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By the end: You have one recurring piece of your own work, such as a weekly report, set up as a Project in ChatGPT Edu with your template and standing instructions, and you know which data may go into it.

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Guide OpenAI ChatGPT Edu | University IT Get the account first: ChatGPT Edu Standard is free for active staff, approved for High Risk and PHI data, and includes Work mode, Projects, plugins and scheduled automations. Request it under Get started; it takes the longest. Open Video ChatGPT Edu Tutorial beginnerAI Catalyst A 19-minute UIT screen walkthrough of the workspace you just requested: the plans, picking Sol, Terra or Luna, the plus menu, web search, Deep Research and Work mode. Watch with ChatGPT open in another tab. Open Guide Responsible AI at Stanford | University IT Responsible use in one page: what not to paste, disabling saved history where it matters, checking confident but wrong answers, and telling people when AI shaped the work. Open Course AI Foundations beginner1h 10mOpenAI Academy OpenAI's own foundations course: prompting, giving context, reviewing output and responsible use. Free, with a certificate. Take it after the Stanford steps so the examples land in a workspace you already recognise. Open Live session AI Prompting Skills for Better Results beginner3hTechnology Training UIT Technology Training's three-hour live class on foundational prompting skills (ITS-1924, $300, STAP eligible). Bring a real task from your desk; the instructors work through it with you. Open KB article KB00020864: How to group a recurring workstream into a Project in ChatGPT Edu Your first project: create a Project for a workstream you repeat, upload the template and two recent examples, write the standing instructions, and draft this week's version from them. Share it with the team once it works. Open