I am part of a panel discussion on iNaturalist for master naturalists, where four of us have 3 minutes to share one aspect of iNaturalist. I am the kickoff speaker who will give the overview. The other speakers will cover Getting Started, Data Quality, App and Website observations. If you were givi…

i think a good 3-minute overview could be done by mixing elements from the first 2:30 of the first video below and the first 1:30 of the second: [image] Best beginner video how-to tutorial/what mistakes to avoid link duration notes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-LjzKx-u9g 9:41 the PB…

I totally agree with @pisum . I usually start my intros with something like “You may have heard of iNaturalist as an app, but it’s way more than an app. iNaturalist is a wide-ranging biodiversity resource with two components – a huge international database available online, and a vast community of …

Ken-ichi’s talk about iNaturalist at TDWG in 2020 was pretty great. He’s also our co-founder and co-director. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfbabznYFV0 from 4 minutes to about 10 minutes. After 10 minutes it gets pretty deep into our computer vision system, but before that it’s a great introducti…

[image] pisum: i think what’s missing from your rough outline of points to cover is the whole community aspect of iNaturalist. This is really fresh in my mind after some recent bad trolling incidents by students. I contacted their teacher and they said they had no idea how much of a community…

Last Fall I prepared an example Google Presentation that our university professors could model for presentations introducing their students to iNaturalist. It covers the GIS and biodiversity aspects, the difference between the web version and the app, as well as how to make good observations, the co…

I strongly concur… especially the “use iNat for weeks.” And regarding your second point, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard well-meaning educators say “I just want to get them out interacting with nature a bit.” And then they follow up with zero instruction and just an assignment to make 10…

If I am veering off your specific question , apologies. I would like to see all intros to iNaturalist usage cover very briefly that there are significant differences in what platform is used. E.g., web, android, and iOS apps have quite different features and capabilities. Last time I used it way ba…

[image] tiwane: use iNaturalist for weeks before introducing it to your students. I just want to clarify that I know teachers (at least here in the US, and I’m sure many other places) unfortunately have very little time and resources to do the kind of deep dive I’m suggesting here, and it’s t…

I agree with @janetwright - others seem to be focusing on details about use. Stressing the community aspect is a good place to start. iNat is not just about taking photos. It’s also a place to learn, in a sense to stand on the shoulders of giants so to speak. A place to ask questions about ‘why do y…

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Somewhere when you are putting together your presentation you might want to review List of iNaturalist.org features - wiki to see if there is a salient point that was left out.

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