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Oh no he’s talking about training again

rjhale · Mar 25, 2021 ·

I’ve been debating shaking up the blog portion of the website for a bit. I start writing and then go “What’s the point” and I’m sitting on a half dozen technical/non-technical things I’ve been working on. So anyway – where to start for this one.

So the Virtual training seems to be working. I teach the first one his month (actually just finished), the next one in April and after that I’ll know what is working and what doesn’t. There have been a never ending stream of emails from people on ranging from “I want to take an advanced class” to “Introduction is too simple” and “what are your plans for something harder”. To which I have asked “What do you consider harder?” and the answer is always “Not Introduction”. So I got that going for me which is nice.

There is another class coming. Actually when I had made all the arrangements to teach in a classroom setting – the class had turned into a 2 day event with the possibility of a third happening. Way back when I was an ESRI instructor it seemed like Intro to Desktop was 2 or 3 days, Intermediate was 2 days, and Advanced was two days. Which I have no plans on doing for 7 or 8 days – BUT – the second class is proving problematic as I’m sitting on about 19 hours of information which is about over 2 full days and almost Five 4 hour days virtually. What to do……..

The thought is currently to call this QGIS: Tools and Processing. Which means I get to cover Processing Tools, Modeler, Editing, and Forms. The problem with that is currently that looks like 10 to 12 hours of “stuff” and I’d like to keep this at 8. Maybe I can’t. Maybe it turns into 3 days which are 4 hours long.

Which in my fever driven fantasies about training that gives me an:

  • Introduction covering the basics
  • The Intermediate part where we are building models and exposing editing tools like forms.
  • Advanced…………

Advanced would end up being PostGIS being brought into the mix with QGIS. So end it on an Enterprise worthy note. Your organization needs multiple editors and a data repository and the normal directory structure isn’t cutting it so you would want this class. Of course this doesn’t cover:

  • Reports/Atlas
  • Time manager
  • LIDAR
  • Stupid amounts of Symbology like the Geometry Generator.

Those 4 things don’t suck up much of my life. They are important though….so Decisions. I don’t want to turn this into a training business which is a problem I worry about. I like working with data and clients. I also don’t want a repeat of 2020 where I realize how fragile my business is against a very small germ.

Anyway – more on training later….

Intro to QGIS Virtual Training – April 27-28 2021

rjhale · Mar 3, 2021 ·

With the first class filling up I’ve decided to do another Intro to QGIS Class. Which I know – 2 intro classes but it’s a popular subject for those that just want to know something about QGIS. Again it will be 4 hours a day for 2 days from 12 EST to 4 EST. Plus virtual – which means I’m live.

I’ve revamped the materials to take advantage of the current releases and cleaned up the exercises. So those are now shorter and more plentiful and the hope is you can just do them without me slowing down much. We have a lot of ground to cover.

Again we’ll be covering:

  • Interface
  • Data and Symbology
  • Processing tools
  • Editing
  • Plugins
  • Layouts

Everyone gets a certificate from the QGIS organization (which makes it easy for me to push some of the money back to QGIS).

Anyway – show up. Limit of 10. Cost is $150 US Dollars.

Register here!

Here’s the big change from the March Class:

  • I’m working on a refund policy for those that sign up but can’t attend. Since I’m using EventBrite I’m losing a small part of the cost for less headache. Anyway – I’ll have that posted shortly. Maybe I can put you in another class OR I’ll refund the money or something. We’ll figure it out.
  • If you’re a conservation group and you can’t swing the $150 give me a shout and we’ll figure out a way to get you in the class.

QGIS Virtual Training – March 23-24th 2021

rjhale · Feb 9, 2021 ·

  • March 23rd 2021 – 12pm to 4pm EST
  • March 24th 2021 – 12pm to 4pm EST
  • Cost: $150
  • Tickets: EventBrite
  • Participants: 10

So it’s been a year since I’ve taught this class. What a year.

Surprise – Covid is still causing issues. So I’ve decided to go virtual with the class. I’m doing two four hour sessions. I’ve reduced the cost of the class because it’s Virtual AND this won’t be as fun as sitting in a room with everyone. We will make it slightly fun though. Actually a lot of fun.

Anyway – the class is for beginners with QGIS. Maybe you’re curious about using it. Maybe you’ve tried and gotten frustrated. We will cover the interface, data types, layouts, and as many tools as we can. By the time you leave you should be able to do some editing, add data, make a map, and break something. I’ll also be hanging around after class to answer questions or just talk.

We all get a QGIS certificate which helps that project. I’m also holding this to 10 participants. The biggest class I’ve taught had 100 people in it and the smallest has had 3. Ten is a good number. Ten works.

THE BIGGER Conversation

I have 24 (almost 32) hours of material covering Editing, Forms, SQL, Mobile, Field Calculator, etc. No one wants to sit with me for 3 or 4 straight days for 8 hours a day in this class. So I’m splitting it up into probably 3 classes which is how it was originally written before I morphed it into one class. I’m going to teach the intro class for a bit and then offer the rest. I will probably offer a discount for repeat participants.

I’ve been thinking about this for about 2 months and trying to decide what to do and how to do it. Navigating the pandemic as a small business has been maddening. The thought of doing an online class is somewhat exhausting……..except…….

I’ve been teaching this class for about 7 years. The class has changed as QGIS has changed and it went from “talking” to more “doing”. So the problem will be now how to get the next two classes to make sense with regards to the first one…in a virtual environment.

Anyway – see you virtually. Well 10 of you.

May 2020 Training Rescheduled for June 2020

rjhale · Apr 10, 2020 ·

Well – this is all weird.

The Upcoming class in May is pushed off to June 24th and 25th. Hey – Is this a good idea? NO IDEA. I figure in about a month I’ll know whether to cancel it or go ahead with it. Of course we will be following the Guidelines of the CDC, Chattanooga State, State of TN and whoever else we can follow.

With that said – I’m starting to reformat the class for “virtual”. The class is built for in an person trainer and with that looking rather grim these days. I’m working on a slightly different setup using zoom/skype/something to work through the material. I could continue talking about that – but I’m pretty much tired of discussing virtual type of things as I suspect a good portion of you are.

Anyway – back to work. If you do wish to show up in June for a class – it’s 2 days in Sunny Chattanooga. We may knock off class early the first day and go canoeing.


Length of workshop: Approximately 16 hours

Topics Covered:

  • Interface
  • Vector Data
  • Raster Data
  • Plugins
  • Processing Tools
  • Field Calculator
  • Exercises Throughout

Registration: https://www.campusce.net/cscc/course/EventDetail.aspx?C=106

Cost: $700


Anyway – Good People Stay Safe and Learn some QGIS.

QGIS Workshop January 2020

rjhale · Nov 15, 2019 ·

  • QGIS Workshop will be hosted at Chattanooga State On January 15th and 16th 2020.
  • Registration link is here: https://www.campusce.net/cscc/course/EventDetail.aspx?C=106
  • Cost: $700 Dollars

The first class of the revamped QGIS Workshop is coming up January 15th and 16th 2020. This class is going to be a little bit different than the other iterations. I’ve slowly been adding/taking away content to drive toward this being a class focused on an Enterprise Open Source implementation. It’s lead to a lot of back and forth on this end for the future of the training class.

Right now the 16 hour class covers:

  • Interface
  • Symbology
  • Geo-processing and Plugins
  • Editing
  • Layout manager
  • Raster Tools
  • Field Calculator
  • Forms
  • Processing

Day 1 is certified by the QGIS Community and I’m working on Day 2 getting certified – so I should have an answer on that shortly (so this class will support the QGIS Community). Of Course that leaves me wondering where Day 3 goes – and I’m staring down the barrel of PostGIS. Which has been my most talked about non-existent class at this point. Every time I start on it I back off and wonder if I’ve done enough in QGIS to prepare you for that angle.

Anyway – Hope to see you there! Any questions give me a shout!

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