M365 Copilot: A Beginner's Guide

Microsoft CoPilot Beginner E-Learning Course

M365 Copilot: A Beginner's Guide

M365 Copilot: A Beginner's Guide introduces the fundamentals of Microsoft 365 Copilot and how to work effectively with AI in the workplace. Learn how Copilot works, write better prompts, understand security and data protection considerations, evaluate AI-generated results, and apply practical techniques to improve productivity and collaboration.

Course Features
Office Version
Microsoft 365
Application Group
Copilot
Level
All Levels
Learning Time
95 Minutes
Number of Learning Videos
39
Languages Available
English
German
French
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
Japanese
Chinese
Russian
Course Design
  • Videos with Audio Narration and Closed-Captions
  • Practice Interactive Exercises
  • Tips and Printable PDF's
  • Chapter Tests
  • Personalized Learning Recommendations
  • Comprehensive Final Test with Certificate
  • Compatible with Desktop and Mobile Devices
  • SCORM and xAPI Support for LMS Deployement
Course Topics

Getting Started with Microsoft 365 Copilot

Basic Information about Microsoft 365 Copilot

  • Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • The different variants of Copilot
  • Preparation for Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • Benefits of Copilot in Microsoft 365 applications
  • Copilot Dos and Don'ts
  • How Copilot works: the technology explained

Data Protection and Security

  • Safety First: a short security briefing
  • Prompt security in Copilot Chat
  • Data protection in Copilot

Understanding Copilot

  • Probability versus truth
  • Why Copilot results can be inaccurate
  • Critical evaluation of AI-generated content

Successful Prompting

  • Chatting with a bot
  • What is a prompt?
  • Tips for creating effective prompts
  • Letting Copilot ask questions
  • Using Prompt Lab
  • Using Prompt Coach
  • Methods for better prompting
  • The Cocktail Method
  • The Song Lyrics Method

Approaches and Working Methods

  • Chat and Agents explained
  • Choosing between Chat and Agent
  • Agents in Microsoft 365 apps
  • Copilot Cowork: AI as a co-worker
  • Copilot Notebooks

Ensuring Quality and Evaluating Results

  • Checking and verifying results
  • Improving Copilot outputs
  • Quality assurance techniques

Copilot in Everyday Working Life

  • Integrating Copilot into daily work
  • Using Copilot as a learning partner
  • Using Copilot as a thinking and brainstorming partner

Examples of Use

  • Getting started with Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • Tips and tricks for meeting transcriptions
  • A day in sales
  • Role-based use cases and scenarios
  • Brainstorming and idea generation
  • Decision support and proposal drafting
This Course is Included in our Content Bundles
Elearning training Course Content Bundle "New Generation Workplace" for Microsoft 365

New Generation Workplace | E-Learning Content Bundle

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Our New Generation Workplace content package is our full E-Learning course library for Microsoft 365.

This course package addresses core end-user training for Office and Windows at the Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels and also provides training on how to use Microsoft 365 collaboration tools to easily communicate and work in project teams.

During your subscription to this course package, you will receive our content updates to the package, including new courses we release into the package.

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