Access

This course is for anyone who wishes to achieve a basic competency in Microsoft Access.

Aims

By the end of this online course you will be confident in the basic features of Access.

What you will learn

This course will cover the following topics:

Understanding Databases: Key Concepts; Database Organisations; Relationships; Operation.
Using Access: Common tasks.
Tables: Records; Design.

Retrieving Information: Main Operations; Queries.
Objects: Forms.
Outputs: Reports, Data Exports; Printing.

Requirements

Delegates must be confident in using a keyboard, Windows and a mouse and one other office program e.g. Word, Excel or PowerPoint.

How the online course works

The online modules are structured as follows:

How it works

Here you can find out about how our lessons are structured, the style of training we use, and guidance on some of the features you will find in our lessons.

Course materials

Here you will find the manual and the demo files you need to complete the lessons.

Complete the preassessments

Here you can choose a preassessment to assess which lessons you need to take. The preassessments can be taken in any order you wish.

Start lessons

Here you will find the full list of lessons for that module.

Your learning plan

Here you will find lessons that have been added to a structured plan for you based on the results of the preassessments. You can also manually add and remove lessons from this plan.

Next step

Once you have completed this course you will ready to take the ECDL Advanced course.