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Learn the craft of AI evaluation

The AI Evaluator Certification teaches the skills behind AI evaluation work: writing evaluation prompts, drafting the ideal response, building objective rubrics, grading AI answers, and justifying every call.

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What you'll learn

Five skills, practiced until they hold up

Each one is anchored in specific modules and tested in the final exam.

Prompt engineering for evaluation tasks

Writing complex, well-specified prompts: instruction hierarchy, constraint types, completeness, multi-turn planning.

Drafting the ideal response

Describing what a correct, complete answer looks like before judging any candidate.

Designing accurate, objective rubrics

Atomic criteria, self-containment, objectivity and thresholds, modality-aware and platform-specific rubric patterns.

Grading

Applying a rubric consistently across cases that do not fit neatly; rating systems, comparison methodology, response-quality dimensions, safety.

Writing objective justifications

Defending each call in writing in the terms the guidelines use, with citations and source reliability.

How it works

Built to be finished, not just started

24 self-paced modules

Work through the course at your own pace, 30+ hours in total. The first module is free.

Kappa, your AI tutor

In every lesson, Kappa teaches and critiques your reasoning on each skill. It never does the work for you.

An ID-verified, proctored exam

The final exam tests whether you can apply the skills to real scenarios, not whether you memorized the modules.

A verifiable certificate

Issued in your name when you pass, with no expiry. Anyone can verify it by code, and you can add it to LinkedIn.

Graduates

What certified graduates say

“I’m a lawyer, and I came into this course with no background in AI evaluation. It taught me the actual work — how to judge whether a rubric criterion holds up, how to write a justification someone else can act on, how to verify a claim instead of trusting it. The exam tests whether you can do those things, not whether you memorized the modules, which is exactly why the certificate is worth something. And when I sent feedback on the course, the fixes were live within days — I’ve never had that happen with any other course.”
Stephanie C., lawyerCertified graduate
“Passing the AI Evaluator Certification has given me enormous confidence about the next stage of my career. I was never promised a placement, but Mo’s encouragement, generosity and willingness to open doors, including an introduction that led to my first AI evaluation project, show that his commitment extends far beyond simply providing a course.”
Richard P., sales and marketing directorCertified graduate
“I used to think AI evaluation was highly subjective, to the point where I often wondered why I received negative feedback and blamed it on subjectivity. After completing the Annotation Academy modules, I gained a clear understanding of how to evaluate as objectively as possible.”
Aswarini A., math educatorCertified graduate
“A well structured course, job ready. I found all the information very helpful and well explained. I enjoyed every module, because I learned many things I didn’t know before. I learned what AI evaluation actually is, and I am now more confident to work on AI evaluations and data annotations.”
Claudia C., social worker and educatorCertified graduate
“As a beginner starting from scratch, I found the entire course exceptionally well-structured and helpful. The modules on RLHF, evaluation dimensions, and writing justifications were absolutely game-changers for me, as they walk you through the step-by-step process of AI evaluation.”
Aline S., technical translatorCertified graduate
“I really enjoyed the course. The sections on creating prompts, writing gold-standard responses, evaluation criteria, and atomic facts were especially valuable to me. I had just started a new role involving these tasks, so I could apply what I was learning directly to my work. Those sections helped me a great deal.”
Lillian M., linguist and text editorCertified graduate

Quotes are from certified graduates and used with their written permission.

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Real Ways to Earn is an Annotation Academy partner and may earn a commission if you enroll. The certificate is independent: AI evaluation platforms do not require it, and no course can guarantee work.