Spring 2013Zuniga

Utilizing Excel to Engage Students

Utilizing Excel to Engage Students

• Why Excel

• Guided Practice Worksheets

• How to create

Why Excel

• Familiarity

• Accessibility

• Versatility

Guided Practice Worksheets

How to Create

• Your expertise in the subject mater• Only 5 excel commands utilized in these

worksheets.– IF( “condition”, “true return”, “false return” )

– RAND() or RANDBETWEEN( “value1”, “value2” )

– INT(“value”) or ROUND( “value1”, # of places)

– VLOOKUP( “condition”, “range”, “return column” )

– CONCATENATE( “value1”, “value2”)

How to Create

• Clean up the work sheet (View)– >View—>Show

• Conditional Formatting– >Format—>Conditional Formatting…

• Protecting the worksheet– >Format Cells—>Protection– >File—>Info—>Protect Workbook