Lesson 1 - Your First Conversation with AI Chatbot

Students experience their first guided interaction with an AI chatbot, learning what chatbots are, what they can and can’t do, how prompts shape responses, and how to evaluate output.

Topics

1. What an AI Chatbot Is

2. What Chatbots Can and Can't Do

3. Prompting: Chatbot Input

4. Verify Responses: Chatbot Output

List of Activities

• Explore 1 - Account Setup

• Explore 2 - Introduce Yourself (first conversation)

• Explore 3 - Chatbot Capabilities

• Explore 4 - Memory Test

• Lecture - Prompt Structure Review 

• Practice 1 - Prompt Ladder

• Practice 2 - Evaluate Output; Critical Reading of Responses