All students, faculty, and staff have access to the following tools through their UGA Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace accounts.
Visit the EITS Knowledge Base to learn more about these tools.
When accessing Copilot, Gemini, or Gemini Notebook through your UGA accounts, your data is processed within UGA’s secure Microsoft 365 environments and Google Workspace. Content used in these tools is not shared with external entities and is not used to train public AI models, helping ensure that your information remains protected and institutionally managed.
Data Studio @ Main
The Data Studio @ Main is a dynamic hub for interdisciplinary research collaboration and learning. This instructional lab provides UGA students, faculty, and staff with a technology-enhanced environment to enhance their research data-related knowledge and skills.
AI Literacy for All
UGA is offering a campus-wide course, “AI Literacy for All” offered by the Digital Education Council (DEC), designed to provide students, faculty and staff with a foundational understanding of artificial intelligence. This course emphasizes responsible use and explores the implications of generative AI in both academic and professional settings. It will serve as a shared baseline resource to support a common understanding of AI across the university community.
What Is Generative AI?
Provides an accessible introduction to generative AI for non-technical audiences. It explains how generative AI differs from traditional AI, what language models can and cannot do, and key ethical, legal, and workforce considerations for responsible use.
Building AI Literacy
Establishes a foundational understanding of how AI works and how it’s used in practice. This course covers predictive vs. generative models, prompt basics, and the importance of ethics, bias awareness, and human oversight. It includes multiple short modules that can be taken individually.
Using Microsoft Copilot
Streamlining Your Work with Microsoft Copilot
Focuses on using Microsoft Copilot to enhance productivity. Although the course focuses on Copilot personal accounts, the skills demonstrated apply to UGA’s Copilot environment. The course covers how to use Copilot to generate ideas, summarize data, and solve common work problems. Viewers will learn how to perform robust online searches, generate ideas, and create content. Note: Not all features demonstrated in this video apply to UGA’s Microsoft 365 environment.
Build Your Generative AI Productivity Skills with Microsoft and LinkedIn
Frames generative AI as workplace infrastructure, not novelty. Developed with Microsoft, the curriculum focuses on functional competence, specifically prompt engineering and Copilot integration in Office 365. It offers a structured approach to reducing friction in daily analysis and communication tasks without overstating the technology’s capabilities. Note: Not all features demonstrated in this video apply to UGA’s Microsoft 365 environment.
Using Google Gemini and Gemini Notebook
Productivity with Google Gemini
Explores how to utilize Gemini within Google Workspace to streamline workflows, enhance communication, and facilitate faster decision-making. This course focuses on practical applications that reduce routine administrative effort.
Gemini Notebook: First Look
Introduces Gemini Notebook as a research assistant grounded in user-provided sources to reduce hallucinations. This course covers core workflows along with privacy, security, and citation verification considerations.
Using ChatGPT
How to Research and Write Using Generative AI Tools
Offers an introduction to prompt engineering for research and writing. The course covers techniques for summarizing information, developing user personas, and analyzing stylistic tone. The instruction focuses on structuring inputs to generate consistent, high-quality professional content.
Demystifying ChatGPT and Generative AI: What Every Professional Needs to Know
Provides an overview of generative AI, designed to make complex concepts accessible to a broad non-technical audience. The material focuses on integrating tools like ChatGPT to support daily productivity and problem-solving. This course is an appropriate primer for those seeking to understand the basic mechanics and utility of AI tools.
Using AI Responsibly
The AI Hub website contains a variety of resources and guidance on how to use AI appropriately when teaching, conducting research, preparing coursework and other administrative uses. For more information, visit the Policy and Guidance area of UGA’s AI Hub website.
Using LinkedIn Learning
To access these courses, visit the LinkedIn Learning login page and enter your UGA email address ([email protected]) when prompted. Then log in to UGA SSO with your MyID and password. If you have problems accessing these courses, please visit this support page.
