What you’ll learn
- Five modules: activate Copilot in Excel
- Learn Excel interface
- Use formulas/functions
- Enter/format data with Copilot
- Learn basic Copilot prompt engineering
- Hands-on activity debriefs for activation, travel budgeting, workflow optimization and evaluating Copilot performance
What does the learning look like?
- Twenty assignments are listed with AI-grading flag.
- Module 1 names a hands-on Excel Copilot activity, a travel budget, workflow optimization and Copilot performance evaluation
- Further modules include Excel basics, data entry/formatting and prompts.
Example to try
Make sense of a spreadsheet
- 01Start with
A small table of expenses
- 02Make a first pass
Clean data + a useful formula
- 03Make it yours
Check row counts and totals
Use a fictional example to practise the workflow.
Cost, access and setup
Course cost
- Separate Microsoft Copilot entitlement is required
What you’ll need
- Microsoft Excel and Copilot in Excel.
- Course materials state a Copilot license is required
- Page link advertises a free 30-day trial for learners without Microsoft 365 Personal or Family.
- Trial and license terms can change
How you’ll learn
- Module estimates shown as 5h, 5h, 5h, 4h and 5h (24 hours in module estimates).
- Flexible online Coursera course
- Page says it appears in multiple programs and asks the learner to select a program at enrollment.
Certificate
- Shareable Coursera course certificate listed
Help along the way
- Twenty assignments are listed and marked AI-graded
Instructor
- Microsoft is the named publisher