Spoken Tutorial Series – Introduction to Prompting
Module: 2 – Artificial Intelligence Essentials – Prompting Skills
Episode: 4. Introduction to Prompting
Learning Objective: At the end of this tutorial learner will be able to
1. Recall what prompting means.
2. Understand why clear prompts matter.
3. Apply structured instructions to improve AI results.
4. Analyze how vague and clear prompts differ.
5. Evaluate prompt quality.
6. Create clear, step-by-step prompts for everyday use.
Approx. Duration: 3-4 min
Outline ● What is prompting
● Importance of clarity in a prompt
● Vague and clear Prompts
● Analogy: Child and instructions
● Steps for a good prompt
● Examples of structured prompting
● Benefits of prompting skills
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Pre-requisite Tutorial Generative AI
Script
Visual Cue Narration
Slide 1 : Title Slide: Introduction to Welcome to this Spoken Tutorial on Introduction
Prompting to Prompting.
Slide 2 : Learning Objectives In this tutorial, you will learn,
● Why prompting matters, and
● How clear instructions improve AI’s
outcomes.
Montage of everyday AI tools (ChatGPT, Let's begin by understanding what prompting
Gemini, image generators) means.
In simple words, prompting means telling an AI
exactly what you want it to do.
Good prompting skills help you to get the best
from AI.
Slide – What is Prompting? Prompting is a skill of writing clear and specific
instructions to AI to get the right output.
Slide – “Understand: Why Clarity Matters” Now, let’s understand why clear prompts matter.
Visual: Person typing vague prompt vs.
clear prompt, side by side
Illustration: A bright, curious child raising Think of AI as a child who is curious, intelligent,
their hand eagerly fast, and eager to help.
AI is capable, but it relies on your instructions to
perform well.
Close-up: Child listening carefully Like a child, AI follows instructions literally.
It cannot read your mind or guess your intent.
It follows exactly what you tell it to do.
Scene: Adult telling child vaguely “Clean Imagine telling a child, “Clean the room.”
the room” — child only picks up a few toys
That’s vague.
The child may pick up a few things and think the
job is done.
So vague instructions give vague results.
Scene: Adult giving step-by-step Now, let's think about how to explain the “clean
instructions — child follows happily the room” task to a child.
Break it into simple parts and give clear
instructions.
So you can say, “Put all the toys in the box.
Fold the clothes and keep them in the cupboard.
Arrange the books on the shelf.”
Now the child knows exactly what to do and does
the job well.
Structured guidance and clear steps give better
outcomes.
Split screen: vague vs clear instruction to AI works the same way.
child
A vague prompt gives a vague answer.
A clear prompt gives a desired answer.
Text highlight: “Prompting = giving Prompting is the art and science of guiding AI to
instructions to AI” produce desired results.
Show the activities A good AI prompt should do 4 things.
It should say exactly what you want.
For example, put all the toys in the box.
Next, it should give a relevant background.
For example, fold the clothes and keep them in
the cupboard.
It should also mention how the output should
appear.
For example, arrange the books on the shelf.
Finally, it should specify why you need it.
For example, the room should look clean and tidy.
Montage of outputs: text, code, images, A good prompt can do tasks like writing,
tables designing, brainstorming, and coding.
It can even help analyze data or create images
without coding skills.
Summary Slide Let’s summarize.
In this tutorial, we learned,
● Prompting is about giving clear
instructions.
● Clear prompts lead to better AI results.
● Structured steps make prompts powerful.
Assignment slide Now, let’s do a small activity.
Take the task, “Pack a school bag.” and,
Write step-by-step instructions for AI.
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