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Databases
Developed by: SANGONeT
and Anna Feldman for the Association for
Progressive Communications (APC)
These materials are intended for use with all database and MS Access
units.
The general ICTs glossary is also
recommended for use with these units.
Unit overview: This unit forms an introduction to other more
practical database units. It gives participants an understanding of the
concepts behind database development, a sense of how database work can be
applied to information projects and how to start thinking about the
database planning process. It is primarily about developing an awareness of
databases which can form a basis for future training in more practical
aspects of database development work.
Duration: 3 hours 10 minutes
Target audience: People from telecentres, civil society and
development organizations with an interest in information management and/or
a need to develop their organization's information management systems.
Prerequisite skills: Basic computer literacy.
Download the
complete "Introduction to Databases" unit as a zip file
Download individual components:
Use the MMTK "databases"
and general ICTs glossaries with this unit.
Unit overview: Introduction to MS Access basics: working with
tables fields, records and primary keys.
Duration: +/- 4 hours depending on learner experience
and hardware capacity.
Target audience: General
Prerequisite skills: Basic computer literacy; basic
familiarity with the concept of databases (gained through the MMTK
"Introduction to Databases" unit or elsewhere).
Download the complete
"Introduction to MS Access" unit as a zip file
Download individual components: (MS
Word)
Use the MMTK "databases"
and general ICTs glossaries with this unit.
Unit overview: Introduction to creating MS Access forms.
Duration: +/- 3 hours, depending on learner experience
and hardware capacity.
Target audience: General
Prerequisite skills: Basic computer literacy and familiarity with
MS Access basics: opening and creating a new database, and working with
tables and records.
Download the complete
"MS Access forms" unit as a zip file
Download individual components: (MS
Word)
Use the MMTK "databases"
and general ICTs glossaries with this unit.
Unit overview: Introduction to MS Access queries.
Duration: +/- 3 hours, depending on learner experience
and hardware capacity.
Target audience: General.
Prerequisite skills: Basic computer literacy; familiarity with
the concept of databases.
Download the complete
"MS Access queries" unit as a zip file
Download individual components:
Use the MMTK "databases"
and general ICTs glossaries with this unit.
Unit overview: Introduction to reports in MS Access.
Duration: +/- 2 hours, depending on learner experience and
hardware capacity.
Target audience: General
Prerequisite skills: Basic computer literacy and familiarity with
MS Access basics: opening an existing database and creating a new database;
working with tables and records; running queries.
Download the complete
"MS Access reports" unit as a zip file
Download individual components:
Use the MMTK "databases"
and general ICTs glossaries with this unit.
The complete set of database and MS Access units may be downloaded as a
single zip file:
http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/Database.zip
Copyright information
All MMTK materials are released under a Creative
Commons license which allows their free use and distribution for
non-commercial use. However, the exact provisions of the license vary from
module to module - while most modules permit modification of the materials,
a few do not. The copyright statement included with each module sets out
the specific provisions which apply to that module.
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