AI Tools for Everyday Productivity: Office, Docs & Research
Save hours each week using AI in Word, Excel, Slides, Gmail and research reading
Ghosla Academy · AI Team
This course is a practical tour of AI features inside the tools you already use every day. You will learn to write, calculate, present and research faster without giving up quality, using examples from college assignments and office work. We also cover research workflows such as finding papers, summarising them and checking citations, plus simple rules for keeping your data private.
What you will be able to do
- Draft and edit documents faster with AI in Word and Google Docs
- Use AI in spreadsheets to write formulas and explain data
- Turn outlines into slide decks and polish them
- Summarise research papers and find credible sources
- Manage email and meetings with AI summaries
- Protect personal and college data while using AI tools
What you build
- AI-assisted research summary with verified citations
- Presentation built from a rough outline
- Weekly personal productivity system
What you need to start
- A Google or Microsoft account
- Basic computer skills
Curriculum · 6 sections, 21 lectures
Getting started3 lectures
- The AI productivity mindsetFree preview7 min
- Which AI tool for which jobFree preview9 min
- Privacy rules before you paste anything6 min
Documents and writing4 lectures
- Drafting with AI in Docs and Word12 min
- Rewriting for tone and length10 min
- Proofreading and formatting help10 min
- Quiz: writing workflow5 min
Spreadsheets3 lectures
- Asking AI to write Excel and Sheets formulas12 min
- Cleaning data and explaining trends12 min
- Charts and summaries from tables10 min
Presentations3 lectures
- From outline to slides10 min
- Design and speaker notes with AI10 min
- Project: deck from a rough outline14 min
Research with AI4 lectures
- Finding papers with Google Scholar and AI search12 min
- Summarising papers without losing nuance12 min
- Managing references with Zotero10 min
- Project: verified research summary18 min
Email, meetings and planning4 lectures
- Inbox triage with AI10 min
- Meeting notes and action items9 min
- Project: weekly productivity system14 min
- Final quiz5 min
Who this is for
- College students handling assignments and presentations
- Freshers starting office jobs
- Teachers and researchers who read and write a lot