ChatGPT is an AI tool that has been publicly available since 2022 and is based on a large neural network. It was developed by the OpenAI organization and trained with a large amount of text data collected from the internet and digital books. ChatGPT can perform a variety of tasks such as generating, summarizing and completing texts or answering questions based on natural language input - also known as a "prompt". ChatGPT also takes into account the course of the dialog.

On this page, we show you how you can use ChatGPT individually in your everyday university life.

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• Draw up a learning plan
• Suggestions for learning methods
• Create topic overviews
• Improve notes
• Create project (or time) plan, distribute tasks to members

Create a learning plan | sample prompts

Assign these learning objectives: ###[text]###

Take these dates into account: ###[text]###

Mark breaks and movement activities per day and mark the weekend as a break.

• Obtaining basic information
• Finding ideas and topics
• Creating texts
• Proofreading (reducing redundancies, finding synonyms, paraphrasing)
• Grammar check in many languages (preferably in English)
• Text evaluation according to quality criteria & suggestions for improvement
• Literature research
• Outline/structure of presentations and term papers, seminar papers or theses

Text evaluation according to quality criteria | example prompt

Rate the following text according to the three text quality criteria
coherence, intentionality, and informativeness on a point scale
from 1 to 15 and suggest improvements for each criterion. ### [Text] ###

Literature search | example prompt

Create a literature search on the topic "[XY]". Find
relevant scientific articles, books and studies from the
the last five years. Consider the following aspect:
"[e.g. social and ethical implications]".Briefly summarize the most important findings and create an overview of the sources.

• Collect information & create summaries
• Prepare presentations
• Analyze & visualize data
• Make translations
• Solve programming problems
• Decision making through virtual discussions
• Complex texts in simple language
• Generate interview questions (e.g. field research)

Create summary | Example prompt

Summarize the following text. The summary should cover the
main message, key arguments and conclusions.
The summary should be clear and concise, without including unimportant details or personal opinions. ### [Text] ###

Decision making through virtual discussion | example prompt

I am working on a term paper on the topic [topic] with the research question
[question] and have to decide which argumentation to use in my paper.
The options are [Option A] and [Option B].
Help me make a decision by analyzing the following points: Strengths and weaknesses of the arguments, Supporting data,
Relevance to the research question.

• Summary of scripts
• Have terms & complex concepts explained
• Create exercises & mock exams
• Practice answering and argumentation strategies
• Create index cards or flashcards

Create mock exam | sample prompt

Create 10 exam questions based on the following script.
Use different question types such as multiple choice and open
short answers. Make sure that the tasks cover the most important topics and concepts from the script and have different levels of difficulty.
Make sure that the tasks are clearly formulated and
understandable. ###[script]###

Create flashcards | example prompt

Create index cards for the definitions from the following text. Each
index card should have a question or keyword on the front and the answer on the back.
Make sure that the answers are precise and easy to understand.

Further details can be found on our AI for students page, which was created in cooperation with the THA library.