What you’ll learn
- Five modules move from prompt basics and chat-versus-M365 Copilot distinction to audience-specific email and Word drafts, Teams meeting preparation/recaps, Excel insight extraction and PowerPoint presentations.
- Final module asks learners to retrieve and validate organization information and form daily AI workflows.
What does the learning look like?
- The listing names six assignments, activity readings for email/Word drafting, meeting prep and recap, Excel insights, presentation creation and day-planning retrieval/validation.
- Most exercises are framed with free Copilot Chat
- A few show enterprise capabilities and can be followed conceptually without the business license.
Example to try
Turn numbers into a useful update
- 01Start with
A sample set of figures
- 02Make a first pass
Patterns + a clear explanation
- 03Make it yours
Check the numbers behind each claim
Use a fictional example to practise the workflow.
Cost, access and setup
Course cost
- Course-specific FAQ states the course's features are free.
- No certificate is awarded.
- Copilot Chat is described as free
- Business Copilot access may require an eligible paid license.
What you’ll need
- You can complete the videos, quizzes and guided activities without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.
- Your own account may need an eligible work or school license to follow the enterprise demonstrations.
How you’ll learn
- Five module estimates total about 6 hours
- Microsoft-authored Coursera course, self-paced.
- Its course FAQ says all course features are free and that no certificate, credential or report is awarded.
- Course page explicitly says one can complete the videos, quizzes and guided activities without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license
- Enterprise-license demonstrations may be followed conceptually.
Help along the way
- Six assignments plus readings and short videos are listed
Instructor
- Microsoft is listed as instructor and provider
- No individual instructor is named.
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