Online Class: Excel 2013

This course will teach you the skills you'll need to successfully use Excel 2013. Each lesson contains step-by-step instructions and explanations to show you how to use all the features, and also provides video tutorials on how everything is done.
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  • 20
    Lessons
  • 40
    Exams &
    Assignments
  • 8,726
    Students
    have taken this course
  • 11
    Hours
    average time
  • 1.1
    CEUs
 
 
 

Course Description

Microsoft Excel 2013 is a spreadsheet program that comes packaged with the Microsoft Office family of software products.  Just like the other programs by Microsoft, Excel can be used for a wide variety of purposes such as creating address books, mailing lists, grocery lists, tracking expenses, creating invoices and bills, doing financial accounting, balancing checkbooks, as well as any other purpose that requires a spreadsheet or table. 

This course will teach you the skills you'll need to successfully use Excel 2013.   Each lesson contains step-by-step instructions and explanations to show you how to use all the features, and also provides video tutorials on how everything is done.   You don't need previous experience with Excel to be able to complete this course.  This course will start with basic skills, then move forward to more advanced features and techniques.

In our Excel 2013 course, you'll learn how to:

·    Create a spreadsheet

·    Format cells, rows, columns, and entire worksheets so they fit and match your data

·    Enter data into a spreadsheet

·    Use formulas and functions for math, accounting, and totaling

·    Create formulas and functions

·    Create charts and diagrams for your data

·    Create data lists and forms

·    Create and use pivot tables and pivot charts

·    Work with Excel templates

·    Share and protect your worksheets and workbooks

·    Use What-If Analysis to determine possible outcomes

·    And much, much more

This course breaks up the most complex features of Excel into easy-to-understand blocks of information.   Each lesson is a building block that moves you one step closer to using Excel like a pro – which you will be by the end of this course.  Even if you're new to Excel, you're just 20 lessons away from having the advanced skills you need to use this amazing program.

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Course Lessons

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Lesson 1: Introduction to MS Excel 2013

10 Points
This course will cover the many features of Excel and how to use them, starting with the simple and working to the most complicated.
  • Lesson 1 Video
  • Lesson discussions: Reasons for Taking this Course
  • Assessment: Lesson 1 Exam

Lesson 2: Navigating Excel 2013

10 Points
In this lesson, we're going to focus on the major elements of Excel 2013 and take a few minutes to become familiar with their purpose.
  • Lesson 2 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 2 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 2 Exam

Lesson 3: Worksheets and Workbooks

11 Points
In this lesson, we'll learn all about worksheets and workbooks.
  • Lesson 3 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 3 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 3 Exam

Lesson 4: Entering Information into MS Excel 2013

11 Points
The first thing you want to do before you type anything, is to spend a little time planning the spreadsheet.
  • Lesson 4 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 4 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 4 Exam

Lesson 5: Introduction to Working With Cells, Rows, and Columns

11 Points
Selecting data in Excel is different from selecting text in a word processing program, because you must select cells.
  • Lesson 5 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 5 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 5 Exam

Lesson 6: Formatting Data and Cells

11 Points
Formatting a worksheet can change the look and feel of it. You can add color, change fonts, put in headings, apply styles, and much more.
  • Lesson 6 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 6 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 6 Exam

Lesson 7: Formatting Rows and Columns

10 Points
In MS Excel 2013, the width of a column is determined by how many characters can be displayed within a cell.
  • Lesson 7 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 7 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 7 Exam

Lesson 8: Editing Cells, Rows, Columns, and Worksheets

9 Points
MS Excel 2013 makes creating - and editing - spreadsheets a lot easier because correcting errors is clean and uncomplicated.
  • Lesson 8 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 8 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 8 Exam

Lesson 9: Introduction to Formulas and Calculations

11 Points
If you use spreadsheets to do accounting for a business, track totals, invoice customers, or anything that requires mathematics, Excel's ability to calculate formulas is going to save you errors and headaches.
  • Lesson 9 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 9 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 9 Exam

