Getting started with NotebookLM

How to query and synthesize documents using NotebookLM?

  • NotebookLM

1250 € per session, excl. VAT

In short

This course is for professionals seeking to master a precise use of NotebookLM. Participants will learn to select a coherent corpus, organize their sources, compare viewpoints, and extract relevant facts. The deliverable includes an organized notebook and a synthesis linked to its source passages, fostering better management and utilization of documentary information.

Why this training?

The problem
Fragmented uses and results that are hard to verify.
What it costs today
Manual rework and decisions based on incomplete information.
Why this skill
Document answers with checked citations and explicit gaps.
What you gain
Document answers with checked citations and explicit gaps.

Objectives of this training

  • Select a coherent source set.
  • Create the notebook and name sources.
  • Compare perspectives and extract facts.
  • Document answers with checked citations and explicit gaps.

Who is it for and what are the prerequisites?

Roles and tasks concerned

  • Professionals seeking hands-on practice with a specific use case

Prior skills

  • AI Fundamentals and AI Prompting completed, or equivalent experience (a learning prerequisite, not a registration condition).
  • Have practised: Understand NotebookLM and get started, or have equivalent skills. Authorised NotebookLM account, now Gemini Notebook in Google documentation. Check usable sources and sharing rights; Studio features depend on account and quota. Verify citations against originals; video overviews are not unrestricted generative movies.
  • A paid subscription to an AI solution offering the features used, the organisation’s authorisation for third-party tools, and the actual accounts and access rights.

To prepare before the session

  • Authorised NotebookLM account, now Gemini Notebook in Google documentation. Check usable sources and sharing rights; Studio features depend on account and quota. Verify citations against originals; video overviews are not unrestricted generative movies.

What you will work on

  1. Prepare

    Select a coherent source set.

  2. Organise

    Create the notebook and name sources.

  3. Query

    Compare perspectives and extract facts.

  4. Summarise

    Create an FAQ and reading memo.

What you take away

  • An organised notebook and a brief linked to source passages.

Method and assessment

  • Demonstration of available features, guided exercises and an independent case.
  • Peer review of the deliverable and correction against original sources.

The participant presents the stated deliverable, justifies sources and permissions, identifies and corrects an error and explains limitations. Assessment rubric: accuracy, traceability, access control and handover to a colleague.

Frequently asked questions

What concrete outcome is assessed?

Document answers with checked citations and explicit gaps.

What access is needed before the session?

Authorised NotebookLM account, now Gemini Notebook in Google documentation. Check usable sources and sharing rights; Studio features depend on account and quota. Verify citations against originals; video overviews are not unrestricted generative movies.

Which step should come before this course?

Have practised: Understand NotebookLM and get started, or have equivalent skills.

How are data protected and results validated?

Use fictional, anonymised or explicitly authorised data. Your organisation’s designated person checks sources, rights and results before use; subscriptions and external access are not assumed to be included.

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