NSF IRES Rwanda Project Outreach
QGIS Educational Videos Developed for the Rwandan Educational Board (REB) for ICT SYLLABUS FOR LOWER SECONDARY National Curriculum
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The following videos were created by Jon Little from Monroe Community College to teach QGIS ICT SYLLABUS FOR LOWER SECONDARY National Curriculum as it relates Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Click here to download all the datasets used in all the videos (62 mb)
Video 1: Introduction to QGIS
Click here to view or download video 1 (length:10:51; file size:33mb)
Topic Covered in Video 1:
- QGIS Introductions
- Raster/Vector
- Saving
Video 1 relation to ICT SYLLABUS FOR LOWER SECONDARY National Curriculum
TOPIC AREA: APPLICATION SOFTWARE
SUB-TOPIC AREA: GIS
Unit 7: GIS and maps.
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Learning Objectives |
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Learning Activities |
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Knowledge and understanding |
Skills |
Attitude and values |
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-Understand the basic concepts of GIS |
Explain GIS related to terms appropriately. |
Appreciate the importance and function of GIS. |
Define terms and concepts of GIS -QGIS |
-Learners open QGIS and browse, save, and close an existing map |
Video 2: QGIS Interface and Navigation
Click here to view or download video 2 (length:6:26; file size:21 mb)
Topics covered in Video 2:
- QGIS Interface
- Zoom in and out
- Spatial bookmark
Video 2 relation to ICT SYLLABUS FOR LOWER SECONDARY National Cirriculum
TOPIC AREA: APPLICATION SOFTWARE
SUB-TOPIC AREA: GIS
Unit 7: GIS and maps.
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Learning Objectives |
Content |
Learning Activities |
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Knowledge and understanding |
Skills |
Attitude and values |
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-Identify different elements of the interface of QGIS. |
- Explore the QGIS environment.
- Navigate a map |
Appreciate the importance and function of GIS. |
The interface of QGIS -Table of Contents, menu bar, status bar, toolbars - File handling - Open an existing map, save, and close a map. Navigation tools -Zoom in/out, fixed zoom, previous extent, pan - Spatial bookmark |
-Learners identify and name different elements of the QGIS interface. - Learners use navigation tools to explore a map. |
Video 3: Query and Identify Tool
Click here to view or download video 3 (length:6:35; file size:23 mb)
Topics covered:
- Query
- Create layer based on selected feature
- Identify tool
- Buffer
- Organize map layers
Video 3 relation to ICT SYLLABUS FOR LOWER SECONDARY National Cirriculum
TOPIC AREA: APPLICATION SOFTWARE
SUB-TOPIC AREA: GIS
Unit 7: GIS and maps.
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Learning Objectives |
Content |
Learning Activities |
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Knowledge and understanding |
Skills |
Attitude and values |
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- Know and understand how to use different navigation. -Know how to identify a location using a query on a map. |
- Query a map and organize map layers. -Buffer |
Appreciate the importance and function of GIS. |
QGIS Query methods -Find and identify -Turn off/on a layer, order layers, rename a layer, and add/remove layer Analysis (this is added)
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-Learners query a map using the identify tool. -Learners create a buffer. |
This research is funded through a grant from the US National Science Foundation and the project IRES Track I: Mapping and Quantifying the Natural Disaster Resilience of Displaced People with the University of Rwanda Center for Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing (NSF OISE-1854247).