Online Class: Microsoft Excel Level 3

In this course, we dive into Excel's advanced functionalities such as what-if analyses, goal seeking, and the Analysis ToolPak, transforming massive datasets into strategic insights. This transition from basic familiarity to expertise is pivotal for anyone looking to excel in business or personal data management.

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  • 12
    Lessons
  • 17
    Exams &
    Assignments
  • 547
    Students
    have taken this course
  • 7
    Hours
    average time
  • 0.7
    CEUs
 
 
 

Course Description

In the digital age, proficiency in Microsoft Excel is not just a valuable skill—it's often a necessity. While many professionals can navigate Excel with basic knowledge, the true potential of this powerful software unfolds only when you delve into its more advanced features. Our Microsoft Excel Level 3 course is meticulously designed to transition intermediate users into Excel experts, capable of harnessing its full capabilities to meet complex data challenges in a business environment or for personal projects.

Why Advanced Excel Skills Matter

In our data-driven world, Excel is more than just a spreadsheet program; it's a versatile tool for data analysis, business modeling, and decision making. With Excel's advanced features, users can analyze complex datasets, create compelling data visualizations, and automate repetitive tasks, thereby enhancing productivity and analytical capabilities.

Who Should Take This Course?

This course is tailored for those who already possess a fundamental understanding of Excel and are ready to elevate their skills. It assumes familiarity with basic Excel functions such as:

  • Navigating Excel’s interface
  • Creating, naming, and managing worksheets and workbooks
  • Editing and formatting cells, rows, and columns
  • Using tables for organized data management
  • Entering and manipulating data
  • Applying basic formulas and calculations
  • Understanding functions, mathematical operators, and cell references
  • Utilizing What-If Analysis
  • Sorting and filtering data

If you're not yet comfortable with these basics, we recommend brushing up on them or considering our introductory Excel course before advancing to this level.

Course Outline: A Deep Dive into Advanced Excel

  1. Pivot Tables: Simplifying Complex Data Analysis

    • Transform extensive data into clear, actionable insights.
    • Use Pivot Tables for efficient data summarization and analysis.
  2. Advanced Pivot Table Applications

    • Master calculated fields, custom timelines, and data slicers.
    • Extract deeper insights from large datasets.
  3. Data Visualization with Pivot Charts

    • Turn Pivot Table data into compelling charts for presentations and reports.
    • Storytelling through data: a key skill in business analytics.
  4. Exploring Business Scenarios with What-If Analyses

    • Simulate different business scenarios and outcomes.
    • Make informed decisions based on dynamic data models.
  5. Achieving Targets with Goal Seek and Solver

    • Set and achieve specific objectives by manipulating variables.
    • Discover optimal solutions for complex problems.
  6. Comprehensive Data Analysis with the Analysis ToolPak

    • Apply advanced statistical and engineering tools to your data.
    • Uncover deeper insights and solve complex problems efficiently.
  7. Ensuring Accuracy with Data Validation Techniques

    • Maintain data integrity with validation tools.
    • Create foolproof data entry processes to minimize errors.
  8. Streamlining Data Integration with Get & Transform

    • Import, cleanse, and transform data from various sources.
    • Enhance capability in handling large and diverse datasets.
  9. Excel Auditing and Error Troubleshooting

    • Identify and resolve Excel errors with advanced auditing techniques.
    • Ensure the accuracy and reliability of your spreadsheets.
  10. Automating Excel Tasks with Macros

    • Learn to automate repetitive tasks using Macros.
    • Introduction to VBA for more complex automation needs.

Conclusion: Excel Beyond Basics

By the end of this course, you'll have a robust skill set in Excel, enabling you to perform complex data analyses, create sophisticated data models, and automate routine tasks. These skills are not just an asset; they are a necessity in a world where data is at the forefront of decision-making. Enroll in Microsoft Excel Level 3 today, and unlock the full potential of this indispensable tool in the modern workplace.

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Course Lessons

Average Lesson Rating:
4.6 / 5 Stars (Average Rating)
"Extraordinarily Helpful"
(78 votes)
  • Lesson 1. Interactive Analysis: The Transformative Power of Pivot Tables

    Whether you're pivoting revenue data by day or summarizing it by customer, Excel's flexible Pivot Table settings allow for swift changes in data grouping and summarization. Master these skills to redefine efficiency and focus in your data analysis tasks.
  • Lesson 2. Effortlessly Enhance Pivot Table Analytics

    Enhance the power of pivot tables with slicers and timelines, allowing users to filter data efficiently using intuitive GUIs for better data analysis. These tools, along with the ability to toggle subtotals and grand totals, make pivot tables more interactive and user-friendly for dynamic data needs.
  • Lesson 2. Effortlessly Enhance Pivot Table Analytics

    Enhance the power of pivot tables with slicers and timelines, allowing users to filter data efficiently using intuitive GUIs for better data analysis. These tools, along with the ability to toggle subtotals and grand totals, make pivot tables more interactive and user-friendly for dynamic data needs.
  • Lesson 3. Pivot Charts: A Visual Guide

