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How GenAI works and the sources of data that it is trained on.
In this video: Writing effective prompts for GenAI
Tips for generating useful outputs include the following.
Ask the model to adopt a persona of who is writing the text .
Tell the model who the audience for its output is, and the kind of language it should write in. This might be academic, businesslike, or colloquial.
Be specific about content. Imagine you were instructing a person who had no knowledge of your context or situation. What would you tell them to help achieve the task?
Provide an example of the kind of output you would like to see or a reference work, but do not upload student work or documents where you don't own the copyright.
Say much text you want, with a suggested number of words or paragraphs.
Ask the model to repeat the instructions back to you so you can check if they are correct.
If you don't get exactly what you want first time, follow up with further prompts asking for re-writes or clarifications. For example, you might ask it to rewrite the third paragraph of an output to incorporate some additional information you supply.
Microsoft have produced some sample prompts that are relevant to higher education. A link to these is given below.
