Categories
Generative AI Tutorials Self-Help Tutorials

Get Started with ChatGPT

Last updated on April 17, 2023

ChatGPT is an artificial-intelligence chatbot that users can engage with for assistance, conversation, or answers to complex inquiries. It is a powerful tool that can create human-like responses to a wide variety of prompts and questions. This tutorial covers how to sign up, log in, and enter a prompt using ChatGPT. To learn more about ChatGPT and artificial intelligence in education, review the CTLD Resource on Generative AI.

Directions

Set  Up an Account with ChatGPT

  1. Type chat.openai.com into your browser search bar.
  2. Click the Sign up button.
  3. Type an email you would like to be associated with your account. If you have a Google or Microsoft account you would like to use, you can click one of those buttons to automatically enter the information for that account. 
  4. Type a password for your account that is at least 8 characters long.
    • Note: Chatgpt has a very high volume of users and may display a message that reads, “signup is temporarily unavailable”. If this occurs, repeat the steps above and attempt to create your account in a few hours.
  5. Click Continue.
  6. Navigate to the email inbox associated with the email you entered for step 3.
  7. Click on the email you received from OpenAi.
  8. Click the Verify email address button.
  9. Type your name in the text fields.
  10. Click Continue.
  11. Select the country your phone number is associated with from the drop down menu on the left.
  12. Type in your phone number in the text field on the right.
  13. Enter the 6-digit code you received at the phone number previously entered in the text field that appears on your browser window.
  14. Click Next on the pop up windows that describe how chatGPT collects data.
  15. Type your question or prompt in the text field at the bottom of the page.
  16. Click the send button on the right side of the text field.

Use ChatGPT

  1. Type your question or prompt in the text field at the bottom of the page.
  2. Click the send button on the right side of the text field.
  3. Click Regenerate Response to make ChatGPT rewrite it’s response to the most recent prompt. 
  4. Click the Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down buttons to the right of each response to rate it as helpful or unhelpful.