Excel exam - results

The exam results today were a bit of a mixed bag. Some students did really well, with one student earning full credit - kudos. A good handful of people fell into the mid-range and a couple of people had some major issues. Please do not panic about this one exam. I am fully aware of the technical problems and I will take them into consideration during my final grading process.

Grade distribution follows:

Late Excel assignments - last notice

Last minute reminder!

Per the previously posted late notice, NO lateExcel homework assignments will be accepted after 8:00am tomorrow: Monday, November 14th. No exceptions.

Your Excel exam is scheduled for this week's class, Tuesday, November 15th.

Missing assignments will be marked zero.

Excel assignment #4

Be sure to read the blog post Using Grader. You will be completing and submitting your homework assignments for Word, Excel, and Access using the Grader module of myItLab.

Excel exams

The Excel practice test is now available on myItLab.

Please remember from the last test that the testing software is very particular and you must follow instructions exactly in order to receive full credit. As an example, if the testing software requests that you select

Excel assignment #3

Be sure to read the blog post Using Grader. You will be completing and submitting your homework assignments for Word, Excel, and Access using the Grader module of myItLab.

Late Excel assignments

No late Excel homework assignments will be accepted after 8:00am on Monday, November 14th. Your Excel exam is scheduled for Tuesday, November 15th.

Missing assignments will be marked zero.

Please remember that there are four Excel assignments, worth 30 points each, together more than a test's worth of points towards your final grade. If you haven't done the earlier labs, now is the time to catch up.

Excel assignment #2

Be sure to read the blog post Using Grader. You will be completing and submitting your homework assignments for Word, Excel, and Access using the Grader module of myItLab.

Excel assignment #1 recap

Quite a few students misread step #5 of this homework assignment. The instruction read

In cell F5, construct a formula that will subtract cell E5 from B5.

The correct formula is

     = B5 - E5

not

     = E5 - B5

Excel tutorial #1 - spreadsheets

In order to work successfully with spreadsheets, one needs to understand how they are organized. This blog post is designed to provide a working knowledge of spreadsheet organization and to introduce basic terminology you will need for mastering Excel. Scroll to the bottom of this post to see a labeled screenshot of an example spreadsheet.

Excel assignment #1

Be sure to read the blog post Using Grader. You will be completing and submitting your homework assignments for Word, Excel, and Access using the Grader module of myItLab.

First Excel class file

I have typed up the first part of the Excel tutorial for today's class instead of having everyone type the whole thing during class time. The file has been uploaded to Google Docs.