SWG Webinar Series
Symbiota Working Group Webinar Series
(3rd Friday of each month from 3-4pm EST - EXCEPT JANUARY) Location: TBD
January 22: Collection Management Features February 19: Record Creation March 18: Transcription April 15: Georeferencing May 20: Crowdsourcing June 17: Webinar Request
Collection Management Features – Elizabeth Lippoldt (MiCC) January 22, 2016
An overview of collection management features used in Symbiota portals including creating accounts and assigning permissions, entering skeletal records, searching via the Occurrence Editor, monitoring statistics, duplicate cleaning, and downloading data.
Record Creation – Michael Denslow (SERNEC) February 19, 2016
An overview of methods used in Symbiota portals for creating skeletal (Stage 1) records and transcribed (Stage 2) occurrence records.
Transcription – Julianne Smith (LBCC) March 18, 2016
A walkthrough of the full occurrence record form used in Symbiota portals including defining terms, navigating the image display, and the general protocol for transcribing Stage 1 records into Stage 2 records with the assistance of OCR and NLP.
Georeferencing – Anne Barber (SCAN) April 15, 2016
A walkthrough of the process of batch-georeferencing specimens in Symbiota portals using Geolocate and Google Maps as well as the sharing of tips and tricks.
Crowdsourcing – Mari Roberts (MaCC) May 20, 2016
An overview of the Symbiota crowdsourcing features for establishing, performing, and reviewing crowdsourced data from both the volunteer and portal manager perspectives.
Webinar Request June 17, 2016
A webinar focused on the most popular request(s) from the webinar participants and the Symbiota Working Group members.