Navigation Activity (3 of 4) - Workshop - Online Classroom

Lecture: Wilderness Navigation Course

Navigation Activity (3 of 4) - Workshop - Online Classroom

The third of four activities required to complete the Foothills Wilderness Navigation course.

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Join Zoom Meeting

  • Zoom meeting info will be provided via email to registered students and instructors

Schedule

  • Zoom main session open: 6:30pm
  • Instructor Prep breakout room #9: 6:45 - 7:00pm
  • Workshop, Students and Instructors, assigned breakout rooms. : 7:00 - 9:00pm

Click the "More+" button below to read all the important Workshop info!

Sign up

Before you can sign up for this activity as a student, you first need to sign up and pay for the "Wilderness Navigation Course - Foothills" (the link to that course is to the right).  Instructors do not need to pay.

Prerequisites, both the online Map & Compass and GPS activities must be completed before attending the In-Person Workshop. 

Summary
See the main Course Page and/or the Curriculum Summary for more detail on this activity.  The link to the main course is to the right  

Before you Arrive
Please come prepared. 

Day of Online Workshop

  • Where
    Please see activity meeting time and place

  • When
    Please see activity meeting time and place

  • What to have on hand
    * Computer or tablet with larger screen, quality audio/video and internet access
    * A large flat well lit surface to work on, such as a dinning room table
    * Consider having a headlamp and/or magnifying lens to help with reading map fine details 
    * Sharp pencil(s) - mechanical pencils work great.
    * Paper for taking notes.
    * Compass and straight edge

  •  Maps
    You will be working with maps. However, at the time of this writing, maps are "to be determined". Registered students will be notified of map requirements as soon as they are finalized.   

  • Required Equipment and Course Materials
    Please see the Required Equipment and Course Materials tabs on the Course page for additional information. 

Rescheduling or cancellation

Online Workshop registration closes the Friday before the Workshop.  If you must cancel or reschedule, please do so as soon as you can to make room for people on the waitlist.  After registration closes you can make changes by contacting the course leader or contacting Member Services.

Instructors
Come prepared to instruct students who likely have a wide range of experience:

  1. Attend or review the Online Workshop Instructor training
  2. Review your "Instructor Workshop Packet."  If you haven't obtained one via email about a week before the activity, please email the activity leader.
  3. Review the "Instructor Field Trip" packets, to help you answer questions about the upcoming field trip. This will be made available to you one week before the Workshop. 
  4. Review the GPS Online Module and prepare your own smartphone with Gaia GPS.
Route/Place
Roster
Required Equipment

Required Equipment

See Course Materials tab and Required Equipment Tab on the Course page for more details on these items.

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