Before using generative AI for your assignment, please check with your instructor to ensure it is allowed. Here are some ways that generative AI can be used for assignments with examples using Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini and Chat GPT.
Think of generative AI as your assistant and not your replacement! Remember to always critically evaluate any information generated by AI and bring your own literacy, writing and thinking skills to the task at hand. Some ways you can use generative AI are:
- Brainstorming: Generative AI can help to brainstorm ideas, search terms, or concepts to help you navigate a topic that you're not familiar with. In can act as a creative assistant, especially with creative pursuits such as graphic design, music, and more.
- Explaining a concept: Generative AI can help to distill complex concepts into simple language. Use Generative AI as a starting point as you explore other resources once you've got the basic concepts.
- Research terms: Looking for synonyms or related terms to explode your search terms? Generative AI can help to generate more related terms to use in your research.
- Study help: Let generative AI quiz your understanding on key topics. Make sure that the materials generated are accurate if you are using them to study for exams, quizzes, etc.!
- Data analysis: Generative AI can summarize huge data sets. Make sure you verify the results and that you are not providing the generative AI tool with any data that is private or protected by copyright!
See some examples below!