Academy Essentials

Course Introduction

Learn to recognise what ChatGPT can and cannot do and describe the academy's practical outcomes in this beginner-friendly ChatGPT lesson.

Learning outcomes

Explain how to recognise what ChatGPT can and cannot do.
Complete the guided activity safely.
Check that you can describe the academy's practical outcomes.

Before you begin

Have a notebook or digital notes page ready. Record useful prompts, questions and the next lesson you plan to complete.

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Step-by-step instructions

Open the academy page map and course navigation and confirm you are using the intended account or workspace.
Match five everyday tasks to appropriate ChatGPT capabilities.
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 describe the academy's practical outcomes.
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

Match five everyday tasks to appropriate ChatGPT capabilities. Your expected result is to describe the academy's practical outcomes.

Good-practice checklist

I used the correct account and suitable sample information. I reviewed and refined the response. I checked facts, privacy, permissions and the saved result.