Intermediate & Advanced Excel Is Fun! BTECH 109 & Busn 214
Spring 2009
Buying Requirements: 
Custom BTECH 109 book at College Bookstore Only
$43 at college bookstore
Succeeding in Business with MS Excel 2007, ISBN 978-1-4239-0605-6, Authors: Gross, Akaiwa, Nordquist
$73.91 at Amazon
Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Excel 2007, ISBN , Author: Bill Jelen
$26.39 at Amazon
USB drive
Reasonableness Requirements:
When you send an e-mail, put BUSN 214 in Subject line, have a salutation and closing and spell and grammar check it
Do your homework and practice a lot because this class will be great fun, hard, and will help you get a job
Remember to take the Blackboard Quizzes. They are in the Class Content section of Blackboard
Make sure that Blackboard has your current e-mail address
The schedule will list the dates when your Test will be e-mailed to you. All test are take-home.
After you are done with the test, upload it to Blackboard in the Class Content section
Student Outcomes
Have Fun with Excel while greatly improving employment possibilities
Understand that Excel does two things: Calculations and Data Analysis
Understand and apply formatting as façade
Understand and apply formula creation for calculations and data anaylsis, and be able to create formulas for number
calculations, text creation and logical analysis
Understand and apply forumla elemets such as; equal sign, ampersand, built-in functions, arithmetic operators, comparative operators
Understand the basics of array formulas
Understand and apply efficient spreadhseet construction, including proper data analysis setup, formula setup, and formula input setup
Understand and apply keyboard shortcuts to facilitate quick spreadsheet creation
Understand Excel data analysis tools such as: Pivot Tables, Sorting, Filtering, Subtotals, and formulas for data analysis
Solve business problems by applying Excel knowhow in creative ways
Schedule
Date Class Fun and Vblog Video   Pages from Excel Is Fun book Do HW Test Take Home Blackboard Quiz - take at Blackboard
Week1 Mon,3/30/09 Basics Reviewed Highline Excel Class 01: Back To Basic          
Tue,3/31/09 Basics Reviewed Highline Excel Class 02: Formulas   pages 1 - 41 Do any homework on pages 1 - 41    
Wed,4/1/09 Basics Reviewed Highline Excel Class 03: Names, Cell References, Assumption   pages 42 - 71 Do any homework on pages 42 - 71    
Thu,4/2/09 Basics Reviewed Highline Excel Class 04: Style & Number Format & ROUND   pages 72 - 104 Do any homework on pages 72 - 104    
Fri,4/3/09 Basics Reviewed Highline Excel Class 05: Charts, Page Setup, Data Analysis   Pages 104 - 143 Do any homework on Pages 104 - 143    
Date Class Fun and Vblog Video Chapter for Custom BETECH book Reading pages for Custom BETECH book Do HW Test Take Home Blackboard Quiz - take at Blackboard
Week2 Mon,4/6/09 Worksheet & Workbook References, SUMIF, VLOOKUP Highline Excel Class 06: Worksheet & Workbook References
Highline Excel Class 07: VLOOKUP function formula 7 Examples
Highline Excel Class 08: 3-D Cell References Add Across Sheets
  p 5 - 20 Skills Exam on page 57-58    
Tue,4/7/09 Working with Dates, Text formulas, Concatenate, IS functions Highline Excel Class 09: SUMIF Function Formula 3 Examples
Highline Excel Class 10: VLOOKUP SUMIF & Percentage Increase
         
Wed,4/8/09   Highline Excel Class 11: Logical formulas, IS & IF functions   p 61 - 108 Skills Exam on page 111    
Thu,4/9/09   Highline Excel Class 12: DATE functions & Formulas          
Fri,4/10/09   Highline Excel Class 13: Text functions & AMPERSAND       Test1 points = 60  
Week3 Mon,4/13/09 Pivot Tables, Sort, Filter, Subtotal, List Box Highline Excel Class 14: How To Setup Data in Excel
Highline Excel Class 15: Excel 2007 Tables 7 Examples
  P 113 - 159 Skills Exam on page 164-165    
Tue,4/14/09   Highline Excel Class 16: Sort, Sorting 10 Examples
Highline Excel Class 17: Filter, Filtering 8 Examples
Highline Excel Class 18: Subtotals
         
Wed,4/15/09   Highline Excel Class 19: Advanced Filter Extract Data 9 Examples          
Thu,4/16/09   Highline Excel Class 20: Pivot Tables 20 Examples          
Fri,4/17/09           Test2 points = 60  
Week4 Mon,4/20/09 Conditional Formatting Highline Excel Class 21: Conditional Formatting 12 Examples          
Tue,4/21/09 Data Tables, Goal Seek, Scenario Manager Highline Excel Class 22: Scenarios & Scenarios Report
YTLE#103: Excel Goal Seek 
  P 167 - 193 Assignment on
page 220
   
