Agenda
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Wednesday, February 4
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0800 (45 min) — Welcome, Introductions, and the Avian Data Lifecycle
Welcome to the DOD / AKN workshop on using the AKN technologies for managing and utilizing avian data in the AKN.
- Welcome and introductions
- Review the workshop agenda
- The Avian Data Lifecycle
- What to do if you encounter technical problems
0845 (20 min) — AKN Project Data 101
We will cover how the AKN represents observational data and how to find the best way to organize and curate your data in a project database.
- How the AKN organizes data
- What is a Program?
- What is a Project Database?
0905 (5 min) — Stretch Break
0910 (50 min) — Managing Project Metadata - Protocols and Sampling Units
We will cover how to create and manage metadata in our Project Database.
- Protocols and Sampling Units
- Choosing and managing protocols (DEMONSTRATION of Project Leaders for configuring protocols, linked from the DOD AKN Portal)
- EXERCISE 1: Creating the Point Count sampling unit hierarchy (PDF)
1000 (15 min) — BREAK
1015 (15 min) — Managing Project Metadata - Researchers
We will continue learning how to create and manage metadata in our Project Database.
- Download the sampling units into a GIS file (DEMONSTRATION of Project Downloader for downloading sampling units, linked from the DOD AKN Portal)
- Researchers
- Demonstration - Adding researchers (DEMONSTRATION of Project Leaders for adding researchers to your project, linked from the DOD AKN Portal)
1030 (25 min) — Entering Observation Data
We will cover how to enter observation data into the Project Database that is defined by the metadata we created.
- EXERCISE 2: Enter and proof a point count field survey (PDF)
- Downloading your point count data (DEMONSTRATION of Project Downloader for downloading observation data, linked from the DOD AKN Portal)
1055 (45 min) — Bulk loading data to a Project
We will cover how to bulk load data into the Project Database.
- Templates for uploading, and batch processing
- EXERCISE 3: Bulk loading sampling locations (PDF)
1140 (20 min) — Wrap-up, Plus/Delta
Day 1 wrap-up.
- Plus/Delta (PDF)
- Parking lot review
- Setting the stage for Friday.
1200 — Adjourn
Friday, February 6
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0800 (25 min) — Managing Project Data - Data Sharing Levels
We will give an overview of what data sharing levels we have and how the project leader controls them.
- What data sharing levels are available?
- Motivations for sharing data
- Setting data sharing levels (DEMONSTRATION of Project Leaders for setting sharing levels, linked from the DOD AKN Portal)
0825 (20 min) — AKN Warehouse Data 101
We will cover how data flows and is made available to other tools and users across DoD and the AKN.
- What is a Data Warehouse?
- Data sharing levels and the AKN tools that use them.
- Data ownership guidelines/policies and agreements.
0845 (55 min) — Discovering observation data
We will cover how to discover other projects using the AKN.
- (DEMONSTRATION of R.A.I.L. Tool for exploringavian species regionally, linked from the DOD AKN Portal)
- Downloading data from a Warehouse using Data Download (DEMONSTRATION of Data Downloader for downloading Level 5 data from the Warehouse, linked from the DOD AKN Portal)
0940 (15 min) — BREAK
1030 (60 min) — DOD AKN Program
We will cover plans and updates for DOD and the AKN.
1130 (15 min) — Next Steps for You
We will show how you will add new users as a Project Leader.
- Creating a new log-in for a biologist or project leader (DEMONSTRATION of steps to register and approve a new user)
- Assigning roles to project personnel (DEMONSTRATION in ProjectLeaders)
- Creating a new researcher (DEMONSTRATION in ProjectLeaders)
1145 (15 min) — Wrap-up, Pluses and Deltas
Day 2 review.
- Plus/Delta (PDF)
- Parking lot review
- Final questions