Blog + Account Set-Up + ArcGIS Online Basics
- Assign Monday, Aug. 24, Due Monday, Aug. 31
Create a Class Work Blog for yourself
- Log into WordPress.com if you have an account and add a new blog.
- If you don’t have an account, start here
- send a public link (make sure you are logged out before copying the URL) to your instructor.. The link will be a url something like this: http://mygeog353blog.wordpress.com
- create a blog entry with a suitable title for each assigned…
- …reading, with comments, questions, and points of discussion
- …task (like this one), with comments, questions, and screenshots if necessary
- …chapter from the Getting to Know Web Maps book, comments, questions, etc.
- …Assignment from the Getting to Know Web Maps book, documenting your completion of the assignment
Setting up ArcGIS Online
- Your ArcGIS Online account: sign-in: ArcGIS.com
- Your MyESRI Account & ESRI Academy: sign-in: MyESRI.com
- you will be sent a token to connect your ArcGIS and MyESRI accounts which will give you access to additional training resources (MyESRI > My Organizations)
- you can toggle between these two accounts
- in both cases, explore your profile and settings and customize to your heart’s content.
Learning ArcGIS Online
- Get Started: What Is ArcGIS Online
- Go to ArcGIS Online main page
- Select Resources, then Get Started
- Make it so. It takes about 30 minutes
- Please review the other available resources
- Web Course: ArcGIS Online Basics
- From your ArcGIS Online account info (upper right corner)
- select Training, then Catalog, then Course Catalog
- Under Browse by Topic select Getting Started
- Under Select a Focus Area select Get Stated with ArcGIS Online
- Select the Web Course ArcGIS Online Basics.
- Make it so. It takes about 2 hours.
- Direct link here
- Please review the other available resources
ArcGIS Collector
- Assign Monday, Aug. 31, Due Wednesday, Aug. 9