On February 8, 2024, The OSU Office of Technology and Digital Innovation announced that the data protected AI tool, Microsoft Copilot, is now supported by the university and available for instructor and student use.

Copilot is a chatbot that uses public online data to provide you with information. The main benefit of logging in with your Ohio State credentials to use Copilot with commercial data protection is additional security. In addition, when you log in conversations aren’t stored and Microsoft can’t access any customer data. To access this, users must use their OSU credentials to login to Copilot. 

The ASC Office of Distance Education has created a student tutorial for the Microsoft Copilot tool, containing a step-by-step guide to logging in to your account, adjusting settings, and how to approach prompt engineering. It also provides information for instructors for embedding Copilot in CarmenCanvas.

The Teaching and Learning Resource Center also has some useful resources for instructors interested in exploring the use of Copilot for student assignments and other learning experiences: