Orientation to M365 Copilot software and AI in Academia MOOC (OPEN UNI)

2 ECTS credits, Academic Year 2026-2027, AY00BC86
This MS Office course empowers students with the fundamental skills and knowledge necessary to proficiently use Microsoft Office applications such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and OneNote. The course also contains the basics of academic writing such as citing sources and producing academic text. The course teaches the basic usages of artificial intelligence in studying, in producing academic text, and in research.

This course is run at DigiCampus. There is no need to enroll for the course in advance, so you can start studying immediately after 26.10.2026 at DigiCampus: (the link will be added later). Once you have studied the materials and passed all the required assignments, you will receive instructions on how to register in Peppi and apply for a transcript of records.

Enrollment period

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Mode of delivery

Web-Based Studies

Course study period

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Price

0 €

Education information

This course will cover the following topics:

Excel: basics including interface, spreadsheet creation, and data analysis with formulas. Word: fundamentals such as document creation, formatting, and collaboration features. PowerPoint: essentials, from creating slides to incorporating multimedia elements. OneNote: for digital note-taking, organization, and collaboration with Office applications.

Academic writing: Producing academic text, citing, source searching, creating a bibliography.

AI-technologies: The ethical usage of LLM- and other AI-technologies in studying, in producing academic text, and in research process.

Education format

Continuous learning
Open university

Semester

Academic Year 2026-2027

Field of study

Business, administration and law

Discipline

Economics and Business Administration

Teaching language

English

Course organiser

University of Oulu

Location

online

Contact information

Guidance and counselling

avoin.yliopisto@oulu.fi
Created 6.2.2026 | Updated 16.4.2026