DBTool: a graphical database design tool for an introductory database course

While it is advantageous for students in a database course to be exposed to a comprehensive project that spans the various phases of database design [SF 91, ACS 378], it is also observed that there is lack of support tools to help studenta in the database design process. This paper represents the experience that the authors had in a database course, from the both the student’s and the instructor’s pointa of view, and their attempt to solve some of the problems encountered by providing a tool to better aid the database design process.