AI Prompt Writing - Beginner

Explore generative AI and conversational AI, including learning from inputs to create content and converse, and learn to verify AI outputs, recognize limits, and use AI as a collaborator.

Learn the prompt writing formula to communicate effectively with generative and conversational AI by defining a clear goal, providing context, and optional tone and sourcing notes.

Set clear AI goals by crafting concise prompts with action verbs, and use commands, creative prompts, and questions to define the desired output and avoid overload.

Learn how to set goals in prompt writing by using action verbs, avoiding overly broad prompts, and crafting specific prompts for AI systems like ChatGPT to generate concise results.

Learn how to set context for AI prompts by defining purpose and audience. Use concise information and framing constraints to guide helpful responses.

Learn how context refines ChatGPT responses by adding details like season, audience, and goals, then tailor prompts about London activities, art museums, and nearby cafes to get focused recommendations.

Set tone to guide how the AI responds, define the format and style, and predetermine tone for specific audiences, enabling engaging social media posts, blog posts, or lesson plans.

Explore Microsoft Copilot's conversation styles to control tone before prompts, using creative, balance, and precise modes to shape responses with artistry, friendliness, or concise clarity.

Explore how tone shapes AI responses by using conversation styles in Gemini and other systems, and tailor outputs for audiences like a fifth grader.

Learn to specify data sources for prompts—documents, files, websites, or articles—and note that included information may be learned by the AI, and that privacy settings vary by system.

Learn how to tell AI where to pull data by sourcing external articles and prompts. Explore summarizing articles with Gemini and ChatGPT, citing sources, and re-explaining passages in simpler terms.

Learn how to attach files to prompts in Microsoft 365 Copilot, enabling the AI to pull data from Word docs, PowerPoints, or PDFs to craft emails, outlines, and proposals.

Master descriptive prompts for creative image generation with DALL-E, Microsoft Designer, and Adobe Firefly. Use specific details, adjectives, and iteration to shape badges, logos, and branding.

Put all prompt components together by defining the goal, context, tone, and source, then practice crafting concise prompts for blog posts and creative prompts to guide AI responses.

Practice prompt writing by applying the goal, context, tone, and source formula, iterating in chunks, and clarifying who it's for and why.