Build a Document Q&A Assistant with Citations
A document assistant with source-linked answers. A fixed evaluation set covers answerable, missing and contradictory evidence; no invented citations.
Register your interest. Dates and delivery are confirmed before enrolment opens.
What you will be able to do.
Build understanding, put it into practice and finish with work you can explain.
- A fixed evaluation set covers answerable, missing and contradictory evidence; no invented citations.
Is this for you?
Intermediate learners who can demonstrate the entry competencies listed below. Preparation suggestions are optional.
Before you begin
Write a small function, branch on input and explain an error path Retrieve source passages and handle an unsupported question Explain method status headers and JSON; send one safe request
How you will show your progress
A fixed evaluation set covers answerable, missing and contradictory evidence; no invented citations.
From first principles to applied work.
Explain → Demonstration → Guided practice → Review
Planned outline. Lessons, trainer and schedule are confirmed before this course opens.
0160 live minutesDefine questions and source boundaries
5 min explanation · 5 min demonstration · 35 min practice · 15 min review
Define answerable and unanswerable handbook questions
02120 live minutesPrepare and index documents
10 min explanation · 15 min demonstration · 70 min practice · 25 min review
Ingest documents with provenance
03180 live minutesImplement retrieval and answer generation
15 min explanation · 25 min demonstration · 105 min practice · 35 min review
Build retrieval and response generation
04120 live minutesAdd source links and missing-answer handling
10 min explanation · 15 min demonstration · 70 min practice · 25 min review
Show sources and explicit missing-evidence messages
05120 live minutesEvaluate quality and adversarial text
10 min explanation · 15 min demonstration · 70 min practice · 25 min review
Test conflicting sources and untrusted text
06120 live minutesDeliver the demo and limitations report
10 min explanation · 15 min demonstration · 70 min practice · 25 min review
Deliver an evaluation report and reproducible demo
How you will practise and be assessed.
The planned assessment checks your result, your judgement and your ability to apply what you learned independently.
- 01
Build the promised result
Demonstrate the promised artifact
WHAT YOUR WORK SHOULD SHOWA fixed evaluation set covers answerable, missing and contradictory evidence; no invented citations.
- 02
Test a limit or failure
Test conflicting sources and untrusted text
WHAT YOUR WORK SHOULD SHOWThe documented failure/uncertainty is visible, and no prohibited action or unsupported success claim occurs.
- 03
Apply it independently
Independently explain and change one assumption in a document assistant with source-linked answers.
WHAT YOUR WORK SHOULD SHOWThe learner predicts and verifies the change; AI output is not accepted without understanding.
Where this course stands.
Lab assets and supported tool versions are confirmed before teaching
Explore the source reference- Course ID
- B004
- Content
- Course outline in review
- Trainer
- Instructor to be confirmed
- Enrolment
- Not open · requests welcome
- Publication
- Planned
- Catalogue date
- 2026-10-15
Want to learn this?
Share your interest. We’ll confirm availability, batch dates and the fee separately, so you can decide when the details are ready.
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- Just your name and email to get started
- No payment or booking commitment
Know what your batch includes.
Learning support, assessment requirements and any certificate terms are confirmed with the batch before enrolment. Include your goals in your course request so the proposed format can be matched to what you need.

