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Core Excel Skills

Understanding how to use Microsoft Excel in skillful ways is essential in virtually every business and technical career today. While in its earliest years Excel use was largely limited to financial professionals, today Excel is used to handle everything from small graphing and analysis duties to large-scale big data manipulation and reporting. In this course, the instructors cover the basics of intermediate-level Excel tools and techniques.
John Bura
John Bura
Business | advanced | 14 hours 45 minutes

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3KSTUDENTS*
94%RECOMMEND*

This journey includes:

  • 15 hours of on-demand video
  • 33 modules
  • Core level
  • Direct access/chat with the instructor
  • 100% self-paced online
  • Many downloadable resources
  • Shareable certificate of completion
Understanding how to use Microsoft Excel in skillful ways is essential in virtually every business and technical career today.  While in its earliest years Excel use was largely limited to financial professionals, today Excel is used to handle everything from small graphing and analysis duties to large-scale big data manipulation and reporting.  In this course, the instructors cover the basics of intermediate-level Excel tools and techniques.  

Skills You Will Gain

Data Analysis
Excel
Excel charts
Excel Visualizations
Financial Analysis
Pivot tables

Learning Outcomes (At the end of this program you will be able to)

  • Understand and navigate Excel
  • Use the full array of Excel functions
  • Create charts, graphs, and visualizations in Excel
  • Build Pivot Tables to analyze data in Excel
  • Conduct both simple and complex financial analyses using Excel
  • Perform robust data analysis using Excel

 

Who Should Attend

Anyone interested in learning the core features and functions of Excel, and applying these skills in practical settings.

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Introduction to Excel

Introduction to Excel

Excel Functions

Excel Functions

Excel Charts and Visualization

Excel Charts and Visualization

Excel Financial Analysis

Excel Financial Analysis

Part 1: Introduction to Excel

Excel is one of the most important software packages in the World with 10s of millions of users and a vast array of applications. This very brief introduction to Excel helps you get a feeling for what you can do with Excel and why.

Part 2: Excel Functions

This course is a comprehensive overview of what effective business analysts really do - their strategies, techniques, tools and methods – all which apply to any process whether it’s a traditional large project, and Agile or DevOps project.

Part 3: Excel Charts and Visualization

This course helps you understand how to use Excel to build a myriad of interesting charts, starting with the basics and moving up to some of the most complex charts imaginable.

Part 4: Excel Financial Analysis

If you do any type of financial analysis, you know that Excel is the tool of choice and it understanding its nuances is essential for you.  This program helps you to understand how to use Excel in any financial analysis.

John Bura

John Bura

John Bura is a seasoned game developer, eLearning innovator, and AI coach with over 15 years of experience in the tech industry. Based in Vancouver, Canada, he serves as the CEO of Mammoth Interactive, where he leads the development of top-ranking games and applications across multiple platforms. His leadership also extends to Devonian Apps, a SaaS company known for delivering high-quality, fast-to-market digital products.

John is deeply passionate about education through technology. As a celebrated Udemy instructor, he has empowered over 300,000 students worldwide through practical courses on HTML5, Xcode, and game design, with his teaching style widely recognized for its clarity and real-world applicability. His dedication to curriculum excellence was further reflected in his role as a Program Advisor at Centennial College, where he shaped game design education to match industry demands.

With a rich background in both creative and technical disciplines, John has had his work featured by major industry players like Nickelodeon. As a forward-thinking AI expert, he now coaches businesses on building intelligent, automated infrastructures to increase efficiency and scalability. He's currently developing a cutting-edge tool that automates podcast and video production for content creators, furthering his mission to make innovation accessible.

Whether building games, coaching teams, or designing AI-powered tools, John blends creativity with technical mastery to drive productivity, foster innovation, and inspire learners around the world.

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Excel Pivot Tables

Excel Pivot Tables

Part 5: Excel Pivot Tables

Excel Pivot Tables are powerful tools to help understand and analyze data. This course covers the power of Pivot Tables and how they can be used to create sums, averages, or other statistical analysis of grouped values.