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Prompts for productivity

How could you use it?

Develop a study plan to work through multiple assessments due around the same time. Establish a schedule to organising your time to go over weekly readings. Get suggestions on the necessary steps to reach a goal. Prompting for productivity can do this for you.

What are prompts for productivity 

Productivity is about making things like study or work more efficient with time management and other organisational tools. Prompts for productivity are when you ask a genAI tool for help getting sorted with time, energy, planning and focus. 

Using productivity prompts as a student  

As a uni student, you have competing priorities that demand your time and attention. Balancing work, family, social activities and the demands of study is challenging. Prompts for productivity provides you with a way to use genAI tools to study efficiently and effectively. Whether it’s planning your study schedule, recommending study methods or assisting assessment planning and exam preparation, genAI is a valuable tool to focus your attention on what matters most throughout the trimester.


Study planning and time management

A key component of academic success is planning and using your time effectively. A well-structured study plan helps you stay organised, decrease stress, and maximise your learning experience. GenAI tools can be prompted by you to develop a personalised study plan. This might be in the form of helping you to identify achievable study goals or formulating a week-by-week study plan to help you progress through learning content.  

To get useful guidance means giving the genAI tool clear prompts with your context, need and specific information. You can look at student examples of study goals or study plan prompting by clicking on the plus (+) icons in the interactive below. 

 

Activity overview

This interactive image hotspot provides some examples on how genAI tools can help you create a study plan and goals. Hotspots are displayed as plus (+) icons that can be clicked, to present the information.

 

Hotspot 1: Identifying study goals

Use genAI to help formulate Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound (SMART) goals. Share your academic targets and ask for guidance in breaking them down into smaller, manageable tasks.

Example prompts

Check out these two example study goal prompts and outputs in ChatGPT:

 

Hotspot 2: Creating a study plan

Ask for suggestions to allocate study time for different units and recommendations for prioritising and managing your time effectively.

Provide the Gen AI tool with information about your requirements such as:

  • units you are studying
  • topics covered in the units
  • anticipated workload for each unit
  • due dates for assessments or exams
  • available time for study each day or week
  • other activities that impact on your study time such as work, social activities, family commitments, wellbeing and rest

Example prompt

Check out an example study plan prompt and output in ChatGPT.


Organising your approach to study

There are different ways to approach study that make learning and comprehension easier. These approaches make you more productive by focusing how you study and generating options for you to demonstrate your learning. 

Click on the plus (+) icons below to explore prompts for effective ways to approach study:  

Note taking methods

Maintaining focus

Assessment outlines or structuring

Get prepared for your assessment by generating outlines and suggesting organisational structures.


Remember and reflect

Key takeaway

Organisation and planning are key to succeeding at university.  You can prompt genAI tools, particularly text-based ones like ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, for productivity guidance in different areas like organising your time and prioritising study.

Consider

GenAI can guide you with organising your study, but its impact on your productivity is greatest when you start the planning process early. When seeking productivity improvements, it is beneficial to pose a series of questions to generate personalised and contextually relevant output.