Google Sheets Syllabus

Note : The class duration is one hour and forty-five minutes.

 

1. Data Entry & Basic formatting (2-3 classes)

Data Entry:

This starting will introduce children to the basics of entering information into digital spreadsheets. They will learn how to input data correctly, organize it in a structured table format, and understand the importance of accuracy while handling information.

 

Basic formatting:

  1. Text Styling
    • Font size
    • Font colour
    • Background colour
    • Bold text
    • Vertical and horizontal alignment
  1. Borders
    • Applying all borders
    • Outer border
    • Top, bottom, left, and right borders
  1. Cell Layout
    • Adjusting cell margins
    • Inserting images
    • Insert image
  1. Data Formats
    • Text format
    • Number format
    • Date and time format
    • Custom formatting options
  1. Row and Column Management
    • Resizing multiple rows and columns simultaneously
    • Adding and deleting single or multiple rows and columns

The above topics will be effectively achieved through the completion of structured, hands-on practice tasks

 

Projects:

  • Famous Personalities Data Set:
    • Create a data table containing a minimum of ten (10) records.
    • The table must include the following five columns: Number, Name, Country, Profession, and a placeholder for Image (e.g., a text description or URL column).

 

  • 15-Day Attendance Tracker:
    • Develop a 15-day attendance sheet for ten (10) students.
    • The sheet must include columns for Student Name and fifteen (15) individual date columns.
    • Apply basic formatting (e.g., borders, bold headers, and cell shading) to enhance readability and structure.

 

2. Filters (2-3 Classes)

  • Sorting (A-Z || Z-A & Descending || Descending)
  • Filter by color
  • Filter by values
  • Filter by conditions
    • Empty / Non-empty
    • Text
      • Text starts with 
      • Text ends with
      • Text is exactly 
    • Date
      • Date is 
      • Date is before
      • Date is after
    • Number
      • Greater than 
      • Greater than or equal to
      • Less than or equal to 
      • Is between 

The above topics will be effectively achieved through the completion of structured, hands-on practice tasks

 

Project:

Movie Tracker: Execution Guide

Data Setup & Formatting

  1. Create Data: Input 10 movie records with columns: ID, Name, Genre, Release Date, Rating.
  2. Format Table: Apply Borders, Bold headers, and appropriate Alignment.

 

Filtering and Sorting

  1. Sort Dates: Sort Release Date from Newest to Oldest.
  2. Filter Genre: Filter Genre to include only “Biographical” OR “Horror”.
  3. Filter Rating: Filter Rating that has Greater than or equal to the  7.
  4. Filter Date: Filter Release Date that is before a specific date like 13-July-2013.

 

3. Formulas (3-5 Classes)

  • Basic calculation 

(addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) 

  • Cell addressing
  • Mostly used formulas 
    • SUM, 
    • MIN, 
    • MAX,
    • AVERAGE, 
    • COUNT, 
    • COUNTA, 
    • IF
    • COUNTIF
  • Text Formulas 
    • LOWERCASE, 
    • UPPERCASE, 
    • CONCATENATE, 
    • LEFT, 
    • RIGHT, 
    • LEN
  • Date & Time Formulas 
    • TODAY, 
    • NOW, 
    • finding days, months, years between two diff. dates using DATEDIF

      

The above topics will be effectively achieved through the completion of structured, hands-on practice tasks.  

     

Project:

Your Shop Data 

  • Create a data table with the following columns:
  • Serial Number
  • Item Name
  • Sold Quantity
  • Selling Price
  • Total Revenue
  • Calculate the total revenue for each item.
  • Calculate the overall total revenue from all items.
  • Identify the item with the highest revenue and the item with the lowest revenue and average revenue.

 

4. Conditional formatting (5-7 Classes)

  • Text
    • Is empty 
    • Text contains 
    • Text doesn’t contains 
    • Text starts with 
    • Text ends with 
    • Text is exactly 
  • Date
    • Date is 
    • Date is before 
    • Date is after 
  • Number
    • Greater than or equal to 
    • Less than 
    • Is equal to 
    • Is between 

The above topics will be effectively achieved through the completion of structured, hands-on practice tasks

     

Project:

Cricket Performance Score

  1. Create a data table which contains 3 columns (Number, Name, Score).
  1. Highlight scores greater than or equal to 90
  • Use Dark Green to show Excellent performance.
  1. Highlight scores between 70 and 89
    • Use Yellow to show Good performance.
  2. Highlight scores less than 70
    • Use Red to show Needs Practice.
  3. Highlight scores equal to 100
    • Use Blue to show Outstanding performance.

 

5. Topics to Be Covered Across Levels

  1. Basic File Operations
    • Starting a new file
    • Creating a new sheet
    • Renaming a sheet

 

  1. Understanding the Sheet Interface
    • Title bar
    • Menu bar
    • Toolbar
    • Formula bar
    • Rows and columns
    • Worksheets

 

  1. Print Preview and Page Setup
    • Using print preview
    • Selecting paper size
    • Choosing page orientation

 

  1. Collaboration Features
    • Sharing a file via email
    • Sharing a file through a link
    • Setting permissions (View, Comment, Edit)

 



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