University of Colorado Boulder

Everyday Excel, Part 1

This course is part of Everyday Excel Specialization

Charlie Nuttelman

Instructor: Charlie Nuttelman

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Flexible schedule
2 weeks at 10 hours a week
Learn at your own pace
95%
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What you'll learn

  • Navigating Excel, editing the worksheet (including inserting/deleting cells, columns, and rows), and cell formatting.

  • Expression entry and common Excel formulas (including logical functions, text functions, and financial functions).

  • Data management (sorting, filtering, consolidating, removing duplicates, data validation, and one-way lookups).

  • Data visualization (scatter plots, column charts, pie charts, Slicers, Sparklines, and Pivot Tables).

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There are 5 modules in this course

In Week 1 you will learn the fundamentals of working in Excel. You’ll begin by navigating Excel, opening and saving files, and understanding how workbooks and worksheets are structured. You’ll then explore how cells, rows, and columns work together, how to move efficiently around a worksheet, and how to enter and edit data. You’ll also learn how to format cells, apply conditional formatting, and use common number formats such as text, dates, and currency. Finally, concepts like relative and absolute cell references will be emphasized, as well as naming cells and ranges to make your work more efficient and accurate.

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22 videos1 reading1 assignment2 programming assignments

In Week 2, you will focus on implementing Excel formulas. You’ll learn about the order of operations, how to build mathematical formulas, and how to troubleshoot issues when results aren’t what you expect. You will be introduced to a popular selection of Excel’s built-in functions, including those used for summing, counting, averaging, rounding numbers, calculating remainders, generating random numbers, and performing logical tests.

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18 videos1 assignment2 programming assignments

In Week 3 you will learn how to work with more structured and dynamic data in Excel. You will learn how to create Excel Tables and dynamic named ranges, apply data validation rules, and use advanced conditional formatting techniques.

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13 videos1 assignment2 programming assignments

In Week 4 you will continue building your Excel function skills. You’ll learn how to use more advanced logical functions, including techniques for testing conditions and determining whether values appear in lists. You’ll also explore tools for working with text, including the advantages and limitations of Flash Fill and how to use text functions to clean and reshape data. In addition, you will be introduced to date and time functions and basic financial functions, enabling more complex calculations and data transformations.

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12 videos1 assignment2 programming assignments

In Week 5 you will focus on managing and preparing data for analysis and reporting. You will learn techniques for cleaning data, applying filters, sorting data using multiple criteria, and identifying and removing duplicates. You will also practice consolidating data from multiple worksheets or sources and organize it in a way that supports analysis and reporting.

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Charlie Nuttelman
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