Course / Student Tracking "App" ??

**Aguila Blanca** · July 13, 2020, 12:35 PM

If any of you are an NRA instructor or a teacher of any sort, I'd like to know if you can point me toward any Access or Libre Office Base databases for keeping track of student data and courses, by date, student enrollment, and pass/fail or point score grades.

Thanks for any help. Time for me to come out of the Stone Age.

TunnelRat · July 13, 2020, 07:19 PM

Apologies as I’m not a big Access user, but couldn’t you use some spreadsheet software that allows multiple sheets? I guess the question is how often you plan to be searching the database versus just using it as a digital record.

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**Aguila Blanca** · July 13, 2020, 09:04 PM

I could use a spreadsheet. I could also just keep all the registration slips in a transfile box. I've just gotten to a place in life where I would like to be using the right tool for the job and, in this case, a spreadsheet is not the right tool. A relational database is.

TunnelRat · July 13, 2020, 09:11 PM

I think MySQL is one of the most popular open source database software packages (I did a semester of database management for my graduate degree), but some others:
https://learn.g2.com/free-database-software

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July 13, 2020, 12:35 PM	#1
Aguila Blanca Staff Join Date: September 25, 2008 Location: CONUS Posts: 18,468	Course / Student Tracking "App" ?? If any of you are an NRA instructor or a teacher of any sort, I'd like to know if you can point me toward any Access or Libre Office Base databases for keeping track of student data and courses, by date, student enrollment, and pass/fail or point score grades. Thanks for any help. Time for me to come out of the Stone Age. __________________ NRA Life Member / Certified Instructor NRA Chief RSO / CMP RSO 1911 Certified Armorer Jeepaholic

July 13, 2020, 09:04 PM	#3
Aguila Blanca Staff Join Date: September 25, 2008 Location: CONUS Posts: 18,468	I could use a spreadsheet. I could also just keep all the registration slips in a transfile box. I've just gotten to a place in life where I would like to be using the right tool for the job and, in this case, a spreadsheet is not the right tool. A relational database is. __________________ NRA Life Member / Certified Instructor NRA Chief RSO / CMP RSO 1911 Certified Armorer Jeepaholic

July 13, 2020, 09:11 PM	#4
TunnelRat Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2011 Posts: 12,212	Course / Student Tracking "App" ?? I think MySQL is one of the most popular open source database software packages (I did a semester of database management for my graduate degree), but some others: https://learn.g2.com/free-database-software Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Last edited by TunnelRat; July 13, 2020 at 09:25 PM.

July 13, 2020, 07:19 PM	#2
TunnelRat Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2011 Posts: 12,212	Apologies as I’m not a big Access user, but couldn’t you use some spreadsheet software that allows multiple sheets? I guess the question is how often you plan to be searching the database versus just using it as a digital record. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk