Term 3 Overview
Focus: Building a database using Microsoft Access
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Term 3 will have the focus on databases
The focus of the first assessment is to gain skill in Microsoft Access and then produce your own program. The focus for level 2 will be on relational databases We will spend the first 6 weeks of term 2 focusing on this. Why? and who cares?Everything runs off data and data is key to our world.
Combining programming with databases and web interfaces makes for a very savvy computer science technician. |
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What is different from level 1?
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Level one used flat databases that didn't connect to each other, The other name for this is Excel (although it can be programmed to be relational). Relational databases relate to each other and allow you to do advanced sorting. |
What to look for when learning Microsoft Access
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In order to have success have to show that you can successfully create a create a relational database and run queries
These are the skills you will need to achieve success with databases
All these skills and lessons are available through this website |
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