Learning Environment

This course is intended as a blended learning module, although the provided introductions, explanations and examples might be useful for self-study only, too.

All sessions will take place in presence at the Department of Environmental Informatics in Marburg.

HTML learning environment

Your primary learning environment is this public homepage, which was created on GitHub. Here you find all learning materials, assignment tasks, and help. The structure is linear, so just work your way through it. Of course you can also jump freely between units, but this is not recommended for beginners.

Flexible learning with deadlines

You will use the learning material provided in the HTML learning environment(s) for solving the given assignment tasks. The synchronous sessions will be used for discussing the assignments.

Note that you are flexible in solving your assignment tasks using the material provided in the HTML learning environment (and beyond), but the deadlines for submitting your solutions must be met. For details see the Deliverables section.

ILIAS

ILIAS is the course space offered by the University of Marburg. We will use ILIAS mainly for the administration of the course and for providing small static documents. The link to the ILIAS space for this course can be found here. Note that you have to log in with your student account. There is also a forum in ILIAS, which you can use for getting in touch with your fellow students.

Classroom 50 and GitHub

Use Classroom 50 to create one personal GitHub repository for all your course assignments. You will practice Git as you work and keep using the same repository throughout the course.

Your instructors must first add you to the course roster. Sign in to Classroom 50 with the GitHub account registered for the course. The invitation links do not add you to the roster automatically. If you see Not a member yet, contact your instructors with your GitHub username.

Find both Classroom 50 invitation links in the ILIAS course space. Use them in this order:

1. Open the classroom onboarding link. If you are not yet a member of GeoMOER-Students-Space, accept the invitation to join the GitHub organization.
2. Open the course repository assignment link to create your personal repository. Complete step 1 before step 2.

After step 2, open My submission in Classroom 50 and follow the link to your repository on GitHub. Copy its URL from the Code menu when you clone the repository to your computer. You do not need to accept a new Classroom 50 assignment each week.

Please add your full name or your student account name to your GitHub profile. This makes it easier for the course instructors to match your assignments to you.

Hessenbox

We will be using the next hessenbox for providing data as we move along the course. The link for the hessenbox can be found here. Note that you will need to login through your student id and password. Important note - please do not share the data outside this course.

Google earth engine account

We use Google Earth Engine (GEE) to work with remote sensing data, in particular Sentinel-2, and the GEE Code Editor to access it. Visit GEE and sign-up with your Google account. You can use your existing gmail account to sign-up. It usually takes 1-2 days for approval. Hence do this step as soon as possible.