Join ATS for some great teaching and learning with technology training options this spring semester!
If you are interested in participating in any of the sessions listed below, please RSVP to your academic technology specialist:
Hands-On Instructional Technology Training Sessions
- Prowl - CC’s Learning Management System
Finally! A tool that allows you to create web-based, interactive course content easily without knowing HTML or having web design skills! PROWL is CC’s implementation of Moodle - a learning or course management system like Blackboard or WebCT, but more suited to a liberal arts environment.
- PROWL Basics (2 hours)
RSVPs due by the Thursday before each session.
Learn how to create an online course presence, upload class documents and resources, and create threaded discussion boards. Attendees of this session will receive a “Quick Start” guide as well as a complete “Moodle at CC” manual.
- Mon. Jan. 22 – 2 p.m. – Palmer 2
- Mon. Feb. 19 – 2 p.m. – Palmer 2
- Mon. Mar. 26 – 2 p.m. – Palmer 2
- PROWL Bells and Whistles (2 hours)
RSVP’s due by the Thursday before each session.
Learn more about PROWL’s activity features including: assignments, quizzes, blogs, journals, the database module and more! Attendees should have a basic knowledge of PROWL, and will receive the complete “Moodle at CC” manual.
- Mon. Jan. 29 – 2 p.m. – Palmer 2
- Mon. Feb. 26 – 2 p.m. – Palmer 2
- Mon. Apr. 2 – 2 p.m. – Palmer 2
- Using GPS (3 hours)
Tues. March 27 – 1 p.m. – GIS Keck Commons (Palmer 1)
RSVP by March 9
Learn how to collect location data on field and import the data to a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) software for display and analysis.
Faculty Institute
Intermediate Topics in GIS (2 days)
February 15 – 16 (Block 5 block break) 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily
RSVP by February 1
Sponsored by ATS and the Keck GIS Commons
Prerequisites:
Basic concepts of GIS (datum, projection, coordinate systems, scale, vector and raster data models) and experience with ArcGIS 8 or 9 desktop (ArcView or ArcInfo)
Topics
The focus of this two-day GIS institute is ArcGIS ModelBuilder, and intermediate raster analysis and map algebra functionalities in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension.
ModelBuilder is a graphical interface that allows you to streamline your analysis steps, i.e. automate your data analysis process. It is a great way to document and share with people your methods and procedures. It is also an effective tool you can use in classrooms to demonstrate what.if. scenarios. With scripting (not covered in this institute), you can build very sophisticated models with the tools and ModelBuilder in ArcGIS desktop.
Raster-based analysis is commonly used in site selection/suitability analysis (e.g. where to build a new store, where to create a park, where to build a dam), time-series analysis (e.g. how landscape changes over time), shortest-route/travel cost computation (e.g. where to build a new road, where is the closest hospital), and terrain analysis. These examples (and others) make raster-based analysis an ideal and powerful tool in the natural and social sciences and the humanities. A lot of the operations in these raster-based analyses are based on map algebra. Map algebra uses math-like expressions to combine map layers mathematically and is mostly implemented with raster data. It provides a powerful analytical capability in GIS.
Schedules
On day one we will first recap and expand concepts of important map analysis covered in the introductory GIS institute (proximity, intersect, union, etc.). We will then build a model using ModelBuilder to solve a problem we worked on in the introductory institute, identifying high-quality habitat for California Gnatcatcher, with vector data. Previous experience with this exercise is not required.
On day two we will address the same problem with raster data. You will have a better understanding of the pros and cons of vector- and raster-based analysis by addressing the same problem with both data models. Map algebra will also be introduced with hands-on exercises. Raster analysis not covered in exercises will be introduced with examples.
Why Should I Attend?
- Faculty focus – the institute caters solely to faculty perspectives and academic resources.
- Intense immersion – half of the institute is hands-on learning. You’ll come out ready to take your GIS project to the next step.
- Small workgroups – each institute is limited to 8 participants, allowing for a 1:2 instructor-to-participant ratio (or better!).
Other Tidbits:
- Honorarium!
Each faculty member will receive $100 for completion of the 2-day institute.
- Free book!
Get a copy of
GIS Concepts and ArcGIS Methods, second edition by David M. Theobald. This book "bridges the information gap between user manuals and textbooks by fusing ArcGIS v9 methods and techniques with a compilation of basic geographical concepts to benefit both beginners and experts."
- Free on-line training courses!
Receive an account to access online certification courses from ESRI Virtual Campus.
For more information, please contact your divisional Academic Technology Specialist or Marla Gerein at 389-6738 or mgerein@coloradocollege.edu.
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