Description
Strong office skills come down to one thing. Being able to work clearly, efficiently, and with confidence across the tools you use every day.
The Certificate in Computer Skills for the Office brings together two focused bundles, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, into one complete learning path. This is not about learning software for the sake of it. It is about building skills that show up immediately in day to day work.
On the Excel side, learners move from the basics into advanced functions and time saving techniques that improve accuracy and decision making. On the Word and PowerPoint side, the focus shifts to communication, creating documents that are clean and professional, and presentations that are structured, visual, and easy to follow.
Together, these courses cover the full range of what most roles require. Managing data, building reports, writing clearly, and presenting ideas in a way that makes sense to others.
This certificate also brings the benefit of bundled savings. Instead of enrolling in each course separately, organizations can invest in a complete set of skills at a lower cost while giving employees a clear path to follow.
The result is simple. Employees who are more capable, more confident, and better prepared for the work in front of them.
Credits
6 PMI PDUs
- 0 Business Acumen PDUs
- 1.75 Power Skills PDUs
- 4.25 Ways of Working PDUs
Certificate includes the following courses:
Excel Basics (3 Hours)
As big data continues to change the way businesses operate and drive strategy, the ability to efficiently and effectively organize and analyze data is crucial. Managers need to be able to utilize tools to identify trends and help make better business decisions. Microsoft’s Excel is a powerful spreadsheet software to organize and manage data related to business operations. This course focuses on mastering the fundamental tasks performed in Excel, including data entry, basic formula calculations, and formatting and style operations. During the course, you will learn how to build a spreadsheet from scratch and gain a greater understanding of the most popular Excel commands and functions.
Excel Advanced Skills (3 Hours)
This course is designed for the learner who already has a solid understanding of Excel’s basic tools and functions. The course teaches learners some of the more advanced skills and features available in Excel, which may be useful in data analysis. These skills include style templates, conditional formatting, data validation, data manipulation, and pivot tables.
Excel Tips & Tricks (3 Hours)
This course features 25 of the most popular Excel tip and tricks for both novice and advanced Excel users. In this course, you will learn time-saving techniques to boost efficiency, increase productivity and workflow, and improve and advance your skills. Topics include data entry, data organization, data cleaning, elements of style, data sorting, data filtering, and spreadsheet display tips. This course also covers three of the most popular lookup and reference functions: VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, and Find + Replace. To follow along with the content and activities in this course, you will need access to Microsoft Excel. This course features Excel 2019, which may differ from other versions of Excel.
Microsoft Word Basics (3 Hours)
This is an introductory-level course designed to both build a foundation of essential skills in Microsoft Word and to gain a greater understanding of its interface and design elements. The course focuses on mastering the fundamental tasks performed in Word, including writing, proofing, finalizing, and printing a document.
PowerPoint for Business (3 Hours)
As technology continues to change the way that we engage in business communications, the art of presenting has also undergone a shift. No longer can presenters rely solely on their spoken words to deliver their messages. Now, audiences expect to see multimedia slideshows that both inform and entertain. This course will consider how to plan and design effective slideshow presentations using Microsoft’s PowerPoint software. It includes practical tips and examples for mapping the presentation, incorporating research, using templates, selecting visual elements, and delivering the presentation.
Visual PowerPoint (3 Hours)
In today’s professional landscape, PowerPoint presentations can be effective platforms for sharing information and garnering audience interest and support. At the same time, a poorly designed PowerPoint slideshow can quickly turn an audience away. By focusing on how to apply basic design principles to slideshow creation, this course will help learners use Microsoft’s PowerPoint 365 software to build visually engaging slideshow presentations. Learners will consider how to select images and photographs for use in slides, the importance of arrangement and placement of images, the use of tools like Shapes and SmartArt, methods for presenting data, and the selection of colors and fonts that increase the readability of content.