Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Services

Online GIS Training Available to UNC-CH Affiliates

UNC at Chapel Hill has a site license for ESRI products which is maintained by ITS. Through this site license, UNC at Chapel Hill affiliates (current faculty, staff, and students) have free access to many online courses through ESRI's Virtual Campus.

A listing of courses that can be taken for free follows, with enrollment instructions below. PLEASE NOTE: These courses are available free of charge to current UNC at Chapel Hill affiliates only.

List of Online Courses

Basics of the Geodatabase Data Model
Cartographic Design Using ArcGIS 9
Creating and Editing Geodatabase Features with ArcGIS 9.0-9.1 (for ArcEditor and ArcInfo)
Creating and Editing Geodatabase Features with ArcGIS Desktop (for ArcEditor and ArcInfo)
Creating and Editing Geodatabase Topology with ArcGIS 9.0-9.1 (for ArcEditor and ArcInfo)
Creating and Editing Geodatabase Topology with ArcGIS Desktop (for ArcEditor and ArcInfo)
Creating and Editing Labels and Annotation
Creating and Integrating Data for Natural Resource Applications
Creating and Integrating Data for Natural Resource Applications (for ArcGIS 9.0-9.1)
Creating and Maintaining Metadata Using ArcGIS Desktop
Creating, Editing, and Managing Geodatabases for ArcGIS Desktop
Creating, Editing, and Managing Geodatabases for ArcGIS Desktop (for ArcGIS 9.0-9.1)
Customizing ArcGIS Desktop
Customizing ArcGIS Desktop (for ArcGIS 9.0-9.1)
Customizing ArcIMS
Customizing ArcMap: Easy Ways to Extend the Interface
Customizing ArcPad
Geocoding with ArcGIS Desktop
Geoprocessing with ArcGIS Desktop
Geoprocessing with ArcGIS Desktop (for ArcGIS 9.0-9.1)
Georeferencing Rasters in ArcGIS
HAZUS-MH Flood Model Output and Applications
Integrating User-Supplied Hazard Data into the HAZUS-MH Flood Model
Introduction to ArcScan for ArcGIS
Introduction to ArcView 3.x
Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning Using ArcGIS 9
Introduction to Using HAZUS-MH for Earthquake Loss Estimation
Introduction to Using HAZUS-MH for Hurricane Loss Estimation
Introduction to Using HAZUS-MH to Assess Losses from a Riverine Flood Hazard
Introduction to Visual Basic 6
Learning ArcGIS 3D Analyst
Learning ArcGIS 3D Analyst (for ArcGIS 3D Analyst 9.0-9.1)
Learning ArcGIS Desktop
Learning ArcGIS Desktop (for ArcGIS 9.0-9.1)
Learning ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
Learning ArcGIS Spatial Analyst (for ArcGIS Spatial Analyst 9.0-9.1)
Learning ArcIMS
Learning Visual Basic for Applications for New ArcGIS Developers
Linear Referencing with ArcGIS Desktop
Spatial Analysis of Geohazards Using ArcGIS 9
The 15-Minute Map: Creating a Basic Map in ArcMap
Turning Data into Information Using ArcGIS 9
Understanding Branching and Looping in VBA
Understanding GIS Queries
Understanding Map Projections and Coordinate Systems
Using ArcCatalog: Tips and Tricks
Working with Forms in VBA
Working with Geodatabase Subtypes and Domains
Working with Map Topology in ArcGIS
Working with Rasters in ArcGIS Desktop
Working with Rasters in ArcGIS Desktop (for ArcGIS 9.0-9.1)
Working with Variables and Functions in VBA

Additional free online courses from ESRI

This list was last updated on January 29, 2009.

How to Enroll

Email Amanda Henley with the following information:

• the name of the course you would like to take
• your full name as it appears in the UNC at Chapel Hill Directory
• your onyen

You will receive a course access code via email. Once you have received the course access code, go to ESRI Training. If you are already a Virtual Campus member, sign in with your member login and password. If you are not a member, click "Join now" under Member Sign-In and complete the form to become a member. There is no fee to join. There are many other free resources you may find useful at the virtual campus. While you're there, take a look at their online library, as well as the online workshops they offer.

New to GIS?

Beginners may find the following courses especially helpful:

• Getting Started With GIS - This course is free from ESRI, no access code is required.
• Learning ArcGIS Desktop
• Using ArcCatalog: Tips and Tricks
• Understanding Map Projections and Coordinate Systems

Unsure which classes to take? Search course descriptions and view colurse recommendations with the virtual campus course catalog.