Training

How can AI tools improve productivity?

Exploring AI tools for personal assistant tasks, enhancing workflow efficiency, improving communication, and considering environmental sustainability.

  • Online
  • One hour
  • Free

This course will be held on

  • 17 January 2025

    • Online
    • 12:30 – 13:30
  • 13 February 2025

    • Online
    • 12:30 – 13:30

About

In this session, we’ll explore how AI tools can serve as personal assistants to boost productivity in educational and administrative environments. We will discuss practical strategies for integrating AI into daily workflows, focusing on automating routine tasks, improving efficiency, and maintaining the quality of work with AI support.

Who should attend

This session is ideal for education professionals who are new to AI tools and those seeking to expand their knowledge of AI-driven productivity solutions. No prior experience with AI is required.

What we cover

  • Discover how generative AI tools can help with drafting emails, creating summaries, and organising projects, saving valuable time for educators and staff.
  • Explore how AI is already being used to streamline administrative work, lesson planning, content creation, and providing feedback.
  • Learn about AI’s impact on the environment and consider responsible use.

What to expect

  • Practical strategies to use AI for automating repetitive tasks and improving efficiency
  • Tips for enhancing communication, feedback, and collaboration through AI tools
  • Guidance on integrating AI into your daily workflow to boost overall productivity
  • A discussion on the responsible use of AI, with a special focus on environmental sustainability

Pricing and eligibility

  • Jisc members - Free
  • Non member, not-for-profit - £50.00 + VAT

This webinar is free to anyone from a Jisc member organisation (UK further education colleges, specialist colleges or higher education institutions). You will therefore need to register with your institutions email address.

Non member, not-for-profit organisations must register and pay to attend this session.

For more information please email training@jisc.ac.uk or phone 01235 822242.

Session preparation and setup

Upon successful registration before the webinar you'll receive your joining instructions email from training@jisc.ac.uk. Please fully read the instructions to ensure ease of access to the live online room.

  • The webinar will be run in Teams, with live automated captioning and transcription
  • You'll also need a headset, or headphones and a microphone
  • Please sign in using your full name
  • Participants’ microphones will be muted on entry. If you would like to speak, please use the raise hand tool or the chat pane to indicate this
  • We'll be taking questions during the webinar, which you can submit in the chat pane