    Excel's pivot charts are dynamic visual aids that translate pivot table outputs into clearer, more interpretable formats. Users can effortlessly generate these charts and tailor them with preferred layouts and elements.
  • Lesson 4. Exploring Goal Seek and Scenario Tools in Excel

    The Scenario Manager in Excel's What-If Analysis suite offers a robust way to explore multiple financial strategies simultaneously. Users can create, store, and evaluate various scenarios, giving businesses flexibility in projecting future revenue impacts and optimizing operations.
  • Lesson 5. Discovering Solutions with Excel's Goal Seek and Solver

    Offering both basic and advanced analysis, Excel’s Goal Seek and Solver tools prioritize desired outcomes by manipulating input variables and extensive parameters. While Goal Seek alters single values to meet a target, Solver allows elaboration on these analyses through a robust setup involving constraints, decision variables, and algorithm choices after installation.
  • Lesson 5. Discovering Solutions with Excel's Goal Seek and Solver

    Offering both basic and advanced analysis, Excel’s Goal Seek and Solver tools prioritize desired outcomes by manipulating input variables and extensive parameters. While Goal Seek alters single values to meet a target, Solver allows elaboration on these analyses through a robust setup involving constraints, decision variables, and algorithm choices after installation.
  • Lesson 6. Unlocking Advanced Analysis: The Analysis ToolPak Explained

    The Analysis ToolPak in Excel extends capabilities for performing sophisticated statistical and engineering evaluations, functioning as an add-in needing installation before use. Despite its limitations to a single worksheet, it simplifies complex computations like t-tests and chi-square tests for professional and amateur statisticians alike.
  • Lesson 7. Excel Input Rules

    Excel offers powerful data validation capabilities to maintain data quality by restricting incorrect or improper entries in cells. Features like message prompts and custom restriction formulas improve user input accuracy and reduce errors.
  • Lesson 8. Mastering Queries with Excel's Get & Transform

    The 'Get & Transform' feature in Excel allows users to import large data sets from external databases, enabling them to run queries and segment the data for detailed analysis and reporting. This powerful tool simplifies the process of data manipulation by utilizing the Power Query editor to refine, filter, and structure data efficiently.
  • Lesson 9. Navigating Excel: Troubleshooting and Formula Auditing

    Excel's auditing tools, located in the Formula tab, allow users to uncover and resolve data dependencies that can cause errors. By visualizing formula relationships with Trace Precedents and Trace Dependents, you can identify any unintended data interactions.
  • Lesson 10. Efficient Spreadsheet Management with Excel Macros

    In Excel, repetitive actions can be automated with macros, either through straightforward recordings or intricate VBA code, boosting productivity. Access to the Developer tab enriches the customization capabilities, creating room for enhanced automation.
 

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  • Demonstrate the ability to modify the functions and groupings within a Pivot Table to analyze revenue based on different criteria such as per customer or day.
  • Design and create a Pivot Table in Excel to summarize daily membership payments from an imported SQL Server database by following step-by-step procedures.
  • Analyze and apply the functionality of slicers and timelines to efficiently filter and visualize pivot table data based on user-defined criteria.
  • Demonstrate the ability to create and use calculated fields in pivot tables to perform custom data analysis and calculations.
  • Demonstrate the use of slicers and timelines to filter and manage pivot table data effectively for improved data visualization.
  • Identify key options in the Pivot Table Calculations menu for creating and modifying calculated fields to enhance data analysis.
  • Define the process of creating a pivot chart in Excel, including adding and configuring various chart elements.
  • Demonstrate the ability to customize a pivot chart by changing chart types, styles, and colors for effective data visualization.
  • Define the steps to perform a Goal Seek analysis in Excel to achieve a specified revenue target by adjusting payment fee percentages.
  • Demonstrate the use of Excel's Scenario Manager to evaluate multiple financial projections and determine the impact of varying payment fees on net revenue.
  • Define and apply the Solver tool in Excel to solve complex scenarios by setting appropriate decision variables, constraints, and solving methods.
  • Demonstrate the ability to use Excel's Solver tool by setting up and solving a problem with given constraints and decision variables.
  • Demonstrate the process of installing and configuring the Solver add-in in Excel to perform advanced What-If analysis tasks.
  • Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
 

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Course Title: Microsoft Excel Level 3
Course Number: 57700146
Lessons Rating: 4.6 / 5 Stars (78 votes)
Languages: English - United States, Canada and other English speaking countries
Availability: Available across all 50 U.S. states, this course includes key regions such as California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Georgia. The course is also open in major English-speaking countries, including Australia, Canada, the UK, and Ireland.
Last Updated: January 2024
CEU Value: 0.7 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.
Course Type: Self-Paced, Online Classes
Assessment Method: Lesson assignments and review exams
Instructor: Joseph Gohl
Syllabus: View Syllabus
Course Fee: $120.00 U.S. dollars

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