Chapter 1: Database fundamentals

Module A: Understanding general database terms
Module B: Relational databases
Module C: Access interface and objects

Chapter 2: Tables

Module A: Creating tables
Module B: Creating fields
Module C: Data Validation
Module D: Relationships and keys

Chapter 3: Queries

Module A: Creating basic queries
Module B: Modifying queries
Module C: Using calculated fields

Chapter 4: Forms

Module A: Creating simple forms
Module B: Form design
Module C: Form controls

Chapter 5: Reports

Module A: Creating Reports
Module B: Report controls
Module C: Formatting reports

This course provides the basic concepts and skills to start using Microsoft Access: How to navigate the Access interface, and how to create and modify tables, queries, forms, and reports.
You will benefit most from this course if you want to gain a basic understanding of Access and be able to design and create simple tables, queries, forms, and reports.

The course assumes you know how to use a computer, and that you're familiar with Microsoft Windows. It does not assume that you've used a different version of Access or another database system before.

Which Access series is right for me?

Our Relational Database Design and Relational Database Management courses are meant for students who want to build Access databases from the ground up. The first course is two days and includes in-depth, hands-on exercises that teach effective relational database development. Any student who completes these courses will be able to create and maintain a database for a small business or other organization.

Level 1 and Level 2, on the other hand, are intended for students who will be working with existing databases rather than building them from scratch. In other words, these courses are best suited to database end users rather than database designers/managers.