Copilot

Copilot for Windows

Microsoft Copilot is a new feature in Windows 11 that can help you enhance your productivity and creativity. It is an AI-powered assistant that can answer your questions, summarize content, customize settings, troubleshoot issues, connect across your preferred apps, and take action. 

Copilot for Windows is one of many new AI powered tools that are coming to the Microsoft eco system and is an enterprise version of Chat GPT.  Others that are coming soon include:

• Cocreator for Paint - AI based image generation inside Paint
• Copilot for Powerpoint, Word, Excel - AI suggestions and tools built into these products to help with formating, design and layout.
• Microsoft 365 Copilot - AI based chat that has access to your data stored with Microsoft and can act accordingly, e.g. "write me a summary of the SMT minutes from last week" or "Summarise my actions from the last teams meeting I had online with xxxxxx"
• Teams Copilot - AI transcripts and summaries of meetings online.

You can interact with Copilot for Windows through voice commands or text inputs, and it can help you with a wide range of tasks, such as:

• Finding information and inspiration for your lessons, projects, and assignments. Copilot can search the web for relevant answers, generate images from your ideas, and provide suggestions and feedback.
• Navigating the operating system and managing your settings. Copilot can adjust your PC’s settings, organize your windows with Snap Assist, and launch your apps with ease.
• Troubleshooting technical issues and optimizing your PC’s performance. Copilot can diagnose and fix common problems, monitor and improve your PC’s health, and update your drivers and software.

Copilot is a smart and helpful feature that can make your teaching and learning experience more enjoyable and efficient. You can use Copilot to get things done faster, easier, and better on Windows 11.

Opening and Using Copilot

To use copilot you can click on the icon next to the start menu in the bottom right of the taskbar on any updated Windows 11 computer.

Once opened you can enter text based prompts to ask it to generate content for you. 

Here are 10 fun ways you could use Copilot

• Ask Copilot to generate a quiz or a crossword puzzle based on a topic or a theme, and let the pupils solve it individually or in groups.
• Ask Copilot to create a graphic art from a prompt or a description, and let the pupils guess what it is or write a story about it.
• Ask Copilot to summarize a text or a video that the pupils have read or watched, and let them compare and contrast their own summaries with Copilot’s.
• Ask Copilot to write a poem or a song based on a word or a phrase, and let the pupils recite or sing it aloud or create their own versions.
• Ask Copilot to find and display some interesting facts or trivia related to a subject or a lesson, and let the pupils discuss or research more about them.
• Ask Copilot to generate a code snippet or a pseudocode for a simple program or a game, and let the pupils try to understand, modify, or run it.
• Ask Copilot to translate a sentence or a paragraph into another language or a dialect, and let the pupils practice their language skills or learn about different cultures.
• Ask Copilot to suggest some creative or challenging tasks or projects for the pupils to do, and let them choose one and complete it with Copilot’s help.
• Ask Copilot to join an online meeting or a chat with the pupils, and let them ask Copilot questions or give Copilot feedback.
• Ask Copilot to show some examples of what it can do, and let the pupils explore and experiment with Copilot’s features and capabilities.