Week 6

After having a mini break last week because of a snow day we returned to class. The main activity was working on Access. It’s kind of no secret that Access is not a favorite amongst people in the class. Every program has it’s little kinks that make it unique, but at the same time make it quite frustrating. I was first introduced to Access in IST131 and am in the actual Access class right now, so it does take some of the edge off of the program since I am using it for another class. By comparison, although I have not completed it yet, the Access class seems much harder than what we are learning in this OAD class.

One of the activities in class was taking information that was in and Excel spreadsheet and inserting the same information into an Access database. This stood out for me because I have an Excel spreadsheet that I use to keep track of my sold and unsold textbooks on Amazon.com. Maybe once we get a bit further with Access I’ll decide if Access will be better suited for my textbook record. But I do use the graph feature in Excel for my record and not quite sure yet if I can do something similar in Access, which might be a deal breaker.

Access seems ideal for recordkeeping as assignments have indicated. Though personally I have not run into it, I’m sure there are people and companies out there who use it for longer records. Sometimes there is lots of information that needs to be stored and Access fits the bill in that regard. Even though I am not the best with it, it’s good that I’m getting exposure to the program. If ever I do need to utilize it at least I’ll have some working knowledge of Access.

For next week, we need to finish up Access assignments and read about Access. Hopefully the class won’t be on an Access overload. Just have to take our time with Access since it can get so frustrating. We will be done with it soon enough, so there is an end in sight.