Using Copilot in Education
Instructor-Led Microsoft Copilot Training for Education
Our Microsoft Copilot for Education training courses are designed to help teachers, educators, and education support staff reduce workload, save time, and improve productivity using AI-powered tools within Microsoft 365. Whether you’re spending hours preparing lesson content, responding to emails, creating classroom resources, or summarising meeting notes, Copilot can help streamline many everyday teaching and administrative tasks.
Learn how to use Microsoft Copilot to generate lesson plans, quizzes, worksheets, classroom activities, presentations, and communication content quickly and efficiently. We’ll show you how to use Copilot across apps such as Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and Excel using practical education-based examples relevant to schools, universities, and training organisations. You’ll also discover how to write effective prompts, refine AI-generated content, and use Copilot responsibly within an education environment.
Using Copilot in Education
Course Description
The Using Copilot in the Classroom course is an introductory course designed for teachers, lecturers, trainers, and education support staff who want to use Microsoft Copilot to save time and improve productivity in everyday teaching tasks. The course focuses on practical, real-world education examples and demonstrates how Copilot can assist with lesson preparation, classroom communication, assessment creation, resource development, meeting preparation, and administrative tasks across Microsoft 365 apps including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and Excel.
Learning outcomes
At the completion of Using Copilot in the Classroom, you should be able to:
- explain what Microsoft Copilot is and how it can support teaching and learning
- apply safe and effective prompting techniques using the G.C.S.E. framework
- use Copilot Chat to create classroom resources, lesson ideas, quizzes, and teaching materials
- use Copilot in Word to generate lesson plans, worksheets, rubrics, and classroom activities
- use Copilot in Excel to organise, summarise, and analyse classroom or student-related data
- use Copilot in PowerPoint to create engaging classroom presentations and visual resources
- use Copilot in Outlook to draft emails, newsletters, parent communication, and student feedback
- use Copilot in Teams to recap meetings, create agendas, and manage collaboration
Prerequisites
Using Copilot in the Classroom assumes little or no prior experience with AI tools. However, participants should be comfortable using Microsoft 365 apps such as Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and Excel, and have access to a Microsoft 365 account with a premium Copilot licence.
Course duration
The Using Copilot in the Classroom course is run over one-day, commencing at 9.00am and concluding at 4.00pm. The day includes breaks for morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.
Course overview
Introduction & Foundations
- What is Microsoft Copilot?
- How AI can support educators
- Responsible use of AI in education
- Copilot security & privacy
- What are LLM’s?
Getting Started
- Access Copilot
- Creating useful prompts (G.C.S.E)
- Refining prompts and expanding on responses
- Save time with reusable prompts
Using the Copilot App
- Change Conversation mode
- Work vs Web
- Using the Copilot Prompt Gallery
- Copy or share responses
- Use Reactions
- Edit in Pages
- Use Read Aloud
- Schedule a prompt
- Use Temporary chat
- Save Custom Instructions
- Create Copilot Memories
- Generate Images using Copilot
- Manage conversations
Using Pages & the Library
- Edit in Pages
- Organise teaching content
- Edit content in Pages
- Use the Library
Use Create
- Create classroom posters or visuals
- Edit generated images
- Add and edit text
- Upload your own media
- Add visuals and markup
- Download an image
Copilot in Excel
- Clean data with Copilot
- Allow editing vs Chat only
- Organise classroom or student data
- Summarise information quickly
- Generate simple formulas
- Analyse survey or assessment results
- Identify trends in classroom data
Copilot in Word
- Generate lesson plans
- Draft worksheets and classroom activities
- Create rubrics and marking guides
- Rewrite content for different year levels
- Summarise curriculum documents
- Generate quizzes and comprehension questions
- Draft student feedback comments
- Create newsletters or parent communication
Copilot in Teams
- Summarise staff meetings
- Create meeting agendas
- Catch up on conversations
- Draft messages and announcements
- Extract actions and follow-up tasks
- Support collaboration between teachers
Copilot in Outlook
- Draft emails quickly
- Summarise email threads
- Draft replies to common questions
- Use Coaching
- Schedule meetings from an email
- Extract important information from emails
Copilot in PowerPoint
- Create classroom presentations from prompts
- Generate slides from lesson notes
- Rewrite slide content for students
- Add visuals and images
- Create speaker notes
- Develop interactive class content
Frequently Asked Questions
Microsoft Copilot is an AI assistant built into Microsoft 365 apps such as Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and Excel. Teachers can use Copilot to quickly create lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes, classroom resources, presentations, emails, meeting summaries, and much more. It can help reduce the time spent on repetitive tasks so educators can focus more on teaching and student support.
