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The Adopt a Farm website consists
of using 2 main pages:
1. The 'Maps and
Tutorials' page
2. The 'Message Board'
page.
Instructions: for Maps
and Tutorials
1. Click on the 'Go To Maps and
Tutorials Web Page' button at the top of the page to enter the Map Services
and Tutorials webpage. In this section, the user will be able to choose
from a wide variety of tutorials to learn more about production
agriculture, remote sensing and spatial data collection. Also, the user
will learn how agriculture activities impacts their lives.
2. Once the user has entered the 'Topic
Selection Page' after clicking in the 'Maps and Tutorials' button on the
top, the user will remain logged in to the Map Services. Special software
manufactured by ERSI called ArcIMS was used to create these web pages.
3. In the 'Topic Selection Page', user
gets a brief introduction of every tutorials along with a link to
'Download/Print Questions' and 'Go To map'. It is expected that a user first clicks on
'Download/Print Questions', download/print the questions and then goes to the
'Map page'.
4. On any Map, the user will be able to
zoom into the map or image, turn on or off different maps or images, or
display scales. The user will also be able to access a tutorial that shows
pictures of the farm activities related to the tutorial. After that the
user can answer the set of questions, downloaded/printed earlier.
5. Along with the Map page some of the
tutorials contains a separate textual tutorial. Map Objectives are provided
there at the beginning and study questions at the end.
6. Another component of this website is
interaction with a farmer. For K-12 applications, students are encouraged
to write questions down as they use the tutorials about any questions they
have about agriculture production.
7. After the student is done with the
tutorial, the student can log out of the Map Services page and enter the
other components of the website like Message board page.
Click on the Link below to Download/Print
Instruction set for using Arc IMS Tools in the Map Service pages.
How
to use ArcIMS Tools
Instructions: for
Message Board
1. From the Message Board page, the
student can email the questions to any farmer/researcher/educator. Normally
the queries are addressed within 2 to 3 days.
2.User on clicking the 'Go To Message
Board' will come in to the Message Board Page.
Click on the Link below to Download/Print
Instruction set on how to use the message board
How
to use Message Board
**N.B The Message Board page is a secure page. The
user will have to provide a password and relative information about
themselves to gain access. The Message Board page will be monitored for
content. Any unacceptable content will be deleted and the user will not be
allowed access to the site.
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