Ready to see how prompting can support your academic planning?
Purple is UW’s interactive Gen AI tool designed to help students explore options, understand requirements, and prepare for more informed conversations with advisors. It is an aide, not a replacement, for the thoughtful, personalized guidance you get from people. Purple helps you ask better questions and engage more confidently in the planning process.
By learning how to craft effective prompts, students can use Purple to surface personalized insights and make advising conversations more productive and focused.
Purple can assist students in exploring academic planning questions by summarizing published curriculum requirements and university resources. It is designed to help students prepare for advising conversations and review official guidance more efficiently. With Purple, students can:
- Visualize core courses, electives, and milestones
- Test “what if” scenarios for different majors or minors
- Identify questions and prepare for meaningful advising conversations
By helping students better understand their options and reflect on their goals, Purple strengthens advising as a collaborative, human-centered experience. It’s all about making the most of the time students and advisors spend together.
Why does this matter?
Prompting AI isn’t just about asking questions, it’s about learning how to guide a tool effectively. With Purple, students get hands on experience in crafting prompts and seeing how the right input leads to clearer, more personalized guidance. This builds confidence and prepares students for richer conversations with advisors.
Want to learn more?
Join us at an upcoming office hour or training to practice prompting, learn tips, and get live support.