Basic Prompting Technique for using Gen Al tools
Workshop/ Training/ Webinar
Workshop for Staff
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Date
04 Mar 2026
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Organiser
ITS
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Time
14:30 - 16:30
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Venue
Online
Enquiry
IT HelpCentre (Hotline) 2766 5900 / (WhatsApp/ WeChat) 6577 9669
Summary
Date: 4 Mar 2026 (Wed)
Time: 14:30 – 16:30
Venue: Online
Target Audience: All instructors
Medium of Instruction: English
Objective
This workshop aims to equip instructors with foundational and advanced skills in prompt engineering. Participants will explore the structure of effective prompts, learn various prompting techniques, and understand how to apply these strategies across different AI tools and tasks.
What You Will Learn
- Understand the key elements of a well-structured prompt, including task, role, context, and output indicators.
- Explore different prompting techniques such as zero-shot, few-shot, role prompting, and chain-of-thought prompting.
- Learn how to apply prompting strategies to real-world use cases including writing enhancement, research, translation, and image analysis.
- Discover how PolyU GenAI and other tools support various prompt formats and use cases.
Agenda
- Understanding GenAI
- Overview of how GenAI works
- Capabilities and limitations of GenAI tools - Understanding Prompt Structure
- General prompt elements
- Examples of structured prompts - Prompting Techniques and Tips
- Zero-shot vs. few-shot prompting
- Role prompting and prompt chaining
- Chain-of-thought prompting for complex reasoning
- Best practices for writing effective prompts - Introduction to PolyU GenAI Platform
- Overview of PolyU GenAI platform and other GenAI tools
- Special features on PolyU GenAI platform - Use Cases and Demonstrations
- Writing enhancement and content generation
- Translation and language support
- Image-to-text and text-to-image applications
- Research and academic support - Q&A Session
- Open discussion and troubleshooting