Yes. The course is designed for both K-12 schools and higher education environments including universities, TAFEs, and registered training organisations. Examples and activities can be tailored to suit teaching staff, administration teams, faculty staff, or education support teams.
No prior AI experience is required. This course is designed for beginners and assumes little or no previous experience using Microsoft Copilot or other AI tools. Participants should simply be comfortable using Microsoft 365 applications such as Word, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, and Excel.
During the course, participants will learn how to use Copilot to:
- create lesson plans and classroom activities
- generate quizzes and assessment questions
- draft parent and student communications
- summarise policies, curriculum documents, and meeting notes
- create PowerPoint presentations and teaching resources
- analyse classroom or student-related data
- assist with meeting preparation and follow-up tasks
The focus is on practical, everyday teaching and education-related tasks.
Yes. This is a hands-on practical course where participants use Microsoft Copilot throughout the session. Attendees complete activities using real-world education examples and are encouraged to apply the tools to their own teaching or workplace scenarios wherever possible.
Yes. The course includes discussion around responsible and appropriate AI use within education settings, including privacy, security, accuracy of AI-generated content, and the importance of reviewing material before sharing with students or staff.
Participants should have access to a Microsoft 365 account with a premium Microsoft Copilot licence assigned. This allows full access to Copilot features within Microsoft 365 applications covered during the training.
Our Using Copilot in Education course is delivered by qualified trainers who hold a Certificate IV in Training & Assessment (TAE40110) and have experience with curriculum integration and the education sector. This means you’ll gain both the theoretical and practical knowledge you need to master the use Copilot. In most cases, your trainer will be Belinda Anderson, a Microsoft software trainer with a Certificate IV in Training & Assessment who has been training in the sector since 2001.
Yes. Training can be tailored for schools, universities, faculties, departments, or administrative teams. Custom examples, workflows, and education scenarios can be incorporated into the session to make the training more relevant to your staff and teaching environment.
Course Inclusions
Skills Analysis
Take advantage of our free online skills analysis prior to your training to ensure you’re enrolled in the right course.
Certificate
After completing the course you’ll receive a certificate to show off your new-found knowledge.
We come to you
To save your time, money and unnecessary travel, we come to you, delivering our training at your premises.
Hands-on training
We’re big believers in hands-on learning so you’ll be on a computer and building your skills in real-time.
Email Support
Access unlimited support following your training course to build on your learning and ask any burning questions.
Real-world examples
There’s nothing better than working through real-world examples to reinforce learning and increase your confidence.
Course Pricing
Our bespoke training courses allow you to pick and choose the content you need in your training session. We provide a cost-effective way of training small teams or large groups.
Pricing as of 1st January 2026. All prices are including GST.
| Number of participants |
In-Person* Cost per day |
Online Cost per day |
|---|---|---|
| 1 participant | $670.00 inc GST | $610.00 inc GST |
| 2 participants | $850.00 inc GST | $790.00 inc GST |
| 3 participants | $1,030.00 inc GST | $970.00 inc GST |
| 4 participants | $1,210.00 inc GST | $1,150.00 inc GST |
| 5 participants | $1,390.00 inc GST | $1,330.00 inc GST |
| 6 participants | $1,570.00 inc GST | $1,510.00 inc GST |
Contact us for pricing with 6+ participants.
* Includes travel within 50km driving distance of NSW 2567.
Travel beyond this distance is available, additional costs may apply.
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