Getting Started with ChatGPT

A proposed outline for planning your class. Examples and depth are tailored to the audience; the final syllabus is agreed with the host.

1. Module 01

   Understand the ChatGPT experience

   Review what the tool can help with, why plausible answers can be wrong and which information is appropriate to use. Walk through the interface available to the class.

   In practice

   Try a low-stakes question and identify something in the response that needs checking.

2. Module 02

   Give a useful brief

   Describe the goal, audience, context and desired format. Compare a vague request with one that includes the information needed for a useful answer.

   In practice

   Plan a community event from a fictional brief, then turn the plan into a clear invitation.

3. Module 03

   Refine and check the result

   Use follow-up questions, ask for a clearer explanation and revise tone or structure. Review factual claims independently instead of treating confidence as evidence.

   In practice

   Check that the invitation preserves the supplied date, location and accessibility details without inventing arrangements.

4. Module 04

   Build an everyday habit

   Choose a suitable personal or work task, save a useful instruction and explain when a person should make the final decision.

   In practice

   Repeat a task with a new example and write down a prompt, a review step and a data boundary.

Suggested plan: a 2-hour introduction with demonstrations, guided practice and time for questions. Two shorter sessions can provide a slower pace and more repetition.

Timings are suggested lesson plans, not confirmed availability or fixed delivery commitments. Group size, access needs, breaks and prior experience shape the final schedule.

• A plain-language prompt worksheet with examples to adapt.
• A completed practice draft or summary and a fact-checking checklist.
• A personal next-practice plan and reminders about sensitive information.

Practice work uses fictional, public or approved material. Sample records and projects illustrate the method; they are not client results.

Learners write a clear request, improve one response and explain how they checked an important claim. They also identify one kind of information they should not enter without permission.

Learning checks guide feedback and next steps. Completion does not imply vendor certification, accreditation or academic credit.

• For hands-on participation, arrange an appropriate ChatGPT account and a device with a browser before class. Account eligibility and organizational permission remain the learner’s or host’s responsibility.
• The instructor and host confirm available features, subscription requirements and an alternative demonstration format before booking. A particular paid feature is not assumed.
• Use fictional, public or host-approved practice material. Tell us about accessibility needs, group size and the audience’s starting experience.

Before booking, we confirm the audience, learning goals, format, materials, instructor requirements and fee. Tool subscriptions or other third-party costs are identified separately when relevant.