Trainings


Making Maps the Easy Way: A Recap of our TileMill Training

Before Finals, we held a mapping training using the free, open-source software TileMill. This tool is powerful yet accessible, with more intuitive controls and more automated features than expensive high-end GIS software. The resulting maps can be shared across various platforms. The training was led by Modi Research Group, and they have shared their training materials with all of us! These materials include: 1) Powerpoint overview of TileMill: TileMill Presentation SIPA 2) The Working Document of the specific Northern Ghana map training from the session (including […]


Mobile Data Collection Training

Dear NMTFers, Thank you for a strong showing at the ODK Formhub training! For those of you who attended, we hope the training was useful, and please do remember to fill out the feedback form here. It takes less than a minute and is super helpful for us to plan future events! As promised, here is a list of useful links and resources, as well as our training material, to create surveys using Formhub. Feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] should you require any […]


Wednesday 2/29/2012 at 8pm – MS Access Training – Room 1401

Busy applying to summer internships? Boost your resume by learning a new skill — MS Access is used in a variety of organizations as a database system for multiple users, supporting large amounts of data. With Access you can do a variety of tasks from marketing to logistics and event planning. Although it is primarily a database, Access allows organizations to compile information and make reports in a simplified, user friendly way: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access/MS Access is for Windows based systems only. If you do not have MS […]