AI Upper Secondary School – AI Agents, Copilot and Claude

AI Upper Secondary School – AI Agents, Copilot and Claude

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Go from using AI to making AI work for you. Learn how to automate tasks with AI agents, Copilot, and Claude in your workday. Choose the entire course package or individual courses.

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AI Upper Secondary School – AI Agents, Copilot and Claude

Artificial intelligence is no longer just a tool you ask – it's something you can make work for you. Microsoft Copilot and Claude. You will gain insight into how different AI tools work in practice, and how they can be used to automate tasks, analyse data and produce content in everyday work.

The course builds on the AI basics – Practical use in everyday work and gives you concrete methods for working more strategically with the technology. You'll learn how to set up your own agents who can retrieve information and perform actions, how to use Copilot in Microsoft 365 to streamline work on documents, and how to harness the potential of Claude for advanced analytics, content creation, and automation. The goal is to give you a real competitive advantage by using AI more purposefully and efficiently in your job. 

What you'll learn

  • Automate tasks and workflows with the help of AI agents who can retrieve information, analyze, and take action for you
  • Use Microsoft 365 Copilot effectively in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams
  • Write better prompts and use frameworks that provide more precise and relevant responses from AI tools
  • Leverage Claude for advanced analytics, content production, and work directly with your own files and data
  • Connect AI tools to systems such as email, calendar and documents for better flow in everyday work
  • Understand how to use AI more strategically, safely and effectively in your own job

Course Overview

The course package consists of the courses AI agents in practice, Complete guide to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Complete guide to Claude. Choose the whole package or individual courses – see package price and prices per course.
AI agents in practice

Duration: Approx. 4 hours and 11 minutes

Price: NOK 4990 for NITO members and NOK 7990 for others

Course content:

  1. Introduction – What do you learn?, what is an AI agent?, reflection: the four levels
  2. Projects – What is a project?, create a project, Prompt Engineering Guide by Anthropic, start conversation in project, case: vacation plan, task: create vacation project, solution: create vacation project, quiz
  3. Custom GPTs – What is a custom GPT?, create a GPT, start a conversation with a GPT, task: create your own journey GPT, solution: create your own journey GPT, quiz
  4. Research Agents – What is an AI Agent?, Research Agent, Google NotebookLM (tool), Shopping Agent, Task: find a place to live, Solution: Find a place to live, Quiz, Reflection: From projects to agents
  5. Browser Agents – Agent Mode, ChatGPT Atlas, Claude in Chrome, Task: Book Residence, Solution: Book Residency
  6. Copilot Agents - Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, Office Agent, task: create travel plan, solution: create travel plan
  7. Claude Agents – Install Claude, Claude Code, Cowork, Claude in Excel, Claude in PowerPoint
  8. Automated AI Agents – Automation vs. AI Agent, Building Effective Agents by Anthropic, Timed Automation (ChatGPT), Create Your Own AI Agent, Reflection: Building an AI Agent
  9. Code Agents – What is Vibe Coding?, create packing list app, task: build travel app, solution: build travel app
  10. Conclusion – Summary and the way forward

After the course, you will be able to:

  • Create projects in ChatGPT and Claude with their own documents and context
  • Building custom GPTs customized for your tasks
  • Set up research agents to search the web and create reports for you
  • Using browser agents that perform actions on your behalf
  • Work with Microsoft Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
  • Build and connect your own n8n AI agent to calendar, email, and other tools
  • Vibbekode websites and apps with Claude
Complete guide to Microsoft 365 Copilot

Duration: About 6 hours

Price: NOK 5990 for NITO members and NOK 8990 for others

Course content:

  1. Introduction - What will you learn?, welcome to Microsoft 365 Copilot, work mode vs online mode, safe use of Copilot, checklist: before you start using Copilot, how Copilot works, quiz
  2. Microsoft 365 Copilot - Chat, write better prompts, reflection: write an R.A.C.E. prompt, search, library, create, notebooks, reflection: notebooks, apps, account, quiz
  3. Copilot Agents – Voice Chat, Researcher, Analyst, Writing Coach, Create Your Own Agent, Reflection: Agents, Quizzes
  4. Copilot in Word – Welcome to Copilot in Word, create drafts and add content, rewrite text, add an image, chat with Copilot, quiz
  5. Copilot in Excel – Welcome to Copilot in Excel, format data, clean up data, calculations, sort, filter, insights and pivot tables, charts, quizzes
  6. Copilot in PowerPoint – Create a new presentation, add a slide, rewrite the text, summarize the presentation, quiz
  7. Copilot in Outlook - Welcome to Copilot in Outlook, summarize this email, reply to the email, edit the draft, quiz
  8. Copilot in Teams – New meeting, Copilot during the meeting, Copilot after the meeting, Copilot in chat and channels, quizzes
  9. Conclusion – Summary and the way forward

