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Introduction to AI with Copilot

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CPC Staff Development · University of Lincoln · 5 March 2026

Internal staff development session for the CPC team

Overview

A practical introductory session for the CPC team on using AI through Microsoft Copilot. The session was structured around one orienting question — “What’s the most time-consuming, repetitive, or draining task in my week?” — and aimed to leave each participant with one specific thing to try that day or the next.

The session covered three things to understand about AI (it’s a conversation partner; it transforms information; it extends what you can do), two basic safe working rules (use Copilot for work tasks; never work on the live copy), a structured prompting approach using the RGID heuristic (Role, Goal, Instruct, Discuss), and hands-on practice with two demo scenarios.

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