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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education

Quick Guide to Prompting in Generative AI

Prompt Engineering

As with a human, when you give a LLM a task, providing specific instructions yields better results. Here are some ways to be specific:

  • Provide a role: "You are a scientist who studies dark matter."
  • Provide an audience: " . . . for an audience of second graders."
  • Specify a tone for the response: "In a scholarly tone, . . ."
  • Specify a format for the response: "In five bullet points, . . ."

A quick guide on using prompts efficiently in Microsoft Copilot

​​​​​​​A guide for writing prompts based on the who/what/where/why/how framework