Build your Copilot study portfolio

What the portfolio proves

Demonstrate that you can use Copilot intentionally across three modes: summarising content, generating assessments, and analysing troubleshooting scenarios. Each artefact should show your prompt design, Copilot’s output, and your critique or refinement.

• Summaries with annotations: illustrate how you refined Copilot’s responses and what knowledge you extracted.
• Quiz bank with answer rationale: show that you can vet AI-generated questions for accuracy.
• Troubleshooting walkthrough: highlight how you guided Copilot through a structured diagnostic process.

Stage 1: Collect core artefacts

1. Choose two modules (e.g., hardware, networking) and export the structured summaries you created in module 3.0.
2. Export 10 questions (with answers) from your 4.0 quiz workflow, ideally spanning multiple objectives.
3. Gather one troubleshooting transcript from module 5.0 that includes Copilot’s reasoning and your final analysis.

Stage 2: Annotate and reflect

This is where you evidence your judgement. For each artefact, add brief notes explaining how you prompted Copilot, what you changed, and how you validated the output.

• Summaries: highlight sections you edited, call out where Copilot hallucinated, and list follow-up resources you consulted.
• Quiz items: mark each question with difficulty, note any distractors you replaced, and link to official references.
• Troubleshooting log: identify which steps Copilot skipped and how you corrected the flow.

Stage 3: Package everything

1. Organise the portfolio with a cover page, table of contents, and sections for each artefact.
2. Include prompt snippets so reviewers understand how you guided Copilot.
3. Add a reflection section summarising what you learned about Copilot’s strengths and gaps.

Stage 4: Share and iterate

• Ask a peer or mentor to review your portfolio—what additional evidence would reassure them?
• Update the document with feedback, especially where prompts could be clearer.
• Store the final version in your study workspace and schedule periodic refreshes as objectives evolve.

Practice lab

1. Build a portfolio draft in one sitting using existing artefacts from modules 3.0–5.0.
2. Identify gaps (for example, missing security content) and create new prompts to fill them.
3. Deliver the portfolio to a colleague or instructor; capture their feedback in a short Copilot-assisted reflection.
4. Plan how you’ll maintain the portfolio—weekly additions, post-lab updates, or exam milestone reviews.

Finish