I teach coding to middle school students, this year focusing on using Google Sheets to create Relational Databases. I also use Google Sheets for many tasks in the Admissions, Development and Business office of our school. Ben's enthusiasm for the various topics in this course is FABULOUS, and I can regularly be heard yelling "that's awesome!" while watching the videos (much to my officemates' amusement). I've shared some of what I've learned in this class not only with my students, but with colleagues and other spreadsheet-geek friends. Having the sample sheets for each topic has also helped me go back and really use a function in my own work.

As always, Ben has developed and delivered a high-quality and content-rich accessible course to enhance the users knowledge of Google Sheets. This practical set of lessons and examples are easy to follow, yet complex enough to know you are really learning how to best leverage sheets for a variety of purposes. I really appreciated the attention in leveraging generative AI in conjuction with Sheets. I consistently recommend his courses to colleagues looking to further their understanding and use of Sheets, Apps Script and more! Great job once again, Ben!

We transitioned from a Microsoft Office to Google Workspace a few years ago. I had the Excel skills, but I wanted to become more productive in Google Sheets. Ben Collins has the best courses!!! I get all my Google certifications through his program. I'm currently earning my certification is his newest class called Modern Google Sheets. I'm so impressed with the results so far that I have already put them into practice at work (literally right now), and I can't wait to share them with my team.

I've already been using AI in google sheets via one of the add-ons mentioned in this course, but there is still quite a bit more to learn. Ben's course is full of helpful tips to start using in a daily workflow. I would definitely recommend this course... especially if Google Apps Script isn't your thing!!

What a fantastic resource! Bite-sized, clear, actionable learnings that can make anyone using a spreadsheet better overnight. This is a great showcase of how AI can significantly elevate our productivity. Thanks, Ben, for yet another great series!

Even 5 years later (I completed it in 2025) this course is still very much relevant. Ben is an excellent teacher and the project at the end was a perfect starting point for a larger portfolio project.

Introduction To Google Apps Script - Is a great course for people like myself who is trying to start their journey in coding. Ben is really informative and the energy he gave was encouraging.

Dear Ben, I really appreaciate your course. I was able to grasp foundamentals easily thanks to your clean explanation. I am still worrking on inproving my skills and will continue learning Apps script. It would be greate to have a course focused on downloading data from webpages and process it for business purposes. All in all thanks for the effort to pass on your knowledge. Regards, Nikola.

Really fascinating course. Gets to the heart of the nuts and bolts of using the lambda functions. I had seen videos on YouTube about them, but none of them explained them as well as Ben does. I can't believe this course was FREE! Top notch!

I was blown away by this course! It made learning programming (for the first time) a breeze and something that isn't as daunting as I thought it would be. Thank you so much, Ben!

When I began this journey, I felt somewhat apprehensive. Although I had some prior experience with HTML and working in UNIX terminals, I wouldn't have considered myself a programmer. However, as I progressed through the course—with consistent effort and the support of tools like ChatGPT—I was able to navigate the material effectively. Over time, my confidence grew, and I eventually reached a point where I felt relatively comfortable with the content. #patontheback

The course is so challenging and knowledgeable. It helps navigate google sheet more expertly. It also gives me a lot to learn and it enhances my work progress. Thanks for this!

Great learing site. Recomended for all.

Ben made every lesson easy to understand! I really appreciate how accessible each module was and I fully intend on revisiting the content for refershers moving forward. Thank you for sharing your expertise for free, and allowing others to expand their own understanding of Google Sheets. Much appreciated!

This course gave me clear, actionable guidance and boosted my confidence in applying what I learned. I was able to see real progress almost immediately, and it helped me avoid common mistakes I didn’t even know I was making. The best part was how practical and easy to follow the content was. Everything was broken down in a way that made it simple to apply right away. The instructor’s teaching style also made the material engaging and motivating.

I absolutely loved Ben Collins’ Introduction to Google Apps Script course! Ben has a really clear and friendly teaching style that made everything easy to follow. The examples were super practical and I could actually use what I learned right away in my own work. If you’ve ever felt intimidated by scripting or just want to make your Google tools work smarter for you, this course is a great place to start. Highly recommend!

