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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...

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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.

LC

May 17, 2018

Excellent class, well-written and presented with real-world examples that are challenging but not impossible to complete if you follow the small quizzes and stay on top of the deadlines. Great job!

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By ANTONIO L R

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Sep 20, 2020

It is a very interesting course to start using EXCEL. In my opinion the worst thing is the last exam which is not explained really good...

By Anannya K

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May 5, 2020

Great course to know all about the basic foundation of data analysis using Excel.Great assignments.liked it alot.Thanks for this course.

By Chloe D

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Aug 24, 2018

Excellent course to take! I needed a fundamental crash course on using excel for data visualizations, and I got my return on investment!

By Susan I

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Jul 31, 2023

It was excellently presented. The Lecturer delivered the training fantastically well and the training video, assignment were also good.

By Ridam H

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Jul 10, 2020

One of best online courses in Cousera overall and particularly in Excel. Great course structure, content, quizzes and great instructor.

By HITESH K

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Apr 1, 2020

It is a very useful and creative way of teaching. Assignment problems covered all concepts. I am very happy after learning this skill.

By Linda

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Jun 10, 2017

Great Course. The videos were excellant. I learned a lot. The only negative is that you have to pay money to take the weekly tests.

By Joy G

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Nov 6, 2020

Super love this course! This will really help me in my new role in an organization that's so data driven in its approach to business.

By Zakwan

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Oct 20, 2020

Great and a very useful course to interpret and visualize data using Excel. Delivery language is simple to follow and understandable.

By Patricia S

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Sep 27, 2019

Enjoyed the course. It was just the right amount of material and practice. Straightforward quizes. Time to finish was as described.

By Kc T

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Jul 2, 2019

I like that this course is brief and concise, not dragging at all. It's short but very educational. Looking forward to more lectures.

By Mayur V P

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Aug 7, 2017

It's an amazing course for people who are looking to get an insight of data analysis using Excel. A good introductory course overall.

By Abeythunga, S

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Aug 2, 2020

This course is really great and informative for any one who is willing to gain new skills and very attractive the way of conducting.

By Moeez U R

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May 29, 2020

It is the best course about Excel on any online learning platform,.Thanks to Sir.Sharad Borle for teaching us in such a good manner.

By praval p

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Apr 13, 2020

My reverence to Prof S. Borle. He summarizes and explains concepts in a lucid manner. The quizzes and tests gave excellent practice.

By Pedro G

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Dec 15, 2017

The course help me to review and clarify basic concepts about Excel and its used in business applications. I strongly recommend it.

By Parth S

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Sep 30, 2016

A structured and easy to understand course. A must for beginners who wish to start learning about various excel functions and tools.

By Aravindhakshan R

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Aug 19, 2020

The course is very helpful for getting a strong understanding of basics in excel for further learning of its analytic applications.

By PUSHPENDRA S

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Jun 8, 2020

Good Course for beginners to learn lot of things about Excel. I must recommend this course to those who really want to learn Excel.

By Himanshu B

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Jun 3, 2020

Great course to understand basics of excel, we use these in day today life but are not polished. This course will polish the skills

By Wael H B

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Apr 9, 2020

It's a good and useful course, but I need more examp;e and explanation about vlookup function and nested if function. thanks a lot

By Jason B

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Nov 15, 2017

Fun class. I learned a lot more than I expected and a lot of the information covered is very relevant to running a small business.

By Nursyawana B K A

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Nov 4, 2020

Very easy to understand and informative. I enjoyed learning this course and gain lots of new knowledge to be implemented in excel.

By Rishabh G

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Oct 9, 2017

Every course is good but it depends on instructor how he/she is teaching. Instructor explained everything in a very beautiful way.

By Karanam V R

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Jul 14, 2021

This is my very first online course and i felt the structure of the course is well designed and every once can understand easily.