Overall

Over the past three weeks, I was able to finally grasp the concept of using MS Access.  Conceptually, I can now think of ideas in a way that makes sense when inputing them on an Access file or in UML format.  Logically, it makes a lot more sense to put two and two together on paper instead of just having everything float around out there.  Theoretically, it makes much more sense to turn ideas into actual diagrams.

The next step after this course is working on a business plan.  Instead of having those ideas float around, I can write them down so they make sense to myself and others.  I plan on making an overall company database sometime in the near future in addition to the backend design to an app I'm working on.  Overall, it was very useful to take this class.

That being said, some of the learning modules could be more concise to explain topics that need to have more depth.  Spending an excessively long amount of time just going over basic functionality of the "save button" and other easy and basic MS functions draws away from the actual useful information.  It would be more useful to go into explaining how UML works, or how the specific functions of the more detailed wizards on the actual program work.