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Course Outline
Core Concepts of AI for Productivity
- Introduction to Generative AI
- Overview of the history and progression of language models
- Comprehending Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Assessing the strengths and constraints of tools such as ChatGPT
- Getting Started with ChatGPT
- Setting up an account and navigating the interface
- Essential concepts: temperature, context, and defining a "persona"
- Hands-On Activity: Creating a first draft using ChatGPT
The Science of Prompt Engineering
- Deconstructing an Effective Prompt
- Essential elements: task definition, context, role, format, and tone
- Tactics for iterative "ask and improve" prompting
- Sophisticated Prompting Strategies
- Chain-of-Thought: guiding the AI to think through steps logically
- Few-Shot Prompting: providing examples to enhance result precision
- Iterative refinement: the critical path to precise outputs
- Hands-On Activity: Refining a prompt to generate a desired management report
Streamlining Writing and Summarization
- Email Drafting and Response Automation
- Creating professional email drafts
- Automating standard and personalized responses
- Document Summarization and Insight Extraction
- Condensing meeting minutes, articles, and lengthy documents
- Identifying key points and action items from complex texts
- Hands-On Activity: Using ChatGPT to summarize a document and compose an email reply
Microsoft 365 Copilot in Excel
- Overview of Copilot in Excel
- Exploring the interface and its functional capabilities
- Crafting effective prompts for data analysis
- Data Analysis and Visualization
- Instructing Copilot to process large datasets
- Automatically generating charts, pivot tables, and visual aids
- Forecasting and Reporting
- Utilizing Copilot to create forecasts from historical data
- Drafting reports based on spreadsheet insights
- Hands-On Activity: Analyzing a sales dataset, generating a forecast, and creating a chart with Copilot
Microsoft 365 Copilot in PowerPoint and Outlook
- Copilot in PowerPoint
- Building presentation outlines from Word documents or text drafts
- Enhancing slides with design suggestions, relevant imagery, and content restructuring
- Hands-On Activity: Developing a complete project presentation using Copilot
- Copilot in Outlook
- Drafting and simplifying professional emails
- Managing the inbox: condensing long threads and prioritizing critical messages
- Hands-On Activity: Asking Copilot to summarize an email chain and draft a concise response
Integration and Advanced Workflows
- AI Agent Workflows in Corporate Settings
- Connecting Copilot with SharePoint and Microsoft Fabric
- Automating recurring tasks and business processes
- Information Management and Security
- Ethical considerations and privacy standards when using AI tools
- Best practices for managing sensitive data
- Hands-On Activity: Designing a simple team workflow automation using Copilot in SharePoint
- Conclusion and Q&A: Exploring the future of AI in the workplace and resources for ongoing development
Requirements
- Familiarity with Microsoft 365 applications
- Practical experience in basic productivity or office management tasks
- No prior background in AI tools is necessary
Target Audience
- Office professionals and productivity specialists
- Project managers and coordinators
- Teams looking to integrate AI into their daily operations
15 Hours
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