Course: Discovering QGIS - Online

This beginner online QGIS course will teach you how to use the QGIS interface and begin to build, style, and present maps.

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) underpin much of our modern life, from navigation to social media. The ability to utilise GIS is becoming essential for many jobs, including ecologists, engineers, educators, emergency services, and many, many more.

What is covered in this course?

• Introduction to Using QGIS
• Building and Viewing Maps
• Sourcing and Styling Map Layers and Presenting Maps
• Creating New Data

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Set up QGIS, navigate the interface, and use basic functions
• Understand and use vector and raster data, and different coordinate reference systems
• Change data styles present data in the most appropriate way and create a shareable map
• Create point, line, and polygon data as well as input GPS data
• Share this knowledge with friends, family, and fellow volunteers.

This is a 4-week online course covering 4 topics, for which you will complete a variety of self-led online study content, activities, assignments and live Zoom sessions. Time commitment is approximately 2-3 hours a week and an E-certificate is provided upon completion.

This course is eligible for a student discount. If you are a current student, please use discount code BioStudent20 at checkout for 20% off.

Please refer to the Field Studies Council website for further information and to book.