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Handout Design

Design a handout that guides researchers through requesting restricted materials, listing eligibility, required forms,…

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The same job, four prompts

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AExecute — “help me do it”Design a handout that guides researchers through requesting restricted materials, listing…+
Design a handout that guides researchers through requesting restricted materials, listing eligibility, required forms, and the review timeline; finalize as a two-page PDF and deliver to the reference desk by Friday.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
BImprove — “do it better”Before distributing, make the handout reduce desk traffic: lead with a checklist of eligibility…+
Before distributing, make the handout reduce desk traffic: lead with a checklist of eligibility criteria, give exact turnaround times and likely fees, include an annotated sample completed form, and add a bold ‘If you meet these, book here’ line with Sarah Miller’s contact so most visitors can self-serve.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

The real tasks

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Design a handout that guides researchers through requesting restricted materials to reduce reference desk questions.

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Because you rarely think 'I want the redaction tool'. You think 'I have to share this without leaking the client's details'. Start from the need, and the feature finds you.

Real. Every job here was drawn from what people in real roles were actually seen doing in Canva — not a feature checklist.

No. Each page gives you a ready prompt you can paste into an AI assistant, plus the plain steps to do it yourself. Start with either — the goal is the finished job, not the tool.