Nothing short of amazing. I finally feel that I can automate data on Sheets. I was looking for courses that involved Macros and improving data management on Sheets in general, and I found this one. The name implies that it is only an introduction, but it really got me surprised on the amount of content and value that it brought me - it will surely help me a lot throughout not only my career, but my personal life as well.

I have taken the course Google Sheet Essentials and I liked the way the course is been designed with working Templates.

Course: Google Sheet Essentials Very well laid out course. Goes through the fundamental skills and knowledge you need in a very easy and understandable way. The course sheet files are great to practice the skills learned in the lessons. Absolutely 5 stars.

Even as an avid Sheets user, I learned a lot of new ways to handle my data!

This is an excellent introduction to the word of Apps Script and its potential uses. Each lesson has a clear focus and is well explained. The project teaches a very useful range of techniques and is a great starting point for more complex tasks. Thank you, Ben, for taking the time to produce this course and making it freely available!

Ben is a good teacher! He broke down the lambda functions and actually made it easy to understand!

Your course has really good explanations and enough examples to understand all the contents. Furthermore, the functions are shown with other complementary functions that makes richer the leaning. Thank you for your effort and a useful training you gave us for free.

I took the Introduction To Google Apps Script and it was Great! Ben is a fantastic instructor, I really enjoyed the course!

Couldn't ask for a better introduction to Apps Script. Ben's a terrific instructor and has an excellent way of distilling a broad subject into simple steps for learning. I'm surprised at how quickly the course flew by.

I've completed only two classes so far, and I'm already ready to say "Thank you!" for this course. It's very interesting and extremely helpful for those who are not familiar with Google Sheets. Thank you so much, Ben, for your hard work and sharing your knowledge for free!

Great intro to Apps Script. The course helped me refine a couple of my existing tasks related to automated emails for Toastmasters club meetings, namely, Speaker Feedback after each meeting. Well-balanced material and relevant project.

Thanks Ben, This course makes me really better in Google Sheet! I learned a lot about diagrams, pie chart, Vlookup. I really like your patient way of talking and the way you teach the students.

The advanced Google Sheets course by Ben Collins showed me the brilliant ways we can use Sheets to tell stories. I work with a lot of languages and Ben taught me interesting paths on how to show characters and numbers for data analysis. I highly recommend this course.

I learned a lot of cool tricks with this course. None of the lessons overstayed their welcome and the templates you get from them make it easy for you to apply immediately.

I have learned so much from Ben, I love the email tips newsletter, the articles, and the free video tutorials. I would highly recommend!

The course I took was "The AI Playbook for Google Sheets" This course has been very helpful in learning the basics of AI and what AI is. It is so much more than just an AI for Google Sheets course. I found the first three videos in the Foundations extremely helpful in introducing AI and explaining what it is in its current state. After watching these videos, I was able to understand what a powerful tool this can be for Sheets and data, and so much more.

Great course to start in the world of Apps Scripts! I was looking for a way to improve and speed up some of the processes at work, as well as just learning how to take full advantage of this resource that google offers and I am pleased to say that I found that here. I am really considering taking on more courses with Ben! Cheers, Fran

Thank you Ben Collins for helping me learn some advanced functions and formulas, I've learned so much from you! Learning content was well explained and lessons well done! Definitely have upped my spreadsheet game!

Great course with immediately applicable examples to my daily routine and assignments. I estimate by applying some of the stuff learned, I save at least 4 hours a week on tedious tasks.

Ben is a clear communicator and the lesson are invaluable. I have taken several courses and built my own sheets for personal use. Highly recommend.

One of the very few coding courses I've completed in full. The explanations are thorough and easy to follow. I'm already thinking of ways I can automate the mundane aspects of my job through scripting.

Ben Collins is an excellent instructor and his courses have enabled me to access and analyze data in more meaningful ways than I could have possible imagined. These course have been immensely powerful in my role within my organization and industry. Highly recommended! I will be a lifelong learner (and fan) of Ben and his courses!

I recently completed Ben Collins' "AI Playbook" course, and I am thoroughly impressed with the quality and depth of how to integrate AI tools into using Google Sheets. The course is well-structured, guiding learners through the fundamentals of AI and how to apply these principles effectively in various scenarios including apps integration, Google Apps code, and creating pivot tables. Ben Collins presents the material with clarity and a deep understanding, ensuring that even complex concepts (such as code) are accessible to all learners. What stands out is the practical approach of the course, with plenty of real-world examples and hands-on exercises that helped me to understand the practical applications of AI in Google Sheets.

This testimonial is for the AI Playbook for Google Sheets. Although the entire course was helpful, I found two of the lessons extremely powerful: #6 Prompt Engineering and #13 Clean Data with AI. Ben is thoughtfully organized and provides multiple ways of engaging with each lesson through video, resource and reference materials, and templates. I have been able to use what I learned from this course immediately, and it has made me more productive and efficient at work. I highly recommend Ben's courses to logically and easily learn about using Google-based, data-driven applications.

This was such a fun and energetic course. Although I have been using Google Sheets for years there were so many nuggets of knowledge in each lesson. I feel I have advanced my understanding of Google Sheets loads. Ben's enthusiasm is infectious too!

I think we're all treading carefully here, but not standing still. This was a very useful primer because it builds on an application w/ which we have some familiarity, Google Sheets. And while it offers some technical tools, most of its value lies in the orientation it provides to the tools and the framework it offers to both personal and organizational exploration and adoption. Very glad to have taken the course.

I completed the Beginner Apps Script course. The format is easy to follow along and can be implemented immediately. The material has helped forward my script skills professionally as well as personally.

What course did you take? AI for Google Sheets How has this course helped you? I work with large amounts of data almost every day and learning more about formulas/scripts and how AI can explain them to me and actually write them for me is hugely helpful. What is the best thing about this course? The ability to go back and watch the step by step instructions. It is a little overwhelming at first but to have the ability to go back in and rewatch the steps/instructions I need is wonderful.

Long time excel/sheets user - consider myself 'advanced intermediate' - I'm comfortable with it and use it a lot, but I've seen what real spreadsheet wizards do with it and I'm not there (nor do I need to be in my role). Moved to a new workplace that is Sheets exclusive, so thought I'd take this course (Advanced Sheets) as a way to familiarise myself with updates, tips and tricks and differences between Sheets and Excel. Definitely time well spent - I learned a few formulas i didn't know existed. Some neat little tricks I'll use in my general teaching practice, especially in teaching students how to manage simple data, as well as some improved ways to complete simple tasks I already do more efficiently (couple of simple array type uses rather than copying formulas down columns). Bonus is it counts as about 5.5hrs of professional learning time towards my total! Already looking into some of the other options, especially the Data and AI courses if I can convince work the training is worth paying for.

I bought a Google Sheets Bundle from Ben Collins, and found the practical approach and real-life examples extremely valuable. The files can be copied and used immediately for learning purposes. The courses were clear in explaining simple formulas and logical sequences. I highly recommend Ben Collins' courses and will continue to learn from them.

The course 'AI Playbook' by Ben Collins opens up a new door for an accountant to 'smart working'. Ben teaches how to use Chat-GPT and Bard effectively and make your professional life more interesting by automating an otherwise boring, routine and repetitive task. And these tools and techniques are great time-savers too! I am really happy that I took this course.

I just finished the first run of the AI Playbook. It's a very thorough dive into the uses (and ethical uses of AI) including Formulas, Scripts, Data handling and Data analysis and more. The structure is intuitive and the information insightful. Thanks again Ben

I have done Beginner App Script and must say it has helped me a lot in increasing my efficiency at my work place.

The AI Playbook for Google Sheets: Another excellent course! In true Ben Collins form each module was just the right length and just the right depth. It gave me the confidence to dig deeper if I want and the ability to experiment on my own.

Hello! Just took the AI playbook for google sheet, that will help me a lot to gain efficiency in my daily work on analysing data. It was very interesting and i really liked the way the course is build (small capsule). I can wait to take some other courses with you.

Course taken: Lambda Functions 10-Day Challenge How course helped: Helped me to write Map-Lambda formula with index and match inside which could not be written in regular vlookup formula. That formula was needed to put together 3 tables of different row and col sizes into one table. Best thing about course: Although I bought this course quite long ago, I completed it only when I was stuck with my specific problem that could be solved only with Lambda functions. And it really helped me to go thru my problem! From me: Although I completed whole course while solving my problem, I already forgot what I learned. I think reason for that is these functions are built quite different from what we all used to use in google sheets. I would really appreciate to see small definition of formulas being studied, what kind of problems they solve and what kind they don't, in the intro or templates section. As of now, I have to return and rewatch videos one by one to remember what each does to go thru my another formula. One solution would be to create a cheatsheet for myself while rewatching whole course again. Thank you very much for your great courses again! They make me feel confident in what I do and to create simple solutions for hard tasks!

I've learned so much Mr. Ben Collins. I look forward to other adventures with different tables and functions. I will be using these functions in my business sir.

A very useful topic. As usual, well presented. The course was short but offered such a wealth of provocative thought it is well worth the time. Particular emphasis is placed on how to use and think about what AI is capable of doing.

I am not usually willing to pay for most online learning courses in areas such as this ... except for yours!! I have purchased and taken a few of your courses and for good reason - they are always high quality, well paced, provide great support resources and most important for me .. provide great practical examples which I am able to directly apply to my work and interests. This one in particular outlining ways to use AI to enhance and improve use of Sheets and Apps Script has allowed me to improve my results from ChatGPT and Bard, and made my efforts to use them for my coding and sheets projects much more efficient. Another great course!

Very informative and easy to follow course. Everything you need to know to get started with Apps Script and up your game working in the Google Workspace environment. Thank you!

This course was perfect! Well paced and filled with great insights that will help me leverage AI in my daily work.

This course is great for anyone who wants to learn the basics and get some hands on, practical experience. I was able to confidently use the skills I learned immediately in real projects. This course is a great mix of approaches that will appeal to visual learners and those who like to learn by doing. Ben is an excellent teacher who has a gift for breaking down complex topics and making them easily digestible. I highly recommend this course - and all of Ben's courses. I've taken 10 courses from the Collins School and truly believe the value received has exceeded the cost in every case.

Ben Collins' AI Playbook far exceeded my expectations. It was comprehensive, well organized, understandable, and hugely beneficial. It will change the way I work with Google Sheets, and also with many other tasks. For me it was an excellent investment considering the small amount of time and money needed.

I just completed the Lambda Functions 10-day challenge. The timing was great. I was in the middle of a client project building a new dashboard. This gave me the tools to quickly shift from ArrayForumulas to lambda which feel easier to read and manage over all. Also created a sweet new named function sparkline_iqr()that draws an interquartile range sparkline w/ a common scale.

I have used a number of Ben Collins' Google Sheet courses. This most recent was the AI Playbook for Sheets. While in all the other courses I learned how to do it all myself, in this new course I learned how to get AI to do it all for me. The combination of video and demo / exercise Sheets is always good, and Ben has a radio voice to smooth you clearly through the proceedings. Well recommended courses, all of them - and I am a fairly demanding ex-academic so wouldn't part with that comment lightly

The course was very helpful and fun! Everything is clear and I really enjoyed learning it

I find the course really helpful because Ben explains everything step by step. I feel more confident in using things such as loops and arrays. I am an educator interested in using technology in the classroom. I find Google Apps Script useful because I can automate some of my lesson planning and worksheet generation. Thank you so much!

This course absolutely helped me to improve my Google Sheets. It has also encourage me to create new tools for my job applying this formulas that I learned. Definitely I need to keep practicing and studying but I definitely gained a great understanding on how to use them.

I became interested in spreadsheets after watching a TED talk titled “Meet the inventor of the electronic spreadsheet” by Dan Bricklin. Shortly afterward, I discovered Ben on Twitter and learned about his beginner-level spreadsheet course. Joining this course was one of most rewarding decisions I've ever made. Ben's teaching approach is quite hands-on, requiring active participation. You can't just passively binge-watch the lessons and expect to absorb the concepts. I had to revisit a few videos and complete the lesson practices multiple times to wrap my head around the material. Alhamdulillah, I gained some valuable spreadsheet skills such as data cleaning, functions, Pivot Table and these skills have started to improve my ability to work with data. I now use spreadsheets confidently in my professional and personal projects. I believe his advanced courses, which I'll be taking, will help me become a spreadsheet wizard! If you're looking for your first spreadsheet course, this can be a solid investment!

Ben is an excellent teacher. The App Scripts course is comprehensive and the techniques taught are highly useful in automating repeat tasks using Google Sheets in an accountant's day-to-day work thus saving a lot of time. Planning to follow up with more courses with Ben.