This course is part of the Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving Specialization

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Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving SpecializationUniversity of Colorado Boulder

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In this course, learners will complete several VBA projects.  It is highly recommended that learners first take "Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving, Part 1" and "Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving, Part 2".  This course builds off of skills learned in those two courses.  This is a project-based course.  Therefore, the projects are quite open-ended and there are multiple ways to solve the problems.  Through the use of Peer Review, other learners will grade learners' projects based on a grading rubric.

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Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving Specialization

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Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish

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Course 3 of 3 in the

Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving Specialization

Advanced Level

Approx. 16 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish

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Charlie Nuttelman

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University of Colorado Boulder

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Getting Started

This first module introduces the course and provides some background material. Paid learners have access to the course files, which are unlocked when you complete the "Unlock Quiz".

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 7 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz

Week

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Easy Projects: Lesson Choices

4 hours to complete

13 videos (Total 87 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

13 videos

Introduction to the currency converter project4m

How to run a data query8m

Initializing the combo boxes and today's date8m

Importing data from the currency website using proper date format10m

Plotting the last 30 days10m

Introduction to the Geography Toolbox project3m

All about the "Geography Toolbox - STARTER.xlsm" file6m

How to populate the first set of combo boxes7m

How to populate the second set of combo boxes8m

How to utilize the combo box selections6m

How to calculate the distance between two points knowing latitude and longitude5m

Expectations for input validation and error handling1m

How to unhide and hide sheets3m

2 readings

Currency Converter - Problem Statement10m

Geography Toolbox - Problem Statement10m

Week

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Intermediate Projects: Lesson Choices

4 hours to complete

19 videos (Total 127 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

19 videos

Introduction to the Ultimate Organizer project7m

A demonstration of the Ultimate Organizer7m

How to add a category7m

How to add a new record, Part 18m

How to add a new record, Part 23m

How to reveal hidden labels and text boxes9m

How to add an icon to the Quick Access Toolbar to run your user form3m

Introduction to the Regression Toolbox project4m

Introduction to the "Regression Toolbox - STARTER.xlsm" file1m

All about simple linear regression8m

All about general linear regression11m

(OPTIONAL): All about multilinear regression9m

Matrix approach to regression, Part 16m

Matrix approach to regression, Part 27m

A more complex example of the matrix approach to regression6m

Using Excel’s matrix functions in VBA code5m

What is adjusted R-squared?6m

Calculating adjusted R-squared4m

Plotting experimental data and model predictions in VBA4m

2 readings

Ultimate Organizer - Problem Statement10m

Regression Toolbox - Problem Statement10m

Week

Week 4

3 hours to complete

Monte Carlo Simulation

All learners are required to complete the Monte Carlo simulation, which is intermediate in difficulty.

3 hours to complete

10 videos (Total 79 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

10 videos

Introduction to Monte Carlo simulation9m

Monte Carlo cookie example9m

How to output a random variable that follows a certain distribution3m

The uniform distribution5m

The discrete distribution6m

The normal distribution5m

The triangular distribution7m

The Beta-PERT distribution9m

How to apply a VBA user form to a Monte Carlo simulation13m

An overview of the profitability analysis spreadsheet8m

1 reading

Monte Carlo Simulation Problem Statement10m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM EXCEL/VBA FOR CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING, PART 3 (PROJECTS)

by MGJul 12, 2020

The course has a good level, you learn a lot but it takes commitment to continue advancing. One of the best courses I have taken, the teacher is very didactic.

by VVOct 14, 2018

The course was really good. It helped me gain knowledge about the various aspects of excel which had been untouched by me. It has helped me in my professional endeavours too.

Thank You

by MDJan 27, 2020

Projects are focused mainly on userforms, which was not exactly what I'd be primarily interested in. However, still good final for good series.

by KOApr 13, 2021

Great course! Well designed assignments to test knowledge. Great lecturer with clear communication.

Definitely picked up some VBA skills from this course.

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About the Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving Specialization

This Specialization is for learners wishing to dramatically change the way that they use Excel spreadsheets by unleashing the power to automate and optimize spreadsheets using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). The first two courses will teach learners the basics of VBA through the use of dozens of educational screencasts and a series of quizzes and in-application programming assignments. Finally, in Part 3 of the course, learners will complete 3 "real world" and somewhat open ended projects, which are graded through peer review.

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Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving, Part 3 (Projects)

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