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Excel for Beginners
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 4 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on July 31, 2023
Course details
Syllabus
Week 1: Getting to Know Excel & Entering Data
- Excel Orientation and Spreadsheet Basics
- Excel Data Types
- Entering Data
- Spreadsheet Setup
Week 2: Making Charts
- Bar Charts, Simple and Clustered
- Scatterplots
- Pie and Stacked Column Charts
- Combining Plot Types
Week 3: Manipulating & Summarizing Data Using Functions
- Formulas and Functions in Excel
- Absolute vs. Relative Cell References
- Sorting & Filtering Data in Excel
- Conditional functions
Week 4: Bringing it All Together
- Converting Data Ranges to Tables
- Unleashing the Power of Pivot Tables: Simple Tables and Charts
- Unleashing the Power of Pivot Tables: Answering Complex Questions
- Introducing the Course Project
Prerequisite
This course is meant to teach the fundamentals of Excel to beginning learners with little to no prior experience.
Instructors
Kevin Smith
Associate Professor of Biology 6 Davidson College
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