Microsoft Excel 2010 makes it possible to analyze, manage, and share information in more ways than ever before, helping you make better, smarter decisions. New analysis and visualization tools help you track and highlight important data trends. Easily access your important data on the go from almost any Web browser or smartphone. You can even upload your files to the Web and work simultaneously with others online. Whether you’re producing financial reports or managing personal expenses, Excel 2010 gives you more efficiency and flexibility to accomplish your goals.

Academy³ uses the official Microsoft IT Academy eLearning resources to deliver high-quality training in Microsoft Excel 2010. The full training bundle includes:

• What’s New in Microsoft Excel 2010
• Beginner Skills in Microsoft Excel 2010
• Intermediate Skills in Microsoft Excel 2010
• Advanced Skills in Microsoft Excel 2010

All online resources are fully supported by on-demand assistance from a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) in Microsoft Excel 2010. Students who successfully complete the full package would be suitably prepared to undertake the Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel 2010 exam.

Core training for Microsoft Excel 2007 is also still available.

Microsoft Office Specialist

You can earn a Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification on Microsoft Office programs and Windows operating systems. This certification features Web-based pretests, program-specific certification exams, and a series of Microsoft Press step-by-step books that help you demonstrate expertise in accomplishing essential job tasks across multiple programs. After earning an MOS certification, you receive access to a member Web site where you can print transcripts to demonstrate proof of certification and receive a certificate that verifies your successful completion of the exam. Additionally, professionals who earn this certification gain access to a certification logo that they can display on their resumes and other business materials.

Earning a Microsoft Office Specialist certification can help you differentiate yourself in today’s competitive job market, broaden your employment opportunities by displaying your advanced skills, and result in higher earning potential. Microsoft Office Specialist certification can also lead to increased job satisfaction. Research indicates that certified individuals have increased competence, productivity, and credibility with their employers, co-workers, and clients.

The Core-level Microsoft Office Excel 2010 User should be able to navigate Microsoft Office Excel 2010 software at the feature and functionality level. They should be familiar with and know how to use at least 80% of the features and capabilities of Microsoft Office Excel 2010. The core-level user should be able to use Microsoft Office Excel 2010 to create and edit professional-looking spreadsheets for a variety of purposes and situations. Users would include people from a wide variety of job roles from almost all areas of professional, student, and personal life. Some of the roles users might take on include, but are not limited to:

• •       Accountants
  •       Clerical, Office professionals
  •       Consultants
  •       Executives/Managers
  •       Help desk personnel
  •       Instructors/Trainers
  •       Program/Project Managers
  •       Sales
  •       Students
  •       Other members of the general population

Tasks that might be undertaken or work products created by members of the Microsoft Excel 2010 Core-level User Target Audience might include, but would not be limited to:

• •       Charting
  •       Create analytical, financial, etc. reports
  •       Data entry
  •       Family budget
  •       Format numerical (financial, statistical, etc.) reports
  •       Forms
  •       Graphing
  •       Process data
  •       Reporting
  •       Technical support
  •       Trending

For employers, the certification provides skill-verification tools that not only help assess a person’s skills in using Microsoft Office programs but also the ability to quickly complete on-the-job tasks across multiple programs in the Microsoft Office system.

Cost

The fee for the official Microsoft Excel 2010 eLearning program with unlimited, on-demand MOS Master MCT support is $395 per unit, or $995 for the full course.

Every three units of a Certificate or Diploma course that a student enrols in will activate one Microsoft IT Academy eLearning package of their choice (such as the Microsoft Excel 2010 package described here).

Group and corporate discounts may apply – please contact us for further information.

Note: Students will need to access to their own copy of Microsoft Excel 2010 to complete this course.