tips for farmer school of business students

1. Excel 101: Tips for Farmer
School of Business Incoming
Freshman Accounting Majors on
PEMDAS in Excel
By Emma Woodman
I would change the design to be geared more
towards the target learners, Farmer School of
Business which is a more mature learner.

2. Slide share original link:
• http://express.smarttech.com/?url=
http://exchangedownloads.smartte
ch.com/public/content/a6/a66eaed
4-b6d6-4efe-85a3-
0267c7b3c3fb/Using%20Formulas%
20in%20Excel.notebook#

3. The Objectives
Construct a
simple formula
using one or more
operators
01
Explain the
importance of the
order of
evaluation
02
Evaluate the
benefit of building
formulas using
cell references
03
Describe how to
use the automatic
summing function
04
Again- I like the style slide and how the
objectives are presented
I would also like to add
pictures of real examples of
an excel spreadsheet so they
have an idea of what they are
getting ready to learn

4. EDP Slide share concepts:
• Target Audience- Incoming Farmer School of Business students who have never used excel before
• I am going to research various website seaerch, youtube videoes, and Smartboard lessons
• This will support universal design because it will provide the
• What
• How
• Why
and I will leave comments throughout the presentation showing how I am accomplishing this

5. Personally I learn
better by watching
videos because it
allows me to listen to
someone who knows
what they are doing
and if I follow what
they say to do, there
is a better chance of
learning
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJbf-2XXsuY
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVEYU5iOuv0

6. Basics to entering a formula in the excel
spreadsheet
Click on any cell where
you want your formula
to appear in
Begin with a symbol to
begin typing your
formula, in excel this
symbol is an equal sign
Simple formulas Complex Formulas
Use basic arithmetic
operations
Example:
=5+5
Use multiple operations
and many numbers
Example:
=(56-50)/50

7. Here is an introduction to the key
concepts needed to know in
excel:
https://business.tutsplus.com/tut
orials/how-to-use-Excel-math-
formulas--cms-27554

8. IF ITS COMPLEX USE PEMDAS
• USE MUST FOLLOW THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdgcItiemoY
Using the song in this website, I would
teach this song to the students to help
them remember because using songs to
teach is another form of universal design

9. Example of how to find an average
• Which formula is correct? Circle the correct answer
= 29+34+27/3 =(29+34+27)/3

10. Are you ready to be a Farmer School Basic
Excel genius

11. Have you learned your Objectives?
Construct a
simple formula
using one or more
operators
01
Explain the
importance of the
order of
evaluation
02
Evaluate the
benefit of building
formulas using
cell references
03
Describe how to
use the automatic
summing function
04