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- This module is designed to introduce educators to the powerful AI tools that Microsoft offers to educators and learners for free.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
- Use AI tools to streamline workflows and focus more on teaching
- Use AI tools to provide detailed feedback and personalized learning experiences
- Create engaging lesson plans and interactive lessons with the help of AI tools
- Use AI tools to improve coding skills
- Use AI tools to develop learners' future-ready skills
ISTE Standards for Educators:
Educator - Designer
Educator - Facilitator
Leaders - Systems Designer
UNESCO Standards for Educators:
- Understanding ICT in Education
UNESCO AI Competency Framework:
A human-centered mindset
Ethics of AI
AI foundations and applications
AI pedagogy
AI for professional development
- Classroom teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators learn to use AI in their roles supporting students, teachers, and school systems.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
- Explain what AI can and can't do using clear, tool-focused language that avoids treating AI like a person.
- Analyze the difference between AI-generated outputs and human judgment in common educator scenarios.
- Categorize tasks into three buckets: appropriate for AI support, appropriate with human oversight, or not appropriate for AI use.
- Plan integrity norms, including verification, privacy, and transparency, when AI is involved in educator work.
- Design simple explanations of AI use that keep responsibility visible for students, colleagues, and families.
ISTE Standards for Educators:
- Educator - Analyst
- Educator - Designer
- Educator - Learner
- Leaders - Equity and Citizenship Advocate
- Leaders - Visionary Planner UNESCO Standards for Educators:
- Application of digital skills
- Curriculum and assessment
- Organization and Administration
- Pedagogy
- Teacher professional learning
- Understanding ICT in education
- Educators leverage Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat with practical strategies, prompt design tips, and responsible AI practices.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
- Summarize the basic uses of Copilot Chat and how it can help educators
- Use Copilot Chat and use the basic functionality provided in all its features
- Design prompts that support teaching and learning
- Judge the responses produced by Copilot Chat for overall quality and credibility
ISTE Standards for Educators:
Educator - Designer
Educator - Learner
UNESCO Standards for Educators:
Application of Digital skills
Organization and Administration
Understanding ICT in Education
UNESCO AI Competency Framework:
A human-centered mindset
Ethics of AI
AI foundations and applications
AI pedagogy
AI for professional development
- Teach in Microsoft 365 Copilot App centralizes AI-powered tools to help educators plan instruction, assess learning, and manage class artifacts in Microsoft 365.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
- Identify where Teach appears across Microsoft 365 Copilot on the web, computer, and mobile.
- Generate lesson plans aligned to selected standards and grade levels.
- Create quizzes in Microsoft Forms and configure settings for collection and accessibility.
- Build rubrics with preset or custom scales and criteria aligned to standards.
- Produce flashcards in multiple formats with hints that prompt deeper thinking.
- Explain how to save, share, and manage content created in Teach within OneDrive and Microsoft class teams.
ISTE Standards for Educators:
- Educator - Designer
- Educator - Learner
UNESCO Standards for Educators:
- Curriculum and assessment
UNESCO AI Competency Framework:
- AI pedagogy
- Discover how Assignments in Teams for Education and Microsoft 365 LTI can help educators set clear expectations and guidelines on AI use by learners and communicate rubric-based feedback more effectively.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
- Explain the importance of educator-guided AI policies in educational settings.
- Describe how Microsoft Copilot supports educators as an assistive tool in the assignment workflow.
- Set AI use guidelines for assignments with Student AI Guidelines in Microsoft Teams.
- Create and apply rubrics to assignments for consistent grading.
- Use Copilot to summarize rubric-based feedback for learners.
- Apply best practices for responsible AI use, including equity, accessibility, and privacy considerations.
ISTE Standards for Educators:
- Educator - Analyst
- Educator - Designer
- Educator - Facilitator
UNESCO Standards for Educators:
- Curriculum and assessment
UNESCO AI Competency Framework:
- Ethics of AI
- AI pedagogy
- The Study and Learn Agent guides learners through inquiry-based understanding, practice, and study to build deeper, independent understanding and thinking skills.
