This course is really well designed, one should must try this for basic learning of excel.

It's a wonderful experience to learn this course, it will definitely embrace my skills and going to help me to move forward in future.

A very good and well structured course, with very professional hands on learning that has given me so much new knowledge and improved my excel skills and in certain areas furthered my understanding.

el curso es bueno, te ayuda a como trabajar con datos sabiendo ediante atajos del teclado usando Excel, y no necesariamente debes trabajar con fuertes tecnologias. Me parecio util este curso

The course has really helped me become familiar with using Excel for data analysis. i recommend it for anyone who has no knowledge about how to use Excel and also for amateur Excel users.

Even though I have five years of experience in MS Excel, I have learned new tips and Infos from this course. I truly recommend it.

Lots of broken links. The final project had a broken link to the dataset you're supposed to use, making it impossible to complete the course. I submitted something anyway, based on a different dataset, but with all the right steps taken, but my reviewer just gave me zeros on multiple steps that I clearly completed properly (no shock, since most people doing the reviews can't read English, and couldn't possibly have read my notes pointing out my reason for using a different dataset). The course content was fine, but if I'm being promised a certificate for doing the work, and you refuse to give it to me because of your stupid mistake and sloppy review system, then you're just scamming people. How this has almost 5 stars is beyond me.

Great Excel basic course provided by IBM. It made me learn many things about excel and its usage in various aspects of data analysis. Only thing I didn't enjoy is the computer sound used in all the videos. Because of the computer sound/artificial sound used, it lacked the personal touch one would enjoy. So I have only 2 suggestions to give :

1) Use a teacher/professor/expert who can teach us and take us through each and every aspect.

2) The assignments are sometimes difficult to complete because certain features are not available in certain excel versions

While fairly basic for people familiar with Excel, it ensures a good basis as one moves forward to have a solid foundation for data analysis. And there absolutely were a few tricks and shortcuts that I learned. Also very much appreciated that this was more hands-on than previous DA courses have been which is necessary to really gain understanding.

Overly simplistic and takes a LONG time to explain the basics of Excel (3 of 5 weeks is devoted to "basic" functionality and familiarity with buttons). If this was a completely introductory course on Excel, sure, but this is for a professional certificate. I expect a little more substance and challenge. I learned a bit about PivotTables (much easier than older Excel versions), but nothing I didn't already know, and it didn't explain HOW they work and exactly WHAT they're used for and their specific benefits.

Overall, this is a very good basis excel course.

But, it doesn't provide enough hands-on projects. And students aren't able to verify the result of the projects.

Also, it only shows the short cut for windows excel, not for ios excel.

It still needs some improvement to make it better for the data analysts.

I thoroughly enjoyed this course. The lessons are very easy to follow. I completed the hands-on labs and that further solidified the skills taught in the lessons. It's a fantastic course.

Great overall course. While most of the Excel topics were things I was already using or familiar with, I did come away from the course with a few new skills in Excel.

Great course. Really teaches you the basis. Only feedback is my name was spelled incorrectly on my certificate. But I'm sure that's an easy fix.

Very detailed and easy to follow but could be improved by having a dummy excel sheets for the students to work and follow with the instructor.

I really liked this course - it was short, useful and to the point.

Thank you to all who contributed to such a great work.

Very valueable class for basic excel skills.

