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Beginner · module B5

Generative AI and Conversational Assistants

By the end: Use generative AI tools effectively and safely, write clear prompts, and verify AI-generated content

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What generative AI is, how chatbots write, how to prompt well, and how to check what AI produces
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4 chapters, 15 topics
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About 2 hours
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Beginner
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This module builds on Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. We suggest looking at it first, but the choice is yours.

Chapter 1 Understanding Generative AI

  1. 1.1

    What Is Generative AI?

    AI that creates new text, images, audio, video and computer programs

    Interactive gallery: real or AI-generated?

    8 min Read Activity
  2. 1.2

    Types of Generative AI

    Text, image, music, video and program generators

    Card sort: match each tool to what it makes

    6 minBeing written
  3. 1.3

    How Generative AI Creates Content

    Learning patterns from huge collections, then producing something new

    Interactive: predict the next word in a sentence

    10 minBeing written
  4. 1.4

    Large Language Models in Simple Terms

    What a chatbot like ChatGPT is, and why it writes one piece at a time

    Interactive: build a sentence one word at a time

    10 minBeing written

Chapter 2 Prompting

  1. 2.1

    What Is a Prompt?

    The instruction you give an AI tool

    Interactive: compare a vague and a clear prompt

    6 min Read Activity
  2. 2.2

    Writing Effective Prompts

    Role, context, task, format and limits

    Interactive: improve three weak prompts

    12 minBeing written
  3. 2.3

    Improving Results Through Follow-Up

    Asking again, adding detail and correcting the tool

    Interactive: refine an answer in three turns

    8 minBeing written

Chapter 3 Using Generative AI Responsibly

  1. 3.1

    Generative AI for Learning, Writing and Creativity

    Brainstorming, explanations, practice questions and creative drafts

    Activity: plan a study timetable with AI help

    8 minBeing written
  2. 3.2

    Hallucinations: When AI Is Confidently Wrong

    Why AI can invent facts, names and sources

    Interactive: spot the invented facts

    8 minBeing written
  3. 3.3

    Fact-Checking and Trusted Sources

    How to check AI answers against reliable sources

    Interactive: check three AI claims

    8 minBeing written
  4. 3.4

    Identifying AI-Generated Content

    Clues in images, video and text, and the limits of detection

    Interactive: real or generated?

    8 minBeing written
  5. 3.5

    AI as a Thinking Partner

    Using AI to think better rather than to stop thinking

    Discussion: helpful use compared with harmful use

    6 minBeing written

Chapter 4 Limits and Ownership

  1. 4.1

    Benefits and Limitations of Generative AI

    What it does well and where it fails

    Debate

    6 minBeing written
  2. 4.2

    Copyright, Ownership and Credit

    Who owns AI-made work, and why to credit sources and AI help

    Case study discussion

    8 minBeing written
  3. 4.3

    Module Review and Assessment

    Recap of the module with a scored quiz

    Module quiz with explanations

    10 minBeing written