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About the Course

The use of Excel is widespread in the industry. It is a very powerful data analysis tool and almost all big and small businesses use Excel in their day to day functioning. This is an introductory course in the use of Excel and is designed to give you a working knowledge of Excel with the aim of getting to use it for more advance topics in Business Statistics later. The course is designed keeping in mind two kinds of learners - those who have very little functional knowledge of Excel and those who use Excel regularly but at a peripheral level and wish to enhance their skills. The course takes you from basic operations such as reading data into excel using various data formats, organizing and manipulating data, to some of the more advanced functionality of Excel. All along, Excel functionality is introduced using easy to understand examples which are demonstrated in a way that learners can become comfortable in understanding and applying them. To successfully complete course assignments, students must have access to a Windows version of Microsoft Excel 2010 or later. ________________________________________ WEEK 1 Module 1: Introduction to Spreadsheets In this module, you will be introduced to the use of Excel spreadsheets and various basic data functions of Excel. Topics covered include: • Reading data into Excel using various formats • Basic functions in Excel, arithmetic as well as various logical functions • Formatting rows and columns • Using formulas in Excel and their copy and paste using absolute and relative referencing ________________________________________ WEEK 2 Module 2: Spreadsheet Functions to Organize Data This module introduces various Excel functions to organize and query data. Learners are introduced to the IF, nested IF, VLOOKUP and the HLOOKUP functions of Excel. Topics covered include: • IF and the nested IF functions • VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP • The RANDBETWEEN function ________________________________________ WEEK 3 Module 3: Introduction to Filtering, Pivot Tables, and Charts This module introduces various data filtering capabilities of Excel. You’ll learn how to set filters in data to selectively access data. A very powerful data summarizing tool, the Pivot Table, is also explained and we begin to introduce the charting feature of Excel. Topics covered include: • VLOOKUP across worksheets • Data filtering in Excel • Use of Pivot tables with categorical as well as numerical data • Introduction to the charting capability of Excel ________________________________________ WEEK 4 Module 4: Advanced Graphing and Charting This module explores various advanced graphing and charting techniques available in Excel. Starting with various line, bar and pie charts we introduce pivot charts, scatter plots and histograms. You will get to understand these various charts and get to build them on your own. Topics covered include • Line, Bar and Pie charts • Pivot charts • Scatter plots • Histograms...

Top reviews

AA

Oct 17, 2017

This is amazing to see that i have completed the course with so much logical and analytical questions been answered. It is really valued a lot the course and lots of useful information to learn.

JR

Jun 23, 2019

Brief Course with very efficiently organized course material. The way of teaching was very good in simple way.A great course in MS Excel for beginners to have an in-depth knowledge with confidence.

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By Yilun G

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Dec 19, 2017

not include VBA which I need most in excel.

I plan to cancel after tried it but it charged me 50 $ in the end.

By Alita H Z

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Aug 6, 2017

I extremely basic course, I would suggest a diagnosis or level set to define where new students should start

By Eduardo R O S

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Dec 19, 2019

The course teaches you what you should have known for colleague, but doesn't get into advanced techniques.

By Evdokia R

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Nov 15, 2020

Too hard explained + some of the information about excel expired. Otherwise, it was nice, thank you!

By Carine M

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Jan 27, 2021

A bit outdated, not all info very pertinent (some graph types etc.). Older version of Excel.

By ece

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Jul 28, 2020

The level of the course and graded quizzes do not match. Quizzes are more advanced.

By Joanna M

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Jun 12, 2019

could have been a bit more engaging. the videos are quite boring (sorry!)

By Luz A S H R

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Jul 5, 2017

Should be indicated the level of complexity as easy/101. Well explained

By sakshi s y

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Oct 1, 2020

the sound quality has to be increased. the overall course is very good

By Abhishek B

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Jan 27, 2018

Could prove to be a great introductory course for absolute beginners

By Jorge C

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Sep 27, 2020

Muy básico, pero bastante útil para recordar lo aprendido en excel

By Joel V

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Nov 6, 2019

Could have included more material and introduced more functions.

By Jayu C

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Aug 10, 2020

Should include more assignments, case studies and challenges.

By Ana

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Aug 2, 2020

Absolutely beginner. I didn't learned a lot from this course.

By Matt S

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Mar 18, 2020

This course is perfect for learners with no excel experience.

By Rosy M

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Sep 4, 2020

Audio should have been a bit high. More details required

By Maram G

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Jul 28, 2018

I found the exams is so difficult related the explanation

By Ajay R

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Apr 14, 2024

The data set was included but without any explanation.

By Jonathan S

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Aug 23, 2021

A basic overview of basic Excel functionality.

By Rachid B

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Sep 11, 2017

Nice, but needs update for new excel version

By Magaret

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Oct 30, 2020

Learnt alot of excel tools from this lesson

By İpek Z

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Mar 20, 2022

I wish to getthe solutions for the quizzes

By Subha V

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Mar 15, 2017

It was very basic. No additional reading.

By Blake C

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May 18, 2022

informative but pretty dryly presented

By Zakaria F

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May 5, 2020

try to add more detail its too basic