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Chat GPT Tutorial for teachers

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Tutorial for ChatGPT
Written by Majida FRANCIS
M.Ed. Educational Technology
May 2, 2023
Table of Contents

1. Introduction : ...................................................................................................................................................... 2

2. Why using ChatGPT? ..................................................................................................................................... 2

3. Is ChatGPT free? .............................................................................................................................................. 2

4. How to get started with ChatGPT??....................................................................................................... 2

5. Does ChatGPT work in Arabic?.................................................................................................................. 4

6. How does ChatGPT work? ............................................................................................................................. 4

7. How to generate text with ChatGPT?....................................................................................................... 4

8. How to create images with ChatGPT? ..................................................................................................... 5

9. How to ask good questions in ChatGPT? ............................................................................................... 5

10. What are the limitations of ChatGPT? ................................................................................................. 5

11.What is ChatGPT Plus? .................................................................................................................................. 5

12.What are the alternatives to ChatGPT? ................................................................................................ 5

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1. Introduction :

On November 30, 2022, ChatGPT made its arrival on the internet and quickly became phenomenal success
with the registration of one million users in just five days.

ChatGPT is a platform that provides access to artificial intelligence that has been trained from an online
learning model. This tool offers a conversational chatbot that is able to answer all your questions accurately
and efficiently.

2. Why using ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is a powerful learning tool that can potentially save your time in certain tasks in your daily life.

ChatGPT can be used as an educational tool for teachers and students. As a teacher, ChatGPT can assist you in
lesson preparation, finding content ideas, answering student questions, and even assessing their understanding.
Students can also use ChatGPT to get answers to their questions and search for additional information for their
assignments. In summary, ChatGPT can be a helpful tool to complement traditional teaching and learning
methods.

3. Is ChatGPT free?
Yes, ChatGPT is free on the OpenAI website (https://chat.openai.com/).
Take advantage of it while it's free! It should remain free, but you never know.

4. How to get started with ChatGPT??

Accessing ChatGPT is easy and free for everyone.
To start using ChatGPT for free, simply visit the official ChatGPT website by OpenAI
(https://chat.openai.com/), sign up, and ask your first question.
No need to install anything. ChatGPT is a web app that runs exclusively in your web browser.

⚠️ Be careful not to go to sites that pretend to be OpenAI and ask you for money.
💡 OpenAI is an American company founded by Elon Musk and Sam Altman in 2015 in San Francisco,
California. Its goal is to advance artificial intelligence. Its most well-known services are DALL-E 2, GPT-3,
and ChatGPT.

Creating an OpenAI Account:

To access OpenAI's features, you first need to create
an account. To do so, visit the website
https://chat.openai.com/ and click on the "sign up"
option. Then, fill in the requested information to
create your account. Once your account is created
and verified, you can use OpenAI's features.

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Once your account is created and verified, visit the official ChatGPT website, and you can start asking
your questions.

ChatGPT is a conversational artificial intelligence, which means you can have a real conversation with
ChatGPT. It remembers the questions you have just asked and you can build upon its responses.
Like if you ask a question and want to go further in your research or want to clarify your question.
For example: as you can see, I ask ChatGPT to provide me with a division problem for a multiple-choice
exercise in English for the fourth grade.
.

Then, I ask ChatGPT to translate the same problem into French. ChatGPT understands that the context is
still the same problem, so I don't need to repeat the problem to it.

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5. Does ChatGPT work in Arabic?

ChatGPT supports multiple languages including Arabic and is able to understand and answer questions in this
language. However, his proficiency in the Arabic language may be limited compared to other languages.
ChatGPT Arabic answers are based on existing linguistic data, and therefore may vary in accuracy and
reliability. However, ChatGPT always strives to provide the best possible answers based on their language
skills and knowledge.

6. How does ChatGPT work?

ChatGPT utilizes two learning methods: supervised learning and reinforcement learning. However, it is
primarily reinforced learning that makes it unique. ChatGPT uses a neural network called Transformer, which
enables it to generate sentences that sound natural and coherent.

7. How to generate text with ChatGPT?

Simply type text into the text bar (the prompt) of ChatGPT to start generating text. Once the text is generated,
you can ask further questions, request more examples, seek clarification on the response, or ask additional
questions.

⚠️ However, it's important to note that you shouldn't expect to input an entire essay prompt or a blog article
title and have ChatGPT provide content that you can simply copy and paste. The content generated by
ChatGPT will be recognized as AI-generated content, both by search engines like Google and potentially by
your teacher. Using content generated by ChatGPT may be flagged as plagiarism.

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8. How to create images with ChatGPT?
No, you cannot create images with ChatGPT. ChatGPT generates text only. The service for generating images
using OpenAI's artificial intelligence is called DALL-E 2 (https://openai.com/dall-e-2/).

9. How to ask good questions in ChatGPT?

Asking good questions is the most important skill when using a service like ChatGPT. Your ability to ask the
right questions to artificial intelligence will define the quality of the responses, just as it does when searching
on Google.

10. What are the limitations of ChatGPT?

Although ChatGPT is a highly advanced natural language processing tool, it also has limitations. Here are
some of the limitations of ChatGPT:
a) Bias: ChatGPT is trained on existing data that may contain biases. As a result, ChatGPT may
unintentionally reproduce these biases in its responses.
b) Limited understanding: While ChatGPT can understand and respond to a wide range of questions, it
may struggle with questions that fall outside its comfort zone or require specialized knowledge.
c) Lack of context: ChatGPT may sometimes lack context to fully understand a question or request, which
can lead to inaccurate or incomplete responses.
d) Text generation: While ChatGPT is capable of generating text, it may occasionally produce sentences
that lack meaning or clarity, especially with long or complex sentences.
e) Confidentiality and security: As ChatGPT is an online tool, there is a potential risk that user-inputted
data may not be secure or that privacy may not be guaranteed.
⚠️ It's important to note that the knowledge and data used to answer questions are based on a dataset collected
and organized prior to September 2021. Information or data collected after that date is not available unless
updated by the developers.

11. What is ChatGPT Plus?

On February 1, 2023, OpenAI announced ChatGPT Plus on
their blog. ChatGPT Plus is a subscription-based pilot
version of ChatGPT. It is priced at $20 USD per month, and
subscribers of ChatGPT Plus enjoy exclusive benefits.

The advantages of having ChatGPT Plus include:

• Priority access to ChatGPT, useful when the service is at maximum capacity with many users.
• Faster response time from the chatbot.
• Priority access to ChatGPT updates.

12. What are the alternatives to ChatGPT?

There are no direct alternatives to ChatGPT. While there are text generators powered by artificial
intelligence, there is no interactive chatbot equivalent to ChatGPT. Some alternative text generation services
include:
• WriteSonic
• JasperAI
• Content at Scale
Google has announced Bard (https://bard.google.com/), its own conversational artificial intelligence for
generating text-based conversations.
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