Schedule

Revised 5/30/2025

Fall Semester 2025: Module 2: 10/13/2025 ā€“ 12/5/2025

This course has a flexible format that fits your schedule, but you must keep up with your work in the class.

Time commitment: Iā€™ve found that most students can complete the work for this course in around 4-6 hours per week. You will probably complete most of the work if you work in the GIS Lab (SCSC 207) for 3 hours a week, like a normal lecture class.

Meetings: This 0.5 credit module course was designed to be flexible and fit into any schedule. You are responsible for setting up a meeting time: an appointment schedule is ( here ).

  • Please schedule a meeting with me in the 2nd and 3rd weeks. If you get assignments in on time, no need for additional meetings unless you want.
  • If you get behind, please commit to 3 hours in the lab (207 SCSC) during the subsequent week and email me the hours before the start of the week..
  • Pro tip: regularly working in the lab during my office hours gives you access to me (for questions, feedback, etc). In other words, schedule time to get the work in this class done
    • M: 10:00-11, 1-2
    • Tu: 9:15-1
    • W: 10-11, 12-2
    • Th: 9:15-12; 1-2
    • F: 10-11, noon

If you have a problem after hours or on the weekend, please email me, and we can try to sort it by email, phone, FaceTime, or Zoom. I will get back to you as soon as I can. But this is a rule of thumb to follow with problems you encounter:Ā 

If you run into a problem you canā€™t solve (the tutorial does not always match up with the software perfectly), go back and make sure you did not miss a step. If itā€™s still not working, note the issue and move on to the next section. You can follow up with me (email, appointment) if you want to see if I can figure it out.

Complete work for each week by the end of the day on Friday of that week (11:59 pm).

Software 1: The blog you are currently on (WordPress): expect to see an email from OWUā€™s WordPress site. Accept the invitation. You must post from a hardwired campus computer (like those in 207) or BishopNet (not BishopGuest, not your phone hotspot). Ā If you need access to BishopNet: while on campus, go to https://wifi.owu.edu and register your device. Talk to me if you are still having problems.

You will post the weekly work to this blog!

    • Type up approximately 300 words for each reading
    • Post the requested work to this blog
    • Email your instructor that you posted the work

Software 2: ArcGIS Online. If you have an account from GEOG 291 you are good to go. If not, I’ll send an email for you to log in and change your password.

Sign in here: https://www.arcgis.com/

The final project, two apps based on your own data (or data you find elsewhere), should be posted to this blog. See below.

GEOG 292 can all be done on a computer with internet and a browser.Ā I’ll still provide you with OWU card access to the Science Center (24-7) and a code for access to 207 SCSC (outside of normal hours, 7 am to 7 pm, M-F), even though you don’t need to be in the GIS Lab to complete the work.

Week 1: Introduction to Course (Due Friday, October 17)

Assign: Review course blog (syllabus & schedule) and create a blog posting on the class blog: please give the posting this title: <Your Name> Week 1.Ā Introduce yourself and indicate you did the stuff for this week.

Take the quiz!

Please schedule an appointment here with me in the first and 2nd weeks.

Text: Getting to Know Web GIS (2022, 5th edition)Ā – aka GTKWGIS – or copies available in GIS lab (top map drawer near room door). Do not remove books from the room.

You need access to an OWU ArcGIS Online account. See above.

If you did the following in GEOG 291, indicate so in your Week 1 posting.

Spend a few minutes poking around your account, including the icon in the upper-right corner, which takes you to your profile. Add your basic information to My Profile. Also, look at My Settings, My ESRI, Training, Community and Forums, ArcGIS Blog, and Help. Jot down two comments about what you find (for the blog entry for this Lab).

Use some ESRI resources to learn a bit about ArcGIS Online.Ā Complete a read-through ofĀ Get Started: What Is ArcGIS Online.Ā This should take about 30 minutes.Ā Read through the different sections of this web page (stacked along the left of the page) and jot down two comments about what you find (for the blog entry for this Lab).

You also have access to ESRI courses online. Some are free, some cost $$$. Anything that says “Maintenance Required” is free to OWU students. Stuff with a $$ cost is available at a significant discount (talk to Krygier). Complete a free course that introduces you to ArcGIS Online.

  • click on the icon in the upper left of your ArcGIS Online account and select Training
  • selectĀ Web Course:Ā ArcGIS Online Basics
    • this should take about 2 hours but probably less
    • if you already completed this course, find another!
  • jot down two comments about what you find.
  • save a screenshot (or a few) of the screen showing you completed the activities in the four main sections of this course, and include it in your blog entry for this Lab.

Taking advantage of ESRI online training: You can access a significant amount of training material via the Training link in your account. Look over the available courses and list one or two that seem of interest. If there is a fee, remember that we may be able to use OWUā€™sĀ OWU Connection GrantĀ or Department of ENVS funds to cover these costs. It is possible to get various certifications by taking collections of these courses. Please talk to Krygier or Rowley if you have questions.Ā 

  • Use Google and Google Scholar to look into a few GIS application areas: search for ā€œArcOnlineā€ and different keywords, based on your personal interest: cat telemetry, queer online mapping, blind dung beetles, antifa, cop killings, stamp collectors, crowdsourcing, etc.). Include, in the blog posting, information on two applications with at least one map or image and a source or two.
Week 2: ArcGIS Online I (Due Friday, October 24)

Assign: Read and completeĀ GTKWGIS Chapters 1 & 2. Create a new blog entry with comments, notes, and questions on these readings. This is: <Your Name> Week 2

    • Include a few-sentence description of an application based on ideas from Chapters 1 & 2, using your own data.Ā 
Week 3: ArcGIS Online II (Due Friday, October 31)

Assign: Read and complete GTKWGISĀ Chapters 3 & 4 ArcGIS Experience Builder and ArcGIS Web AppBuilder. Create a new blog entry with comments, notes, and questions on these readings. This is: <Your Name> Week 3

  • Include a few-sentence description of an application based on ideas from Chapters 3 & 4, using your own data.Ā 

Assign: Select one of your four ideas (Chapters 1-4) and create it. This is not due until the Week 6, but start on it and complete it before you forget the stuff in these first four chapters!

Week 4: ArcGIS Online III (Due Friday, November 7)

Assign: Read and completeĀ GTKWGIS Chapter 5: Caching & On Premises Web GIS; 6: Spatiotemporal Data and Real-Time GIS: Tile layers and on-premises Web GIS. Create a new blog entry with comments, notes, and questions on these readings. This is: <Your Name> Week 4

  • Include a few-sentence description of an application based on ideas from Chapters 5 & 6, using your own data.Ā 
Week 5 : ArcGIS Online IV (Due Friday, November 14)

Assign: Read and completeĀ GTKWGIS Chapter 7. Create a new blog entry with comments, notes, and questions on these readings. This is: <Your Name> Week 5

  • Include a few-sentence description of an application based on ideas from Chapter 7, using your own data.Ā 

Assign: Select one of your four ideas (Chapters 5-7) and create it. This is due Week 6.

Week 6: Final: Two ArcGIS Online Apps (Due Friday, November 21)

Two apps – assigned above – due Friday, November 21 in a posting to the blog (with links). Email your instructor when they are posted.