Below are descriptions of standard workshops offered by the Data Services Team with links to supporting materials, when available.
If you are an instructor and would like to request a presentation for your class, please contact the Data Services Team (gsg@uottawa.ca) to schedule a session. The duration and content of the session can be adapted based on course/audience needs.
As a standard practice, we ask for a one-week lead time for planning and scheduling. Presentations are subject to staff availability.
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Description |
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| Principles of Finding Data | 60 | n/a | An interactive workshop that encourages participants through inductive reasoning to find and evaluate data sources |
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| The Census of Population | 60 | n/a | The workshop provides an overview of concepts, how to access census data and related products, and how census data can support socio-demographic research | Slides | Handout | EN | FR |
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| Summarizing and displaying data in spreadsheets | 60 | Excel | This workshop will introduce some of the basic and intermediate capabilities of Microsoft Excel. We will discuss guidelines for organizing and formatting data on worksheet, some key formulas and functions, and how to create simple graphs and pivot tables. We will also explore throughout the session best practices for data management in Excel. | Slides | Handout | EN | FR |
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| Introduction to ArcGIS Online | 60 | ArcGIS Online | This workshop will introduce ArcGIS Online, the web platform of ArcGIS suite. We will demonstrate how to create or upload data on the cloud, run a variety of geospatial analyses, and create and share interactive maps and apps. | Slides | EN | FR |
| Introduction to ArcGIS Pro | 90 | ArcGIS Pro | This workshop offers a basic introduction to GIS and ArcGIS Pro. There is also a practical hands-on component to learn the basics of the interface, how to use common operations, manipulate the symbology, and create a new dataset. | Slides | Handout | EN |
| Introduction to ArcGIS StoryMaps | 60, 90 | ArcGIS Online | This workshop introduces ArcGIS StoryMaps, an online map maker to enhance your digital storytelling. This user-friendly tool allows users to combine various media, including text, images, videos, and/or maps, to showcase a project or tell a story. In this workshop, we will provide an overview of the tool, demonstrate how to utilize various story map elements, and provide tips and tricks to help enrich your story map. | Slides | EN | FR |
| Mapping census data in ArcGIS Pro | 60 | ArcGIS Pro | This workshop focuses on how to create a map to visualize variables of the Canadian Census. Topics covered include an overview of the Census geographies, learning how to merge tabular and spatial data as well as things to consider for data visualization on a map. | Slides | Handout | EN | FR |
| Introduction to working with raster data | 60, 90 | ArcGIS Pro | In this workshop, we will introduce you to raster data, one of the two main GIS data types used to represent real-world spatial relationships. We will cover the basics of raster analysis in ArcGIS Pro and showcase one of the most important geospatial tools, the raster calculator. | Slides | Handout | EN | FR |