Latest Contributions by LauraBowden

The new Map Viewer Beta is released! Recall from the October T3G webinar, that you access Map Viewer Beta from the App launcher ("the waffle") in the top right corner of your ArcGIS Online page (except Map Viewer). Also, when you start a new map, a message will give you an opportunity to use the Map Viewer Beta. Here is the release blog post, Introducing the next generation of map making with Map Viewer Beta. You can try the quick-start tutorial, examine the product roadmap, and review the web map compatibility guide.  If you aren't completely saturated, read the blogs just posted on the color ramps, dot density renderer, and pop-ups available in the new map viewer. You can provide or research feedback, comments, questions and more in the ArcGIS Online Map Viewer Beta space on GeoNet. Have fun! I hope you will share some of your educator perspectives on Map Viewer Beta below, as well! ... View more

This address: esriurl.com/k12learningguide This is a two-sides-of-a-page annotated list of recommended Esri learning resources, guides, and instructional resources for K-12 teachers looking to get started with ArcGIS. Share it as a digital PDF, or a hard-copy handout. ... View more

Meet the New ArcGIS StoryMaps, Thursday, August 29. Three one-hour sessions are available. Presented by story maps program founder Allen Carroll, and team member Greyson Harris. Students and teachers alike enjoy creating story maps. Now, ArcGIS StoryMaps, Esri's next-generation digital storytelling tool, makes it easier than ever to author a story. Everything you need to showcase and share your content is now in a single builder environment. Teachers and your students alike can focus more on telling a story that informs and inspires, and less on learning technology.  In next week's free live training seminar, find out how easy it is to author a story that includes text, photos, videos, and more. Discover express maps—perfect when you want to feature a simple, polished map in your story without creating a web map first. See how to apply one of the new, professionally designed themes and quickly adjust the look and feel to support your content, audience, and purpose. As always, you can submit questions for the presenters to answer during the hour. How to Attend This Seminar You will need an Esri Account. If you don't have one, you can create one now. Log in up to 30 minutes before the seminar begins. Join us next week to pick up expert tips and tricks and sharpen your storytelling skills. ... View more

Even though T3G is not advertised on the Esri Training site, we manually post your course attendance and Certificate of Completion there along with any other Esri training courses that you have started or completed. Follow these steps to access your Certificate of Completion for T3G 2019 (or 2015-2018). Go to www.esri.com/training. In the upper right, Sign In. Sign in using an account that has in the profile, the same email address you gave us in your T3G registration form, because that is the email address that I provided to the certificate-makers. For example, it might be a free public ArcGIS Online account, or your school ArcGIS Online organizational account, if it is Esri enabled. (Recall that your T3G organizational account is NOT Esri enabled, so you can't use those credentials to sign in to esri.com/training or community.esri.com, a.k.a. GeoNet.) In the upper right, black bar, choose My Academy, then go to My Learning Activity. T3G 2019 should be near the top of the list of courses, if the list is sorted by Recently Added. You should see a View Certificate button.  Click View Certificate to open a PDF of your certificate. You can download or print the PDF if you would like. What to do if T3G 2019 is not listed in My Learning Activity If you have more than one Esri enabled account that has your same email in the profile, then check the other account(s) for the certificate. Hopefully it would be in one that you have used for other Esri training. If you do not find the certificate in any of your accounts, proceed to Step 4 below. If you found your certificate in an account other than the one you use as your primary training history location, and you want us to move the T3G 2019 record to anther account, proceed to Step 4 below. To get help if you can't find your certificate or if you need to move your T3G record to a different account, Click Help tab in the upper right corner of the black bar. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to the Have a Question? form. Complete the form and explain the situation in the message section. One of my colleagues will assist you. NOTE. In the Subject list, choose Training History and Certificates (not Technical Certification). In the message, include the official course title, Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS. For T3G 2019, include the event ID, 50151048. For previous years, include the year. Laura PS. This blog was originally posted in the T3G Online Institute group for T3G 2019 attendees. I've re-posted it here for longer-term reference. ... View more

