GIS Training
Jenness Enterprises offers two online GIS courses drawn from more than a decade of university teaching — Jeff Jenness has taught GIS in the Northern Arizona University School of Forestry's undergraduate, graduate and professional programs since 2012. The courses bring that material to working professionals and students anywhere: self-paced modules with recorded lectures, hands-on lab exercises in ArcGIS Pro with a walk-through video of every lab, and the written notes and slides behind them.
The courses
ArcGIS Pro Fundamentals
What GIS is and what spatial data are; the ArcGIS Pro interface; selections, joins and relates; projections and datums; creating and editing data; geoprocessing and automation; symbolization and cartography.
- 7 modules plus 2 optional modules
- 26 lecture videos (9 h 44 min) and 79 lab walk-through videos (12 h 48 min)
- Lecture notes, lab exercises and slides for every module
Advanced ArcGIS Pro Topics
Wildlife home ranges and habitat; raster analysis and topography; watersheds and hydrology; proximity analysis; the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum; topographic roughness; interpolation.
- 7 modules
- 7 lecture videos (2 h 22 min) and 29 lab walk-through videos (5 h 3 min)
- Lecture notes, lab exercises and slides for every module
How the courses work
- Every module has a document of lecture notes and lab exercises and the original slides; most also have lecture videos and walk-through videos of every lab exercise. Watch the lectures, then work through the labs.
- The lab exercises use ArcGIS Pro, and some modules use the Spatial Analyst extension. The course data is a single download for each course.
- The courses are open to everyone and offered on a pay-what-you-can basis.
- Several modules use tools from the free Wildlife and Forestry Tools add-in documented on this site, and the module pages link to the matching reference pages.
Meet the instructor
Jeff Jenness is a self-employed GIS analyst and programmer who has worked with Esri software for over 30 years, a former Forest Service wildlife biologist, and a Visiting Professor at the NAU School of Forestry, where he has taught GIS since 2012. The three-and-a-half minute video is the introduction his university students see.
Pay what you can
These courses are open to everyone and offered on a pay-what-you-can basis. If a course is useful to you, a payment of $20 or more per course is suggested; it supports the time that goes into recording, writing and keeping the material online.
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If you would rather give the money to a good cause, consider a gift to the Lois Engelman Memorial Scholarship Fund at Northern Arizona University instead.
Training for your team
Custom training for agencies and organizations, on site or online and built around your own data and questions, is available through consulting. Write to jeffj@jennessent.com.