Course: Discovering QGIS - Online

This beginner online QGIS course will teach you how to use the QGIS interface and begin to build, style, and present maps.

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) underpin much of our modern life, from navigation to social media. The ability to utilise GIS is becoming essential for many jobs, including ecologists, engineers, educators, emergency services, and many, many more.

What is covered in this course?

• Introduction to Using QGIS
• Building and Viewing Maps
• Sourcing and Styling Map Layers and Presenting Maps
• Creating New Data

In this course, we discover the basics of using QGIS in the context of environmental information. This course will take you through each step at an easy and accessible pace. With the support of our expert tutor, you will become confident with the QGIS interface, allowing you to build, style, and present maps.

For this course, you will need QGIS software before the course starts. This software is free to download with the latest release always available from the QGIS Home Page.

Please ensure you have a working version of QGIS before purchasing this course.

This is a 4-week online course covering 4 topics, for which you will complete a variety of self-led online study content, activities, assignments and live Zoom sessions. Time commitment is approximately 2-3 hours a week and an E-certificate is provided upon completion.

Please refer to the Field Studies Council website for further information and to book.