How to correct thousands of misidentified observations uploaded by a class?

[upupa-epops]

I’m not going to link all the previous topics with similar titles “help! a big new student project!” but if you search for them you’ll find them and all the associated discussions parallel to this one.

@AdamWargon

And iNat might develop a sandbox version for students

There is a feature request for this: Add a ‘sandboxed’ project category for educators having students use iNat - Feature Requests

@ciafre

Could there be a popup during the project creation process to the tune of “hey if you’re an educator and this is the first time you’ve made a project for a class, here’s a resource for setting up students for success and getting the most out of a class project” with a link to the educators guide. Or if not a popup, then something else that would be difficult to scroll past without acknowledging while making the project. This wouldn’t help the educators who don’t us a project to track their students’ observations, but it might have helped here.

And for this: Provide more guidance when creating new projects - Feature Requests

Also, a feature request for a separate kind of student account was turned down, but see Tony’s review of the conversation: Create Separate Accounts for Students Assigned to Use iNaturalist - Feature Requests

Also somewhat related: Addition of Teacher Friendly Features To Traditional Style Projects - Feature Requests