The University’s Digital Services team is pleased to introduce Microsoft Copilot, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) learning companion now available to all students. Copilot is here to support the way you learn, research, and create. The benefits of using Microsoft Copilot include:
- Study support: Copilot is like having a learning companion by your side 24/7. It can help you:
– Answer questions or explore complex ideas
– Discuss and debate topics
– Summarise content
– Get AI feedback on your work. - Creativity and innovation: Be inspired by generating new ideas.
- Content Generation: Copilot generates content while respecting copyright rules, including image generation.
- Safe: Copilot is run on ethical guidelines, ensuring a respectful and safe environment.
- High quality AI engines: Copilot uses ChatGPT 4 for text responses and DALLE-3 for image creation.
- Equal access to AI tools: Copilot is a free AI service that is comparable to premium ChatGPT.
Before using Microsoft Copilot as a learning companion, you should familiarise yourself with the guidelines for AI use, including the potential misuse within academic offences at the University of Lincoln. This includes how to acknowledge appropriate use of AI in assessments.
Guidance:
- Learning at Lincoln | AI Guidance | Web (external)
- Learning at Lincoln | AI & Academic Offences | Web (external)
- Learning at Lincoln | Using Copilot (external)
- Learning at Lincoln | How to ask AI questions? (external)
How to access Microsoft Copilot:
- A helpful video can be accessed via the link here: https://youtu.be/PYFYIVaV3Co
- Microsoft Copilot can be accessed in two ways:
– Via the Microsoft Edge browser (available for Mac and PC) by choosing the Copilot logo in the top right-hand corner.
– Use any browser to visit copilot.microsoft.com - Sign in with your University username and password, making sure that the green shield ‘protected’ logo is visible
to ensure your data is secure.
- Start chatting with Copilot!
Important Note: While Copilot is a valuable support tool, it does not replace your own critical thinking, research, or assessment submission. Always follow guidance on when use of AI is authorised within your assessments. If authorised, you will be given specific guidance on what can be created using AI for the assessment. Outside of assessments, Copilot should only ever be seen as a starting point for developing original work, conducting research, or as a useful framework for evaluating your own work. Anything you create using AI is your responsibility to verify and refine outputs to ensure accuracy and originality.