BayGeo's ArcGIS Online Fundamentals (Fall 2025)

Learning Objectives

In this workshop we will explore Esri's ArcGIS Online (AGOL) platform. We will cover site management, development and display of spatial data, webmaps, and various webapps, including ArcGIS StoryMaps, FieldMaps, Survey123, and Experience Builder. Each lesson will build on the previous in a natural and cohesive manner demonstrating the process of building and utilizing a fully functional AGOL organization.

At the end of the workshop you will be able to administer an ArcGIS Online organization, create and manage data, feature services, and webmaps while gaining a fundamental understanding and usability of several ArcGIS applications.No previous ArcGIS or GIS experience is necessary for this workshop and is available to all skill and experience levels.

Workshop Dates:

• Wednesday, October 15 (6:00 - 9:00 p.m.) - this class will meet on Zoom
• Wednesday, October 22 (6:00 - 9:00 p.m.) - this class will meet on Zoom
• Wednesday, October 29 (6:00 - 9:00 p.m.) - this class will meet on Zoom

Lesson Plan

Class 1

• Introduction to ArcGIS Online as a platform and how it fits into the Esri world
• The ArcGIS Online GUI, navigation, credits, licensing
• Available apps and applications
• Data Types, feature services, feature layer overview
• Creating content: feature layers, fields, domains
• Data visualization: symbology, labeling, popups
• Map Viewer
• Importing data
• Managing Content: Groups, Folders, sharing

Class 2

• Data editing
• Living Atlas
• ArcGIS FieldMaps
• ArcGIS Survey123

Class 3

• ArcGIS Online Spatial Analysis Tools 
• ArcGIS StoryMaps
• Additional training and resources

Instructor: Ian Morales

Drawing on his passion for cartography, GIS, and effective communication, Ian Morales strives to cut past the complexities and make geospatial thinking accessible to geonerds and non-geonerds alike. This is evident in his teaching style and the GIS deliverables produced throughout his career.

Ian particularly loves old maps and is enthusiastic about infrastructure, its importance to functional modern systems, and geospatial technology's role in its effective planning, maintenance, and operations.

He is a geospatial software and consulting company founder and currently serves as its CEO. He is also a Board member of BayGeo.

Questions?

• Contact Rick Kos, BayGeo's Education Director, at rkos@baygeo.org
• For more information about BayGeo, the Bay Area's hub for the geospatial community, visit baygeo.org