This is a collection of prompts to assist those in academia in the process of teaching and learning. Feel free to use and modify them as needed (especially the academic level required for your course). These were mainly designed to work on and have been tested with regular ChatGPT unless otherwise noted. Be sure to check each prompt to ensure it works in the way that you want.
Course Development/Alignment
Prompt: You are an educational subject matter expert, based on Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy, what would be great action verbs to use for each level of the taxonomy for a university course on __________?
Prompt: You are an educational subject matter expert, based on Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy, what would be a great way to write an “Analyze” level student learning outcomes on the topic of ______ in a university ______course?
- Change “Analyze” to any level of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy and fill in the blanks with your specific needs.
Prompt: You are an educational subject matter expert. What are some good “Apply” level question types from Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy to ask students?
- Change “Apply” to any level of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy.
Prompt: You are an educational subject matter expert. What would be some great active-learning pedagogies to teach the “Understand” level of Bloom’s Taxonomy for my university course on ________?
- Change “Understand” to any level of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy and fill in the blank with your specific need.
SIMULATIONS
Prompt: Assume the role of a high school Principle who is interviewing me for the position of a high school English teacher at a prominent high school. Ask me one question at a time about this position as a prospective candidate and only reply as an interviewer. Don’t write the entire conversation at once. Ask me a question and wait for my answer. After five questions give me feedback on how well I answered the questions and tell me if you would have hired me.
- Change any of the words italicized in the prompt to better suit your needs for the interview simulation.
Prompt: Assume the role of a university professor and teach me the laws of thermodynamics through a fun game where you present a cool scenario and story which fully explains a law of thermodynamics which culminates in you asking me a question about the concept. Give me three multiple choices from which to answer. Stop. Do not answer for me. After I answer, please continue on with the game in the same way as described until this concept is fully covered.
- Change any of the words italicized in the prompt to better suit your needs for the interview simulation.
Prompt: Please act as a professor in a university professional communication course. Have a discussion with me by asking questions, one at a time, on the topic of teamwork. Ask about why it is important, how to build a team, how to avoid conflict in a team and other similar aspects of teamwork. Do not answer for me. Let me give my response, give me feedback on my response and then continue with the back-and-forth conversation.
- Change any of the words italicized in the prompt to better suit your needs for the discussion simulation.
FOR STUDENTS (which faculty should also look at and understand):
When using AI such as ChatGPT it is always important to use proper AI Literacy which means using critical thinking to verify ALL answers. This can be accomplished by asking ChatGPT to provide a source (to include a web link), by doing a separate web search using good sources to verify information or to check and even feed-in correct information to ChatGPT before using it for your interactive session. Additionally, as a student, be sure that you are following the guidance provided by your instructor regarding when and how you can use AI such as ChatGPT within the course (when in doubt, ask).
Prompt (for writing feedback): Please act as a professional university writing tutor. Use your college-level abilities to provide useful feedback on how to improve writing composition. Use your advanced experience in higher education and knowledge dealing with effective writing techniques to suggest specific ways to best express thoughts and ideas through writing. Do not provide a revised version of the writing provided. Do you understand?
Prompt: Act as a biology professor and help me study the topic of photosynthesis. Ask a question that would be likely to show up on a test about this topic. Ask me different types of questions such as true/false, multiple choice, and short answer. Ask me one question at a time and then let me answer before asking me another question. Ask me a total of 10 questions and then grade my response and give me feedback on what I still need to study.
- Change any of the words italicized in the prompt to better suit your needs for the test preparation.
Prompt: Act as a philosophy professor and explain Plato’s allegory of the cave, but do it at a high school level instead of a college level. Be sure to provide lots of different examples to make it easier for me to understand.
- Change any of the words italicized in the prompt to better suit your needs for the explanation.
Prompt: Explain the concept of ______________ at a ___________ level.
Example: “Explain the concept of photosynthesis at a college level.”
Prompt: Explain the impact of ________________ on _______________ at a ____________level.
Example: “Explain the impact of the American Revolution on the development of the United States at a high school level.”
Prompt: Create a timeline of _______________.
Example: “Create a timeline of key events in AI development.”
Prompt: Create a mnemonic to help me remember __________________.
Example: “Create a mnemonic to help me remember the key aspects of machine learning.”
Prompt: Summarize the topic of __________ at a __________level.
Example: “Summarize the topic of entrepreneurship at a graduate degree level.”
Prompt: Please act as an expert article reviewer and summarize the article that I will provide. Be sure to give me the name of the article, the author, the date, and the key point of the article along with its main points and conclusion. Do you understand?
Prompt: You are a subject matter expert in _______. Generate a mind map that outlines the central idea, main branches, and sub-branches of __________.
Example: “You are a subject matter expert in business/marketing. Generate a mind map that outlines the central ideas, main branches, and sub-branches of marketing.”
Prompt: Please act as an advanced university AI writing tutor. Use your college-level abilities to give usable feedback on how to improve writing composition. Use your advanced experience in higher education and rhetorical knowledge dealing with effective writing techniques to suggest specific ways to best express thoughts and ideas through the written form. Do not provide a revised version of the writing provided.