Even though T3G is not advertised on the Esri Training site, we manually post your course attendance and Certificate of Completion there along with any other Esri training courses that you have started or completed. Follow these steps to access your T3G 2019 Certificate of Completion. Go to www.esri.com/training. In the upper right, Sign In. Sign in using an account that has in the profile, the same email address you gave us in your T3G registration form, because that is the email address that I provided to the certificate-makers. For example, it might be a free public ArcGIS Online account, or your school ArcGIS Online organizational account, if it is Esri enabled. (Recall that your T3G organizational account is NOT Esri enabled, so you can't use those credentials to sign in to esri.com/training or community.esri.com, a.k.a. GeoNet.) In the upper right, black bar, choose My Academy, then go to My Learning Activity. T3G 2019 should be near the top of the list of courses, if the list is sorted by Recently Added. You should see a View Certificate button.  Click View Certificate to open a PDF of your certificate. You can download or print the PDF if you would like. What to do if T3G 2019 is not listed in My Learning Activity If you have more than one Esri enabled account that has your same email in the profile, then check the other account(s) for the certificate. Hopefully it would be in one that you have used for other Esri training. If you do not find the certificate in any of your accounts, proceed to Step 4 below. If you found your certificate in an account other than the one you use as your primary training history location, and you want us to move the T3G 2019 record to anther account, proceed to Step 4 below. To get help if you can't find your certificate or if you need to move your T3G record to a different account, Click Help tab in the upper right corner of the black bar. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to the Have a Question? form. Complete the form and explain the situation in the message section. One of my colleagues will assist you. NOTE. In the Subject list, choose Training History and Certificates (not Technical Certification). In the message, include the official course title, Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS, and the event ID, 50151048. Thanks again for participating in T3G 2019! I hope to see you at the upcoming T3G "Third Thursday" webinar next week (August 15th) Laura ... View more

Certifications was the topic of the October T3G Webinar. Many thanks to our guest presenter, Jessica Rosales‌, from the Esri Technical Certification team. Some of you may recognize Jessica from a past T3G Institute, or from a workshop or booth at the Esri conference in San Diego. Charlie Fitzpatrick discussed certifications in general, and then Jessica answered many of the questions that educators like you have, especially about the ArcGIS Desktop Entry certification. Why do people get certified? Can high school students take the exam? How can teachers align their curriculum to the exam? What can teachers and students do to prepare? What is the process to sign up and take an exam? Are exams keeping pace with the software updates?  Watch the webinar video for the answers--and don't overlook the chat for more Q&A, and the resources PDF for links. Access this webinar 013_2018-10-18 Certifications from Esri and Beyond Access all past T3G webinars ... View more

You know the basics of how to create user accounts in an ArcGIS Online Org. It's easy to add an individual account for a teacher, for example, or to use a CSV spreadsheet to add a set of student accounts for one or two classes. But how do you scale it up? For instance, what is an efficient way to create and manage user accounts for all students in a district? What if you want students to start young and continue using ArcGIS as they progress through the grades, without having to create a new account for them each year? How can you and the educators you mentor, set up an efficient process?  Last week's Third Thursday T3G webinar explores two main approaches to efficiently creating and managing user accounts in an ArcGIS Online organization for K12 instruction. These are CSV spreadsheets and single-sign-on (SSO), a method that has been getting easier and gaining in popularity. Of course, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. You might be surprised to learn that Michael Wagner uses the CSV spreadsheet method to facilitate student accounts for his 80,000 student district in Loudon County, Virginia. And that Matt Winbigler has implemented SSO for his earth science class in Cloquet, Minnesota. Many thanks to Mike and Matt for sharing, and to Tom Baker‌ and Charlie Fitzpatrick‌ for providing context, demoing SSO with G-Suite, and fielding questions. This webinar generated lots of interest, and 45 minutes went by in a flash! There is plenty more to think about and discuss about this topic. What questions do you have? How have you implemented AGO Org accounts? How do you advise other educators? Please post your questions and comments below. What additional aspects should we cover in a future webinar?  Access this webinar 012_2018-09-20_Facilitating ArcGIS Logins-SSO and CSV Access all past T3G webinars ... View more

This is for all you T3G educators out there who are involved with STEM, and especially programming. Esri Training Services has begun producing short videos on specific Developer Edition topics, including some that require no programming experience. Yesterday, we published a the video, Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS Developer Edition: What's Inside a Custom Widget?   This latest video explores the purpose and relationships of the files and folders commonly found inside a WAB DE custom widget. The video is only 11 minutes, and it offers simple and clear explanation of the topic. My reaction to this video was, "Wow, this isn't so difficult. I believe that I can do this!" Do you think this video and others like it would be an appropriate resource for  high school students (and teachers) who are learning programming, or looking for practical ways to intersect GIS and programming, or real-world programming applications? #stem‌, #stem education‌, #progrmaming‌, #webappbuilder‌ ... View more