AI Tools, Certificates, and Training
The CCC Digital Center is working with Google to support the California Community Colleges (CCC) system's adoption of Google's AI Tools--Gemini and NotebookLM. We Early Adopter Cohort and are providing additional support options for the next cohort of colleges/districts.
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AI Training and Certificates
Project Details
Background
In August 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom announced California signed agreements (see summary of the Google + California Community Colleges agreement here) with four of the largest technology companies in the GenAI sector (Google, Adobe, IBM, and Microsoft), as the state continues to speed forward as the global leader in technology, with the goal of training California’s workforce for a wide range of jobs in AI.
The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and Google have collaborated to provide over 2 million students, faculty, and classified professionals across California's 116 community colleges with free access to AI training, Google Career Certificates, and some of Google's cutting edge AI tools including Gemini for Education and NotebookLM. Chancellor Sonya Christian and the Board of Governors have established a goal to make a variety of AI tools available to all California Community College students, in an effort to prepare them for an AI-powered workforce.
There are no costs associated with access to the AI tools (Gemini and NotebookLM), AI certificates, and/or training provided via the MOU between the State of California, the CCC system, and Google.