GEOG 871
Geospatial Technology Project Management

Course website

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This course website is presented in an open source content management system called Drupal (for more information, visit Drupal's website. One advantage to presenting the text in Drupal is that we can enable registered students to comment and ask questions directly on text pages. Another advantage is that Drupal allows us to publish the text openly, for the benefit of anyone who has access to the Internet, regardless of their ability to pay tuition or buy an expensive printed textbook (this is applicable to certain courses in our program).

Course website Navigation Demo

This brief "Course Text Navigation Demo" video will orient you to the various sections of the course navigation. Further details about each section are listed below.

Note:

The video will play back in any standard web browser with Adobe Flash Player 6 or later installed. Get Flash Player 9 here.

Login

Anyone with a Web browser and Internet access can view this text without logging into this Drupal site. Only registered students can log in. While logged in, registered students can post comments to text pages and subscribe to pages to be notified of future posts. To log in, click on the "Log In" link on the left sidebar. Log in with your Penn State Access ID and password.

Start Here

Orientation - familiarizes registered students with the learning environments used to conduct Penn State courses.

Resources

  • Course Home Page
  • Program Home Page - links out to the Penn State Online Geospatial Education website for program information
  • Syllabus - links out to course description, and an account of what is expected of each student
  • Instructor Information - contact and other information about your instructor
  • Library Resources - links out Penn State library resources specific to Geography
  • Help - links to helpful contacts for registered Penn State students and other users

Course Outline

  • Links to lessons.
  • When you click on a Lesson link, links to the pages that make up the lesson are revealed.
  • Navigate between pages using "Next" and "Back" links OR select a page from the Course Outline menu.
  • Each lesson includes an overview page, checklist page, multiple content pages, and a summary.
  • Lesson pages permit commenting by registered students. More information on commenting is included in the Communication page later in this orientation.

Recent Comments

  • This area in the left sidebar displays links to the latest comments posted to pages of the course text.

Printing Options

  • Note the "printer-friendly" buttons for each page, each entire chapter, or the entire "course" (not enabled throughout the text) located in the upper-right corner of the window.
  • The printer-friendly versions compile pages or lessons into a single HTML document. You can access this at any time by clicking on one of the three options in the upper right corner of each text page.