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The NotebookLM Guide: Your AI-Powered Productivity Assistant

Learn how to harness Google's NotebookLM to simplify research, analyze content, and boost productivity. From document summaries to sentiment analysis to agents, discover AI-powered workflows that enhance your academic and professional projects.

4 Days

Average time students take to complete this course.

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Taught by: Diogo Resende
Last updated: February 2025

Rated 4.9 out of 5 on Trustpilot

Overview

NotebookLM is your ultimate research assistant, built to simplify how you process and interact with information. From analyzing documents to summarizing YouTube videos, this course shows you how to leverage its AI tools for smarter workflows and creative projects.

What you'll learn

  • Use NotebookLM to analyze and summarize documents with ease
  • Extract key points and insights from YouTube videos effortlessly
  • Perform sentiment analysis to assess emotional tone in text
  • Simplify dataset analysis and uncover patterns in your data
  • Leverage AI agents to build custom workflows for complex tasks
  • Organize and streamline research for academic or professional projects
  • Create engaging audio summaries with NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews feature
  • Boost productivity with AI tools tailored for modern work challenges

What if research didn’t feel like a chore?

Google’s NotebookLM is here to change how you handle information. It’s like having a personal assistant for all your projects, whether you’re working with PDFs, videos, or datasets. In this course, you’ll learn to harness its features—from creating summaries to analyzing emotions in text.

We’ll show you practical ways to use NotebookLM to simplify tasks, boost creativity, and tackle challenges like organizing research or preparing for big presentations. You’ll even explore advanced tools like AI-driven workflows and audio overviews. By the end, you’ll have a secret weapon for making work and learning easier and more engaging.

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Course curriculum

Here's an overview of what you learn in this NotebookLM course.

Introduction

3 lectures

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The NotebookLM Guide

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Where To Go From Here?

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Meet your instructor

Your instructor (Diogo) isn't just an expert with years of real-world professional experience. He has been in your shoes. He makes learning fun. He makes complex topics feel simple. He will motivate you. He will push you. And he will go above and beyond to help you succeed.

Diogo Resende

Hi, I'm Diogo Resende!

Diogo has been working for over a decade as a data scientist. He loves harnessing the power of data and analytics to understand what has happened, what will happen next, and how to use that information to your advantage.

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Frequently asked questions

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