I think the exercises are a bit backwards. Instead of starting with what the specific goal is when using a certain function or feature, they just list the steps that the student needs to follow without having to think and knowing why they are doing this. This decontextualized copying is not a very effective learning method, and it is not how we would you use Excel in real life either. First you have a problem, then you come up with the steps to solve it, not the other way around. For example, this is one of the exercises in Week 4: Task A: Use of VLOOKUP to look up data in a table organized vertically 1. Download the file indian_startup_funding_Lab6.xlsx. Upload and open it using Excel for the web. 2. In cell K2,L2,M2, type VLOOKUP, Startup Name, Amount in USD respectively. 3. Select and copy cells from C9 to C15 and paste in cell L3. 4. In cell M3, type =VLOOKUP(L3, C2:I113, 7, FALSE) and press Enter. 5. Formula: =VLOOKUP (value, table, col_index, [range_lookup]). 6. Hover over the bottom-right corner of cell M3, and drag the Fill Handle down to the cell M9. 7. Select cells from M3 to M9 and select Number Format>Currency. It could be easily transformed to be more engaging, interactive and effective, where students need to actually think and apply the skills they have just learned in practice, while they are also provided with hints and help along the way. For example: Task A: Preparation: 1.Download the file indian_startup_funding_Lab6.xlsx. 2.Upload and open it using Excel for the web. Instructions: You want to make a report about how much money the following startups managed to raise during their last fundraising: -Rein Games -CarDekho -Dhruva Space -Paytm -Aye Finance -Clumio -Digital Mall Asia Use the VLOOKUP function to retreive the necesseray data. (Here, a picture of the expected end result could also be shown, so students will have a point of reference to start, and they can also use it to check their solution. Just like in the original exercise, but without revealing the vlookup function. Let's not give away the solution straight away and let's let students experiment). (Hints: these could be all hidden and accessed through individual drop-down lists, so students will have autonomy to try on their own, but if they are stuck, they can just click on a 'Hint' button and get the help they need to move forward. If they are really stuck, they can reveal the solution by clicking on the "Solution" button.). Hint 1: First think about which columns you will need from the original data set. Then , you want to create a separate table for yourself where you can retieve the data. Name the columns of your new table accordingly. (This could, of course, be phrased with more suitable terminology, this is just an example). Solution 1: you will need the columns Startup Name and Amount in USD. In cell K2,L2,M2, type VLOOKUP, Startup Name, Amount in USD respectively. Hint 2: Then think about whether you need to narrow down the data in your columns. Solution 2: you only need the 7 startups mentioned above, so copy and past them to your new table. Select and copy cells from C9 to C15 and paste in cell L3. And so forth. This way you train students to be problem-solvers and to think like data analysts. And this is ultimately the goal of the course. Hope this helps!

I strongly advise anyone using Coursera to ALWAYS double-check your peer-reviewed finals. Both peer-reviewed finals I have completed, on the first round of "peer-review" have been incorrectly graded. The only reason I know this is because I double-checked my grades and peer reviews. BOTH TIMES, the initial "peer-reviewer" has incorrectly graded my final, and the only recourse I could take is to re-submit my final, not knowing if the next :peer-reviewer" would actually grade correctly, according to the rubric. Just saying, double check your final grades, and fight for the grade you know you deserve.

very boring but practical

I wish the class was more interactive ....the pivot tables are new to me.

I rather have hands on practice when we are going through the chapters...less multiple choices.

I want motor-memory on my mouse and keyboard immediatley when learning something...

Tell me how to ride a bike on a visual....then the last chapter...here is your bike...hope you read the instructions good.....just idea for hands on learners...who are less words....

hello,

I am very mad with registering accounts ibm.

I paid 40$ each month. The course lasts 11 months, and I have only 1 month trial permission.

Do not mention promotion codes. I interupted when I used it.

Bad experiences.

The people controlling the final project are incompetent. They misjudged even the simplest parts. Unbelievable!

The course met my expectations, it gave me a glance at very important aspects and techniques of excel that even though I thought I knew, I didnt. I look forward to the future courses. I expect to feel like an expert by the time I finish the course. The theory explained and the practice tests are very advanced and right to the point.

Great course! The only drawback is the peer graded assignment. My assignment was graded blindly by someone that I reckon didn't even open my files. That kind of behaviour is pretty disheartening for someone who was really put all of their effort honestly.

Fantastic course! So good to refresh some of my knowledge as well as learning new skills for cleaning, preparing and analysing data.