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Priya's Thursday, Two Ways

8 lessons · 30 prompts

A day in the life of a Professor: what changes with these prompts.

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Priya, an associate professor of environmental science at a mid-sized university.

Priya opens her laptop at 7:30 a.m. with a lecture on urban water cycles due at ten. She uses the Course Materials Setup prompt in ChatGPT to draft a clearer lab safety policy and a weekly schedule for her environmental science course. She edits the policy to match her department's rules.

Next she uses the Lecture Preparation prompt in Claude to turn the water cycle topic into three everyday examples and a short think-pair-share activity. She adds a local river photo from her own files and adjusts the questions for her first-year students.

After lunch, she opens Gemini and uses the Grading And Feedback prompt to build a rubric for lab reports and draft comments for a stack of papers. She keeps her own notes on two students who need extra help.

Before she leaves, she uses the Grant Proposals prompt to shape a small funding idea for a campus water study. She sends the outline to a colleague, then walks her dog by the river while it is still light.

Before

  • Tabs open, coffee cold, lecture still not done.
  • Grading pile grows while email pings.
  • Grant deadline feels far away and heavy.
  • Advising notes wait until late evening.

After this course

  • Lecture ready before lunch, with examples.
  • Feedback written with a clear rubric.
  • Grant outline started without the panic.
  • Home early for a walk by the river.

What you'll learn

  • Course Setup: Draft syllabi, schedules, and policy language you can refine.
  • Lecture Prep: Turn topics into explanations, examples, and activities.
  • Grading Feedback: Build rubrics and draft fair, consistent comments.
  • Student Advising: Prepare supportive notes and plans for student meetings.
  • Research Literature: Map sources, questions, and gaps for your next project.
  • Academic Publishing: Outline manuscripts and respond to reviewer notes.
  • Grant Proposals: Shape aims, draft sections, and check sponsor needs.
  • Committee Admin: Summarize meetings, draft policies, and prepare reports.

How this course works

  1. 8 lessonsOne task of your job each, from course materials setup to committee and admin.
  2. Ready-to-paste promptsCopy, fill in the parts in {{brackets}}, paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
  3. Tick and completeTick the prompts you tried and mark each lesson complete.
  4. Get certifiedFinish and keep the prompts as your own library.