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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving, Part 1 by University of Colorado Boulder

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About the Course

"Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving, Part 1" is aimed at learners who are seeking to augment, expand, optimize, and increase the efficiency of their Excel spreadsheet skills by tapping into the powerful programming, automation, and customization capabilities available with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). This course is the first part of a three-part series and Specialization that focuses on the application of computing techniques in Excel/VBA to solve problems. In this course (Part 1), you will: 1) create macros to automate procedures in Excel; 2) define your own user-defined functions; 3) create basic subroutines to interface with the user; 4) learn the basic programming structures in VBA; and 5) automate Excel’s Goal Seek and Solver tools and use numerical techniques to create “live solutions” to solve targeting and optimization problems. New to computer programming? The extremely intuitive and visual nature of VBA lends itself nicely to teaching and learning - what a fun way to learn to code! No prior knowledge in programming nor advanced math skills are necessary yet seasoned programmers will pick up new and creative spreadsheet problem solving strategies. After you have learned the basics of VBA, each module will introduce foundational and broad problems inspired by situations that you might encounter in the real world. To pass each module, you'll need to pass a mastery quiz and complete a problem solving assignment. This course is unique in that the weekly assignments are completed in-application (i.e., on your own computer in Excel), providing you with valuable hands-on training....

Top reviews

CK

Aug 1, 2018

Relatively easy, I cleared 3 weeks within 2 hours, and completed the whole module in less than 3 days. I did not spend more than 5 hours each of the 3 days. The honors exercise was interesting.

AM

May 9, 2020

The course is of great learning for those who wants to excel in excel deep and deep. It can help in simplify most of our daily work. Course is really easy for engineers and science students.

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By Sherzod

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Nov 18, 2022

I have learned many neccessary things for me.

Thanks for Author of course and Courera team.

By Dakshan R

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May 2, 2020

Very useful course! The problems in the first few weeks could be slightly more challenging!

By Peter J R

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Oct 14, 2018

Superb instruction. Videos are easy to follow. By completion, you have a portfolio of work.

By Keefer L S

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Jun 10, 2021

Great course! Would definitely recommend it to those who want to develop their VBA skills

By Edisson A Z A

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Jan 13, 2021

good teacher and great classes all videos are easy to follow and the explanations are good

By Ítalo F d P

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Jul 30, 2020

Very interesting course for anyone who does not have skills on VBA and want to learn more.

By Michał K

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Jun 29, 2019

Very good course. I think a lot of issuses covered in this course will be helpful in work.

By William S N

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May 25, 2021

Excellent course that teaches skills that can be used in almost any business environment.

By Sergejs Č

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Oct 27, 2020

Could be good to get better / detailed feedback from grading files, if your code is wrong

By Gabor S

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Apr 25, 2021

Excellent introduction to VBA with a lot of useful stuff on Excel, especially in Week 5.

By Alejandro V

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Apr 2, 2020

Muy interesante y a la vez entretenido para aprender a usar las funciones básicas de VBA

By Cissy L

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May 28, 2021

fun and intuitive! the course is perfect for beginners and I like the assignments a lot

By Farig F

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Mar 22, 2021

Great course for those who really want to master VBA and get confidence in programming!

By Miguel P

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Jan 24, 2021

Nice Course, You will need lots of patience to pass the assignments and do it perfectly

By Suresh M

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May 11, 2020

Excellent for basic concepts of VBA and some more advanced excel problem solving skills

By Andreas Z

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Aug 25, 2018

Excellent hands-on course on how to get more out of EXCEL with VBA. Highly recommended.

By Elliina K

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Jul 30, 2018

This course helped me a lot to remind the main teqhniques of VBA macro functions. Heads

By Javier P P

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Apr 10, 2023

Very good for a first start in VBA. It is a bit challenging but just the good amount.

By Stanisław H

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Oct 25, 2020

If you'd like to begin your adventure with Excel VBA this coure is absolutely for you!

By MIGUEL A O G

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Oct 22, 2020

Very clear explanations and exercises that helps to develop logical thought processes.

By María A T R D

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Apr 10, 2020

Aprendi bastante en el curso, muy practico y facil de entender! saludos desde Paraguay

By Kevin M

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Sep 28, 2018

Great course, good, clear instructions with challenging assignments. I learned a lot.

By eric s

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Sep 7, 2018

Great explanations, challenging assignments, very complete introductory course to VBA.

By Ellis M

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Sep 20, 2021

Great introduction to VBA. Basic functions and the pace of the course was just right.

By Joyce Z

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Oct 8, 2018

Very helpful! Through some examples and assignments, I know the basic VBA more clear.