Task: Unit 5 Assignment Investigating Trends in Your Career Field

Posted: February 4, 2026/Under: Uncategorized/By: Okoth

Follow the steps outlined in the template below. You can write your answers or paste screenshots directly into the template. Areas where you contribute information to the template are shaded in light grey.

STEP

INSTRUCTIONS / ANSWERS

Part A

Generative
Artificial Intelligence Tools

A1: Access a Generative AI tool

 

You will need access to ChatGPT, Google’s Bard, or
another generative AI tool. If you’re not sure whether a tool will work for
this assignment, please contact your professor.

You can sign up for ChatGPT at https://chat.openai.com/ using your
personal or UMGC issued email address. Alternatively, if you have a Gmail
account, you already have access to Google’s Bard at https://bard.google.com/.

 

A2. Design a prompt

Ask the AI tool to tell you about the top three trends
in your industry.  (For example, “What are the
top three trends in the movie production industry?”) You may need to experiment
with different prompts until you’re satisfied with the results.

A3. Capture the response

Paste a screenshot of the results in the
space below:

 

 

Part B

Internet
Research

B1. Conduct research on the internet

Do an internet search on the same
subject—the top three trends in your industry. Review three sources to
confirm or refute the information generated by AI, as one site alone could
just be one person’s (or organization’s) opinion.

B2. Identify the top three trends in your
industry

Using the information collected in your
internet research, what appear to be the top three trends in your industry?

 

Trend 1:

 

Trend 2:

 

Trend 3:

 

B3. Share your sources

What resources provided you with this
information? Please do your best to provide your three references in APA
format (utilize the UMGC Library
resources for help with citation formats).

 

 

Part C

Interrogate
the Results

C1. Compare

How do the trends from internet research
compare to the trends identified by the AI tool? Describe similarities and
differences.

 

 

 

Part D

Create
Questions & Explore

D1. Create questions for your upcoming
Informational Interview

Based on recent classroom discussions, the
career field you are exploring, and the research you just completed, what are
two questions you might want to ask your interviewee?

 

Question 1:

 

Question 2:

 

 

Please submit the completed template to the assignment folder by 11:59PM Eastern on Tuesday of Unit 5.

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