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Enhancing Productivity with Microsoft Copilot

Course Summary

The Enhancing Productivity with Microsoft Copilot course will introduce participants to Microsoft Copilot's AI-powered capabilities that will streamline tasks, enhance productivity, and foster collaboration across Microsoft 365 tools. Focusing on Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams, this course will guide users through practical, hands-on exercises that will kickstart how Copilot can automate routine tasks, create professional-quality content, and improve team workflows.

Participants will start with the fundamentals of Copilot, understanding how it integrates seamlessly into their daily work to boost efficiency. They will then explore applications, using Copilot to automate email responses in Outlook, generate stunning presentations in PowerPoint, and manage meetings and tasks in Teams.

 

Purpose
Gain practical knowledge to kickstart the use of Microsoft Copilot in day-to-day work.
Audience
Professionals looking to boost their productivity, improve team collaboration, and build confidence in using AI tools to optimize their workflows.
Role
Technical and Non-Technical Professionals
Skill level
Beginner
Style
Workshop witih Lecture and Hands-on Activities
Duration
4 hours
Related technologies
Microsoft 365

 

Course objectives
  • Explain Microsoft Copilot AI capabilities and practical applications across Microsoft 365 tools.
  • Demonstrate how to streamline tasks, automate repetitive work, and improve efficiency.
  • Employ collaboration and teamwork through shared tasks with collaborative AI-driven tools.
  • Use AI to enhance their day-to-day operations.

What you'll learn:

In this Enhancing Productivity with Microsoft Copilot course, you'll learn:
  • Introduction to Microsoft Copilot
    • Explain what Microsoft Copilot is and how it integrates with Microsoft 365 tools like Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams.
    • AI-driven features 
      • Document generation 
      • Summarization 
      • Task automation
      • Insights extraction
  • Copilot Fundamentals
    • Introduction to Copilot’s Core Capabilities
      • Integrating Copilot with Microsoft 365 to assist in routine tasks 
        • Summarizing emails, drafting content, and automating calendar scheduling.
      • Completing tasks faster and more efficiently with AI
    • Use Cases Across Microsoft 365 Applications
      • Practical applications of Copilot in email management, document creation, and collaboration.
      • Examples of how Copilot can simplify routine tasks (e.g., generating emails, summarizing long conversations, managing tasks).
  • Outlook with Copilot :Streamlining Email and Calendar Management
    • Automating Email Drafting and Responses
      • How Copilot can draft responses based on context, email history, and user preferences.
      • Techniques for automating follow-up reminders and setting up email workflows.
    • Inbox Prioritization and AI-Driven Task Management
      • Using Copilot to prioritize important emails and suggest actions based on email content (e.g., flagging, creating tasks).
    • Scheduling and Automating Meetings
      • Automatically scheduling meetings with available times, creating agendas, and sending reminders.
      • How to automate follow-up emails after meetings using AI-generated summaries.
  • PowerPoint with Copilot: Enhancing Presentation Creation and Design
    • Generating Slides from Text and Data
      • How Copilot creates presentations by transforming text outlines or importing data (e.g., from Excel) into visually appealing slides.
      • Automatically generating slides with AI-suggested content, layout, and flow based on input text or data.
    • Improving Presentation Design with AI
      • How Copilot suggests design improvements (e.g., slide layouts, fonts, color schemes) to enhance the visual appeal and clarity of presentations.
      • Using Copilot to refine storytelling by suggesting content reorganization for a more effective narrative.
    • Generating Summaries and Action Slides
      • Using Copilot to generate summary slides from meeting notes, task lists, or project updates.
      • Automating slide creation for follow-up meetings with pre-built agendas and action items.
  • Teams with Copilot: Improving Collaboration and Task Management
    • Summarizing Meetings and Assigning Tasks
      • How Copilot can summarize key meeting points and automatically assign tasks based on meeting discussions.
      • Automatically generating post-meeting summaries for team members, with assigned action items and deadlines.
    • Extracting Insights from Chat Threads and Shared Documents
      • Using Copilot to quickly analyze and summarize lengthy chat discussions, identifying key takeaways and action points.
      • Automating the extraction of insights from shared files, documents, or team conversations, turning them into action items.
    • Automating Project Updates and Reminders
      • How Copilot can generate project updates and share progress reports automatically based on data from meetings, chats, or tasks.
      • Setting automated reminders and notifications for task deadlines, meetings, and project milestones using Copilot.

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