Workshop Pre-requisites
Before engaging with specific tools, we invite all Lumberjacks to complete the internal AI Literacy at NAU course. This foundational training ensures our community operates with a shared understanding of the ethical, environmental, and practical implications of AI.
NAU offers an AI Literacy Course for faculty, staff, and students. This is a self-paced course that users can access by logging into canvas.nau.edu and selecting the AI Literacy Course from your dashboard.
By completing this course you’ll walk away with practical information that empowers you to:
- Understand how AI systems work
- Use AI tools to enhance, not replace, your voice and creativity
- Know when to lean on AI, and when to rely on your own expertise
- Engage with AI critically, ethically, and responsibly
- Participate in meaningful conversations about AI in society, education, and the workplace
Copilot Workshop Descriptions
This introductory workshop helps users understand how to effectively use Microsoft Copilot Chat to work smarter, save time, and confidently apply AI assistance in their everyday work. Attendees should complete the AI Literacy Course before taking this workshop.
Users will learn how to:
- Use Copilot safely and appropriately with institutional data and content
- Understand what Microsoft Copilot Chat is—and what it isn’t
- Navigate the Copilot Chat interface
- Write effective prompts to get clear, useful results
- Use Copilot to summarize, draft, brainstorm, and answer questions
- Refine and iterate on responses for better outcomes
- Apply responsible and appropriate AI use in a work or academic context
Discover what makes Microsoft 365 Copilot Premium different through practical, hands-on activities using your own work. Learn how Copilot can draw on the Microsoft 365 content you already have access to, including your email, meetings, calendar, Teams activity, and files, to help you find information, prepare for meetings, summarize projects, create drafts, and turn existing content into useful work products.
- Understanding the difference between Copilot Chat (Basic) and Copilot (Premium)
- Using work context safely and responsibly
- Reviewing recent work and identifying priorities
- Preparing for meetings and turning meeting recaps into action
- Catching up on projects across files, email, meetings, and Teams
- Using Copilot in Word to draft, revise, and summarize documents
- Using Copilot in PowerPoint to create and refine presentations
- Using Copilot in Excel to explore data, create formulas, and build charts
- Creating reusable communication templates
- Working with Copilot Pages, Notebooks, and agents
- Verifying Copilot’s output before using or sharing it
In this introductory workshop, you will learn what Copilot Studio is, why it exists, and how it can be used to create simple, purpose‑driven copilots that support teaching, learning, and administrative work—without needing a technical or AI background.
- Learn what Copilot Studio is and when to use it instead of Copilot Chat
- Explore simple, non‑technical ways to create purpose‑driven copilots
- Understand basic building blocks (instructions, topics, responses)
- See practical faculty and staff use cases (FAQs, guidance, shared resources)
- Learn safe, responsible ways to share and manage information
- Gain confidence using Copilot Studio to save time and reduce repetitive work
Currently Scheduled Workshops
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NOTE: If there are no events listed below, then we do not have any currently scheduled. Visit the AI Workshops page to request a workshop for your team/department/division.