AI Study Pr o mpts

You’re in the driver’s seat. The AI is your learning tool.

These prompts are designed to strengthen your grasp of class material and support long‑term retention; they’re not intended as shortcuts for completing coursework. Always make sure your use of AI follows your teachers’ expectations and any course or college policies.

1. Improve Prompts: The study prompts below are meant to be starting points. Read them critically, adapt the wording, and revise them to better match your goals.
2. Stay in Control: AI tools tend to overhelp—giving answers when you want questions or tips, or asking too many questions at once. If that happens, take control. Tell the AI: “Don’t give any answers” or “Ask one question at a time and wait for my answer before moving on to the next question.”
3. Personalize Prompts: Replace [bracketed words] with the specifics of your study task (e.g., specific course, subject, concepts, examples).
4. Include Data: When a prompt involves text data (e.g., class notes, guidelines, feedback, text) insert this text data at the end of the prompt, as shown in the example below. Be careful not to include personal information.
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   Example full prompt

   
   Summarize these class notes into concise bullet points; then generate ten increasing difficult practice quiz questions that test my understanding.
   
   <class_notes>
   paste your class notes here
   </class_notes>
   
   

   Replace everything between the <class_notes> ... </class_notes> tags with your actual notes. Don't hesitate to create your own <tags> and study prompts. For example, you can use <text> … </text> to insert a text OR <guidelines> … </guidelines> to insert assignment guidelines.

   If your data includes copyrighted text:

   • Don’t paste whole works: Avoid uploading full articles, book chapters, or copyrighted PDFs; that can break copyright law.
   • Stick to small excerpts: Share only short snippets if you need help clarifying or studying for educational purposes.
   • Keep it private: Use AI answers just for your own studying; don’t share or publish outputs based on someone else’s text.