Microsoft Excel is the most widely used business software in the world and one of the most in-demand skills across virtually every industry and job role. Whether you are a student, a small business owner, a career starter, or a professional looking to formalize your skills, this program gives you the practical Excel competency that employers consistently look for. Microsoft Excel: Learn with Projects is a beginner-friendly program that teaches Excel entirely through hands-on, project-based learning. Across 12 guided projects, you will build real skills by doing, not just watching. You will start from the very basics of creating and navigating a spreadsheet, then progressively develop competency in formulas and functions, data sorting and filtering, PivotTables and charts, conditional formatting, dashboard creation, and data analysis. You will also learn how to use ChatGPT alongside Excel to automate data tasks including standardizing datasets, classifying data, and conducting sentiment analysis — skills that reflect how professionals actually work today. Every project is completed using the free online version of Microsoft Excel through Microsoft Office 365, so no software purchase is required to get started. By the end of the program, you will be able to build functional spreadsheets, analyze data confidently, create visual dashboards, and apply AI tools to real Excel workflows.
MA
I am satisfied with my experience because the guided project explained the basics of Microsoft Excel in a clear and simple way, making it easy to follow along and apply what I learned in practice.
LR
This was an well-structured learning experience that improved my communication skills and strengthened my professional knowledge. A great opportunity to upgrade skills and knowledge.
MI
I am extremely grateful for the chance to work on this Course project as it will undoubtedly help me advance in my career. Thank you for entrusting me with this opportunity!
KB
Difficult to get worksheet screen and instruction screen properly displayed for easy viewing and manipulation between them. Great course, helpful, plainly spoken instructions in excellent English.
AA
it's very helpful and I enjoyed with it , Now i enable to create. charts and dashboard using google sheets
MB
Coursera is such a wonderful platform to explore beginners, intermediate and advance learners to the next level.
SP
Very informative and the way it is taught was very appealing and enjoyable.
MS
Learning this course was easy, interactive and engaging within a short time gained so much. My confidence level in learning a new skill is 90% Cousera got you covered.
SS
This was an well-structured learning experience that improved my analytical thinking skills and made learning enjoyable and easy. A great opportunity to upgrade skills and knowledge.
CM
Very good course. Breaks down complicated ideas in a way that is easy to understand. Would recommend to anyone who wants to refresh their skills or learn how to use Excel for the first time.
SR
Was a really helpful one to understand the basics of an excel and would be highly recommended to the early-stage graduate who are looking out for the finance job role.
DD
GOOD AND HELP FULL COURSE IN DETAILS AND FINANCIAL AID FACILTIES ARE FOR WHO CANT PAY FEES THIS COURSE OF COURSERA IS GOOD AND VALUEABLE
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if you have ANY knowledge of excel, don't waste your time with this. i could have figured this stuff out by opening an excel doc. you will learn how to bold/underline a header and sum a column of data. if you want more in depth knowledge of excel, try a different course.
Complete waste of time for someone who knows the VERY BASICS of excel. if you have never even heard of excel before then this is for you, but even then there would be better ways to learn the basics
An excellent and easy to understand course for those who need to use excel for work or school but have no idea of how to get started. This course will guide you with all the basics
After completing the course, I was hoping to have a deeper understanding of the subject matter. However, I found that the course only touched on the surface-level concepts and lacked in-depth analysis. The course content was quite basic and did not provide any new insights or knowledge that I was not already aware of. Overall, I was disappointed with the course and felt that it did not meet my expectations. I had expected the course to be more detailed, but unfortunately, I didn't gain much knowledge. The material covered in this course is quite basic.
A little less content than expected but the title does say it's just an intro plus it's free. The explanations are clear and the course is quite engaging. The Coursera platform is very user-friendly.
this is best for begginner guided course in excel which will help him/her the power of excel
i cannot see any thing usefull in this course . it just gave a certificate.
Ever since I started working in our office a month ago, Microsoft Excel was one of the most software apps that I am frequently using whenever I'm doing report—so I took this course to freshen my skills on it once again, and it helped me a lot. A huge thanks to our kind Professor, Ms. Summer Scaggs for being a good instructor and delivering the lesson very well during the entire online class.
This guided project is very practical and way better than theoretical learning.
VERY basic intro to Excel. Great clear instructions and easy to do.
difficult to understand instructor, the audio is high-pitched and grating, the video is too small to see properly to work side-by-side in the lab, lab is difficult to use as described by the instructor. Looking for another education source
The instructor was not aware of the formulas that Excel has to offer. Instead of inserting "=Sum(x:y), the instructor just wrote "= " and individually selected each cell to followed by a plus sign after each cell.
One question in the quiz is confusing. It says to "create a worksheet in Excel that shows the number of states for each sales person. What would you put as the header for column A and column B (in that order)" The order of the information provided says "number of states for each sales person" which would be option 4, "No. of States, Salesperson". The other interpretation would be option 1, "Salesperson, No. Of States". This question just needs to be more clear so it's not open to interpretation, leading to answering the question incorrectly.
there is nothing to learn from or watch. I wanted real videos on how to create real spreadsheets and understand the formulas and pivot tables not just some basic stuff
Certificate doesn't contain my name on it. also the completion date is wrong on the certificate. this makes it useless for me to do this course
It is a Good free resource for learning. Use it.
Event though the content in this course is not to advance but it is always better to have a little understanding of a topic rather than having none.
If you are reading this review before attempting it I would like to tell you that this is a pretty basic course you can do it if you don't have any idea of what is excel and how to use it. And it won't take much time. In fact you can clear this course within 1.5 hours if you want to.
A very short course that can be finished withing an hour but only goes over very basic functions and layout of excel. for me it was a great starting point to lunch me into more content for excel
This platform is very helpful for learning skills.
I am very satisfied to this platform. If you are looking for a skill you should have to attention on your skills
learning through this platform
Not Necessary to look at all only 6 mins worth of information that isnt even information thats new to even a beginner it simply explains why microsoft excel was created which is obvious
Was hard to navigate and really didn't learn anything to help me with Excel.