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CSD 1200 -- Microsoft Access 2003 (from MS Office 2003 Suite)  

Instructor:            Sue Isermann                                  Office:    C-312
Office Phone:
       224-2720 Ext 408                          e-mail:    sue_isermann@ivcc.edu
Office Hours:
       8am-4:30pm – (Monday – Friday ) By Appointment

Course Description
An introduction to database processing using Microsoft Access.  This course will introduce creating and maintaining Access tables, querying, form design, and report creation.  This course features self-paced, self-taught individualized instruction.  A tutorial text is used.  The instructor is available to answer questions during office hours by appointment or you may e-mail questions to the instructor (may take up to 24 hrs for response).

Required Materials
TEXT:
  BRIEF -- New Perspectives - Microsoft Access 2003 by Adamski & Finnegan
Disks
:   Data disks will be supplied by instructor
or the student can download the files from www.course.com
IF YOU NEED THE DATA ON CD-ROM, CONTACT THE INSTRUCTOR AND I CAN SEND IT TO YOU IN THAT FORMAT.

Attendance
There are no attendance requirements except to take final exam. If you wish to drop this course, you must contact the instructor.  If you do not withdraw and do not take the final exam, you will receive a Failing grade.

Requirements
1.      Complete all of the Tutorials, Review Assignments, and Case Problems as listed on the schedule below.

2.      Turn in all print outs from the Review Assignments and the Case Problems.  Turn these in when you come to take the final exam.

3.      Take a written test over the Microsoft Access material upon completion of the assigned Tutorials. 

For your reference, answers to the "Quick Check" questions in the Tutorials are at the END of each Tutorial.

ABSOLUTE LAST DATE TO TAKE THE FINAL EXAM IS: 

Tuesday, December 12

YOU MUST CALL THE ASSESSMENT CENTER (224-0542) AT LEAST ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE TO SCHEDULE THE DATE AND TIME FOR TAKING YOUR FINAL EXAM!

 Grading Scale
90 - 100% = A     80 - 89% = B     70 - 79% = C     60 - 69% = D
TEST = 90% of grade              REVIEW & CASE PROBLEMS = 10% of grade

 CSD 1200 - Microsoft Access 2003 Schedule

 COMPLETE ALL YELLOW SHADED EXERCISES ON A COMPUTER USING MS EXCEL.

Using Common Features of Microsoft Office 2003
USE DATA DISK:  Common Features of Office

Tutorial 1 - Intro. to Microsoft Access 2003
Review Assignments on pages AC 29-30 – All Steps
Case Problem # 1 – on page AC 30 – All Steps

Tutorial 2 – Creating and Maintaining a Database
Review Assignments on page AC 72-74  - All Steps
Case Problem 1 - on pages AC 74-75 - All Steps

Tutorial 3 – Querying a Database
Review Assignments on pages AC 122-123 – All Steps
Case Problem 1 on page AC 123 - All Steps

Tutorial 4 – Creating Forms and Reports
Tutorial Assignments on pages AC 161-162 - All Steps
Case Problem 1 on page AC 163 - All Steps

 

Access 2003 is one of the components of Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Suite.  If you do not have the software package at home or at work, you can use a computer on campus to complete your assignments.

 

General Information about the IVCC Computer Resource Center – CRC - Building-D

1.         Each student enrolled in a class at Illinois Valley Comm. College has been assigned a login i.d. for our computer network.  The i.d. consists of the first three letters of your last name and the last four digits of your social security number.    For example, my i.d. would be ise9234.

2.               Your initial password for the system is your entire social security number without any spaces or hyphens.

3.               You must change your password immediately and then again each month to use the network.  The password should be something that you can easily remember and that is unique.  A pamphlet is available in the lab outlining the procedures to change your password.

4.               CRC-D is an open lab that will not have any classes scheduled in it.  There will also be a lab assistant to instruction or student lab assistants in this lab to assist you in your computing endeavors.

5.               Information about the IVCC Computer Resource Center can be found at:

http://www.ivcc.edu/its/students/comp_open_labs.html   AND   http://www.ivcc.edu/its/students/comp_labs.html