Plan your prompt. This includes filling out the template, if you have decided to use one, or drafting your new prompt thoughtfully. Use the five “parts” of prompt-writing:

1. Persona: Identify your role.
2. Aim: State your objective.
3. Recipients: Specify the audience.
4. Theme: Describe the style, tone, and any related parameters.
5. Structure: Note the desired format of the output.

You can always return to your How to write a prompt PDF in the downloadable handout:

How to write a prompt PDF

Also remember to use AI responsibly. Refer to the responsibility checklist from earlier in the course:

• Review AI outputs
• Disclose your use of AI
• Consider the privacy and security implications
• Use AI thoughtfully

You can also return to the more detailed version of this checklist in the downloadable handout:

Responsibility checklist PDF

You can use browser-based tools, such as Gemini or ChatGPT. This activity uses Gemini. 

To access Gemini:

• Go to gemini.google.com.

• Sign in to your personal Google account.

Refer to the resource about how to Create a Google Account, if you don’t already have one. For further assistance signing into Gemini, please refer to Gemini Apps Help.

Note: Before you use Gemini, review the following information:

• You must be over 18 years old to use Gemini.

• Review the Gemini Apps Privacy Notice.

• Please don’t enter private or confidential information in your Gemini conversations or any data you wouldn’t want Google to use to improve its products, services, and machine learning technologies.

• Gemini is not available in certain countries and languages. For more details, refer to documentation about Where you can use the Gemini web app.

• Feedback from a wide range of experts and users helps Gemini improve every day. So when you try Gemini, you can provide feedback using the thumbs up or thumbs down button—with the option to further explain in a comment.

Once you’re confident in your first draft, you’re ready to run it, review the output, and refine your prompt! Start by entering your first draft prompt into your tool’s prompt box. Confirm that you have included all the necessary details for the AI tool to work with.  

Once the tool returns the output, review the results. As you learned, you can always revise your prompt to improve the output. Apply the strategies you learned about prompt engineering and troubleshooting prompts:

1. Understand that different AI models perform differently.

2. Ask key questions: 

• Is the output accurate?

• Is the output unbiased?

• Does the output include sufficient information?  

• Is the output relevant to my project or task? 

• Is the output consistent if I use the same prompt multiple times?

3. Provide context.

4. Use examples, or “shots.”

5. Experiment with phrasing.

Refine your initial prompt and run it again. Experiment with your prompt until it returns a result you like. The most important thing is that you get something useful that addresses your needs as an educator.