17 Improving your writing
Purpose and important information
Text-based generative AI can help you improve how you write. Academic writing can be tricky, especially if English isn’t your first language. You can use a range of generative AI tools to give you general advice on academic writing. You can also use RMIT’s Val to get specific feedback and suggestions for your own writing.
Important note: Sharing your assignments with generative AI tools can be risky. One of the major privacy concerns with generative AI is the risk of sharing personal and confidential information. Therefore, it’s important to be mindful of privacy and security when using generative AI tools. You can upload your own assignment drafts and other work into RMIT’s Val, as your work won’t be shared with other students, your course educators, or anyone outside of RMIT.
Prompt template
Note: The following prompt type is most suitable for language-based generative AI.
This prompt type can be quite simple, and can focus on specifying the task that you want the generative AI tool to complete. If you are not satisfied with the output provided, you can amend the prompt to give the AI tool a role, and/or to provide more detail or task parameters.
Can you <specify the task, e.g. suggest some tips to avoid bias in academic writing>?
Example prompt and output
The following example was tested in Google Gemini. You can see the full output via the link in the reference below the image.
Google. (2024). Gemini [Large language model]. https://gemini.google.com/share/86d52e0df3cf
Example prompt and output
The following example was tested in RMIT’s Val. A simple task was provided (please give me feedback on this writing sample) and the writing sample was pasted in as part of the initial prompt.
RMIT University. (2024). Val [Large language model]. https://val.rmit.edu.au. See Appendix 10 for prompt used and text generated.
