Master the Art of Prompt Engineering: 8 Essential Tips for Teachers

Generative AI tools are incredible but their output is only as good as the prompts we feed into the model. Here are 8 easily applied tips that you can use right away to become a prompting wizard.

00:00 - 00:41 Introduction
00:42 - 01:13 Tip 1: Use the right model
01:14 - 01:48 Tip 2: The Goldilocks Principle
01:49 - 04:28 Zero shot prompting
04:29 - 06:47 Few Shot prompting
06:48 - 08:36 Tip 3: Specificity
08:37 - 10:16 Tip 4: The CRAFT framework
10:17 - 12:00 Example prompt: ‘Of Mice and Men Quiz’
12:01 - 13:02 Tip 5: Fine tuning your prompts
13:03 - 13:40 Tip 6: Use positive language
13:41 - 14:23 Tip 7: Priming
14:24 - 14:58 Tip 8: Chain of Thought prompting

Takeaway summary

1 Use the best model for your use case
2 Feed the model sufficient information for it to produce a useful output
3 Few Shot prompts are more efficient than Zero Shot prompts
4 Use specific, rather than ambiguous language
5 Employ a prompt framework such as CRAFT
6 Fine tune and iterate your prompts
7 Use positive language patterns
8 Prime the model with best practice examples
9 Break down complex use cases with Chain of Thought prompts

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