Set up safely and send your first prompt

Use the official address from lesson 2, not an advertisement or an unexpected message. Follow its sign-in instructions and read any terms presented. Enter credentials only in the service’s sign-in form, never in a chat prompt or this course. Use a unique password and consider the account’s additional sign-in protection if offered.

The course does not need your password, one-time code, payment details or account screenshot. Do not install an extension, connect email or add a payment method for these exercises. If account access is blocked, continue with the sample response below.

Before your first prompt, find settings and the official privacy guide. Check separately: Are chats saved? Can content be used to improve models? Is memory or personalization enabled? Are external apps connected? Have you shared a chat by link? Record “not found” where you cannot establish an answer.

Starting points documented by providers: ChatGPT has Data controls and Personalization; Claude has Settings → Privacy, including “Help Improve our AI models”; Gemini has Settings & help → Activity for personal-account activity controls. Menus and organisation-managed settings can differ.

One switch does not answer all five questions. Private/incognito modes can still involve retention. Turning model improvement off is not permission to paste restricted information.

When you are comfortable using the service for this harmless exercise, open a new chat, click or tap the message box, paste the prompt below, read it and use the labelled Send button or arrow icon. If copying fails, select and copy the text manually. No real person or file is needed. Otherwise, continue with the sample in step 3.

Your request and the response should appear in the conversation. Check that it explains both words. Expected meaning: a prompt is the request you give the tool; a draft is a first version to review and improve.

With no live account, write those two definitions in your own words and label this “sample review”. If the live answer is hard to understand, reply: “Make each explanation one short sentence for a beginner.” Neither route needs personal information or connected apps.

For this course, use only the supplied fictional text. Do not paste real client lists, employer documents, medical records, passwords, payment details or other people’s personal information. Replacing a name alone may leave someone identifiable.

Change optional privacy preferences only after reading what the setting does. Do not enable external apps or code tools to finish a beginner exercise. For work later, use the organisation’s approved service and data rules; if unsure, ask its responsible person first.

Record the service, date, whether the first chat worked and the five privacy answers. Keep the reply or write the supplied definition in your notes. If you used the sample, label that plainly.

Troubleshooting: if there is no reply, check whether Send was pressed and whether a limit or sign-in message appeared. If the interface is hard to read, use browser zoom or accessibility settings. If a control is missing, use the official guide rather than guessing that your account has it.