# Beginner Excel Course

Canonical URL: <https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/basic-excel-classes>

## Overview

In this beginner Excel workshop, you’ll learn the fundamentals of Microsoft Excel, including calculations, basic functions, charts, formatting, and printing. Our Excel course features practical exercises that walk you through the basics. Learn a concept, watch an example, then complete an activity using the new skill on your own.

At the end, you’ll keep your training guide for future reference whenever you work in Excel. After finishing the Excel Level I course, you’ll gain access to our companion video suite, which includes beginner-level tutorials viewable on desktop, mobile, and tablet. These videos break down popular Excel concepts into simple, step-by-step lessons.

## What you'll learn

- Become familiar with the interface and data entry
- Learn essential formulas and functions
- Format and print your work
- Create charts, including line, column, and pie charts
- Learn tips and tricks for easy workbook management
- Review key concepts in a final project

## Curriculum

### Introduction

#### Interface

- Provides a brief description of the user interface for Microsoft Excel

#### Data Entry

- Examines and describes multiple means of entering data

#### Rows & Columns

- Insert, delete, hide, and group rows and columns

#### Worksheets

- Manage elements of worksheets

### Formulas

#### Autofill

- Explores Excel's amazing ability to predict and extrapolate patterns

#### Calculations

- Perform mathematical expressions and review the Order of Operations rule

#### AutoSum Functions

- Review the five key functions: Sum, Average, Max, Min, and Count Numbers

#### Absolute Reference

- Changing a cell reference into a constant, which is necessary for certain calculations

#### True or False

- Tests to see whether criteria is true/false

#### Text Functions

- Introduces functions used to modify text in Excel

#### Multi-Input Functions

- More advanced functions that require more than one input

### Formatting

#### Formatting

- The addition of effects to an Excel document to provide visual instruction

#### Conditional Formatting

- Apply a predetermined format based on specified rules

### Charts & Tables

#### Column Chart

- Create a Column chart to visually examine data

#### Line Chart

- Create a Line chart and Spark lines to visually examine data

#### Pie Chart

- Create a Pie chart to visually examine data

#### Tables

- Explore the special functionality created when data is converted to a Table

### Workbook Management

#### Freeze Panes

- Enable a portion of the screen to stay visible at all times

#### Printing

- Rules and strategies to make printing easy

#### Windows

- Change how your worksheet displays data

#### Templates

- Use prefabricated templates to build a spreadsheet

#### Excel Tricks

- Fundamental keyboard shortcuts and other Excel tricks

### End of Class Projects

#### Projects

- End of class projects to review key concepts from the class

## Schedule
- May 26, 2026 – May 28, 2026 — Live Online
- May 27, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jun 1, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jun 9, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jun 16, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jun 22, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jun 29, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jul 7, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jul 13, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jul 20, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jul 29, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Aug 11, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Aug 24, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Sep 1, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Sep 8, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Sep 8, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026 — Live Online
- Sep 27, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Oct 13, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Oct 19, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $249