Beginner Google Sheets Level 1 Live Online Learning Courses

We currently offer three Beginner Level 1 Live Online Learning sessions for Google Sheets. Each one is 90 minutes long and covers an essential skill that will improve your productivity. You can either take just 1 or all 3 sessions.

Live Online Learning is an interactive webinar, delivered using GoToTraining. Learners log into the software on their own machine and can be anywhere — at their desk or at home. The trainer then guides the learners through the material, encouraging participation and interaction.

Course Overview

New to spreadsheets? Learn the essentials of Google Sheets to manage and present data with clarity and confidence.

 

Why take this course?

  • Build a solid foundation in Google Sheets
  • Learn how to enter and format data
  • Understand basic formulas and functions
  • Discover simple ways to organise and tidy your sheets
  • Perfect for beginners or those new to spreadsheets

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for complete beginners or anyone who needs a refresher on the basics of Google Sheets.

Duration

90 minutes

Classroom size

8 approx.

Location

Online or Classroom

Certificate

1 Certification

Experience

Beginner

What you will learn

  • How to navigate the Google Sheets interface
  • Enter and format data effectively
  • Use basic formulas like SUM and AVERAGE
  • Adjust rows, columns, and cell formatting
  • Share your spreadsheet and collaborate online

Course Timetable

This course will be taught in the latest version of the software. We can train this in older versions if needed – please get in touch for more information and availability.

Session 1: Creating Formulas

If you’re able to create spreadsheet layouts but would like to get into using Google Sheets’ calculating power, this session can help you.

Course requirements: You must be confident in using Windows, the mouse and the internet. You have set up a Gmail account in advance of the course. This course is for anyone who are seeking to use Google Sheets and Google Apps, either instead of MS Office or as well as. You will need to be confident setting up data in a spreadsheet, saving and locating the file.

What you will learn:

  • Using the Sum feature
  • Copying Formulas with Autofill
  • Number Format
  • Using Absolute Cell References to refer to fixed figures in formulas
  • Good Spreadsheet Design

Session 2: Using Sheets as a single table database

If you work with long lists of data and want to feel in control of them and be able to group and filter the data to see trends, or if you’ve ever struggled to print a large Sheets file, this session is for you.

Course requirements: You must be confident in using Windows, the mouse and the internet. You have set up a Gmail account in advance of the course. This course is for anyone who is seeking to use Google Sheets and Google Apps, either instead of MS Office or as well as. You will need to be confident setting up data in a spreadsheet, saving and locating the file.

What you will learn:

  • Freeze panes
  • Printing the first row
  • Sorting
  • Multi-level sorting
  • AutoFilter
  • Filter Views
  • Print Preview
  • Page Setup for Printing
  • Headers and Footers

Session 3:Data Visualisation

This session will take a set of data and help you make it meaningful by adding conditional formatting (like Red, Amber, Green RAG ratings) and by turning summary tables into bar and pie charts.

Course requirements: You must be confident in using Windows, the mouse and the internet. You have set up a Gmail account in advance of the course. This course is for anyone who are seeking to use Google Sheets and Google Apps, either instead of MS Office or as well as.  You will need to be confident setting up data in a spreadsheet, saving and locating the file.

What you will learn:

  • Conditional Formatting
  • Types of Charts
  • Insert a Chart
  • Chart Layout
  • Chart Styles

Ready to take the next step?

We are here to help!

This course is only available as a one-to-one or private group booking.

For pricing and availability, send us a message using the form, leave us a message on 020 7375 7300, or speak to an Account Manager straight away using our Live Chat service in the bottom right of your screen!

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Looking for Private Group Training?

If you have three or more learners, a private group training could be cheaper.

We can tailor the content to your team, and host the training remotely, at your workplace or here at Happy’s HQ in Aldgate, Central London.

The Happy guarantee

We want everyone to go away from our courses feeling as though they have learnt useful, practical skills that they can use straight away when they go back to work.

If you don’t feel that your training has been useful or if you are unhappy in any way, please get in touch with our Customer Services team within 30 days of the course.

We will be happy to offer you additional support and training free of charge to help you to gain the skills you need, or if you’d prefer, a full refund.

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Classroom or live online learning available

Both available for public and private dates.

The small print

For Live Online Interactive Learning sessions (webinars)

The course will run remotely for a full day consisting of three 90-minute live online sessions with independent work in between. 

All learners will need to install Zoom on their machines. Full technical requirements are on the Zoom website. Your link will be included in your joining instructions once you have booked your place — if you haven’t received this email then please contact our team.

Learners should log into the session 10 minutes before the start time to ensure that they have downloaded and set up Zoom correctly. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. Unfortunately you will be asked to leave and attend a different day if you arrive more than 15 minutes late for online sessions, and more than 30 minutes late for classroom sessions.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

For classroom sessions

All public classroom sessions take place at Happy’s HQ in London at Robert Dolan House, 9 Alie Street, London E1 8DE. Please see our Contact Us page for full directions and a PDF map.

The course will run from 10am to 4:45pm (lunch is served 1pm to 1:45pm — we offer a choice of 3 cold bowl dishes). Please be careful to arrive by 9:45am for registration and refreshments. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. If you arrive over 30 minutes late you may be asked to leave and attend another day.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

FAQs

What if I have a Mac?

If you are a Mac user, please let us know when booking. If the course is held in the classroom at Happy, the training is held on PCs so we recommend that you bring your Macbook with you (we are not able to provide an additional monitor). For online training, please let us know when booking and you can use your Mac as normal. We provide a PDF with shortcuts for Mac users and your trainer will refer to this throughout the training.