We offer two different courses of Microsoft Excel courses through Bob Bruce, an instructor who has trained people on Microsoft products for more than 20 years. 

Each course takes 3.5 hours. Participants are expected to supply their own laptop, mouse and webcam for this course.

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

Professional and Continuing Education (PACE), a division of St. Cloud State University, works to ensure that participants of various offerings are given all possibilities to maximize their growth and demonstrate leadership in their respective fields. With this goal in mind, St. Cloud State University aims to provide learners with industry-specific digital credentials 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 to see your digital credential in action! In a few days after the class, 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.

Excel Level 1:  Fundamentals

• Getting started: Exploring the Excel environment
• Navigating, managing worksheets, and views
• Worksheet layout, entering and modifying Data
• Creating formulas and using basic functions
• Formatting cells, themes and cell styles
• Printing worksheets

Through formal completion of the Live Online Course, Excel Level One - Fundamentals, and any projects or learning outcomes assigned, students are awarded the digital credential issued from St. Cloud State University: - Excel Level One: Fundamentals.

Excel Level 2: Working with Data

• Understanding types of data
• Filtering and sorting 
• Excel tables
• Advanced Formulas: logic and summarizing functions (COUNTIF, SUMIF, AVERAGEIF, VLOOKUP)
• Pivot tables and pivot charts
• Using the Data Model with pivot tables

Through formal completion of the Live Online Course, Excel Level Two - Working with Data, and any projects or learning outcomes assigned, students are awarded the digital credential issued from St. Cloud State University: - Excel Level Two - Working with Data.

Feedback from attendees

• Bob was a great trainer with a wealth of knowledge.  His experience and ability to relate the topics to real life was great.  He kept our audience's attention in what could have been a fairly flat topic.
• It was helpful to learn how unintimidating Excel can be.
• Great investment of time and money.  Nice job!
• I loved the multiple shortcuts used to save time
• The workbook will help cement all we have learned.
• The class was excellent!
• The pivot tables portion was all new to me and will benefit my day to day Excel use.
• Vlookup and pivot tables were very helpful
• The class was very helpful and exactly what I expected.  Thank you!
• The examples were great.  I really enjoyed the entire presentation.
• Loved the shortcuts and new features!