FileMaker Press Release
FileMaker Offers Training Materials for K-12 Educators
FileMaker Pro Basics helps educators learn the ABCs of FileMaker Pro 9
Comprised of two modules, each containing a PDF of exercises and
two databases – one to perform the exercises and a second
to check the tasks against – FileMaker Pro Basics can be
used for individual, self-paced training or as part of
instructor-led professional development training in a school or
district.
“FileMaker is committed to helping K-12 educators better
understand, manage and share student and administrative
information,” said Ryan Rosenberg, vice president
marketing and services, FileMaker, Inc.
“FileMaker Pro Basics is an ideal professional
development tool for educators. Its basic, step-by-step
instructions will help them quickly take advantage of the power of
FileMaker Pro to help create a better learning environment for
their students.”
FileMaker Pro Basics
Optimized for new FileMaker Pro 9 and designed for both self-paced
training as well as instructional use by education service
agencies, professional development trainers and training centers,
FileMaker Pro Basics provides guidance for a variety of FileMaker
Pro tasks including how to:
* Build and modify custom forms
* Enter and find data
* Create labels, letters and reports
* Add security to a FileMaker Pro database
* Share a FileMaker Pro database over the web
FileMaker Pro Basics requires the new FileMaker Pro 9 database
software and is available at no cost when you download a free
30-day trial of FileMaker Pro 9:
Download free trial and training materials:
www.filemaker.com/k12training_pr
FileMaker in K-12
FileMaker database software helps schools collect, manage and
report on student and administrative data. More than 10,000 K-12
schools use FileMaker in their data-driven decision-making
processes to achieve greater operational efficiency, comply with
federal and state reporting requirements, and track student
performance.
Teaching Pre K-8 magazine recently selected FileMaker Pro for its
“Editor’s Choice” award as the top
educational database software. The software also recently received
a 2006 Legacy Award from Technology & Learning Magazine.
About FileMaker, Inc.
FileMaker Pro is used by millions of individuals and work groups
around the world to be more productive and efficient. Business,
education and government customers rely on FileMaker to manage
people, projects, images, assets and other information. In addition
to being the number one-selling easy-to-use database software, the
award-winning FileMaker product line also includes low-cost
applications that automate basic business tasks, ready-to-use
starter solutions, and tools to create and share solutions from the
desktop to the Web. FileMaker, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apple, Inc.
Customer contact:
800-325-2747
http://www.filemaker.com
Media contact:
Kevin Mallon
408-987-7227
kevin_mallon@filemaker.com
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