What is Copilot?
Copilot (formerly Bing Chat Enterprise), powered by Microsoft, is an AI chat like ChatGPT. It is now available to all members of our community, including staff, faculty, and students. Copilot offers commercial data protection and up-to-date responses. It’s not just an AI search engine, but also a friendly conversational companion that understands your context, follows up with you, and provides sources for every answer.
How to Access Copilot?
Here are three steps on how you can access Copilot:
- Visit copilot.microsoft.com using any browser. If you are using the Microsoft Edge browser, access it via the Edge sidebar by clicking the Copilot icon in the top right corner.
- Ensure you’re signed in with your work account using the format username@humber.ca.
- You will know you have successfully signed in with your work account when you see the protected green icon next to your credentials in the top right corner of your screen. This gives you access to the Copilot with commercial data protection.
Some of the tasks that you can do with Copilot are:
- Generate new ideas
- Improve your writing
- Experimenting with AI image and art creativity using prompts
- Learning new things quickly
- Summarizing a long article or paragraphs
Resources from Humber ITS
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General Statement of Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools at Work: https://humber.ca/staff/announcement/using-generative-artificial-intelligence-ai-tools-work
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Video - Introducing Copilot: Your New AI Chat Assistant video: https://youtu.be/l9FgTZt63pw
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Frequently asked questions of using Copilot at work: https://its.humber.ca/sites/default/files/guides/CopilotFormerlyBingChatEnterpriseFAQ.pdf
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Best Practice Guide document outlining how to use the tool safely and responsibly at work: https://its.humber.ca/sites/default/files/guides/CopilotFormerlyBingChatEnterpriseBestPracticeGuide.pdf
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Tip Sheet with example prompts to help with your daily tasks: https://its.humber.ca/sites/default/files/guides/CopilotFormerlyBingChatEnterpriseTipSheetPoster.pdf
Resources from Microsoft
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Overview of Copilot with commercial data protection from Microsoft Learn: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/overview
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Frequently asked questions about Copilot from Microsoft Learn: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/faq
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Microsoft Bing page that features different functions to apply with Copilot: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/bing?ep=0&es=31&form=MA13FV
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Copilot vs Copilot for Microsoft 365 explanation resource from Microsoft Learn: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/faq#-vs-copilot-for-microsoft-365
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Video- How Bing Chat Enterprise works with your data using GPT-4 from Microsoft Mechanics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFE6eMdaMRA
Tell us More about your Journey with Copilot
We value your feedback and questions as they help us improve the AI experience at Humber and tailor our training to meet your needs. As you continue to use Copilot, please share your thoughts with us here: https://forms.office.com/r/6xVwHwf36b. We hope you will enjoy discovering new ways to enhance your work and learning with Copilot!
Wondering Where to Start?
Try asking Copilot questions like “What can you do?”, “Can you help me with X?”, “What are your limitations?”. Copilot will let you know if there’s something it cannot answer. To get the best results for your writing, ask effective questions that are specific, detailed, and in full sentences. Let it know the tone, purpose, and preferred format of your query for optimal results.