Custom GPTs & Classroom Chatbots: A Step-By-Step Guide for Teachers

Create your own AI-powered classroom helpers—no coding required.

Course Description

This hands-on course shows educators exactly how to build custom GPTs and classroom chatbots that support teaching, boost student engagement, and streamline everyday instructional tasks. Using a simple, beginner-friendly, step-by-step process, you’ll learn how to design your bot’s purpose, set safe boundaries, test and refine responses, share it with students, and maintain it throughout the school year.

Whether you want a reading coach, math practice buddy, SEL reflection partner, or teacher productivity assistant, this course gives you the tools to build AI companions that truly work for your classroom—all while promoting responsible and ethical use of AI.

By the end, you’ll walk away with your own fully functioning classroom chatbot and a complete toolkit to help you use AI confidently and safely with students.

What You’ll Learn

• How to plan, design, and create a custom GPT or classroom chatbot

• How to build a bot that helps students without giving answers

• How to set clear boundaries, tone, and safety instructions

• How to upload class materials to personalize the bot

• How to test, troubleshoot, and improve your chatbot

• How to share your chatbot with students using links or QR codes

• How to model responsible AI use and teach digital citizenship

• How to maintain and update your bot as your units change

What You’ll Get (Downloadable PDF Toolkit)

You’ll receive a complete multi-page PDF packet—located under Course Materials on the website—that includes:

• Chatbot Planning Worksheet
  (Define your bot’s purpose, tone, and audience.)

• Classroom Chatbot Ideas for Teachers
  (Dozens of ready-to-build bot examples across subjects.)

• Tips for Teaching Plagiarism
  (Mini-guide for teaching responsible AI and academic honesty.)

• How to Create a Custom GPT/Chatbot: Step-By-Step Guide
  (Beginner-friendly instructions for building your bot from start to finish.)

• Chatbot Testing Log
  (Track prompts, quality, updates, and results.)

• Maintenance Checklist
  (Weekly and monthly steps to keep your bot accurate and helpful.)

• Classroom Chatbot Norms Poster
  (Student-friendly expectations for safe, productive AI use.)

This toolkit gives you everything you need to successfully build, test, launch, and maintain your classroom chatbot—both during and after the course.