StretchLearn Course

Stop running ops out of a flat spreadsheet

Connect your tables, automate the busywork, and ship an app people actually use

Beginner9 hrSelf PacedRegistered

Course Overview

What this course is designed to develop

This beginner course teaches working professionals to turn a flat Airtable base into a relational, self-running operations app. You model data with linked records and junction tables, surface answers with rollups and lookups, automate notifications and record updates with the trigger-action builder, and add light logic with the scripting and run-a-script steps. Every technique is shown with a real worked example you can rebuild, and you finish with a shippable Interface Designer app and the judgment to keep automation usage inside plan limits.

Learning Outcomes

What the learner should be able to understand, build, or execute.

Model relational data with linked records, junction tables, and self-links instead of duplicating columns

Summarize connected records using rollup, lookup, and count fields with the right aggregation function

Build trigger-action automations that send Slack and email alerts and update records without manual work

Add light logic with conditional automation steps and short scripting-step snippets when no-code falls short

Design grouped, filtered, and color-coded views plus a Kanban and calendar for different audiences

Ship a role-appropriate app in Interface Designer and stay within automation-run and record limits

Curriculum Preview

Inside the curriculum: a structured path from fundamentals to execution.

Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.

Module 1

Module 1: Relational Data With Linked Records

Move from a flat sheet to connected tables so each fact lives in one place. Linked records are the foundation every rollup, automation, and Interface depends on.

3 lessons

Why Linked Records Beat Extra ColumnsContent · 45 min

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Junction Tables for Many-to-ManyContent · 45 min

LMS Access

Self-Links and Record HierarchiesContent · 45 min

LMS Access

Module 2

Module 2: Summarizing With Rollups and Lookups

Turn connected records into answers. Rollups, lookups, and counts pull numbers and text across links and recalculate themselves whenever the underlying records change.

3 lessons

Rollup Fields and Aggregation FunctionsContent · 45 min

LMS Access

Lookups and Count FieldsContent · 45 min

LMS Access

Formula Fields That React to LinksContent · 45 min

LMS Access

Module 3

Module 3: Automations That Run the Work

Make the base act on its own. The trigger-action builder sends alerts, updates records, and creates rows whenever a condition is met, and scripting steps cover the rare cases no-code cannot.

3 lessons

Triggers, Actions, and Your First AutomationContent · 45 min

LMS Access

Updating and Creating Records AutomaticallyContent · 45 min

LMS Access

Scripting Steps When No-Code Falls ShortContent · 45 min

LMS Access

Module 4

Module 4: Advanced Views and Interface Designer

Make the base usable for everyone. Grouped, filtered, color-coded views serve power users, while Interface Designer ships a clean app for people who should never see the raw grid.

3 lessons

Grouping, Filtering, and Color in ViewsContent · 45 min

LMS Access

Kanban, Calendar, and Gallery ViewsContent · 45 min

LMS Access

Shipping a No-Code App in Interface DesignerContent · 45 min

LMS Access

Built for Application

A complete learning path, not a one-off inspiration hit.

This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.

Airtablelinked recordsrollupsautomationsInterface Designerscriptingno-codeKanban views