Upon completion of this module, the learner will be able to:
- Describe how the Study and Learn Agent functions as an adaptive, inquiry-led assistant.
- Explain how Study and Learn supports understanding, practice, and study.
- Identify how learners can use Study and Learn to reveal misconceptions and strengthen learning.
- Recognize strategies educators can use to introduce Study and Learn to learners and integrate it into instruction.
- Apply learning-science principles to better support learner thinking, retention, and mastery.
ISTE Standards for Educators:
- Educator - Designer
- Educator - Facilitator
- Educator - Learner
UNESCO AI Competency Framework:
- AI foundations and applications
- AI pedagogy
- Educators learn to move from improvising prompts in the moment to using a repeatable blueprint to reach for every time.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
- Draft a spec-first prompt that includes purpose, audience, constraints, and response format.
- Add evaluation criteria to a prompt so output can be reviewed for accuracy, alignment, and inclusivity.
- Revise a prompt based on what the first output reveals about missing context or unclear constraints.
- Teach a prompt literacy pattern using examples and non-examples that make quality visible.
- Explain how prompt design supports oversight and accountability when AI output is used by others.
ISTE Standards for Educators:
- Educator - Analyst
- Educator - Designer
- Educator - Facilitator
- Educator - Leader
- Educator - Learner
- Educator - Collaborator
- Leaders - Connected learner
- Leaders - Empowering leader
- Leaders - Equity and citizenship advocate
- Leaders - Systems designer
- Leaders - Visionary planner
UNESCO Standards for Educators:
- Application of digital skills
- Curriculum and assessment
- Organization and administration
- Pedagogy
- Teacher professional learning
- Understanding ICT in education
UNESCO AI Competency Framework:
- Ethics of AI
- AI foundations and applications
- AI pedagogy
- Apply the AILit Framework to school scenarios, identifying decision domains, forming domain-first questions, and using reflection loops to guide safeguards, communication, and responsible AI use.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
- Analyze an AI-related scenario and identify the primary decision domain using the TeachAI framework.
- Select a domain-aligned question that clarifies responsibility before choosing a tool.
- Design a short explanation that uses the framework language to support shared understanding across roles.
- Plan one safeguard or integrity norm that aligns with the domain and scenario.
ISTE Standards for Educators:
- Educator - Analyst
- Educator - Designer
- Educator - Facilitator
- Educator - Leader
- Educator - Learner
- Educator - Collaborator
- Leaders - Connected learner
- Leaders - Empowering leader
- Leaders - Equity and citizenship advocate
- Leaders - Systems designer
- Leaders - Visionary planner
UNESCO Standards for Educators:
- Application of digital skills
- Curriculum and assessment
- Organization and administration
- Pedagogy
- Teacher professional learning
- Understanding ICT in education
UNESCO AI Competency Framework:
- A human-centered mindset
- AI foundations and applications
- AI pedagogy
- Educators learn to use AI responsibly by building accurate mental models and a simple reflection routine.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
- Document an AI-supported decision using a short, repeatable decision log.
- Analyze outcomes over time and identify one pattern that suggests an adjustment.
- Select one adjustment that increases learning quality, integrity, privacy, or trust.
- Design a short explanation that communicates what the system did and what the educator decided.
- Design simple explanations of AI use that keep responsibility visible for students, colleagues, and families.
ISTE Standards for Educators:
- Educator - Leader
- Educator - Learner
- Educator - Collaborator
- Educator - Designer
- Educator - Facilitator
- Leaders - Empowering Leader
UNESCO Standards for Educators:
- Application of digital skills
- Pedagogy
- Teacher professional learning
UNESCO AI Competency Framework:
- AI foundations and applications
- AI pedagogy
- AI for professional development
