Microsoft Copilot 365

Overview

Copilot 365 if a tool made available to campus as part of our Microsoft 365 campus license. It uses generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) to serve as an assistant to you in the classroom.

This tool is up-to-date and uses Open AI’s GPT-4 large language model and DALL-E 3 image generator tool, along with current internet data from Bing to:

Find answers to questions using information from the web
Translate text between languages
Create to-do lists & draft emails or summarize and combine information from various sources
Brainstorm new ideas or help create content, or assist with your writing

How to access Microsoft Copilot 365

Go to copilot.microsoft.com and log in with your SPU Account Credentials.
You’ll see a page that shows example prompts and a text box at the bottom of the page. Type your prompt into the chat window or click on one of the prompts to see what Copilot can do!
Review the sources linked at the bottom by “Learn more.” You can fact-check the information provided or dive deeper into a topic by accessing the original articles, studies, or reports. Below is an example of what you might see in Copilot after submitting your query:
Review the response to make sure the output is what you want and accurate.
To get the most out of Copilot, you can keep the conversation going by following up on your prompts. This helps you collaborate with Copilot to gain more useful, tailored responses.

You can also give feedback to Copilot based on the quality of its responses to help the AI learn and match your preferences.

Privacy and University Data

This tool is our recommended Generative AI tool as Microsoft won’t use what you enter into Copilot to train its system or share it with others. It also follows university data protection policies. Logging in with your SPU Account enables commercial data protection.

Look for the shield icon in the top right-hand corner ensures your data is protected.