RYAN WILSON PROJECTS — COURSES
Real skills.
Taught plainly.
Built to be used.
These are full courses, not tip compilations — the same material I teach in a college CIS classroom, rebuilt for people who learn on their own time.
Every course is four modules deep and hands-on from the first lesson: watch the videos, read the notes, work the labs. You finish with skills you can point to, not just videos you half-remember.
EVERY COURSE INCLUDES
The whole toolkit.
Four ways in, for however
you learn best.
Instructional videos
Watch each concept taught start to finish — no filler, no twenty-minute intros.
Lecture notes
The full written version of every lesson, yours to keep, search, and re-read.
Slide decks
The same slides used in the videos, so you can review at your own pace.
Hands-on labs
Assignments that make you do the thing — build it, break it, fix it — until it sticks.
THE FIRST THREE
On the workbench now.
All three are in production.
Enrollment opens as each one finishes.
COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS · PRACTICAL AIAI Prompt Writing & Practical AI
For professionals, teachers, and small-business owners who want AI doing real work — drafts, analysis, planning, and systems that hold up — not party tricks.
THE MODULES
- How AI Actually Thinks
- Prompt Frameworks That Actually Work
- AI at Work
- Build Your Personal AI System
WHAT YOU GET
- Instructional video lessons for all four modules
- Full lecture notes & slide decks
- Hands-on labs: real prompts, real documents, real workflows
- A personal AI system you design and build in Module 4
COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS · CYBERSECURITYCybersecurity for Real Life
For everyday people, families, and small offices who want to stop being the easy target — explained without jargon and without fear tactics.
THE MODULES
- Know Your Enemy
- Lock the Doors (Passwords, Passkeys & MFA)
- Your Home Network, Hardened
- Scam-Proof & Ready
WHAT YOU GET
- Instructional video lessons for all four modules
- Full lecture notes & slide decks
- Hands-on labs: audit your own accounts, passwords, and router
- A household security checklist you complete as you go
COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS · NETWORKINGNetworking Foundations: How the Internet Actually Works
For aspiring IT pros, career changers, and the endlessly curious — networking explained from the first packet up, ending with a home lab network you build yourself.
THE MODULES
- Packets & Paths
- IP Addressing & Subnetting Without Tears
- Build a Home Lab Network
- Troubleshoot Like a Tech
WHAT YOU GET
- Instructional video lessons for all four modules
- Full lecture notes & slide decks
- Hands-on labs: packet captures, subnetting drills, a working home lab
- A troubleshooting method you can use on any network, anywhere
Honest note: these courses are being built right now, module by module. When one is finished, it will say so here — with everything it includes, what it costs, and how to enroll. Until then, this page is the whole announcement.
WHY COURSES?Learn it once.
Use it for years.
Software changes. Skills compound. These courses teach the parts of AI, security, and networking that stay true after the next update ships — taught by someone who teaches them for a living.