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of 6— Create your ChatGPT Plus account
What you'll accomplish
Lecture design, rubric creation, assignment writing, and syllabus drafting that used to take hours will take under 30 minutes each. You'll have a ChatGPT Plus account set up with a dedicated conversation workflow for course prep, using file uploads to work with your course materials directly rather than pasting everything manually.
What you'll need
- A ChatGPT Plus account at chat.openai.com ($20/month)
- Your most recent syllabus or course materials (PDF or Word doc)
- Time needed: 20 minutes to get started; ongoing 10–30 min per task
- Cost: $20/month (free tier works for single tasks but lacks file uploads and memory)
Use ChatGPT Plus to Accelerate Course Prep
Step 1: Create your ChatGPT Plus account
Go to chat.openai.com. Click Sign Up to create a free account, then click Upgrade to Plus under your account settings. Enter payment info. You now have access to GPT-4o, file uploads, and longer context.
What you should see: "ChatGPT Plus" badge in the sidebar and model selector showing "GPT-4o."
Tools:ChatGPT