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ChatGPT

ChatGPT is an advanced AI platform by OpenAI that generates human-like text and supports multimodal inputs for diverse applications.

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Primary category

Writing & Text Generation Tools

Cost

None

Overview

ChatGPT Edu is the university edition of ChatGPT, the AI assistant from OpenAI that you talk to in plain English. Ask it to draft an email, summarize a long document, analyze a spreadsheet, or generate an image, and it responds in seconds. ASU has an enterprise agreement with OpenAI, so every ASU staff member gets full access for free using their ASURITE login, with the latest models (including GPT-5) and higher usage limits than the free public version. Unlike a personal ChatGPT account, nothing you type is used to train OpenAI's models, and the tool is FERPA compliant and approved for ASU non-regulated and internal data, making it a safe default for everyday work. ChatGPT Edu also includes Codex, OpenAI's agentic coding tool: describe a task and it plans, writes, tests, and iterates on code on its own. For EdPlus staff it covers the same ground as Claude Code, including Sites in Codex, one of our approved hosting paths for AI-built projects. The same governance tiers apply, so yellow and red tier work goes through the project submission form before it ships.

Teaching uses

Featured ways to use this tool

Draft and polish work communications

Paste in bullet points and ask for a first draft of a student-facing email, Slack announcement, or project brief — then ask it to shorten, change the tone, or produce three subject-line options. Great for marketing copy variants and awkward messages you keep putting off.

Summarize documents and meetings

Upload a long PDF, report, or meeting transcript and ask for a one-page summary, key decisions, or action items by owner. Useful for catching up on a 40-page vendor doc before a call or turning raw notes into a shareable recap.

Analyze spreadsheets without formulas

Upload a CSV or Excel file and ask questions in plain language — ‘which programs saw the biggest enrollment change?’ or ‘chart sign-ups by month.’ ChatGPT Edu runs the analysis and explains the results, so ops and marketing staff can explore data without writing formulas.

Build a custom GPT for your team

Create a reusable assistant loaded with your team’s style guide, FAQ, or process docs and share it inside ASU’s workspace — for example, a ‘brand voice checker’ for writers or an onboarding Q&A bot for new hires that answers from your own documentation.

Getting started

How to get started

Subscribe through ASU’s self-service portal

Go to https://asu.edu/selfsub, sign in with your ASURITE, scroll to the bottom, and click Subscribe next to “ChatGPT: User Account.”

Watch for your email invitation

Provisioning is automated and the invitation arrives within 24 hours. There is no cost and no supervisor approval.

Go to https://chatgpt.com and sign in with your ASURITE. All ASU faculty and staff get ChatGPT Edu with GPT-5.

Need Deep Research or additional models?

Those are a separate ServiceNow request. Submit it at the ChatGPT catalog item.

Check the governance tiers before you build

Review the three tiers in The EdPlus Agentic Governance Framework. Yellow and red tier projects are submitted through the project submission page.

Common questions

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers to the questions EdPlus staff ask most about ChatGPT.

Learn & explore

Videos, guides & resources

Demos, tutorials, and curated resources for ChatGPT. Play or read them right here.

Get started with ChatGPT Work

Watch this if ChatGPT is your main tool. It covers the connected-apps model rather than just the chat box, which is where most of the value sits.

5:53

Record & Replay in Codex

Short and specific. Worth two minutes if you keep repeating the same multi-step chore. Codex now ships inside the ChatGPT desktop app rather than as a separate product.

2:05

How to Use ChatGPT

The most complete beginner video in the library. Treat it as a reference to dip into rather than something to watch straight through.

18:26

GUIDE

Getting Started with Codex at EdPlus

Codex is already switched on for every ASU staff member, no request form and no agreement. What it does, how to enable it, and the guardrails that still apply.

Guide · 3 min read

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