Published on: 13/06/2024 · Last updated on: 28/09/2026
What is Copilot?
As at the “last updated” date shown at the top of this article, Copilot is the only Generative AI tool available to all University staff when logged into a device with a Bath login.
This article refers to Microsoft Copilot when accessed using a web browser at m365.cloud.microsoft. It does not refer to the app versions of Copilot, or Copilot inside MS Office.
With Copilot, you can:
- Use text prompts to help with ideation / initial research
- Generate images
- Analyse, summarise and rewrite the contents of an uploaded file
- ‘Describe’ the contents of an uploaded image
- Create simple ‘agents’ to perform a specific purpose (E.g. A ‘Study Buddy’ for a specific topic)
How do I access Copilot?
Ensure you are logged into your University account then go to https://copilot.microsoft.com or copilot.cloud.microsoft in your browser. Most browsers support it.
Introduction to Copilot: Video overview
Watch this introductory overview of Copilot, including how to use text prompts, create an image, upload a file and create an agent. The processes shown are correct as at October 2026.
Slides from Copilot sessions delivered by the TEL Team
Download the slides from our ‘Introduction to Copilot’ sessions below. This file may not reflect recent 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 file below:
- ‘Summarise the information about technology’s effects on wellbeing using 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 Team Team runs short sessions introducing Copilot. Please go to the Events page and search for ‘Copilot’ for upcoming dates.
Additional information
For Microsoft’s latest Copilot updates see the Copilot Blog. More details about the ‘Copilot Chat’ interface. Note the version available with your Bath login may not include all the features shown in the Microsoft blog, as there are numerous types of license available.