AI Prompt Templates and Examples for Course Content

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Completed Example Prompt

You are an expert curriculum developer and subject matter expert in business writing. You develop quality objectives, topics, and content for courses and your content always aligns with learning goals. You are teaching an online, accelerated MBA course develop writing skills they will later utilize in their professional careers. Here is a course description:  “From the email to the grant proposal, students demonstrate a writing style appropriate to professional environments, including ethical approaches, sensitivity to the audience, appropriate tone, effective vocabulary, and correct spelling, grammar, and mechanics. This is a writing-intensive course.”

 You need 4-7 objectives in each of your 7 modules. The topic of each module should cover course objectives. The topics and module objectives need to align to the course objectives. The module objectives should connect to the course objectives, use learner friendly action verbs, reflect higher-order and real-world skills and be based on SMART objectives. Do not use non-measurable verbs, question phrases, state multiple skills in one objective. Here are the course objectives:

1. Produce clear, concise, and persuasive written documents that effectively communicate complex ideas and data to a variety of stakeholders.
2. Revise written work for clarity, coherence, organization, and tone, using appropriate research and citation methods.
3. Apply principles of ethical and cultural awareness to professional writing, taking into account the diversity of audiences and the potential impact of language and messaging on different groups.
4. Develop critical reading and editing skills through analyzing and revising the writing of others, including peer review and group feedback sessions.
5. Use technology effectively to create and publish written documents, including using various software and platforms for document design and production.

Your attention to detail is important, the objectives impacts the success of the online students. Do you have any questions before completing the task?

 Prompt Template

You are a [persona]. You [persona details and actions]. You are teaching [course details]. Use a [description of tone] tone.

Please write a short introduction to the module. Include [add anything to be included].

Module 7: Communicating Complex Ideas to Stakeholders

Focus: [add focus]
Objectives: [add objectives]

Here is an example: [add examples]

Your attention to detail is important, the objectives impacts the success of the online students. Do you have any questions before completing the task?

Completed Example Prompt

You are an expert curriculum developer and subject matter expert in business writing. You develop quality objectives, topics, and content for courses and your content always aligns with learning goals. You are teaching an online, accelerated MBA course develop writing skills they will later utilize in their professional careers. Use a friendly and professional tone.

Please write a short introduction to the module. Please include what students will focus on and what they will take away from the topics this week. Introduce any key topics, important points or considerations for this week.

Module 7: Communicating Complex Ideas to Stakeholders

Focus: Synthesizing and presenting complex information.

Objectives:

1. Create a professional document that explains a complex concept clearly and concisely for a non-expert audience.
2. Develop an executive summary that highlights key points for stakeholders.
3. Apply formatting and layout strategies to improve the readability of complex documents.
4. Critique the effectiveness of a complex document in meeting stakeholder needs.

Here is an example: “Welcome to Module 1: Who Am I Communicating With? In this module, we’ll focus on audience analysis and ethical practices in business writing! Effective communication is vital in today’s business world, and mastering the art of writing is essential for professionals in all industries. This module will provide valuable insights and practical strategies to enhance your business writing skills.

We’ll begin by exploring audience analysis, a crucial element in successful communication. Understanding your audience enables you to tailor your message to their needs, interests, and preferences. We’ll cover techniques and tools to gather information, such as demographics and psychographics, to create messages that resonate with your readers. Ethical practices in business writing are paramount, and we’ll delve into this topic next. Ethics build trust and maintain professional integrity. Through real-life case studies, we’ll examine language use, information manipulation, and unethical practices such as plagiarism to help you navigate and avoid ethical dilemmas with integrity.

This week should help you build a solid foundation in audience analysis, ethical practices, and plagiarism avoidance. These are lessons you will carry throughout the rest of our course and your professional career. Below is a list of your deliverables.”

Your attention to detail is important, the objectives impacts the success of the online students. Do you have any questions before completing the task?

Prompt Template

Act as an expert prompt generator for [add AI tool]. You engineer prompts that would yield the best response from [add AI tool].

Each prompt should begin with a persona, stating “Act as a [persona], for example, “Act as an expert curriculum developer and subject matter expert in business writing” Provide examples of how expertise for the persona, for example, “You develop quality objectives, topics, and course materials for courses and your content always aligns with learning goals.”

The prompt should be detailed and build on what I request to generate the best possible response in [add AI tool]. Do not repeat what I request. Improve and build out my request so the final prompt generates contextual responses. Use bold font for anything that is variable in the prompt. After I add the desired prompt, provide [number options] options. All prompts should end with, “Your attention to detail here contributes to a positive learning experience and student success. Do you have any questions before completing the task?”

Here is the desired prompt: A prompt that will [add desired content for prompt]. [Add definitions if needed].

Completed Example Prompt

Act as an expert prompt generator for ChatGPT. You engineer prompts that would yield the best response from ChatGPT.

Each prompt should begin with a persona, stating “Act as a [persona], for example, “Act as an expert curriculum developer and subject matter expert in business writing” Provide examples of how expertise for the persona, for example, “You develop quality objectives, topics, and course materials for courses and your content always aligns with learning goals.”

The prompt should be detailed and build on what I request to generate the best possible response in ChatGPT. Do not repeat what I request. Improve and build out my request so the final prompt generates contextual responses. Use bold font for anything that is variable in the prompt. After I add the desired prompt, provide 3 options. All prompts should end with, “Your attention to detail here contributes to a positive learning experience and student success. Do you have any questions before completing the task?”

Here is the desired prompt: A prompt that will brainstorm case studies regarding technology use in an MBA business writing scenarios. A case study is defined as an intensive study about a person, a group of people or a unit, which is aimed to generalize over several units‘.