Published on: 13/06/2024 · Last updated on: 13/03/2025
What is Copilot?
As at the “last updated” date above, Copilot is the only Generative AI tool available to all University staff when logged into a device with their Bath login.
This article refers to Microsoft Copilot as accessed using a web browser at copilot.microsoft.com or copilot.cloud.microsoft
This article does not refer to the app versions of Copilot or the Copilot features available in Microsoft Office.
Copilot is described by Microsoft as ‘Your everyday AI companion’. With Copilot, you can:
- Use text prompts to help with ideation / initial research
- Generate images
- Analyse and summarise the contents of an uploaded file
- ‘Describe’ the contents of an uploaded image
How do I access Copilot?
Ensure you are logged into your University account on your device then go to https://copilot.microsoft.com or copilot.cloud.microsoft in your browser. Copilot is designed to be used with Edge, though most browsers support it.
Introduction to Copilot video overview
Click to view this introductory overview of the features of Copilot for Bing, including how to use text prompts, create images and upload files and images. The processes demonstrated are correct as at March 2025:
Slides from the Tel online sessions
You can download the slides from our Introduction to Copilot for Bing session below. Please note this version is a static resource and it may not reflect the latest changes to Copilot.
Example text prompts to use with Copilot
Example text prompts:
- ‘Create a lesson outline to introduce the most popular models of memory to university students studying psychology’
- ‘Suggest five points to include in a personal reference for a student who…’
- ‘Create three multiple choice questions for a short quiz about…’
Ask Copilot to refine existing responses:
- Provide references to relevant peer-reviewed journals
- ‘Simplify your response to make the questions suitable for a first-year undergraduate at a UK University’
- ‘The lesson outline must focus more on [x]. Remove the information about [y].’
- ‘Offer four possible responses for each quiz question’.
Requests for image generation:
- ‘Create an image representing the concept of human memory in relation to how the brain works’
- ‘A square icon of a light bulb representing the concept of ideation’
- ‘Draw a SWOT analysis grid’
- ‘Paparazzi-style long lens photos of citizens of Pompeii in 79BC reacting to the eruption of a volcano. Ordinary people. Market traders. Families. Historical. Photojournalism.’
- ‘Visualize the human brain’s prefrontal cortex during decision-making, in vibrant colours.’
- ‘Depict the stages of child development with symbolic imagery, from infancy to adolescence.’
- ‘Illustrate a calm, therapeutic environment where cognitive-behavioural therapy is in progress.’
- ‘A fractal pattern representing the Fibonacci sequence, illustrated as a growing tree.’
- ‘An abstract representation of a multi-dimensional Calabi-Yau manifold.’
Example files to upload and question/analyse
Example prompts to try with the ‘Tech Break’ PDF document below:
- ‘Summarise the information about technology’s effects on wellbeing in five bullet points’
- ‘Create three discussion points for my students based on the text’
- ‘Create five multiple choice questions for my students to answer’
Example prompts to use with the rubric below:
- ‘Create a feedback message to a student who scores 53 overall but is weak at ‘supporting their points or arguments’. Provide extra detail about they can improve supporting their points or arguments.’
- ‘Suggest five feedback points for a student with a final score of 48 to help them increase their score into the 50 to 59 category’
Copilot sessions
The CLT regularly runs short online sessions overviewing the above functionality. Please see the EVENTS page for upcoming dates.
More information
For the latest updates to Copilot see the Copilot Blog