Master Google NotebookLM from scratch. Learn to build source-grounded notebooks, ask questions with trustworthy citations, generate Audio and Video Overviews, create study guides and mind maps, share notebooks, and use the mobile app for study, work, and your personal knowledge base.
Google NotebookLM is a free AI research tool that works in a genuinely different way from a general chatbot: it answers only from the sources you give it, and every claim comes with a citation you can click and verify. This NotebookLM course teaches you to turn a pile of PDFs, notes, Google Docs, web pages, and YouTube transcripts into something you can question, listen to, watch, and study, without wading through every page again.
Across nine hands-on lessons you will set up notebooks and add sources the right way, ask grounded questions and trust the citations, and generate the full range of Studio outputs: Audio Overviews that sound like a podcast about your material, narrated Video Overviews, interactive mind maps, and reports such as study guides, briefing docs, FAQs, and timelines. You will also learn to share notebooks with classmates or teammates, work from the mobile app, and stay on the right side of the free tier limits and privacy considerations. Real workflows are built in for students revising for exams, professionals briefing a team, creators repurposing their own back catalog, and anyone building a searchable personal knowledge base.
The course is completely free and beginner friendly, with no technical background required. After you finish the lessons and pass the final exam, you earn a free certificate of completion to add to your LinkedIn profile or resume. If you have wanted a clear, practical guide to getting real value from NotebookLM, start here.
4 modules • 9 lessons
Finish every lesson and pass the final exam to earn this free, shareable certificate.
Certificate of Completion
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Michail Ouroumis
Founder, FreeAcademy.ai
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NotebookLM is a free AI research and thinking tool from Google that answers only from the sources you upload, with clickable citations. It suits students, professionals, content creators, and anyone building a personal knowledge base of documents they want to understand and question.
The course is completely free and awards a certificate of completion. NotebookLM has a capable free tier that covers everything in this course. Higher limits come through NotebookLM Plus, which as of mid-2026 is bundled into Google's paid AI and Workspace plans rather than sold on its own, so confirm current pricing in the app.
No. This is a beginner course. If you can upload a file and type a question, you can follow along. It starts from what NotebookLM is and builds up to audio, video, sharing, and mobile.
This course is a dedicated deep dive into the NotebookLM product across study, work, and personal use. The academic research course is a broader survey of research tools and workflows. They complement each other, and this course links to it for scholarly work.
Yes. Completing all lessons and passing the final exam earns a free certificate of completion you can add to your LinkedIn profile or resume.
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