Six months to understand computers, the web and AI.
For people who don’t work in tech. No lectures: every idea is learned by playing, with an AI tutor at your side and a trainer who follows your progress.
- No prerequisites
- About 2.5 hours a week
- A certificate at the end
Everything is made of 0s and 1s
A computer knows only two states: on (1) or off (0). Each bulb is worth twice its neighbour. Tap them.
64 + 1 = 65
01000001 in binary: the number 65, which the computer shows as the capital letter “A”.
Challenge 1 of 2: make 97, the lowercase letter “a”.
0 of 2 challengesSix months, from your first click to AI at work.
26 weeks, three modules a week, 30 to 45 minutes each. Every month ends with a hands-on project and a review with the tutor.
The common thread: the website of a fictional online shop, Maison Lina, which you build piece by piece, from the first month to the last.
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Month 1, weeks 1 to 4
The foundations
The computer and its parts, 0s and 1s, files, the internet, the browser and its tools, the cloud, everyday security, working with a tech team.
Project of the month: auditing a real website with the browser’s tools.
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Month 2, weeks 5 to 8
Building a page: HTML and CSS
Page structure, links and images, forms, accessibility, layout and adapting to phones.
Project of the month: the shop’s product page, accessible and phone-friendly.
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Month 3, weeks 9 to 12
Bringing a page to life: JavaScript
Variables, conditions, loops, functions, events, calling an API, and a method for finding bugs.
Project of the month: the interactive cart and the catalogue filter.
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Month 4, weeks 13 to 16
Going live
Code history and teamwork, hosting, deployment, secrets, domain names, HTTPS, speed and search engines.
Project of the month: putting the site live for real, from the test copy to production.
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Month 5, weeks 17 to 21
APIs, data and the back end
What travels between two pieces of software, automations, databases and SQL, access rights, then Python to analyse figures.
Project of the month: a contact form that saves messages in a database.
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Month 6, weeks 22 to 26
AI at work
How a machine learns, what a large language model really does, the craft of prompting, answers grounded in your own documents, agents and their tools, security and GDPR.
Final project: a mini customer-service agent, evaluated on sample emails.
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Week 26
The final exam, then the certificate
30 questions and 3 practical exercises: fix a page, correct a JavaScript bug, configure an agent. Pass it and you get a certificate anyone can verify online.
You learn by doing, not by listening.
One idea per screen, short sentences, and the calculation always in front of you, not just the result. Then you play a role: your choices have visible consequences.
Simulation games in every module
A realistic situation, a score, and the urge to replay and do better. A few examples from the course:
- Sort a booby-trapped inbox and spot the scam.Month 1, everyday security
- An employee leaves the company: remove all their access, without missing one.Month 1, access in a company
- Ship a fix without breaking anything.Month 1, working with a tech team
- Connect a domain name to a website without cutting off email.Month 4, domain names
- Spot the hidden instruction in an email sent to an AI.Month 6, AI, security and GDPR
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An AI tutor on every screen
It answers your questions when you ask them, explains differently when needed, and suggests five minutes of review a day. It is an AI, and it says so.
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A trainer who follows your progress
Mahmoud, Riyata Studio’s trainer, follows your course week after week and sees where you are.
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A pace that fits a busy week
Three modules of 30 to 45 minutes, whenever you like, on a computer, tablet or phone. A reminder email on Mondays, which you can turn off.
Classic traps are built in. The text “255” is not the number 255: one is written with three characters, so three bytes; the other fits in a single one. Every screen anticipates mix-ups like this and explains them before they trip you up.
No tech background needed. That is the starting point.
The course starts from scratch: the first lesson explains what a computer is. Code arrives in the second month, one screen at a time.
- You run a shop or a small business, and you want to understand what your providers do.
- You work with a tech team, and you want to speak their language.
- You want to use AI at work knowing what it does, and what it cannot do.
- You are changing careers, and you want solid foundations before going further.
Your questions
Is the course in English?
No. The platform and the lessons are in French. This page is for people who read French comfortably but prefer to browse in English.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. The course starts from scratch and moves one idea at a time. When code arrives, in the second month, you write in an editor that shows the result next to it, and each exercise checks your answer and tells you what is missing.
How much time should I plan?
About 2.5 hours a week for 26 weeks: three modules of 30 to 45 minutes, whenever you like. Weeks open one at a time, at the session’s pace, and nothing is lost if you fall behind.
Which device?
Computer, tablet or phone: the platform adapts to the screen and works entirely with a keyboard. For coding exercises, a computer is more comfortable.
Who answers my questions?
The tutor, at any time, from every screen. It is an artificial intelligence, and it always introduces itself as one. Mahmoud, Riyata Studio’s trainer, follows your progress week after week.
What is the certificate worth?
It shows that you passed Riyata Studio’s final exam, and anyone can check it online with its code. It is not a degree or a state-recognised qualification.
How much does it cost, and when does the next session start?
Send your enrolment request: we reply with the dates and terms of the next session. The request does not commit you to anything.
Request your enrolment
Access is by invitation, per session. Leave us a few words: we reply within one business day.
- You send this formTwo minutes are enough.
- We replywith the dates and terms of the next session, with no commitment.
- You receive your invitationby email: a sign-in link, no password to remember.