6.+Technological+Capability

Due to the fast advancements in ICT, this capability has become one of the most important capabilities that employers look for in applicants. The following subjects have strengthened my skills in the most common and important forms of IT that any organisation search for and perceive as a must have skill. = = =**Business Computing1**=

As I mentioned earlier, this course aimed to teach students how to use MS Excel and Access. In the first assessment task, we were required to develop a number of detailed spreadsheets for a musical company called MUSO. Coming straight from high school, I did not have any knowledge about how to use MS Excel. I found the assessment task very challenging at the end, but I tried to obtain help from experienced students at SLAMS who were very helpful. By the end of the assessment task, I was able to develop mathematical equations and use the various functions available on Excel. The second assessment task was developing a database for the same company. I again found this very challenging due to my lack of knowledge, but again, SLAMS did their best to help students. It can be concluded that studying this course helped me in matching available technologies to existing issues of a business and explore the variety of functions available with confidence, which is a basic requirement for any real world organisation.


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=Relational Database Design and Development=

This course aimed to give students detailed knowledge about the design and development of databases. In this course, I learned more about databases, what they were for and what features were available and they could be used for. What I found interesting about this course is that it didn't only focus on practical knowledge, but the theory side too. In the exam, we were required to define and list benefits, advantages and disadvantages of a variety of functions and features. Although, I only have the basic knowledge in IT, but I enjoyed this course. I believe this course was a very important one in the journey of my tertiary education because it gave me solid knowledge in design and development of databases, which is one of the most important piece of knowledge required by most (if not all) organisations from different fields.

=Content Management=

In addition to Relational Databases Design and Development and Business Computing1, Content Management also aimed to teach students more about Databases. Not doing very well in the first assignment gave me strong motivation to do very well in the second assessment task, which was developing a database for a variety of women's health topics. Most courses didn't put a lot of emphasis on the usability of the database. In this course however, we were required to develop a maintainer manual that explained how exactly the database worked. I enjoyed this assessment task very much because I had the confidence to explore and try how different features of the software which we were required to use (DBTextWorks) could be beneficial in the development of my database. I also developed a very detailed maintainer manual for users who may have no knowledge on how to use Databases.


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