4.2 Using Copilot in Instructional Design
Before starting the activity, take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with Microsoft's Copilot Use Cases. You also might want to log into the account for the first time or to see if their have been any recent updates to the user interface.
This activity asks you to explore Microsoft Copilot as an instructional design and teaching assistant. Microsoft developed several starter prompts for educators to show what AI can do. Take the time to review several of these before moving on to the activity.
• Individualized Student Assistance
• Assignment Ideation for Active Learners
Directions:
Log into your institution's Copilot account using your email. Practice prompting by completing some combination of the activities below.
• Take an existing assignment and upload it to Copilot. Prompt the AI to help you modify the assignment based on your content expertise or task the AI to offer you feedback.
• Use Copilot’s image generator to create a series of images that you could integrate into one of your assignments.
• Begin to chat with Copilot about a particular lesson plan that you’ve taught in the past or might want to teach in the future.
• Upload an activity, assignment, or reading you’ve built in the past and ask the AI to produce a quiz, reflection, or series of discussion questions to help your students.
• Use Copilot to help polish your resume or get feedback on your teaching portfolio. You can upload a variety of media to it and prompt the AI for advice.
Share Your Results:
Discuss what you’ve found with people around you. What worked well? What didn’t? What were techniques that some people used and found helpful?