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Duration 15 hours
Course Outline
AI Foundations for Workplace Productivity
- The Essence of Generative AI
- A concise overview of the history and progression of language models
- Comprehending Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Exploring the strengths and constraints of tools such as ChatGPT
- Getting Started with ChatGPT
- Setting up your account and navigating the interface
- Core concepts: temperature settings, context management, and defining "personas"
- Hands-On Activity: Creating an initial draft using ChatGPT
Mastering Prompt Engineering
- Deconstructing Effective Prompts
- Essential elements: task definition, context, role assignment, output format, and tone
- Tactics for "ask and refine" prompting styles
- Advanced Prompting Strategies
- Chain-of-Thought: Directing the AI to reason through problems step-by-step
- Few-Shot Prompting: Providing examples to calibrate accuracy
- Refinement cycles: The critical path to precise and accurate outputs
- Hands-On Activity: Iteratively refining a prompt to achieve specific goals for a management report
Streamlining Writing and Summarization
- Automating Email Composition and Responses
- Producing polished, professional email drafts
- Streamlining both routine and personalized replies
- Summarizing and Analyzing Documents
- Condensing meeting notes, articles, and lengthy reports
- Identifying key insights and action items from dense text
- Hands-On Activity: Employing ChatGPT to summarize a document and draft a corresponding email response
Microsoft 365 Copilot within Excel
- Overview of Copilot in Excel
- Exploring the interface and understanding its full range of capabilities
- Crafting effective prompts for data interrogation
- Data Interpretation and Visualization
- Enabling Copilot to process and analyze extensive datasets
- Automatic generation of charts, pivot tables, and visual representations
- Prediction and Reporting
- Generating forecasts from historical data trends using Copilot
- Drafting reports directly from spreadsheet insights
- Hands-On Activity: Analyzing a sales dataset, projecting future trends, and creating visual charts with Copilot
Microsoft 365 Copilot in PowerPoint and Outlook
- Copilot in PowerPoint
- Building presentation frameworks from Word documents or text outlines
- Enhancing slides: design recommendations, image selection, and content structuring
- Hands-On Activity: Assembling a complete project presentation using Copilot
- Copilot in Outlook
- Writing and simplifying professional correspondence
- Inbox management: Condensing long email threads and highlighting priority messages
- Hands-On Activity: Instructing Copilot to summarize an email thread and draft a brief reply
Integration and Sophisticated Workflows
- AI Agent Workflows in Corporate Settings
- Connecting Copilot with SharePoint and Microsoft Fabric
- Automating repetitive tasks and core business processes
- Data Governance and Security
- Ethical perspectives and privacy protocols when utilizing AI tools
- Best practices for managing sensitive information
- Hands-On Activity: Developing a basic team workflow automation using Copilot in SharePoint
- Conclusion and Q&A: Exploring the future trajectory of AI in the workplace and resources for ongoing development
Requirements
- Familiarity with core Microsoft 365 applications
- Practical experience in routine productivity or office administrative tasks
- No previous background with AI tools is necessary
Target Audience
- Office workers and efficiency-focused professionals
- Project managers and team coordinators
- Teams looking to embed AI capabilities into their daily operations
Testimonials (1)
correct way of prompting and including guardrails in instructions.