Our Microsoft Copilot training targets the most important, real-world use cases, which can be applied to everyday office work.
Introduction: In this section, participants will get acquainted with Copilot and tips, tricks, and best practices for using it as a basic AI chatbot.
- Interface. Learn Copilot’s navigation, different versions, and settings.
- Research. Analyze web pages, PDFs, spreadsheets and images/screenshots. Use audio/conversation mode and “think deeper” mode. Designate output formats.
- Writing. Generate content including website copy, ads, social media posts and emails. Adjust styles: reading levels, formality, and tone.
- Visuals. Generate images, infographics, posters, and videos. Define brand images and colors and apply them.
Agents: Build your own task-specific chatbots, customized using your own documents, websites, and specific instructions.
- Use Cases: Create real-world, work-related agents that can onboard new staff, answer HR questions, update project statuses and more
- Workflows Agent. Create intelligent workflows with natural language to streamline your tedious tasks
- App Builder. Create autonomous, scheduled apps that can check your email, send Teams messages, create calendar events and more
The “Pages” Feature: Learn how to use this Copilot interface to create structured content and lightweight interactive tools, including:
- Long-form Docs: Create and revise structured content directly inside Copilot.
- Vibe Coding: Build and edit small scripts, widgets, and simple web pages using the Pages environment.
MS 365 Apps Integration: Unlock AI power inside the tools you use every day.
- Excel: Ask Copilot to analyze trends, explain formulas, generate charts, and debug complex spreadsheets.
- Word: Accelerate drafting, summarizing, editing, and rephrasing large documents with live context.
- PowerPoint: Rapidly generate decks, rework slide tone and design, and translate business content into visuals.
- Outlook: Draft emails, find action items, summarize unread emails and more.
- Teams: Summarize meetings and chats, get caught up, extract to-do items and draft responses.
- OneDrive/SharePoint: Find files and summarize documents.
Copilot in MS Edge: Explore the features Copilot offers in the Microsoft web browser.
Images & Video: Generate visuals.
- Prompting: Learn the elements of proper image and video creation prompts. Create brand-appropriate images.
- Iteration: Rework the prompt with Copilot’s help to fine-tune the result.
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.
