claude (free tier)
Day 5 : Iterative Prompting — Refine Until It Is Right
📌 Terminology Opener (10 min): Hallucinations — why AI confidently produces wrong information and how to spot it.
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini
Day 6 : Prompting for Business Documents
📌 Terminology Opener (10 min): Perplexity vs Gemini — when cited sources and real-time data matter more than creativity.
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini, ChatGPT
Day 7: Chatbot Comparison Lab — Same Task, Four Tools
📌 Terminology Opener (10 min): AI and data privacy — what you should never paste into a public chatbot.
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek
Day 8 : Prompt Library Project
📌 Terminology Opener (10 min): When to choose which AI tool — a practical decision framework for professionals.
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini, Google Docs (to store and share library)
Deep mastery of Gemini as the primary AI tool. Students learn every major feature — personalization, Canvas, Deep Research, Gems, Notebooks, and Guided Learning — so they can use Gemini fluently in any professional context.
Day 9 : Gemini Interface, Personalization & Importing from Other Chatbots
📌 Terminology Opener (10 min): Gemini model versions — Flash, Pro, and Ultra: what differs in speed, reasoning, and capability.
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini (personalization, import feature, multimodal input)
Day 10 : Gemini Canvas — Writing and Editing Side-by-Side with AI
📌 Terminology Opener (10 min): Generative AI vs Agentic AI — what is coming next and how it changes the way we work.
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini Canvas
Day 11 : Gemini Deep Research — Part 1: Understanding the Tool
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini Deep Research
Day 12 : Gemini Deep Research — Part 2: Apply and Export
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini Deep Research, Perplexity AI, Google Docs
Day 13 : Gemini Gems — Building Custom AI Agents
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini Gems
Day 14 : Gemini Gems — Advanced and Practical Use
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini Gems
Day 15 : Gemini Notebooks — Persistent Project Workspaces
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini Notebooks
Day 16 : Gemini Notebooks — Working Across Sessions
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini Notebooks, Google Docs
Day 17 : Gemini Guided Learning
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini Guided Learning
A focused introduction to AI-generated visual and audio content using Gemini and complementary free tools. Detailed AI content creation is covered in Semester 8 — this unit provides foundational practical exposure.
Day 18 : AI Image Generation — Gemini Image
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini image generation (Imagen 3)
Day 19 : AI Image Tools Beyond Gemini and Introduction to Video Generation
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Adobe Firefly (free), Google Flow (Veo 2), Whisk
Day 20 : AI Music Generation and Google Labs Tools
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini music generation, Google Labs (GenType, Opal, Storybook, Mixboard
Google AI Studio offers capabilities not available in standard Gemini chat: system prompt engineering, multi-speaker audio narration, and real-time live mode. This unit covers only those exclusive features.
Day 21 : Google AI Studio — System Prompt Builder and Custom AI Personas
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Google AI Studio — system prompt builder
Day 22 : Google AI Studio — Audio Narration and Live Mode
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Google AI Studio — audio narration, live mode
Students already know Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Canva from previous semesters. This unit focuses entirely on AI integration — what AI adds to tools they already use, not the tools themselves.
Day 23 : AI Integration with Microsoft Word
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Microsoft Copilot in Word, Gemini → export to .docx
Day 24 : AI Integration with Excel — Formulas and Data Analysis
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Copilot in Excel, ChatGPT Advanced Data Analysis
Day 25 : AI Integration with Excel — Dashboards and Charts
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Copilot in Excel, ChatGPT Advanced Data Analysis
Day 26 : AI Integration with PowerPoint
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gamma.app (free), Microsoft Copilot in PowerPoint
Day 25 : AI Integration with Canva
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Canva AI (Magic Write, AI image generation, Background Remove, Magic Grab)
Gemini is embedded across Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Slides in Google Workspace. This unit covers the integrated workflow — AI assistance without ever leaving the tool you are working in.
Day 28 : Gemini in Gmail and Google Docs
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini in Gmail, Gemini in Google Docs
Day 29 : Gemini in Google Sheets and Slides
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini in Google Sheets, Gemini in Google Slides
Day 30 : Full Google Workspace AI — End-to-End Workflow
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Full Google Workspace suite with Gemini integration
Each business function session uses NotebookLM as the grounding layer — students upload real documents relevant to the function first, then use Gemini to generate outputs anchored in actual sources. This mirrors real professional workflows.
