Am-Can Business & Tech School
Ontario High School Courses Online, or In Person at Our Vaughan Campus
Ontario private secondary school, Vaughan · OSSD courses, Grades 9 to 12Redefining High School Education in CanadaOntario Ministry of Education BSID 667377
Neural Networks: Code and Train Your Own
Self-paced · About 18 hours · Final assessment within 3 weeks of unlocking · 100% online
Neural networks are the engine of deep learning and modern AI. In this level you build one yourself: weights, activation, error and a training loop, all in Python, so you understand what happens inside the models behind today's AI tools.
What you will be able to do
- Explain how an artificial neuron makes a decision
- Code weights, bias and an activation function
- Measure error and update weights in a training loop
- Train a network and track its improvement
- Connect your network to how deep learning works at scale
Your learning path (suggested hours)
| Stage | Hours |
|---|---|
| Learn: short lessons and worked examples | 5 |
| Practise and debug: coding challenges with instant checks | 5 |
| Build: your level project | 5 |
| Assessment: preparation and final assessment | 3 |
| Total | 18 |
Why take it with Am-Can
- Your code is actually run and tested, with marked results within 24 hours of submitting.
- Feedback on your work, plus the option to request a review by an instructor.
- A Certificate of Completion for this level when you pass.
- Pass this level to unlock Level 6, Large Language Models: Build a Text Generator.
How it works
- Study any time; there is no timetable. The hours above are a suggested allocation.
- Your final assessment is due 3 weeks from the day this level is unlocked. Finish early and move up sooner.
- Access to this level ends on the final assessment date.
Assessment
- Coding challenges, run and marked automatically
- A multiple-choice quiz
- Your level project, marked against a rubric
- Pass mark: 70% overall
Enrolment requirements
- Prerequisite: Pass Level 4.
- Student in grades 7 to 12, or the equivalent outside Canada
- Written consent from a parent or guardian for applicants under 18, returned before access is granted
- Verified email address and proof of age and identity on the student profile
- Domestic students may provide their Ontario Education Number (OEN) (optional)
- A laptop or desktop computer with an up-to-date web browser (phones and tablets are not suited to coding)
Fees
Whether this level is free or paid is decided by your free assessment. See AI Coding Courses: Fees and Payment for every fee, how to pay and the refund policy.
These are non-credit courses. They do not earn OSSD credits and do not count toward the Ontario Secondary School Diploma.