After the course, you will be able to:

  • Understand how Microsoft 365 Copilot works
  • Use Copilot safely and know the difference between work mode and online mode
  • Understand how Copilot pulls context from your data through the Microsoft Graph
  • Write prompts that provide precise answers—including the R.A.C.E. framework
  • Use Copilot Chat with slash, alpha curl, and source references
  • Set up Notebooks and Pages for repetitive tasks
  • Generate images, posters, and infographics with Create
  • Using the agent and building your own
  • Create drafts, rewrite text, and add images in Word
  • Clean, sort, filter, and analyze data in Excel
  • Create and summarize presentations in PowerPoint
  • Summarize emails and compose better replies in Outlook
  • Use Copilot before, during, and after Teams meetings
Complete Guide to Claude

Duration: Approximately 4 hours and 50 minutes

Price: NOK 5990 for NITO members and NOK 8990 for others

Course content:

  1. Claude – What you'll learn, who is Anthropic?, what is Claude?, about the awards, about the Claude interface, start a conversation, write a good prompt, the RACE framework, give Claude context, steer the conversation further, safety and risk, Claude at work, quizzes, question cards
  2. Workflow in Claude – Projects, read and analyze file, create file, artifacts, skills, instructions, memory and past conversations, quizzes, question cards
  3. Expand Claude's reach – Internet search, research, connectors and external tools, quizzes, question cards
  4. Claude Cowork – What is Claude Cowork?, install Claude Cowork, about the Cowork interface, create a Cowork project, start a task, work safely in Cowork, skills in Cowork, quiz, question cards, have your say
  5. Claude in Microsoft 365 - What's Claude in Microsoft 365?, install Claude in Microsoft 365, Claude in Word, Claude in Excel, Claude in PowerPoint, Claude in Outlook, quizzes, question cards
  6. Claude for Chrome – What is Claude for Chrome?, install Claude for Chrome, let Claude perform tasks, quizzes, question cards
  7. Claude Design – What is Claude Design?, about the Claude Design interface, start an assignment, quiz, question cards
  8. Claude Code – What is Claude Code?, about the Claude Code interface, create demo, quiz, question cards
  9. Conclusion – Summary and the way forward, and tips for video and podcast

After the course, you will be able to:

  • Understand what Claude is and how language models work
  • Use Claude Chat and manage conversations effectively
  • Writing Better Prompts with the RACE Framework
  • Using Claude safely with sensitive information
  • Create projects with your own instructions and context
  • Analyze documents and create files, artifacts, and skills
  • Using internet search and deep research
  • Connect Claude to Gmail, Outlook, and Google Drive
  • Let Claude work on your files via Cowork
  • Organize, proofread, and automate tasks
  • Using Claude in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
  • Using Claude in the Chrome browser
  • Creating designs and presentations with Claude Design
  • Building websites with Claude Code, without being a developer
Full course package

Duration: Approx. 16 hours

Price: NOK 10,990 for NITO members and NOK 16,990 for others

With the purchase of the entire course package, you get access to all three courses: AI agents in practice, Complete guide to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Complete guide to Claude.

Practical information

  • When registering, tick whether you want to buy a course package or a single course, and choose which course.
  • The course is 100% online and can be taken at your own pace when it suits you.
  • You get access within two working days and have perpetual access to the course. This gives you the opportunity to repeat and update your knowledge when you need it, whether it's months or years later.
  • When you have completed a single course, you will receive a course certificate for this. If you choose the entire course package, you will receive a complete course certificate that documents your upper secondary competence in AI.
  • Registration is binding, and the full course fee must be paid upon cancellation.

Espen Faugstad

Course instructor Espen Faugstad is one of Norway's most experienced course instructors in digital and technological competence. He has helped tens of thousands master tools like Excel, Google Ads, Google Analytics, SEO, and Adobe programs, as well as modern AI tools like Copilot and Claude, and basic and advanced coding. Espen is known for making complex topics easy to understand, with a strong focus on practical and engaging learning that provides skills you can use right away.

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