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Introduction to online resources

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Introduction to online resources

• Lecture overview:Objectives of lecture

Introductory questions

Registration

Blackboard

Athens/Census data

Lecture summary

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Objectives

• Provide an overview of Blackboard virtual learning environment (VLE)

• Explain how to enrol for GEOG3025 on Blackboard

• Introduce online data resources, including ESRC/JISC 2001 Census programme

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Online resources

• Learning resources– Blackboard– Collection of Historical and Contemporary

Censuses

• Data resources– ESRC/JISC Census Programme– Neighbourhood Statistics Service

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Introductory questions…

Why use a virtual learning environment?

What difference will it make to how this course is conducted?

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www.blackboard.soton.ac.uk

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Enrol for GEOG3025

• Login• Find course

GEOG3025 • Enrol

• Access code required!

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GEOG3025 Home page

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Blackboard menu (1)

• Announcements– Whole-class messages from tutor

• Course information– Learning objectives, programme

• Staff information– How to contact tutor

• Course documents– All lecture PowerPoints and handouts

Blackboard menu (2)• Assignments

– All assignments, including coursework

• Communication– Announcements, email, discussion boards

• (Discussion board)• Reference list

– Reference lists by lecture topic

• External links– Learning resources and data resources

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Census questions…

When was the last census held?

How do we get hold of the data from the census?

What questions did it ask?

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Online census questionnaire

• Version of 2001 England and Wales household form

• To gain experience of completion of census questionnaire

• To gain understanding of question structure and coding

• To provide data for analysis later in course

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Confidentiality

• No name or address information will be saved to the database

• Database for teaching (and research?)

• Participation requested but not mandatory

• If noone fills it in, we won’t have any data later on!

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Online census questionnaire

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Neighbourhood Statistics Service

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ESRC/JISC 2001 Census Programme

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2001 Census Programme• Continuation of previous ESRC/JISC

Census programme– Data purchase– User licensing and registration– Data support units

• 2001 datasets and all previous holdings – including census-related datasets

Census Access

Pre-2001 datasets2001 datasets

Census organizations Other data suppliers

ESRC/JISCOther Census Access partners Data support

units

Registration service

Academic census users

integrated dataset services

Users

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Census registration service

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CHCC online tutorials

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First assignment

• Enrol for GEOG3025 on Blackboard• Complete online census

questionnaire• Post observations to discussion

board within Blackboard• Register with Census Registration

Service (obtaining ATHENs ID if needed)

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Lecture summary

• Blackboard environment and registration

• Census registration service via Athens

• CHCC resources• Census data• Neighbourhood Statistics Service• First assignment