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Navigate school with Copilot and Microsoft 365

OCTOBER 24, 2024

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From the first day that classes start, navigating the school year’s workload can be challenging for both college students and educators. With the help of Copilot and Microsoft 365 , you can navigate those waters with more confidence. Copilot and Microsoft 365 both offer a range of tools designed to support students and teachers throughout the school year. This article will highlight some of the key features that help streamline schoolwork and make teaching and learning more accessible.

Copilot for students and teachers

Copilot is equipped with helpful tools that make learning more fun and effective for students and educators alike. Here are just a few of the ways that Copilot can help university students and teachers get the most out of their academic experience:

Copilot for students

  1. Homework help: If there’s a concept that’s not quite clicking with you, Copilot can find articles, videos, and infographics to help explain complex topics and support your learning.
  2. Test review: When you’re getting ready for a test or quiz, Copilot can help create flashcards and practice tests to help you feel fully prepared for your exams.
  3. Time management: Whether you need an alarm for your early-morning class or a reminder about an extra club meeting after school, Copilot can help you organize your schedule so you stay on track with academics and extracurriculars.

Copilot for teachers

  1. Lesson plans: When preparing for a new class or unit, you can use Copilot to help outline lesson plans and find resources like videos and articles to supplement the classroom learning.
  2. Student engagement: If past activities aren’t capturing your students’ attention the way they used to, Copilot can help you come up with new classroom activities and lecture topics for your students to reignite their energy and participation.
  3. Administrative support: Copilot can assist you in keeping track of unit and lesson schedules, conferences, and other school events and meetings by helping set reminders in your calendar. It can also help you draft quick responses to emails so you maintain more consistent communication with other teachers, school admin, and students.

Copilot is integrated into both the web and Microsoft 365 applications. The web integration focuses on providing a seamless experience for those who prefer to work online. With a subscription to Copilot Pro, you can enjoy Copilot's integration into apps such as Word, Excel, and Outlook for context-specific assistance, such as document summaries and drafting emails.

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Microsoft 365 for students and teachers

Microsoft 365 offers a suite of tools that complement Copilot AI to further enhance the classroom experience. If you have a subscription to Copilot Pro, you can enjoy the benefits of seamlessly integrating Copilot’s intelligence into Microsoft 365’s features. Here are some of the Microsoft 365 apps that can help make navigating the semester less daunting:

Microsoft 365 for students

  1. OneNote: Streamline your note-taking with OneNote. You can organize your notes into separate notebooks and sections for each class, keep track of assignments, and collaborate with your classmates on projects with the Share feature.
  2. Teams: Stay in the loop with your teachers and classmates with Teams. You can keep updated on assignment due dates, upcoming lessons, and group project statuses in the Teams chat channels and even share links to project files for group work.
  3. OneDrive: Get access to your school files from any device through OneDrive’s cloud storage.

Microsoft 365 for teachers

  1. Planner: With Planner, you can organize your tasks into checklists, plan lessons, coordinate with your fellow professors, and track project progress more easily.
  2. Forms: You can create class quizzes, polls, registration forms, and more for more streamlined classroom management. Forms also integrates with Microsoft Teams, so you can share polls and quizzes with your students and get faster feedback.
  3. Stream: If you want to incorporate videos into your class curriculum, Stream allows you to create, upload, and share class recordings, tutorials, and supplemental resources with your students. You can also enable comments for class discussions about the video content.

Conclusion

Copilot and and Microsoft 365 and their suite of tools offer invaluable support to students and educators throughout the school year. From personalized study plans and lesson designs to efficient task management and collaboration, Copilot AI and Microsoft 365 help make classroom learning and organization more accessible and manageable. Try Copilot today for an enhanced education experience.

DISCLAIMER: Features and functionality subject to change. Articles are written specifically for the United States market; features, functionality, and availability may vary by region.

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