One of our goals at the SDMG is to help our members develop skills for collecting and mapping data. For those of you who wish to learn how to create maps in ArcGIS, here is a free 4-week online course!

This free course was available last year and is being offered again. You will have access to ArcGIS to learn how to import data, add pop up windows, mark boundaries, create different types of digital maps and more.

Elmhurst’s Skills for the Digital Earth MOOC (massive open online course) explores why “where?” is vitally important to a myriad of disciplines in our digital world. Participants in the MOOC will learn what location technologies are used for, as well as fundamental geospatial concepts, skills and applications.

Taught through video lectures, interaction opportunities and discussion forums, participants will complete exercises and run through real-world examples using online spatial software that works on any device with a Web browser. The MOOC is designed for those with no prior experience with geographic information systems (GIS) software all the way to advanced users.

Upon successful completion of Modules 1-6:

Participants will be issued a certificate of completion, which may be used as a waiver to GIS 100, the first course in the Online Undergraduate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems at Elmhurst College.

Upon successful completion of Module 7:

Participants will receive an additional certificate of completion, which may be used as a waiver to AGS 500, the first course in the Online Master’s Degree or Graduate Certificate in Applied Geospatial Sciences at Elmhurst College.

Course Runs: March 1 - March 28, 2015

Registration is now open at http://opportuniti.org/free-online-course-elmhurst-college-free-gis-and-mapping-course/