Minnetonka Community Education

When your child has a smartphone there are key things you should know in order to keep them safe and secure. Understand recommended safety settings on popular social media apps, parental apps for your child’s smartphone and more! Join us online! This class will be held using the online platform, Zoom. MCE will provide you with a link to access the class at least 24 hours prior to class start. Please note that each class recording will be sent to all registered students so that they do not have to attend at the exact designated time. Follow-up support is also included from the instructor and students are encouraged to reach out with questions at any time before or after the class has concluded.

Gain a solid understanding of the basics of Excel, a powerful spreadsheet application, which will allow you to save time and increase your productivity. You will learn how to navigate around in Excel; use the Ribbon to issue commands, insert, delete, rearrange and rename worksheets. You’ll also learn to enter data, delete and replace cell entries, work with number and text formatting, cut/copy/paste/move entries, format worksheets, apply borders and fills to cells and create charts. By the end of class you will also be able to print, save and close your workbook for easy retrieval.

Expand your Excel skills to work with formulas and functions, modify and copy formulas and create formulas with the IF function. This hands-on course will help improve your work productivity. You will also learn how to manipulate worksheets, format/hide columns and rows and create/size/move charts. Prerequisite: Excel: Level 1 or basic knowledge of Excel.

Explore the capabilities of this free, web-based, word processing and spreadsheet tool. The benefits of Google Drive include the ability to share and edit in real time with others.

Begin building impressive presentations. Learn how to navigate through PowerPoint, add slides, create bulleted lists, copy text, print and rearrange slides. Add photos, charts and SmartArt, customize slide backgrounds, animate your text and add slide transitions, video and sound.

Learn to set up a company, add customer data, vendor information and banking accounts. Create custom invoices, enter and pay bills, set-up and use owner’s draw and capital investment accounts, create a budget and profit and loss reports. The course does not include instruction for the online version of QuickBooks.

Discover how to use the basic functions of Word to increase productivity. Topics covered include the menu bar, margins and orientation, cut, copy, move and paste text, create envelopes, print and more.