This week we learned about databases with Microsoft Access. At first I was skeptical because I had never learned it before, but after watching the lectures, I got a good hold of what it is. I felt that the lecture was relatively clear in what we had to do. The basic concept was that databases are like an evolved form of what Excel is. It works very similarly but with much more power. It has to same uses such as functions and calculations, but with more things such as using external links and forms as well as reports.
Being familiar with a database is very useful for the business world. Databases are used more often than not in companies today and being experienced in them can only help. We also deal with databases daily, going to websites to buy things and entering our addresses on different mailing lists. Here is a link to a website that has a PDF that talks about the necessity of Databases. Obviously the course administrators share some of these views or we wouldn't be learning about databases. (http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=236014)
On the other hand, I thought that there was some "mud" in this topic. Not so much in the way it was taught, but in the scavenger hunt. I felt that the questions were very ambiguous and weren't being answered very clearly. On top of that I saw that a lot of times the questions were jumbled with the presentation and didn't flow as the lecture did. Also, I had times where I couldn't even find the correct answer and had to watch it a few times and almost guess what the answer was. Other than that, it was a fine week.
PS: The scavenger hunt I did was the corrected version too.
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