Overview - This two-day course provides a conceptual overview of and hands-on experience with ArcGIS 10.x software. The course enables participants to quickly take advantage of powerful display and analysis capabilities. Participants are introduced to ArcGIS Graphic User Interface (GUI), learn to create, edit, display, query, and analyze geographic and tabular data, and learn to create presentation-quality maps and charts.

Audience - ArcGIS Level I (v. 10) is for those who are new to ArcGIS 10.x software. No prior knowledge of ArcGIS 10.x or GIS is required.

Goals -
• Display data
• Edit data
• Query a database
• Create maps for presentation

Topics Covered -
• ArcGIS overview: Capabilities and applications, interacting with the ArcGIS GUI, projects and documents, and using ArcGIS online help
• ArcGIS Data Frames and Layers: Display geographic data (layers); manipulating the symbology and classification scheme for each layer; and labeling layers
• Tables: Working with tables, selecting from a table, joining tables, modifying the structure of a table, editing values in a table, and creating a chart for presenting tabular data
• Editing layers: Using ArcGIS to edit Geodata, updating attribute information
• Spatial query and analysis: Selecting features based on relationships between multiple layers
• ArcGIS Layout View: Creating a final map for presentation and printing and combining

Prerequisites and Recommendations - ArcGIS Level I (v. 10) is for those with little or no desktop mapping experience; however, registrants should know how to use windowing software.