Become an expert in Microsoft Excel for free in just a few hours.
Dominating Microsoft Excel is one of the most valuable skills for any professional, yet the system has failed to provide us with this crucial knowledge in high school. Whether it is for organizing your personal budget or processing data for a course assignment, everyone really needs Excel to save precious time and perform tasks more efficiently. UBC Forestry & Environmental Stewardship’s Dr. Andrés Varhola was assigned to teach Excel in an undergraduate course many years ago and could not find a standalone book for students to follow in a hands-on approach. Existing resources were either too long with hundreds of Excel tricks or two shallow and simple. He had to create his own pedagogically-sound Excel textbook from scratch and titled it Excelling in Life, which emphasizes that Excel’s utility goes way beyond academic needs and has the potential to transform people’s very existence. The book has now been launched as a free resource for all UBC students, staff and faculty. It has 8 concrete hands-on chapters that will transform you into an Excel expert in just a few hours of work. You can self-enroll to this Canvas course and access all its contents now using your Campus-Wide Login (CWL).