ChatGPT and GenAI can be very helpful in suggesting structure for both your assessments and also for your time management. GenAI is good at this because structure and scheduling plans are repeatable patterns with consistent terminology.
Following on from the previous brainstorming session for keywords:
- Use it to plan the structure of your response:
- PROMPT: "How would you format these topics as a 2000 word essay?"
- Get it to help breakdown assignment topics for searching:
- PROMPT: "You are a 1st year Politics student, can you break down an assignment question? The question is: Discuss how Foucault's theory of "Disciplinary Power" normalises self-censorship. Please provide a detailed analysis of the assignment requirements, focusing on the main topics: Surveillance, Punishment, and Discourse. Present your response in a table using the columns topic, tasks, and the information you are looking for."
- HINT: By asking for the table including Topic, Tasks, and Information sources, ChatGPT can help guide you to the kinds of sources that will help answer your assessment.
- Ask it to organise study schedules for you
- PROMPT: "ChatGPT you are a time-strapped 3rd year uni student studying criminology, how could you plan a study schedule for a 2000 word essay? What steps would you take?"
- Ask follow-up questions: "What advice would you give to keep focused for an hour on writing my essay?"