Brainstorming topics or angles

Generating research questions

Developing an outline

Creating/refining thesis statements

Exploring counterarguments

Listing keywords or search terms for academic databases

Simulating mind maps

Finding analogies or metaphors

Creating hypothetical scenarios

Acting as a personal tutor

Explaining complex ideas simply

Summarizing texts or research

Generating practice quiz questions

Simulating a Socratic dialogue

Providing real-world examples/applications of theories

Compare and Contrast ideas/theories

Role-playing figures or characters

Generating annotated bibliographies (student find sources, AI helps summarize)

Explaining stats or research designs

ID potential biases or limitations in studies

Reword complex scholarly text

Suggest relevant themes, theories or frameworks

Organizing notes into themes

Generating follow-up questions after reading a source

Writing first drafts based on student outlines or notes

Sentence starters

Paragraph transitions

Suggesting synonyms & word choice

Improving clarity or tone

Rewriting in a specific tone or style

Summarizing a long argument into a conclusion paragraph

Correcting grammar and spelling errors

Formatting refrerences (i.e. APA, MLA)

Create multiple versions of intro paragraphs to compare/choose from

Composing an "elevator pitch"

Suggesting paragraph order

ID missing transitions between paragraphs or ideas

Summarize each paragraph to check for alignment with thesis

Drafting abstracts for research

Explaining spreadsheet formulas

Simulating basic data analysis

Help with interpreting results

Creating practice datasets

Visualizing data trends or comparisons

Generating charts or tables

Walking through steps of quantitative problem-solving

Suggesting chart types for data

Explaining data errors/anomalies

ID breaks in coding

Organizing open-ended questions into themes

Suggesting future research ideas or limitations

Scripts for videos or podcasts

Generation of content (i.e. poems, lyrics)

Writing captions or alt-text

Storyboarding or planning

Creating character profiles

Boosting world-building

Help with design prompts or layout ideas for posters or infographics

Suggesting transitions or visual effects

Providing image AI prompting ideas

Brainstorming logo or icon concepts

Developing plot outlines

Create branching narrative options

Generating a series of social media posts on a concept

Create memes or satire

Generate variations of a headline

Simulated interviews for articles

Provide feedback on written work

Help students reflect via journaling

Summarizing student's own work for self-review

Simulating a grading rubric for self-evaluation before submission

Generating questions a professor might ask about the assignment

Provide areas of self-application for models, theories, etc.

Breaking down large assignment into milestones or steps

Creating to-do lists or timelines for project completion

Helping with time management

Tracking changes and revisions across drafts

Drafting emails for clarification

Generating a checklist that aligns with an assignment's rubric

Summarizing to create executive summaries

Suggesting roles/tasks for group

Acting as a neutral moderator in group discussions

Help resolve conflicts in peer feedback

Generating collaborative writing prompts

Creating a shared outline as a starting point for a group

Suggest sentence-level peer feedback

Turning rubric criteria into comment prompts for structured feedback

Softening feedback tone before sharing with group

Organazing peer comments into themes

Summarizing group chat transcripts into action items