ESRI Virtual Campus Access Information for SFSU Students, Faculty and Staff

Under the free subscription for ESRI online GIS classes, the SFSU community has access to certain courses listed under GIS Technology in ESRI's Virtual Campus course catalog. Please note: We do not receive access to the application classes nor can we access the Penn State classes. For a list of classes included in our subscription, please review below:

For ArcGIS 9
Classes:
    • Learning ArcGIS 9
    • Learning ArcGIS Spatial Analyst 9
    • Learning ArcGIS 3D Analyst 9
    • Creating and Editing Geodatabase Features with ArcGIS 9 (ArcEditor and ArcInfo)
    • Creating and Editing Geodatabase Topology with ArcGIS 9 (ArcEditor and ArcInfo)
    • Creating, Editing, and Managing Geodatabases for ArcGIS 9
    • Customizing ArcGIS 9
    • Geoprocessing with ArcGIS 9 (ArcInfo)

For ArcGIS 8.x
Classes:
    • Learning ArcGIS 8, Part I
    • Learning ArcGIS 8, Part II
    • Learning ArcGIS Spatial Analyst 8
    • Learning ArcGIS 3D Analyst 8
    • Creating and Editing Geodatabase Features with ArcGIS 8.3 (ArcEditor and ArcInfo)
    • Creating and Editing Geodatabase Topology with ArcGIS 8.3 (ArcEditor and ArcInfo)
    • Creating and Editing Linearly Referenced Features with ArcGIS 8.3 (ArcEditor and ArcInfo)
    • Creating, Editing, and Managing Geodatabases for ArcGIS 8.2
    • Creating, Editing, and Managing Geodatabases for ArcGIS 8.3
    • Customizing ArcGIS 8.3

General ArcGIS
Classes:
    • Creating and Editing Labels and Annotation
    • Working with Rasters in ArcGIS
    • Introduction to ArcInfo Using ArcTools

Workshops:
    • Labeling in ArcMap: Tips and Tricks
    • ArcGIS Annotation: Tips and Tricks
    • Basics of the Geodatabase Data Model
    • Customizing ArcMap: Easy Ways to Extend the Interface
    • Editing Spatial Data in ArcMap: Tips and Tricks
    • Using ArcCatalog: Tips and Tricks
    • Using CASE Tools (ArcEditor and ArcInfo)
    • Working with CAD Drawings in ArcGIS
    • Working with Geodatabase Subtypes and Domains (ArcEditor and ArcInfo)
    • Working with Map Topology in ArcGIS
    • Working with Survey Data in ArcGIS
    • Migrating Coverages into the Geodatabase
    • Getting Started with Surface Analysis Using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
    • Introduction to ArcScan for ArcGIS
    • Introduction to GIS Data ReViewer, Part I (ArcEditor and ArcInfo)
    • Introduction to GIS Data ReViewer, Part II (ArcEditor and ArcInfo)
    • Storing Raster Data in an ArcSDE Geodatabase (ArcEditor and ArcInfo)
    • The 15-Minute Map: Creating a Basic Map in ArcMap

For ArcView 3.x
Classes:
    • Introduction to ArcView 3.x
    • Introduction to ArcView 3D Analyst
    • Introduction to ArcView Network Analyst
    • Introduction to ArcView Spatial Analyst
    • Programming with Avenue

For ArcIMS
Classes:
    • Learning ArcIMS 4
    • Customizing ArcIMS 4

For ArcPad
Workshops:
    • Customizing ArcPad

For VB and VBA
Classes:
    • Introduction to Visual Basic 6

Workshops:
    • Working with Variables and Functions in VBA
    • Working with Forms in VBA
    • Understanding Branching and Looping in VBA

General GIS
Classes:
    • Turning Data into Information
    • Understanding Map Projections and Coordinate Systems

Workshops:
    • Understanding GIS Queries

You may purchase classes not available under the free subscription at a 40% discount as long as you have a .edu email address. Your Virtual Campus Subscription Administrator does not handle registrations for those classes. Instead, you would need to pursue that opportunity on your own via the ESRI Virtual Campus web site, http://campus.esri.com.

You will access these classes via a web browser. However, the classes come with data to download and complete exercises. You will get the most from your experience if you take the classes on a machine where you also have access to the GIS software covered in the class.

For Current Students:
1) View the course descriptions in ESRI Virtual Campus catalog at http://campus.esri.com. Only the basic technology classes listed under GIS Technology are available to us. We do not receive access to the application classes nor can we access the Penn State classes.

2) Email one of your professors/instructors stating that you would like to take an online GIS class. Please list the class (or classes) in your email. Ask that instructor to forward your email with his or her authorization to the Site License Virtual Campus Subscription Administrator at gis@sfsu.edu.

3) You will receive the access code(s) and instructions via email.

For Faculty/Staff:
1) View the course descriptions in ESRI Virtual Campus catalog at http://campus.esri.com. Only the basic technology classes listed under GIS Technology are available to us. These are listed here. We do not receive access to the application classes nor can we access the Penn State classes.

2) Email the Site License Virtual Campus Subscription Administrator at gis@sfsu.edu requesting a class or classes. Please list the class (or classes) in your email.

3) You will receive access code(s) and instructions via email.