Learning outcomes
- Explain how to respect ownership, licences, attribution and organisational rules.
- Complete the guided activity safely.
- Check that you can create original and appropriately sourced work.
Privacy, Safety and Responsible Use
Copyright and Responsible Reuse
Learn to respect ownership, licences, attribution and organisational rules and create original and appropriately sourced work in this beginner-friendly ChatGPT lesson.
Before you begin
Use sample information. Follow your organisation's AI, privacy, copyright, security and records-management policies.
Step-by-step instructions
- Open ChatGPT Settings and Data Controls and confirm you are using the intended account or workspace.
- Replace a request to copy protected material with a lawful alternative.
- Pause and check privacy, permissions, source material, feature availability and any instruction that affects the task.
- Review the result carefully and confirm that you can create original and appropriately sourced work.
- Save only the useful, verified output and record one improvement for your next prompt.
Ian's practical tip: Start with fictional or non-sensitive information. Treat the first response as a draft, then verify facts, sources, calculations and permissions before using it.
Practical activity
Replace a request to copy protected material with a lawful alternative. Your expected result is to create original and appropriately sourced work.