Office workflows

Using AI Assistants in Business

Use AI assistants for workplace communication, information summaries and meeting tasks, with guided practice in office apps.

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Format
Self-paced
Time
The six rounded module study estimates total about 8h21 (2h, 1h, 2h, 1h, 2h,…
Tools
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Google Docs, Google Sheets
Language
English

What you’ll learn

  • Six modules move from GenAI/tool selection and prompt writing to communications, information analysis/summaries and meeting productivity
  • Then hands-on tasks with Word-style documents, presentations/images/presenter notes and spreadsheets across Microsoft 365 desktop apps, Google Docs/Slides/Sheets and LibreOffice examples.
  • Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Claude, and explicitly says learners may use the AI tools available to them
  • It does not require one particular assistant.

What does the learning look like?

  • The course says to perform guided step-by-step hands-on activities on the learner's own computer.
  • Each of the first five modules lists multiple readings/guidelines/activities
  • The final module lists one course assessment.
  • Activities span everyday communication, summarizing information, meeting productivity, revising text, generating document/presentation images, presenter notes and spreadsheet problem-solving.
Example to try

Turn numbers into a useful update

  1. 01Start with

    A sample set of figures

  2. 02Make a first pass

    Patterns + a clear explanation

  3. 03Make it yours

    Check the numbers behind each claim

Use a fictional example to practise the workflow.

Cost, access and setup

Course cost

  • Listing explicitly distinguishes free standalone AI assistants from paid Microsoft 365 Copilot

What you’ll need

  • Designed around Microsoft 365 desktop productivity apps but does not require a specific AI product
  • Page says workflows transfer across productivity suites, though procedures vary.
  • Named options are ChatGPT/Gemini (free standalone examples) or paid Microsoft 365 Copilot.

How you’ll learn

  • The six rounded module study estimates total about 8h21 (2h, 1h, 2h, 1h, 2h, 21m).
  • The page's item-level times for readings and activities total about 9h14
  • Preserve those different displayed measures rather than treating them as a proven contradiction.
  • Self-paced Coursera course for desktop productivity use.
  • Page says use any AI assistant available, including free standalone ChatGPT/Gemini or Microsoft 365 Copilot, which it describes as having an associated cost.
  • Workbooks/course data files and setup are listed

Certificate

  • Shareable Coursera course certificate listed
  • Not a Microsoft/Google/Anthropic certification or independently recognized credential.

Help along the way

  • One final course assessment is listed
  • Multiple in-module computer activities are also described.

Instructor

  • Bill Rosenthal is named as instructor
  • Logical Operations is the listed publisher/provider.
  • Page reports 159 courses and 57,711 learners for the provider profile
  • Platform claims only.

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