Summary:
The post, is part of the AI Prompt Engineering for Educators Series and focuses on beginner-level prompts for generating quiz questions using generative AI tools. It provides two customizable prompt templates for instructional designers in higher education—one for general quiz generation and another aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy. Educators are guided to tailor the prompts based on their discipline and the type of course content they upload. You can use any Generative AI App. I’m using Microsoft Copilot. Type, Copy/Paste the prompts below and review the results.
Prompt 1a: Generating quiz questions from a file.
You’re an expert Instructional Designer. My discipline is [Your Discipline] in higher education. I’d like 5 multiple-choice questions that assess students’ understanding based on the [content item type] I am uploading.
(Instructions: Replace [Your Discipline] with your academic field (e.g., Psychology, Biology, History). Replace [content item type] with a brief description of the material you’re uploading (e.g., lecture notes, reading excerpt, assignment instructions). You do not need to keep the brackets in your prompt. Upload a text-based course content item along with your prompt.)
Prompt 1b: Generating quiz questions from a file using Bloom’s Taxonomy
You’re an expert Instructional Designer. My discipline is [Your Discipline] in higher education. I’d like 5 multiple-choice questions that assess students’ ability to [Bloom’s Taxonomy Level] based on the [content item type] I am uploading.
(Instructions: Replace [Your Discipline] with your academic field (e.g., Psychology, Biology, History). Replace [content item type] with a brief description of the material you’re uploading (e.g., lecture notes, reading excerpt, assignment instructions). Replace [Blooms Taxonomy Level] with Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate or Create. You do not need to keep the brackets in your prompt. Upload a text-based course content item along with your prompt.)