Lesson 10: Working With Formulas and Functions

10 Points
A function, by definition in Excel, is a pre-designed formula that performs a certain calculation.
  • Lesson 10 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 10 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 10 Exam

Lesson 11: Maintaining Worksheets

11 Points
Any Excel worksheet that you create can easily become overwhelming because there's so much information contained in it. For that reason, it's important to learn how to maintain your worksheets to help you keep on top of all the information.
  • Lesson 11 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 11 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 11 Exam

Lesson 12: The What-If Analysis

11 Points
There are all types of what-if analyses that Excel can do. However, in this course, we're going to cover three.
  • Lesson 12 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 12 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 12 Exam

Lesson 13: Adding Images and Graphics

11 Points
You've already learned how to format a worksheet and enter information into Excel; now we're going to show you how to add elements such as graphics and images.
  • Lesson 13 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 13 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 13 Exam

Lesson 14: Charts and Diagrams

11 Points
Charts and diagrams are tools you can use to visually represent the data in a worksheet.
  • Lesson 14 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 14 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 14 Exam

Lesson 15: Creating Data Lists

11 Points
There is another kind of worksheet that you can create. This is called a data list or a database table.
  • Lesson 15 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 15 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 15 Exam

Lesson 16: Managing Data

11 Points
A form is simply a dialog box that lets you display or enter information, one record (or row) at a time.
  • Lesson 16 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 16 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 16 Exam

Lesson 17: Pivot Tables and Charts

11 Points
A pivot table is a data summarization tool used in Excel. You can use a pivot table to summarize data that you've added to a table.
  • Lesson 17 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 17 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 17 Exam

Lesson 18: Printing Worksheets and Workbooks

11 Points
Headers appear at the top of a worksheet. Footers appear at the bottom. Both can contain page numbers, and headers often contain the title of the worksheet, and perhaps the date.
  • Lesson 18 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 18 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 18 Exam

Lesson 19: Templates

11 Points
Templates are worksheets that are already designed for you.
  • Lesson 19 Video
  • Complete: Lesson 19 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 19 Exam

Lesson 20: Protecting, Saving, and Sharing Workbooks

55 Points
Add protection to worksheets, so they can't be edited by other people. You can lock cells or an entire worksheet.
  • Lesson 20 Video
  • Lesson discussions: How would you rate this course?; Program Evaluation Follow-up Survey (End of Course); Course Comments
  • Complete: Lesson 20 Assignment
  • Assessment: Lesson 20 Exam
  • Assessment: The Final Exam
258
Total Course Points
 

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  • Describe what a spreadsheet is and what Excel 2013 can do.
  • Demonstrate navigation, creating workbooks and worksheets, and entering information into Excel 2013
  • Demonstrate working with cells, rows, and columns in Excel.
  • Demonstrate formatting data in cells and how to format rows and columns.
  • Demonstrate editing cells, rows, columns, and worksheets.
  • Demonstrate creating and using formulas and calculations.
  • Demonstrate using the What-If Analysis.
  • Demonstrate adding images, graphics, charts and diagrams.
  • Demonstrate creating data lists and managing data.
  • Demonstrate Pivot Table and chart usage.
  • Summarize creating and using templates in Excel 2013.
  • Demonstrate printing, protecting, saving, and sharing workbooks in Excel.
  • Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
 

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Course Title: Excel 2013
Course Number: 8900203
Lessons Rating: 4.3 / 5 Stars (6,149 votes)
Languages: English - United States, Canada and other English speaking countries
Availability: This course is accessible online throughout all states, including California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Georgia. It's also available in top English-speaking countries like the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Last Updated: February 2023
Course Type: Self-Paced, Online Class
CEU Value: 1.1 IACET CEUs (Continuing Education Units)
CE Accreditation: Universal Class, Inc. has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
Grading Policy: Earn a final grade of 70% or higher to receive an online/downloadable CEU Certification documenting CEUs earned.
Assessment Method: Lesson assignments and review exams
Syllabus: View Syllabus
Course Fee: $120.00 U.S. dollars

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