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Automate and Elevate Video Recordings

Automate and Elevate is a community of staff on campus who get together monthly and share what tools we are using to make our lives more productive. We are better when we learn from each other.

Automate & Elevate Sessions - April 2026

Mike Broadwell shares how the KU Libraries team has utilized Sharepoint and Power Automate workflows to drive efficiencies.

Automate & Elevate Sessions - March 2026

Amanda Temple shares how The College is using Copilot to split a large master file into individual department files based on an Excel template. (Example using College Summer Session call)

Automate & Elevate Sessions - February 2026

Craig Alexander shares how he has used Copilot to do a few things:
1. Use of Copilot to help kickstart automation in Power Automate
2. Use Copilot to convert report to usable table to bill parking activity.
3. Use Copilot to do data analysis on a file and importance of knowing your dataset to catch Copilot errors. (Afternoon session only)

Automate & Elevate Sessions - January 2026

Greg Rose shares a brief overview of the basic functionality within Copilot for us to use. He also covers a brief description of the difference of Copilot licenses such as Copilot chat (most KU users) vs Copilot 365.