Gain the foundational knowledge you need to start using Microsoft Excel in this 4-hour live online workshop. Learn how to effectively navigate and utilize Excel to set up a worksheet and use formulas.

Follow along with the instructor as you practice various tools and functions using the downloadable exercise files provided. You'll also receive a comprehensive guide with step-by-step instructions, shortcuts, and tips for everything you learn in this class.

Upon completion, students will be awarded a digital credential for Excel Level One: Fundamentals, issued by St. Cloud State University on behalf of the Minnesota State Live Online collaboration. Certificates of Completion will be available to download/print along with the digital credential.

For human resource professionals, each course provides 3.5 professional development credits for SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.

What You'll Learn:

• Getting Started: Exploring the Microsoft Excel Environment
• Navigating and Managing Worksheets
• Entering and Modifying Data
• Creating Formulas & Using Basic Functions
• Formatting Cells
• Full Understanding of Number Formats
• Printing Worksheets

What You'll Earn:
Students who complete this training will earn an industry-specific digital credential tied to in-demand skills, using the Credly platform, an industry leader in digital credentials. Digital credentials, or badges, give learners a more concrete and portable way to highlight just how aligned their academic knowledge is with today’s labor market. These credentials will be valuable additions to your professional portfolios, allowing you to communicate the skills you have acquired through aligned professional offerings, using language that employers understand.

Digital credentials are easily shared via LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, digital resumes, and even as part of an email signature. Watch the short video linked here to see your digital credential in action! Within one week of course completion, you will receive an email from St. Cloud State University (via Credly) informing you that you have a new digital credential to accept. There is no fee for this service and acceptance is totally up to you.

Important Note: Certificates of Completion will be available to download/print from the Credly platform. You will need to follow the instructions emailed to you 1 week after course completion to accept the digital credential in order to download and print your Certificate of Completion.

About The Instructor:
Bob Bruce is a Twin Cities-based Information Architect who has expert level skills in the Microsoft Office suite of products. He’s an Excel 2013 Microsoft Certified Expert. Bob has logged thousands of hours as a software trainer, and is energized by the prospect of improving student skills and knowledge.

This live online training course is offered by a collaboration of Minnesota State colleges and universities.

• Computer with Microsoft Excel 2016 or newer, webcam, microphone, and high-speed internet.
• 2 monitors (or 1 large high-resolution screen capable of having multiple windows open at a time).
• Plan to have your video camera on during the training, so the instructor can monitor your experience.

Cancellation Policy:

• A full refund (minus a $25 processing fee) or a transfer to a new class date will be issued if the request is made at least 5 business days prior to the class. Requests must be made by calling 507-389-7203 or emailing cwe@southcentral.edu.
• No refunds or transfers will be provided if the request is made less than 5 business days before the class date.