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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size:
12pt;"><font class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class=""><span
class="" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Andrew Miller,
and the Symbiota Working Group would like to invite you
to:</span></span><b class=""><span class=""
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size:
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class="" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Symbiotia Webinar
Series</span></b><span class="" style="color: rgb(33,
33, 33);">: 3rd Friday of every month at 3-4pm EST from
January – June 2016</span><o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size:
12pt;"><font class="" face="Times New Roman"><span class=""
style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Project Managers from
several NSF TCNs (MiCC, SERNEC, LBCC, SCAN, and MaCC) will
present a series of six webinars focused on understanding
all aspects of Symbiotic software and how this web-based
collections management tool is used in various plant,
fungus and animal portals. Each 30-45 minute webinar will
focus on a different topic including: 1) a general
overview of collections management features, 2) record
creation, 3) transcription, 4) georeferencing, 5)
crowdsourcing, and 6) a topic chosen by the webinar series
participants.</span></font><span style="font-family:
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<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:
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introduction to Symbiotia: <font class="" color="#800080"><span
class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__symbiota.org_docs_&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=junkrIbzJu4_xKPpRxhzd3BaJuyCJ_ZA7_Uw2v-JJg4&s=P1nx9V6sMiFU1EXsmeNDe9fT3br9tYseVMr7HeqvvIg&e=">http://symbiota.org/docs/</a></span></font><o:p
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<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt;"><font class="" face="Times New Roman">As always, the
webinar will be recorded and made available via the
iDigBio Symbiotia Working Group wiki. If you missed a
webinar, check the wiki to watch again on your own time: <span
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style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Get a quick overview: </span><span
class="" style="color: purple;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.adobe.com_products_adobeconnect.html&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=junkrIbzJu4_xKPpRxhzd3BaJuyCJ_ZA7_Uw2v-JJg4&s=eaGXAX6hYFeE__Ty8q4ryPFiKmeP63Y44i58PhxABL0&e=">http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html</a></span><o:p
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class="" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><u class="">Symbiotia Webinar
Series schedule</u></span></b></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font
class="" face="Times New Roman">1. Collection Management
Features – Elizabeth Lippoldt (MiCC) <b class="">January 15,
2016 from 3-4pm EST</b><o:p class=""></o:p></font></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font
class="" face="Times New Roman">An overview of collection
management features used in Symbiota portals including creating
accounts and assigning permissions, entering skeletal records,
searching via the Occurrence Editor, monitoring statistics,
duplicate cleaning, and downloading data.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></div>
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class="" face="Times New Roman">2. Record Creation – Michael
Denslow (SERNEC) <b class="">February 19, 2016</b><o:p class=""></o:p><b
class=""> from 3-4pm EST</b></font></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font
class="" face="Times New Roman">An overview of methods used in
Symbiota portals for creating skeletal (Stage 1) records and
transcribed (Stage 2) occurrence records.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font
class="" face="Times New Roman">3. Transcription – Julianne
Smith (LBCC) <b class="">March 18, 2016</b><o:p class=""></o:p><b
class=""> from 3-4pm EST</b></font></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font
class="" face="Times New Roman">A walkthrough of the full
occurrence record form used in Symbiota portals including
defining terms, navigating the image display, and the general
protocol for transcribing Stage 1 records into Stage 2 records
with the assistance of OCR and NLP.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font
class="" face="Times New Roman">4. Georeferencing – Anne Barber
(SCAN) <b class="">April 15, 2016</b><o:p class=""></o:p><b
class=""> from 3-4pm EST</b></font></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font
class="" face="Times New Roman">A walkthrough of the process of
batch-georeferencing specimens in Symbiota portals using
Geolocate and Google Maps as well as the sharing of tips and
tricks.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font
class="" face="Times New Roman">5. Crowdsourcing – Mari Roberts
(MaCC) <b class="">May 20, 2016</b><o:p class=""></o:p><b
class=""> from 3-4pm EST</b></font></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font
class="" face="Times New Roman">An overview of the Symbiota
crowdsourcing features for establishing, performing, and
reviewing crowdsourced data from both the volunteer and portal
manager perspectives.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font
class="" face="Times New Roman">6. Webinar Request <b
class="">June 17, 2016</b><o:p class=""></o:p><b class=""> from
3-4pm EST</b></font></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font
class="" face="Times New Roman">A webinar focused on the most
popular request(s) from the webinar participants and the
Symbiota Working Group members.</font></div>
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<div class="">Andrew Miller, Ph.D.</div>
<div class="">Mycologist and Director of
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<div class="">University of Illinois</div>
<div class="">Illinois Natural History
Survey</div>
<div class="">1816 South Oak Street</div>
<div class="">Champaign, IL 61820-6970</div>
<div class="">phone: (217) 244-0439</div>
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