Introduction to Copilot half-day course

Course overview

What you will learn

In this half-day course, you will learn how to use Copilot to streamline your work and be more productive in Outlook, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint and Word. You will be amazed at how much Copilot can do for you!

For example, you will learn how Copilot can write an email, create PowerPoint slides, edit a Word document, analyse an Excel workbook, and collaborate with your colleagues in Teams. You will also learn how to customise Copilot to suit your preferences and needs.

Course requirements

To make the most of Copilot's full capabilities, you should check that your organisation has allocated a full (paid) Copilot licence to your Microsoft 365 account before you attend the course.  

If you don't have a full license, we will cover the limited features of the free version too: attending this course may help you decide if you could benefit from purchasing one in future, or if the free version is sufficient to help you improve your productivity.

If you would prefer a short taster about what Copilot can offer, we also offer a one-hour introduction, Microsoft Copilot: A Brief Overview.

Course timetable

Introduction to Microsoft (365) Copilot

• Overview of Copilot: Understanding what Copilot is and its capabilities

Getting started in Excel using Copilot

• Formula suggestions
• Data analysis
• Data visualisation using charts and Pivot Tables

Boosting productivity in Word with Copilot

• Summarising a document
• Asking questions about your document
• Get help with writing a Word document

Enhancing presentations in PowerPoint with Copilot

• Smart Slide creation
• Speech guidance through prompts and suggestions
• Content suggestions and feedback

Improving communication in Outlook with Copilot

• Email composition and suggestions
• Inbox management
• Calendar assistance

Catching up in Microsoft Teams with Copilot

• Catch up on meetings
• Summarise message threads
• Chat assistance

Related courses

• AI for Absolute Beginners — You will get hands-on experience with popular free AI applications like ChatGPT. Delve into the future possibilities of AI tools, understand their limitations, and discuss the ethical implications of AI in our world today.
• The Art of AI Prompt Engineering — This half-day course emphasises exploring the nuances of crafting effective prompts, discussing OpenAI's guidelines, and discovering how prompts yield varied results across different AI models.
• Microsoft Copilot: A Brief Overview — This one-hour taster session gives you a quick feel of how to implement and use Microsoft Copilot in your organisation.
• Maximise Your Productivity with Copilot for Microsoft 365 — This one-day course covers Copilot indepth, with more time with the trainer to work on exercises, ask questions and complete activities.

The Small Print

For Live Online Interactive Learning sessions

The course will run remotely for half a day, consisting of two 90-minute live online sessions with independent work in between. 

All learners will need to install Zoom on their machines. Full technical requirements are on the Zoom website. Your link will be included in your joining instructions once you have booked your place — if you haven't received this email then please contact our team.

Learners should log into the session 10 minutes before the start time to ensure that they have downloaded and set up Zoom correctly. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. Unfortunately you will be asked to leave and attend a different day if you arrive more than 15 minutes late for online sessions, and more than 30 minutes late for classroom sessions.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

For Mac Users

For online training, please let us know when booking and you can use your Mac as normal. We provide a PDF with shortcuts for Mac users (if relevant) and your trainer will refer to this throughout the training.

The happy Guarantee

We want everyone to go away from our courses feeling as though they have learnt useful, practical skills that they can use straight away when they go back to work.

If you don’t feel that your training has been useful or if you are unhappy in any way, please get in touch with our Customer Services team within 30 days of the course. We will be happy to offer you additional support and training free of charge to help you to gain the skills you need, or if you’d prefer, a full refund.

If you have any questions or concerns, contact our friendly team, available Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.