For the grade book assignment the class had to use excel. Using excel was great because at my desk job in the physics department I am asked to use excel quite often. Learning new tricks and faster ways to do things has been such great help. Although for class we used formulas within the cells, such as average. There are so many different things to use to help with a grade book system. I also learned to drag the black line all the way down to make the formula work for each row. Using excel is great for all types of things and learning activities.