Description
Whether you use Excel for work, study or home, this online course will start you on your path to becoming an Excel expert. No matter the profession, one will almost always be exposed to working with spreadsheets, graphs, tables, etc. This is where Microsoft Excel comes in. In order to fulfill the needs regarding calculations, formulas, charts, etc., potential students will need to have a very good grasp of Microsoft Excel. This course aims to teach the most pressing skills needed to become an Excel expert.
Subject Matter Expert
Angela Govender is an experienced educator who has worked in several countries abroad and in South Africa. She has a Master’s Degree in English, a Trinity Diploma in Teaching English from the UK and an Honours in Applied Language Studies (cum laude). Angela is the director of Education Matters – a business that provides English education solutions for institutes and individuals. In her capacity as an education consultant, Angela has lectured specialist subjects at universities and developed several online and face-to-face courses. She has trained adults in how to use Microsoft 365 and has been certified as a Microsoft Educator in South Africa.
Academic Tutor Support
Your dedicated Online Academic Tutor (OAT) will provide you with necessary guidance, offer advice and answer questions on course content, to help you achieve academic success.
Student Success Coordinator
The Student Success Coordinator (SSC) team will assist you with any query that you may have about the environment, systems, and general utilisation throughout your learning journey.
Course and Technical Requirements
BASIC REQUIREMENTS
To successfully access and complete this course, you will be required to have a registered email account, access to a computer/laptop/tablet and stable internet connection. You will be required to be familiar with using a computer as you may need to be able to read and download documents in Adobe PDF Reader, view Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, and read and create documents in Microsoft Word.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Our online short learning programmes may require additional software applications. These additional software applications requirements will be communicated to you in this information pack and/or on the website course page. Damelin Online does not provide any additional software applications required for online short learning programmes. Please note: Google, YouTube and Vimeo may be used in our online course delivery. If any of these services are blocked in your jurisdiction, you may have difficulty in accessing our course content.
How We Engage with Students
Our online short learning programmes are broken into self-paced manageable modules designed to be interactive and engaging:
- The programme is available to be viewed on smart devices and includes mobile, tablets and personal computers.
- Relevant case studies, articles and recommended reading are part of supplementary resources available.
- Apply and evaluate what you have learned in each module with the self-grading quizzes and assignment submissions
- View a range of Introductory course videos by your Subject Matter Expert.
- Scheduled live webinars are included with the Online Academic Tutor.
- Network, collaborate and interact with your fellow participants and Online Academic Tutor via the discussion boards.
Certification
Upon successful completion of this online short learning programme, you will receive the recognition of your knowledge and skills with a Lyceum Certificate of Competence. Your certificate of competence will be issued in your registered name and will be couriered at no additional cost. You will be required to complete a series of assessments that will be facilitated through our virtual learning environment. Your course handbook will be made available to you once you have commenced with your short learning programme.
