Create Separate Accounts for Students Assigned to Use iNaturalist

When a new user of any type creates an account, there should be more introduction and guidance about how to use this site. Teachers can help by explaining everything to students. The above ideas are great, but we should remember that we are all students, and all learning here. Anyone of any age we can get interested in nature is a win, no matter how annoying blurry or bad photos can be. It’s about education and citizen science, not photography. The students could also be taught to describe what they see, and even add observations with no photos (casual). I like that iNaturalist is a place where novices and experts collide. We need more outreach to the public if we are going to save what is left of wild species and places.

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