Wed,4/22/09 Importing Data: Delimited, Fixed Width, Access, Web, Text Highline Excel Class 23: Import Different Types of Data   P 227 - 266 Skills Exam on page 270    
Thu,4/23/09              
Fri,4/24/09           Test3 points = 60  
Date Class Fun and Vblog Video Chapter for Succeeding in Business with MS Excel 2007 Reading pages for Succeeding in Business with MS Excel 2007 Do HW Test Take Home Blackboard Quiz - take at Blackboard
Week5 Mon,4/27/09 Order of Precedents, Average Function, Text and numbers, SUM function and the plus sign, 0 in cell, Copy, Paste Special, Operations Add; will convert "numbers as text" to numbers Highline Excel Class 24: Order Of Precedents
Highline Excel Class 25: Fix Problems & Errors In Spreadsheets
Chapter 01 Pages 2-53 Labor Cost HW P 52-53, Labor Comparison HW P 62-64.    
Tue,4/28/09 Error Messages, Building Spreadsheets, Fix Other peoples Spreadsheets Highline Excel Class 26: Fixing Other Peoples Spreadsheets Chapter 01 Pages 54-87 Textured Budget HW P 77-79, Computer Purchase HW P 82-83, Position Analysis HW P 84-85.    
Wed,4/29/09 Custom Number Formatting (CNF), CNF and TEXT function, CNF and Assumption Tables (place to store formula inputs and labels for formula inputs) Highline Excel Class 27: Custom Number Format & TEXT function Chapter 01   Auto Sales HW P 85-87    
Thu,4/30/09              
Fri,5/1/09 Statistics: AVEARGE, MEDIAN, MODE, STDEV, SKEW, COUNTIF, SUMIF functions   Chapter 02 Pages 88-131 QC Binding Data Analysis HW P 111-112, Crème Current Sales Analysis P153-155, QC Binding Data Analysis 2 HW P 130-131, La Rosa Demographic Analysis P155-156    
Week6 Mon,5/4/09 Statistics: AVEARGE, MEDIAN, MODE, STDEV, SKEW, COUNTIF, SUMIF, RANK, LARGE, SMALL, Charts Highline Excel Class 28: More Excel Basics Review
Highline Excel Class 29: Basic Statistics: Numerical Measures
Chapter 02 Pages 131-153 QC Binding Data Analysis 3 HW P 1149-151    
Tue,5/5/09 More stats Highline Excel Class 30: SUMIF, RANK & Bonuses
Highline Excel Class 31: Histogram & LARGE SMALL functions
         
Wed,5/6/09 Charts Highline Excel Class 32: More Charts & SUMIFS & AVERAGEIFS          
Thu,5/7/09              
Fri,5/8/09           Test4 points = 40 Quiz1 points = 20
Week7 Mon,5/11/09 AR and IF, AND, OR, NOT, and logic Highline Excel Class 33: IF AND OR Customer Credit Analysis
Highline Excel Class 34: IF function Formula Payroll Formula
Chapter 04 Pages 214-242 PO527 Credit Analysis HW P242-243    
Tue,5/12/09 AR and IF, AND, OR, NOT, and logic Highline Excel Class 35: IF Function Vs. VLOOKUP Function
Chapter 04   WWC Hiring Analysis HW P276-278    
Wed,5/13/09 Array Formulas Highline Excel Class 36: Array Formulas Basics
Highline Excel Class 37: SUMPRODUCT function 
Chapter 04 Pages 243-257 Unpaid Invoice Penalties P257-259, Painting Job Estimator P 278-280    
Thu,5/14/09   Highline Excel Class 38: Array Functions TRANSPOSE FREQUENCY Chapter 04   .    
Fri,5/15/09     Chapter 05   All HW for Level 1    
Date Class Fun and Vblog Video Chapter for Succeeding in Business with MS Excel 2007 Reading pages for Succeeding in Business with MS Excel 2007 Do HW Test Take Home Blackboard Quiz - take at Blackboard
Week8 Mon,5/18/09 Lookup In Excel Look Series Videos 1 - 15 Chapter 05   All HW for Level 2    
Tue,5/19/09 Lookup In Excel Look Series Videos 1 - 15 Chapter 05        
Wed,5/20/09 Lookup In Excel Look Series Videos 1 - 15 Chapter 05        
Thu,5/21/09   Look Series Videos 1 - 15          
Fri,5/22/09   Finance Series Videos All except 7, 9, 10, 11 Chapter 06   All HW for Level 1 Test5 points = 40 Quiz2 points = 20
Week9 Mon,5/25/09 Finance Finance Series Videos All except 7, 9, 10, 11 Chapter 06   All HW for Level 2    
Tue,5/26/09 Finance Finance Series Videos All except 7, 9, 10, 11          
Wed,5/27/09 Finance Finance Series Videos All except 7, 9, 10, 11          
Thu,5/28/09   Finance Series Videos All except 7, 9, 10, 11          
Fri,5/29/09   Finance Series Videos All except 7, 9, 10, 11       Test6 points = 40 Quiz3 points = 20
Week10 Mon,6/1/09 Array Formulas            
Tue,6/2/09 Array Formulas            
Wed,6/3/09 Macros            
Thu,6/4/09 Macros            
Fri,6/5/09              
Week11 Mon,6/8/09           Test7 points = 40 Quiz4 points = 20
Tue,6/9/09 Total Points possible 340 80
Wed, Jun 10
Mon, Jun 15
Tue, Jun 16
Wed, Jun 17
Tue, Jun 10
Percent Grade Grade Percent Grade Grade
94.048% 4 74.048% 1.9
93.095% 3.9 73.095% 1.8
92.143% 3.8 72.143% 1.7
91.190% 3.7 71.190% 1.6
90.238% 3.6 70.238% 1.5
89.286% 3.5 69.286% 1.4
88.333% 3.4 68.333% 1.3
87.381% 3.3 67.381% 1.2
86.429% 3.2 66.429% 1.1
85.476% 3.1 65.476% 1
84.524% 3 64.524% 0.9
83.571% 2.9 63.571% 0.8
82.619% 2.8 62.619% 0.7
81.667% 2.7 61.667% 0.6
80.714% 2.6 60.714% 0
79.762% 2.5
78.810% 2.4
77.857% 2.3
76.905% 2.2
75.952% 2.1
75.000% 2