Showing posts with label extra credit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label extra credit. Show all posts

Extra Credit

Monday, September 20, 2010

Two ways to earn generous heaps of extra credit in this class.

First, 2 points will be added to your overall final grade every time you attend a Library-sponsored GIS workshop. This is a poptential 6 points added to your final, overall grade. First one is this Thursday! Awesome if you can make it.

Second
, 5 points will be added to your final overall grade for each student who volunteers to create a poster for this year's GIS Day activities. More information here: http://library.uta.edu/gisday.
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Title: Consumer Data, Demographics & GIS
Description: Come and have fun learning about geographic information systems (GIS) and the various types of socio-economic data we all have access to. This hands-on workshop requires no GIS experience. Open to everyone.

Time: Thursday, Septerber 23, 3-5pm
Location:Central Library, B20

Title: GIS in 3D: Flythroughs, Topo, & CAD
Description: Learn how geographic information systems (GIS) can build interactive 3D terrain models and work with topographic and even CAD data. This hands-on workshop requires no GIS experience. Open to everyone.

Time: October 14, 3 - 5pm
Location: Central Library, B20

Title: A New Hogwarts Extension in North America
Description: Like Harry Potter but wish there was a Hogwarts extension campus here in North America? Me too! Learn how geographic information systems (GIS) can help identify the best location to build such a campus of wizardly learning. This hands-on workshop requires no GIS or experience. Open to everyone.

Time: Thursday, November 17, 3-5pm
Location:Central Library, B20