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Daily Assist: everyday work with AI assistants
Six lessons on using Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, ChatGPT and other assistants for everyday office work: email, summaries, meeting notes and documents, with the checks and workplace rules that keep it safe.
About this course
everyday work with AI assistants.
Starter · About 0.75 hours of learning · 6 lessons · 12 quick checks · 1 download
Who it's for
Office workers using AI assistants such as Microsoft Copilot, Gemini or ChatGPT for email, meetings and documents, in Australia, the UK, the US and elsewhere.
How it works
6 guided lessons in your browser, with worked examples, exercises and a quick check after each lesson. Progress is saved in this browser only, and you can restart at any time.
Sources we rely on
12 published sources, mostly regulators and official bodies, listed below so you can check the original guidance yourself.
By the end you can
- Identify which assistant and account you’re using, and what work data it can reach
- Draft, reply to and rewrite emails with an assistant, then edit before sending
- Get specific summaries with sources, and check the points people will act on
- Use AI meeting notes with attendees informed, and turn recaps into checked actions
- Keep sensitive information within approved tools, and measure time saved honestly
Downloads
- AI assistant playbook .docxFive questions for IT, email and summary prompts, a meeting-actions check, a what-not-to-paste list and a two-week time log.
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Learning time
About 0.75 hours of learning. May count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules. Estimated from reading time, exercises, quick checks and downloads.
Sources
Check the originals.
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General information and training only. Courses may count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules. We don't guarantee employment or career outcomes.
- Data protection when using Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for work or school · Microsoft Support
- Data, privacy and security for Microsoft Copilot · Microsoft Learn
- Microsoft Copilot overview · Microsoft Learn
- Draft an email message with Copilot in Outlook · Microsoft Support
- Catch up on meetings with Microsoft Copilot in Teams · Microsoft Support
- Use Copilot without transcribing or recording a Teams meeting or call · Microsoft Support
- Use “Take notes for me” in Google Meet · Google Meet Help
- Generative AI in Google Workspace Privacy Hub · Google Workspace Admin Help
- Enterprise privacy at OpenAI · OpenAI
- Artificial Intelligence Playbook for the UK Government · Government Digital Service, GOV.UK
- Staff guidance on public generative AI · Digital Transformation Agency (Australia)
- Guidance on privacy and the use of commercially available AI products · Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Publisher
Who publishes this course.
Published by trainyourself.org, a trading name of Combine TRS Pty Ltd (ABN 42 112 983 678), Brisbane, Australia.
How it's made: drafted with AI assistance from published guidance by regulators, professional bodies and software vendors, then run through automated quality checks against our course depth standard and automated source checks that match each rule to its official source, listed above. The course guide is an AI presenter and is labelled as one. Read how these courses are made.
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