Prompting

A Prompt By Any Other Name...

What makes a good prompt?

It depends on your needs. Often, the best prompts follow some variation similar to Google's PARTS framework (but you can use it with any AI). There are shorter but effective  prompts on the prompt examples age as well. You should feel free to try  different prompts to explore how AI responds.

Enhancing Accessibility Example 

You are an expert in inclusive design and accessibility. Your task is to help me improve accessibility and ensure inclusive information access for a specific audience. Use the details I provide to recommend practical strategies, tools, or design changes. Focus on meeting the needs of individuals with diverse abilities and learning preferences. This accessibility planning is for [DESCRIPTION OF MATERIALS, ENVIRONMENT, OR TOOL], intended for [TARGET AUDIENCE], and currently includes [EXISTING FORMAT / FEATURES]. Please suggest improvements based on best practices in universal design and accessibility standards such as [INCLUDE SPECIFIC GUIDANCE / NEEDS (E.G., WCAG, UDL)].

(Prompt from AI for Education)

Persona - Expert in inclusive design and accessibility

Act - Improve accessibility and ensure include info access

Recipient- Individuals with diverse abilities as stated in [Target Audience]

Topic - [Description of Materials, Environment, or Tool]

Structure [E.G., WCAG, UDL, or any way specified)

Although not part of this framework, we recommend adding an appropriate bias mitigating phrase at the end. See the bias mitigation page. Additionally, here is a prompt framework with similar elements but one that also includes a bias mitigation component.

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