Day 31 : NotebookLM + AI for Professional Communication
📗 NotebookLM Practice Setup: Upload: a company profile PDF, brand guidelines document, and 2 sample professional communications. Ask NotebookLM to extract the communication tone, key messages, and language rules from these documents.
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: NotebookLM, Gemini, Google Docs
Day 32 : NotebookLM + AI for HR Tasks
📗 NotebookLM Practice Setup: Upload: an HR policy document, an organizational chart, and 2 existing job descriptions. Ask NotebookLM: What are the leave entitlements? What is the appraisal process? What qualifications does a similar role require?
Hands-on Practice
Tools: NotebookLM, Gemini, ChatGPT
Day 33 : NotebookLM + AI for Marketing
📗 NotebookLM Practice Setup: Upload: a market research report PDF, a competitor analysis document, and a customer survey summary. Ask NotebookLM: What are the top customer pain points? What differentiates our competitors? What market trends are relevant?
Hands-on Practice
Tools: NotebookLM, Gemini, Canva AI
Day 33 : NotebookLM + AI for Finance and Operations
📗 NotebookLM Practice Setup: Upload: a Profit & Loss statement, a Balance Sheet, and an Annual Report excerpt. Ask NotebookLM: What was the revenue trend over the past 3 years? Which expense category grew fastest? What does management say about risks?
Hands-on Practice
Tools: NotebookLM, Gemini, ChatGPT Advanced Data Analysis, Excel + AI
Day 35 : NotebookLM + AI for Entrepreneurship and Startups
📗 NotebookLM Practice Setup: Upload: an industry report, a feasibility study example, and 2 startup case studies. Ask NotebookLM: What are the critical success factors in this industry? What are common failure reasons for startups in this space?
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: NotebookLM, Gemini Deep Research, Gemini, Gamma.app
Day 36 : NotebookLM — Audio Overviews and Study Use Cases
Hands-on Practice
Tools: NotebookLM
AI-powered search tools differ from LLM chat in an important way: they retrieve current, cited information from the web. This unit covers when and how to use them alongside Gemini for professional research.
Day 37 : AI Search Tools — Perplexity and Google SGE
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Perplexity AI, Google SGE, Gemini Deep Research
Day 38 : AI-Assisted Competitive and Market Research
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Perplexity AI, Gemini Deep Research, Google Docs
Make.com is a visual, no-code workflow automation platform that connects apps and automates repetitive business processes. Students build 7 progressively complex workflows, culminating in an AI-integrated automation project.
Day 39 : Introduction to Automation — Why It Matters for Business
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Make.com, Google Forms, Gmail
Day 40 : Make.com — Core Business Workflows
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Make.com, Google Sheets, Gmail, WhatsApp (via Make module)
Day 41 : Make.com — Connecting AI to Workflows
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Make.com, ChatGPT API, Google Forms, Gmail
Day 42 : Make.com — Multi-Step Business Automation
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Make.com, Google Drive, Google Sheets, ChatGPT API, Gmail
Day 43 : Make.com — Marketing and HR Automation
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Make.com, Google Sheets, Google Forms, ChatGPT API
Day 44: Automation Mini-Project
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Make.com — full student choice of connected apps
A focused, discussion-driven session on the professional and ethical dimensions of AI use — grounded in real examples and relevant to students entering the workforce.
Day 45 : Using AI Responsibly in Professional Life
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: No specific AI tools — discussion and reflection session
Students apply everything learned in the course to solve a real business problem using a minimum of 4 AI tools. The capstone demonstrates job-readiness by producing professional deliverables that mirror actual workplace outputs.
Day 46 – 48 : Capstone Work Sessions — Build Your AI-Powered Business Solution
Theory (≤15 min)
Hands-on Practice
Tools: Gemini Deep Research, NotebookLM, Gamma.app or Canva AI, PowerPoint, Make.com, Google AI Studio (optional), Gemini Imagen (optional)
Day 49 – 50 : Capstone Presentations and Course Wrap-Up
Hands-on Practice
Tools: All tools used throughout the course
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