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Five useful prompts and how to check them
Use five everyday AI tasks without changing the facts.
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Five useful prompts and how to check them
Use five everyday AI tasks without changing the facts.
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Source-based teaching example · Fictional data · Reviewed 2026-10-03. Microsoft Mark · locally synthesized. On a small screen, use fullscreen for diagram details or read the transcript.
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0:00 · What you will learn
Use five everyday AI tasks without changing the facts.
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Use five everyday AI tasks without changing the facts.
0:06 · The idea
AI can summarize, rewrite, explain, compare and draft. Each task still needs a check. Changing the tone or shortening a message must not change dates, commitments or uncertainty.
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AI can summarize, rewrite, explain, compare and draft. Each task still needs a check. Changing the tone or shortening a message must not change dates, commitments or uncertainty.
0:22 · One useful term
Source packet. The supplied documents or notes you may use for this task.
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The supplied documents or notes you may use for this task.
0:30 · A worked example · 1
Cedar’s event date is 14 October. Registration closes on 10 October. Lee’s venue deadline is 8 October.
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Cedar’s event date is 14 October. Registration closes on 10 October. Lee’s venue deadline is 8 October.
0:42 · A worked example · 2
An online format is only proposed. A short summary must keep those meanings separate.
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An online format is only proposed. A short summary must keep those meanings separate.
0:51 · Your turn to think
Can you use Lee’s deadline as the registration deadline? Pause and decide before continuing.
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Can you use Lee’s deadline as the registration deadline? Pause the video if you need more time.
1:07 · Why this answer works
No. The dates refer to different events. Check each date against its source instead of asking the model whether it is confident.
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No. The dates refer to different events. Check each date against its source instead of asking the model whether it is confident.
1:19 · Check 1
Keep each date with its meaning.
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Keep each date with its meaning.
1:23 · Check 2
Keep the venue and format unresolved.
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Keep the venue and format unresolved.
1:29 · Check 3
Remove unsupported policy claims.
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Remove unsupported policy claims.
1:34 · Now try a different case
Open the lesson and try its different practice case. Use every check in the full task. Watching alone does not mark the lesson complete.
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Open the lesson Try the new case Check and revise The full task and its requirements are in the linked lesson.
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