Excel - The Ultimate Information Tool - TEC 921
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Instructor: Dr. Richard Swan |
CONTENTS Course Description
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We live in what is being described as the Information Age. As we are bombarded with data from all sides, each of us needs special tools to help make sense of all this data. Excel is a spreadsheet program that provides just those tools. Excel can be used to perform calculations using built-in formulas, everything from Standard Deviation to calculating your car payment. Excel can be used to calculate grades, chart data that would otherwise be overwhelming, or manage your next candy sale. If you are using a calculator, you need Excel. Excel even has text handling tools that you might find useful in the classroom as well as school-wide planning templates.
The focus of this course how Excel can be used to increase student understanding and achievement. The hands-on exercises are tied to actual classroom and administrative activities including formulas and calculations, charting, Hyperlinks, linking, database functions, macros, and publishing on the web.
Put the power of Excel to work in your classroom, office, and home. This program contains all the tools and is limited only by your imagination and creativity.
The Syllabus is available in PDF format.
The following files are PDF versions of the course manual. You can download it, save it on your hard drive, view it on your screen, and/or print any portion of it. The following files require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
The following file is a Zip compressed folder which contains all the files necessary for you to complete the course. Make sure to place this FPUExcel folder on your computer's Desktop.
FPUExcel for Excel 2007
FPUExcel for Excel 2010
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