Students benefit by creating questions they can practice with for an exam. Moreover, to generate the questions, a student must describe the topic in detail.
By creating the description, the student repeats the study material. Educators benefit by having a great starting point for creating quizzes and exams. By using the prompt, they can produce question ideas faster and devote more time to polishing them.
Disclaimer
The AI Prompt Library presents examples to UM students and staff on how to make better use of Generative AI (GenAI) in educational process . Maastricht University does not recommend use of any specific GenAI tool. Prompts should not include confidential information, personal data of the person writing the prompt or of others, copyrighted materials (including but not restricted to books, academic articles, photos, databases). Keep in mind that some databases have explicitly stated that their materials should not be fed into GenAI tools Certain GenAI practices in education may not be allowed or encouraged within your faculty’s policy framework and/or rules and regulations. Please check first, the relevant rules on the use of GenAI in education, applicable to you and defined at activity, course/module, study programme and faculty level.
The EU AI Act flags practices relating to the assessment of students as high risk. Such practices include:
- Determining access or admission of students to educational institutions or programmes
- Evaluating students’ learning outcomes
- Assessing the appropriate educational level for a student
- Monitoring and detecting of prohibited behaviour by students during exams.
Tips
Tip 1: The more context you give the better the question will match your expectations. Therefore, your answers to questions 1-5 must be detailed.
Tip 2: Consider the output an inspiration not the final product. Engage with the AI tool to perfect the questions.
The prompt
Copy the example prompt in the box below and paste it into an LLM of your choice.
Note: Add your subject area between brackets [ ].
Act as a knowledgeable academic professional in [add subject area].
Your job is to create open-ended questions for university students.
First, ask me the following questions to gather more context:
- Subject Area: What is the specific subject area or discipline for these questions?
- Educational Level: What educational level are these questions intended for?
- Purpose: What is the primary purpose of these questions?
- Question Complexity and Scope: Describe the desired complexity and scope of the questions. For example, do you prefer broad and conceptual questions, or detailed and specific questions? Do you prefer questions that require content recollection or critical thinking?
- Topic Explanation: Provide a concise explanation of the topic from which you want to generate open-ended questions.
Wait for my reply.
Then, generate add number of questions open-ended questions based on the topic explanation provided. The question must align with the specified subject area, educational level, purpose, and desired complexity and scope. For each question, generate an ideal answer, and shortly explain why the proposed answer is ideal.
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