Training Opportunities

Take a hands-on tour of how Microsoft 365 supports everyday work—from organizing and storing files to collaborating effectively in Microsoft Teams and using Copilot Chat. You'll explore how OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams work together to enable shared file ownership, version control, and real-time collaboration, then preview how Copilot Chat builds on this foundation to summarize information, interpret documents, support meetings, and generate content with built-in data protection.    
 ✦  Best practices for storing, organizing, and collaborating on files in OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams.    
 ✦  Practical strategies for working together in Teams using channels, chat, posts, and shared files.    
 ✦  Hands-on experience using Copilot Chat to summarize content, catch up on conversations, and generate first drafts, with an emphasis on AI literacy and source evaluation.

Explore Microsoft 365 Copilot and how it supports everyday work across the web and Microsoft Teams. You'll learn what Copilot is, how it uses large language models, and how to access Copilot Chat safely using organizational accounts with enterprise data protection. The session focuses on practical use cases, including generating and transforming content, summarizing documents, supporting meetings in Teams, and crafting effective prompts.    
 ✦  Practical experience using Copilot Chat on the web and in Microsoft Teams.    
 ✦  Strategies for writing effective prompts to summarize, generate, edit, and transform content.    
 ✦  Guidance on data privacy, file sharing, and AI literacy, including evaluating accuracy and using Copilot responsibly.    

Discover how Microsoft 365 Copilot supports work from start to finish across Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Forms, and Loop. This session highlights how Copilot helps users plan, create, analyze, communicate, and present by connecting information across apps. Participants will practice crafting effective prompts, explore real-world workflows that span multiple tools, and learn how to apply AI responsibly.    
 ✦  A holistic view of how Copilot works across Microsoft 365 apps.    
 ✦  Practical strategies for using Copilot to plan, create, analyze, and communicate more efficiently.    
 ✦  Guidance on prompt design, AI literacy, and responsible use across the ecosystem.

Take a clear, practical tour through the world of Copilot Agents—your reusable, task-specific AI helpers inside Microsoft 365. You'll learn what an agent is, how it behaves, and how it differs from a standard prompt. Then, you'll see the simplest version of an agent in action through a SharePoint-based demo before exploring prebuilt options like the Survey Agent or Idea Coach.    

 ✦  A clear definition of what Copilot Agents are and when to use them.    
 ✦  How to share an agent, who can access it, and common permission models.    
 ✦  A practical demo showing the simplest possible agent hosted in SharePoint.    
 ✦  Hands-on experience trying an existing agent from the Agent Store. 

Explore how Microsoft 365 Copilot supports clear, effective communication across Outlook, Teams, Word, OneNote, and PowerPoint. In this hands-on session, participants will see how Copilot helps draft, revise, summarize, and locate messages; recap meetings and action items; and turn ideas into polished documents and presentations.    
 ✦  Practical experience using Copilot to draft, edit, summarize, and find communications in Outlook, Teams, Word, and PowerPoint.    
 ✦  Strategies for recapping meetings, tracking action items, and improving clarity across messages and documents.    
 ✦  Best practices for AI literacy, data privacy, and safe communication in Microsoft 365.    

Reduce email overload and improve communication efficiency with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Outlook. Learn how AI can help summarize email threads, draft responses, prepare for meetings, and manage your daily communications more effectively. This session highlights practical workflows that save time and help you focus on higher-value work.    

• Summarize lengthy email conversations and identify key actions    
• Draft and refine email responses with Copilot assistance    
• Use Copilot to prepare for meetings and stay organized throughout the workday    

Examine where your time really goes and learn how to reclaim hours each week with Copilot-powered efficiencies. Through practical use cases, you'll see how Copilot reduces administrative overhead, enhances communication, and accelerates content creation, helping educators and staff focus more on high-value work.    
 ✦  A toolkit of productivity workflows for meetings, communication, planning, and data tasks.    
 ✦  Examples of how Copilot streamlines file management, collaboration, and project coordination.    
 ✦  Practical routines to reduce repetitive work and increase efficiency across your week.    

Transform your presentation creation process with Microsoft 365 Copilot in PowerPoint. Learn how to generate slide decks from prompts or existing documents, create compelling narratives, refine content, and enhance presentations with AI-powered design assistance. Through demonstrations and practical examples, discover how Copilot can help you spend less time building slides and more time focusing on your message.    

• Create presentation outlines and slide decks from prompts and existing content    
• Improve slide content, structure, and visual design with Copilot    
• Explore strategies for preparing and practicing presentations more efficiently    

Unlock new ways to work with data using Microsoft 365 Copilot in Excel. Learn how AI can help you explore datasets, identify trends, create formulas, and generate insights without needing advanced spreadsheet expertise. This session focuses on practical examples that help faculty and staff make better use of their data.    

• Analyze data and identify patterns using natural language prompts    
• Create formulas, summaries, and visualizations more efficiently    
• Use Copilot to uncover insights that support decision-making    

Discover how Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word can help you create, improve, and manage written content. Whether you are drafting reports, policies, communications, or academic materials, Copilot can assist with generating ideas, restructuring content, and refining your writing while keeping you in control of the final product.    

• Generate first drafts from prompts and existing materials    
• Edit and reorganize content to improve clarity and effectiveness   
• Summarize and transform documents for different audiences and purposes