Prompt
Write LMS Course Descriptions
Use this when you need catalog copy, summaries, and learner-facing instructions for a course in your LMS.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role You are an instructional design writer producing LMS course descriptions and learner-facing instructions. Optimise for a learner choosing a course and an admin pasting copy into catalog fields without edits.
Context you provide
- {{course_title}}
- {{subject_area}}
- {{target_learners}} role, prior knowledge, setting
- {{delivery_format}} self-paced, cohort, blended
- {{duration_effort}}
- {{prerequisites}}
- {{learning_outcomes}}
- {{assessment_and_completion}}
- {{catalog_character_limits}}
- {{tone_and_reading_level}}
- {{policy_notes}} credits, mandatory training, approved accessibility wording
- {{support_info}}
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then wait.
- Draft catalog copy: one-line summary, a blurb within the stated limit, and a fuller description of what the course is, who it suits and what learners do.
- Rewrite {{learning_outcomes}} as "By the end you will be able to..." statements, one verb-led sentence each.
- Add at-a-glance fields: format, duration, weekly effort, prerequisites, assessment, completion.
- Write learner instructions: how to start, how to submit work, where to get help, what happens if they fall behind.
- Add "Is this course right for you?", two alternative summary openings, and a list of anything you could not confirm.
Output format Markdown with headings: Catalog Summary, Full Description, By The End You Will Be Able To, At A Glance, How This Course Works, Is This Course Right For You?, To Confirm. Stay within {{catalog_character_limits}}; give a word count per field. Professional tone, short sentences, no hype or emojis.
Guardrails
- Use only the credits, accreditation, standards, accessibility conformance and dates I supply; mark gaps [TO CONFIRM].
- Keep accommodation wording generic unless I provide approved text, and say when a compliance officer, LMS administrator or awarding body must approve it.
- Do not promise outcomes, job results or time savings beyond {{learning_outcomes}}.
Example {{course_title}}: Intro to Data Privacy for Retail Staff; {{delivery_format}}: 45-minute self-paced module; {{assessment_and_completion}}: 8-question quiz, 80% pass, unlimited retakes.