Excel for Improvers (CAR25T013)

Digital Skills

This offering is not yet available for enrolment, please return within three months of the start date to enrol. Contact your local centre using the details below for more information.

Mode of attendance: Online

Start date: Wednesday, 12 November 2025

End date: Wednesday, 3 December 2025

Number of weeks: 4

Time: 18:00 - 20:00

Tutor: Nigel Cannar

Venue: Online Delivery

Free Course

About the course:

This course is ideal for you if you already have some experience with Excel and want to know more. For example, how to design your spreadsheet, functions and formulas such as IF statement, LOOKUP functions, linking worksheets, more advanced sorts & filters and conditional formatting, giving your worksheets more impact.

How will the course be delivered?

Online via zoom, You will work directly with your tutor as part of a small group. The sessions will include discussion and sharing ideas, you will have short tasks to complete and will receive materials to keep and to stimulate your own further learning in the future.
*Your class is delivered online using Zoom which means you can learn from the comfort of your own home. Your Tutor will send an invitation to join the class each week. This will be by email on a secure link. The class is delivered in real time. To get the most from your online lessons, we ask you to follow these ten guidelines: (1) If you are not working from home, use a location where it is safe to connect. (2) It is better to join your class using a laptop or a tablet. We may be able to help by loaning a laptop if you do not have one. Ask your centre for details. Mobile phone screens are not big enough to read shared documents and it is harder to move between the activities, so we do not recommend using one for a class. (3) Find a suitable quiet space, have access to a desk or table, have resources such as paper and pen to hand to support your learning. (4) Be prompt – we aim to start and finish on time. (5) Please be aware of what your tutor and peers can see. Ideally blur your background or use one of the standard, freely available, backgrounds on Zoom. If you require support with this, please don’t hesitate to speak to your Tutor. (6) Please dress appropriately and do not share inappropriate websites or materials. (7) Turn your camera on at all times. This is a safeguarding requirement and being able to see each other’s faces and reactions will help you to get to know each other and work as a group. It will also help your tutor see if anyone doesn’t understand. (8) Please try to minimise any background noise. Mute your microphone if it is noisy at your end of the connection and avoid interrupting other people. (9) Engage with the learning activities and your tutor and peers. You will enjoy the class more and increase your learning if you are fully involved and open to the challenge. If you do not understand something, please let your tutor know either by saying something or by private message on Zoom. (10) If you are completing a qualification that is assessed through a multiple-choice final assessment, please be aware that the assessment must be completed at one of our Cumbria Adult Learning Centres.

What do I need to bring?

You will need access to a PC or laptop with webcam, mouse and a stable internet connection. You may want to use headphones with a microphone. Ideally you will have Microsoft Excel but you can also use other spreadsheet software. You might find a pen and notebook handy to take notes.

What are the entry requirements?

Learners should be able to use a PC, be familiar with the use of a mouse & keyboard and should already be able to use Excel at a basic level in order to create simple documents. Ideally completed Beginners Excel course.

What can I do next?

On successful completion of this course you can progress onto the Advanced Excel, or the Nationally Accredited Qualification such as the new Essential Digital Skills Qualification or many of our other Digital Skills courses and workshops.

How well am I doing?

Your Tutor will provide you with regular feedback verbally in lessons and recorded in your Individual Progress Record (IPR) from reviews.

Enquiries

Centre: Carlisle Adult Learning
Contact number: 01228 227304 |01228 227305
Email address: carlisleadultlearning@cumberland.gov.uk