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Google Workspace BTCS*0125*600
with Michael Stephens
Interested in using Google Workspace for personal or business tasks with little prior experience? This 7-hour in-person course covers the essentials of Google Workspace, highlighting differences between Free and Paid versions. You'll participate in hands-on computer lab sessions with the Free Edition's core apps Gmail, Chat, Meet, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Keep, and Sites. By course end, you'll be able to use Google Workspace for file creation, data organization, communication, and collaboration. Books are included. A Gmail account is required for practice activities.
Excel AI Assist BTCS*0107*600
with Michael Stephens
Already fairly Excel savvy? It's time for the next era: leveraging AI tools to help you build, repair and upgrade your spreadsheets. In this 4-hour in-person class in our hands-on computer lab, learn how to use Copilot, ChatGPT and Gemini to both assist and teach you how to make your Excel and Google Sheets more powerful and productive. Learn to correctly prompt AI to build accurate and more complex formulas, tables, graphs and conditional formatting. Also, learn to oversee and audit the work your AI assistant performs, because it's not perfect...yet. Excel levels 1 through 3, PivotTables and PowerPivot courses are strongly recommended, but not required. The more you know about Excel, the better you can ensure AI tools work for, not against your worksheets.
MS Excel Level 2 BTCS*0102*601
with Michael Stephens
Feel comfortable with Excel basics but want to advance to an intermediate level? In this 7-hour in-person class in our hands-on computer lab, you'll learn advanced tools for analysis, organization and presentation of more complex data. Practice using more elaborate functions, creating ranges and tables, data validation, conditional formatting and advanced charts. A highlight is learning to wield the popular and powerful feature of PivotTables, a highly effective tool for dynamic data summarization. Coursebooks, practice files used during class and dozens of additional test worksheets with solutions are also provided for further practice, or even as templates in your future builds. Excel 1 is strongly recommended but not required.
Canva for Business: Create Branded Marketing Materials BTBE*0202*600
with Maddie Newman
Learn how to use Canva, a free and easy design tool, to create eye-catching marketing materials for your business. From social media graphics to flyers and business cards, this hands-on class will show you how to design professional-looking content-even if you're not a graphic designer.
Introduction to Power BI BTCS*0106*600
with Michael Stephens
Fairly handy with Excel, and ready to enhance your data analysis skills? This 7-hour in-person class, held in our hands-on computer lab, introduces Microsoft Power BI. It leverages familiarity with Excel while introducing advanced tools for data connection and visualization. Power BI offers functionalities exceeding those available in traditional spreadsheets, allowing for the creation of interactive reports and dashboards. Its visualization and reporting features support comprehensive exploration, analysis, and communication of business insights. Learn about connecting to various data sources, analyzing, cleaning, transforming, loading, visualizing, and reporting data using Power BI. Leave equipped to build your own real-time PBI dashboards. Books provided. While not required, completing Excel Levels 1-3, PivotTables, and Power Pivot are recommended to get the most out of this course.
Canva for Business: Create Branded Marketing Materials BTBE*0202*601
with Maddie Newman
Learn how to use Canva, a free and easy design tool, to create eye-catching marketing materials for your business. From social media graphics to flyers and business cards, this hands-on class will show you how to design professional-looking content-even if you're not a graphic designer.
MS Excel Level 1 BTCS*0101*602
with Michael Stephens
Rusty or new to Microsoft Excel? In this 7-hour in-person class in our hands-on computer lab, learn to create and format worksheets that contain calculations with formulas and functions, including the importance of using proper reference types. Moving and copying data correctly, manipulating data, chart creation, and various other tips and tricks are also covered. Coursebooks, practice files used during class and dozens of additional test worksheets with solutions are also provided for further practice, or even as templates in your future builds. Gain the confidence to build, repair and upgrade spreadsheets. Participants leave this course with a new or increased love of Excel, a powerful and legendary data tool.
QuickBooks Online Version BTCS*0140*600
with Bridgette White
This class covers essential skills related to the latest version of Intuit's popular online bookkeeping program. Topics covered include customizing company-level settings, setting up customers, dealing with bank deposits, bank feeds, and reconciliation processes for bank and credit card accounts.