Artificial Intelligence
Getting the Most from Your Spreadsheets with GenAI
Course Overview
Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly become a phenomenon; a much-talked-about technological sea change. It’s also a major disruptive force in the world of business. Generative AI tools can provide value in many ways, one of which is by assisting people who work with data stored in spreadsheets. No matter what spreadsheet software you use, what the data is about, or how it’s structured, you can use freely available generative AI tools to enhance your productivity and help you find solutions to problems that can guide crucial business decisions. And, you can do all of this without having to pay for expensive AI integrations into your spreadsheet software. You just need to know what generative AI can do for you, what free tools to leverage, and the right questions to ask to get the most from your spreadsheets.
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Target Audience
This course is designed for professionals in various roles who currently use spreadsheets to accomplish business tasks and want to enhance their use of spreadsheets by leveraging freely available generative AI tools.
Course Prerequisites
To ensure your success in this course, you should be able to perform basic data-driven tasks using spreadsheet software. You should be familiar with spreadsheet concepts like functions, conditional formatting, charts, and PivotTables. You can obtain this level of skills and knowledge by taking the following courses from Microassist:
- Microsoft® Excel® for Office 365™ (Desktop or Online): Part 1
- Microsoft® Excel® for Office 365™ (Desktop or Online): Part 2
Learning Outcomes / Objectives
In this course, you will use generative AI to assist you as you work with spreadsheets. You will:
- Select and use generative AI tools to generate spreadsheet content.
- Use generative AI to enhance your productivity while working in spreadsheets.
- Use generative AI to solve spreadsheet-related problems.
Topic List
Lesson 1: Using AI to Generate Spreadsheet Content
- Topic A: Generate Spreadsheet Content
- Topic B: Using the Right GenAI Tool for the Job
Lesson 1: Using AI to Generate Spreadsheet Content
- Topic A: Generate Spreadsheet Content
- Topic B: Using the Right GenAI Tool for the Job
Lesson 2: Enhancing Your Spreadsheet Productivity with GenAI
- Topic A: Ask GenAI for Basic Help
- Topic B: Ask GenAI for Help Performing Specific Tasks
Lesson 3: Solving Problems Using GenAI
- Topic A: Identify Problem-Solving Limitations of GenAI
- Topic B: Solve Problems Strategically Using GenAI