Submitting Photos and Quizzes
1. Submitting Photos
A. For each habitat type (scrub, hammock, etc.) please submit photos of 10 species that you have identified first using the “Guide to the Native Plants of Florida’s Treasure Coast” and the course website before using other additional resources. We do expect you to use the identification keys found in the Guide book. Please only send images of plants - no images of fungi, sand, or animals. Wildflowers should be in flower as attempting to properly identify them from just the leaf is rarely successful. Cell phone cameras are fine as long as the images are sharp and in focus. The best photos include a clear view of the leaves, flowers, and fruit. For any given species you can use more than one photo (e.g., an image of the whole plant, a close-up of flowers, a close-up of leaves, and a close-up of fruits), so your submitted photo set can total over 10 photos.
B. Place the photos in one Word Document per habitat type. Put your name, phone number, e-mail, designation of habitat type (scrub, hammock, etc.), and the name the natural area and county where the photo is taken (e.g., “Loggerhead Park, PB County”). Please number each photo and give the species identification you have ascribed to it. You can use a common name but you must also include the scientific name. If you do give a common you should either use the common name we have given in the Guide Book or course website or the first common name given in the Plant Atlas.
If you want to add a note such as “leaves fuzzy," or “flower smells like a hog” sometimes that helps.
C. If you have never placed photos in Word, it is easy to do. You can copy-paste photos directly onto the page in Word. When the photo appears on the page, adjust its size by dragging the corners, or by using the dimension adjustment option you will see on the right side of the Word toolbar while a photo is selected. (Some folks will prefer to size their photos before insertion.) OR:
Using the Word toolbar select “Insert,” then select “pictures.” Next, browse and select the picture you want, and hit the “insert” button. When the photo appears on the page, adjust the size by dragging the corners, or by using the dimension adjustment option you will see on the right side of the Word toolbar while a photo is selected. (Some folks will prefer to size their photos before insertion.)
If you click on the image you will be able to drag diagonally on the corners to change size and you should be able to fit 2 to 4 images per page.
D. It is important to reduce the file size. Otherwise it will probably exceed the limit that your email server can handle. While you have the Word document open click on the "File" in Word toolbar. In the dropdown menu select "Reduce File Size" and then select the “Best for Sending in E-mail” option. Your document should now be less than 10MB.
E. Helpful link: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/reduce-the-file-size-of-a-picture-HA010192200.aspx
F. Helpful youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvrWRixEZE0
G. E-mail your Word document with the pictures to one of the instructors. You will receive an e-mail telling you which one.
H. The instructor will respond to you with feedback. Sometimes we find that verbal feedback is preferable to an email. This is why we are asking you to include a phone number. If you can't be reached or won't respond to a phone call then do not put a contact number.on the submittal.
I. Please do your best to ID the plants before submitting. An occasional unknown is ok, but your job is to get them identified before sending. Again, we expect you to use the identification keys found in the Guide book. The instructor will correct your ID’s when you make an occasional error.
J. Please do not send individual photos as separate attachments. Place them all in a single Word document, OR:
K. If Word fails to work for you, contact us for help or for alternative way to submit.
L. Please restrict the species you send to ones covered in the class: Gigapan snapshots, or the reference galleries, or the guidebook
2. Submitting Quizzes
Each lesson ends with a quiz. The quizzes (and exams) are accessed on-line as links at the end of each lesson. They are taken and graded on-line. You will see your score, as will the instructors. .
3. Exams
The three exams are computer-graded jut like the quizzes. They are at the ends of lessons 5, 10, and 16.
4. Problem Solving and Questions
Contact us! Communicate! Never panic! There is no basis ever for getting upset. All problems get solved, or worked around. Or ignored. There is never a crisis. This class has two purposes: learning and fun. No need to ever get outside of those goal posts.
1. Submitting Photos
A. For each habitat type (scrub, hammock, etc.) please submit photos of 10 species that you have identified first using the “Guide to the Native Plants of Florida’s Treasure Coast” and the course website before using other additional resources. We do expect you to use the identification keys found in the Guide book. Please only send images of plants - no images of fungi, sand, or animals. Wildflowers should be in flower as attempting to properly identify them from just the leaf is rarely successful. Cell phone cameras are fine as long as the images are sharp and in focus. The best photos include a clear view of the leaves, flowers, and fruit. For any given species you can use more than one photo (e.g., an image of the whole plant, a close-up of flowers, a close-up of leaves, and a close-up of fruits), so your submitted photo set can total over 10 photos.
B. Place the photos in one Word Document per habitat type. Put your name, phone number, e-mail, designation of habitat type (scrub, hammock, etc.), and the name the natural area and county where the photo is taken (e.g., “Loggerhead Park, PB County”). Please number each photo and give the species identification you have ascribed to it. You can use a common name but you must also include the scientific name. If you do give a common you should either use the common name we have given in the Guide Book or course website or the first common name given in the Plant Atlas.
If you want to add a note such as “leaves fuzzy," or “flower smells like a hog” sometimes that helps.
C. If you have never placed photos in Word, it is easy to do. You can copy-paste photos directly onto the page in Word. When the photo appears on the page, adjust its size by dragging the corners, or by using the dimension adjustment option you will see on the right side of the Word toolbar while a photo is selected. (Some folks will prefer to size their photos before insertion.) OR:
Using the Word toolbar select “Insert,” then select “pictures.” Next, browse and select the picture you want, and hit the “insert” button. When the photo appears on the page, adjust the size by dragging the corners, or by using the dimension adjustment option you will see on the right side of the Word toolbar while a photo is selected. (Some folks will prefer to size their photos before insertion.)
If you click on the image you will be able to drag diagonally on the corners to change size and you should be able to fit 2 to 4 images per page.
D. It is important to reduce the file size. Otherwise it will probably exceed the limit that your email server can handle. While you have the Word document open click on the "File" in Word toolbar. In the dropdown menu select "Reduce File Size" and then select the “Best for Sending in E-mail” option. Your document should now be less than 10MB.
E. Helpful link: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/reduce-the-file-size-of-a-picture-HA010192200.aspx
F. Helpful youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvrWRixEZE0
G. E-mail your Word document with the pictures to one of the instructors. You will receive an e-mail telling you which one.
H. The instructor will respond to you with feedback. Sometimes we find that verbal feedback is preferable to an email. This is why we are asking you to include a phone number. If you can't be reached or won't respond to a phone call then do not put a contact number.on the submittal.
I. Please do your best to ID the plants before submitting. An occasional unknown is ok, but your job is to get them identified before sending. Again, we expect you to use the identification keys found in the Guide book. The instructor will correct your ID’s when you make an occasional error.
J. Please do not send individual photos as separate attachments. Place them all in a single Word document, OR:
K. If Word fails to work for you, contact us for help or for alternative way to submit.
L. Please restrict the species you send to ones covered in the class: Gigapan snapshots, or the reference galleries, or the guidebook
2. Submitting Quizzes
Each lesson ends with a quiz. The quizzes (and exams) are accessed on-line as links at the end of each lesson. They are taken and graded on-line. You will see your score, as will the instructors. .
3. Exams
The three exams are computer-graded jut like the quizzes. They are at the ends of lessons 5, 10, and 16.
4. Problem Solving and Questions
Contact us! Communicate! Never panic! There is no basis ever for getting upset. All problems get solved, or worked around. Or ignored. There is never a crisis. This class has two purposes: learning and fun. No need to ever get outside of those goal posts.