This was a pretty difficult project. I had a hard time relating the video lesson material to the actual practical application. A lot of it was trial and error, but in the end it did work. I took a Microsoft Office class when I got my AA at FSCJ and the material in that class was pretty straight forward. There was a small section on access, but it was an online class and all of the instructions were printed. I did get more familiar with a lot of the different aspects of access, i.e. reports, queries and forms. So I do feel confident that in the future were I to need to create a database, that I would be able to figure most of it out.
As far as enhancing the functionality of an access database, I think the availability of an access "wizard" would be very helpful. The individual "wizards" helped tremendously, but having one "wizard" that was able to take you from the beginning to the end would be great. There would be no guessing as to what type of information that you needed to create, i.e. report, or form, because the wizard would be able to do that for you.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Tutorial 3: Effective Passwords
Many of us visit websites or create private accounts on the internet everyday. We also have private information on our computers that would be detrimental to us if someone were to hack into that account and use that information. The alarming part of this is that many of us use passwords that can be easily discovered. I will teach you how to create an effective password. I will help you create passwords that can be easily remembered by you, but hard for a hacker to figure out.
Strong passwords are usually 6-16 characters long. You will want to have at least one capital letter, one numeric value and one symbol in the password. The longer the password , the longer it will take for someone to figure out. An example of this would be: Jerremy93$. This could be your first name, the year you were born and any symbol that you might want to use. This ten digit code could take a person millions of years to discover. This is due to several different combinations that could be used even if someone knew my name and date of birth.
When you visit a website and set up an account, the server will ask you for personal information in case you forget your password. An example most commonly used is mother's maiden name. Since the input is case sensitive, you might want to be creative when entering the information. An example might be: hoLLoway. If a person knew my mother's maiden name, they would still have a hard time figuring out how it was entered.
Once you have created a password, the next step will be to change it frequently. This might be every six months or so. When changing your password, do not make the mistake of just changing one value such as Jerremy94$. If someone knows your password already, this would make it much easier for them to figure out again. Password selection should not be taken lightly. Protecting yourself and your information is a high priority. Many people in America fall victim to identity theft because they left their information unprotected. Don't be the next victim.
You can click on the link below to get more useful information and to check to see if your password is strong enough.
www.microsoft.com/security
The chart below, provided by Microsoft, which I can use because I purchased the license key and was given rights to use Microsoft information by following the guidelines below, will give you an overview of what I taught you above:
Sources:
http://www.microsoft.com/- Microsoft allows usage if it is used for a school project if I follow the guidelines. This means no obscene or pornographic texts and I can't be defamatory towards Microsoft. I must also provide a link to Microsoft which I did above.
Strong passwords are usually 6-16 characters long. You will want to have at least one capital letter, one numeric value and one symbol in the password. The longer the password , the longer it will take for someone to figure out. An example of this would be: Jerremy93$. This could be your first name, the year you were born and any symbol that you might want to use. This ten digit code could take a person millions of years to discover. This is due to several different combinations that could be used even if someone knew my name and date of birth.
When you visit a website and set up an account, the server will ask you for personal information in case you forget your password. An example most commonly used is mother's maiden name. Since the input is case sensitive, you might want to be creative when entering the information. An example might be: hoLLoway. If a person knew my mother's maiden name, they would still have a hard time figuring out how it was entered.
Once you have created a password, the next step will be to change it frequently. This might be every six months or so. When changing your password, do not make the mistake of just changing one value such as Jerremy94$. If someone knows your password already, this would make it much easier for them to figure out again. Password selection should not be taken lightly. Protecting yourself and your information is a high priority. Many people in America fall victim to identity theft because they left their information unprotected. Don't be the next victim.
You can click on the link below to get more useful information and to check to see if your password is strong enough.
www.microsoft.com/security
The chart below, provided by Microsoft, which I can use because I purchased the license key and was given rights to use Microsoft information by following the guidelines below, will give you an overview of what I taught you above:
What to do | Suggestion | Example |
Start with a sentence or two (about 10 words total). | Think of something meaningful to you. | Long and complex passwords are safest. |
Turn your sentences into a row of letters. | Use the first letter of each word. | lacpasikms (10 characters) |
Add complexity. | Make only the letters in the first half of the alphabet uppercase. | lACpAsIKMs (10 characters) |
Add length with numbers. | Put two numbers that are meaningful to you between the two sentences. | lACpAs56IKMs (12 characters) |
Add length with punctuation. | Put a punctuation mark at the beginning. | ?lACpAs56IKMs (13 characters) |
Add length with symbols. | Put a symbol at the end. | ?lACpAs56IKMs" (14 characters) |
Sources:
http://www.microsoft.com/- Microsoft allows usage if it is used for a school project if I follow the guidelines. This means no obscene or pornographic texts and I can't be defamatory towards Microsoft. I must also provide a link to Microsoft which I did above.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Presentation Project
Link: www.slideboom.com/presentations/315770/Donate-to-the-Muscular-Dytrophy-Association
As hard as it may be to conduct a self- critique, I think I can find a few things that I did well or could have improved on. As usual, I will start with what I could have done better. I did not ask questions in my presentation. I found myself often wondering how to put that in the presentation. I was asking for donations to MDA so I gave out more information and did not spark enough interest by asking questions. Reflecting on it now, I could have stated a sentence in a question form and then answered it in my presentation.
Since I failed on asking the questions, I most certainly did not answer them in the right place. I did however try to avoid any questions being presented from the viewer. I tried to make sure the presentation had enough information in it to avoid the viewer from wanting to ask questions in the middle of my presentation.
Lastly, I did not validate claims until the end. I viewed several presentations where the presenter stated where they got the information from and then went on to explain. I thought this was something I could of done in the course of my presentation. I did acknowledge my sources at the end, but a better way would have been to incorporate them into the presentation.
One of my greatest learnings was how to place audio into the powerpoint. I honestly did not realize how easy that could be. All that I had to do was click on slide show and then record narration. Timing the video to match the narration was a bit tricky, but well worth it. Having narration in a presentation for business will let the viewer hear how knowledgeable your are about a topic. I believe this also helps the viewer and the presenter connect even when they are miles apart.
As hard as it may be to conduct a self- critique, I think I can find a few things that I did well or could have improved on. As usual, I will start with what I could have done better. I did not ask questions in my presentation. I found myself often wondering how to put that in the presentation. I was asking for donations to MDA so I gave out more information and did not spark enough interest by asking questions. Reflecting on it now, I could have stated a sentence in a question form and then answered it in my presentation.
Since I failed on asking the questions, I most certainly did not answer them in the right place. I did however try to avoid any questions being presented from the viewer. I tried to make sure the presentation had enough information in it to avoid the viewer from wanting to ask questions in the middle of my presentation.
Lastly, I did not validate claims until the end. I viewed several presentations where the presenter stated where they got the information from and then went on to explain. I thought this was something I could of done in the course of my presentation. I did acknowledge my sources at the end, but a better way would have been to incorporate them into the presentation.
One of my greatest learnings was how to place audio into the powerpoint. I honestly did not realize how easy that could be. All that I had to do was click on slide show and then record narration. Timing the video to match the narration was a bit tricky, but well worth it. Having narration in a presentation for business will let the viewer hear how knowledgeable your are about a topic. I believe this also helps the viewer and the presenter connect even when they are miles apart.
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