ArcGIS Online – Basics

  • Intro
  • Getting started
  • Techniques in Spatial Data Management and Analysis
  • ArcGIS: Online 3D Visualization and ArcPy Essentials
  • Useful links

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Primary software used ArcGIS
Software version 1.0
Course ArcGIS Online – Basics
Primary subject 3D Modelling
Secondary subject Geospatial and Geographic Information Systems
Level Beginner
Last updated November 11, 2024
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ArcGIS Online is a web-based mapping software that allows users to build interactive maps. The referenced tutorials are divided according to more or less the same classification as the Esri Academy and lesson gallery.

  • This section lists tutorials that cover the basics and fundamentals of ArcGIS Online  
  • Students will learn the basics of data management, mapping, spatial analysis and data science, images and remote sensing, 3D models and Python in ArcGIS Online  

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Fundamentals

Esri Academy: “ArcGIS Fundamentals” 
you can access the “ArcGIS Fundamentals” tutorials using this link
Language(s): English

 
Tutorials:

  • understanding the basics: essential GIS workflows (60min)
  • ArcGIS: an introduction (44min)
  •  ArcGIS: exploring the possibilities (16hr)
  •  GIS basics (35min)
  •  ArcGIS online basics (1hr 50min)
  •  ArcGIS pro basics (50min)
  •  ArcGIS StoryMaps: an introduction (28min)

Esri lesson gallery: “Essential ArcGIS Online skills”  
you can access the “Essential ArcGIS Online skills” tutorials using this link
Language(s): English  
Time: 4hr 45min

Tutorials: 

  • the power of maps (30min)
  • explore Paris with ArcGIS Online (15min)
  • make a map of China (30min)
  • map the highest mountains (40min)
  • convert a list of historic places into a map in ArcGIS Online (45min)
  • map meaningful places in your community (30min)
  •  site a new hospital (40min)
  • map a historic cholera outbreak (20min)
  • create an endangered species story (20min)
  • make a dashboard to monitor wildfires (15min)

Modern GIS

Esri lesson gallery: “Modern GIS – Mapping and cartography” you can access the “Modern GIS – Mapping and cartography” tutorials using this link
Language(s): English  
Time: 3 hr 33min 

Tutorials:

  • smart mapping: get started (25min)
  • explore Paris with ArcGIS Online (15min)
  • design symbology for a thematic map in ArcGIS Online (1hr)
  • design symbology for a thematic map in ArcGIS Pro (1hr)
  • create a scene (20min), convert a web map into a print map (30min)  

Esri lesson gallery: “Modern GIS – introduction to GIS”
you can access the “Modern GIS – introduction to GIS” tutorials using this link 
Language(s): English 
Time: 2hr 7min 

Tutorials:

  • the power of maps (30min)
  • explore spatial data (15min)
  • get started with ArcGIS Online (30min)
  • spatial analysis and design (4min)
  • get started with ArcGIS Pro (45min) 

ArcGIS Online

Esri lesson gallery: “Try ArcGIS Online” 
you can access the “Try ArcGIS Online” tutorials using this link 
Language(s): English 
Time: 1hr 35min 

Tutorials:

  • explore a map (10min)
  • get started with ArcGIS Online (30min)
  • share a map (20min)
  • make a walk-time map (15min)
  • create a scene (20min)  

ArcGIS YouTube channel: “ArcGIS Online: Getting Started” 
 you can access the “ArcGIS Online: Getting Started” tutorials using this link 
Language(s): English

Videos: 

  • get started with ArcGIS Online (3min 9s)
  • ArcGIS Online: mapping basics (3min 32s)
  • ArcGIS Online: content basics (3min 53s)
  • ArcGIS Online: administration basics (4min 35s)
  • ArcGIS Online: analysis basics (3min 38s)
  • ArcGIS Online: app basics (3min 24s)
  • ArcGIS Online: group basics (2min 53s)
  • ArcGIS Online: sharing basics (2min 59s)
  • ArcGIS Online: scene basics (2min 49s)
  • ArcGIS Online: data basics (5min 35s)

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Data management

Esri lesson gallery: “Data management in ArcGIS Online”
you can access the “Data management in ArcGIS Online” tutorials using this link    
Language(s): English 
Time: 2hr 12min

Tutorials:

  • data basics (2min)
  • manage data in ArcGIS Online (25min)
  • get started with ArcGIS Arcade (45min)
  • access attributes from another layer with ArcGIS Arcade (45min)
  • the importance of margins of error and mapping (15min) 

Mapping

Esri Academy: “Fundamentals of Mapping and Visualization”  
you can access the “Fundamentals of Mapping and Visualization” tutorials using this link  
Language(s): English  

Tutorials:

  • how maps work and how to make them work (49min)
  • creating maps and visualizations with ArcGIS (24hr)
  • getting started with mapping and visualization (1hr 15min)
  • location-enabling data (1hr 15min)
  • displaying coordinate data on a map (35min)
  • symbolizing map layers (1hr 45min)
  • map layer basics (1hr 55min)
  • labelling map features (1hr 25min)
  • ArcGIS Pro: advanced map labelling (44min)
  • creating a map layout (1hr 25min)
  • creating a map series in ArcGIS Pro (2hr)
  • getting started with ArcGIS StoryMaps
  • ArcGIS Online: using smart mapping (45min)
  • creating and sharing animation in ArcGIS Pro (1hr 30min) 

Spatial analysis and data science

Esri Academy: “ArcGIS Technology for Spatial Data Science”
you can access the “ArcGIS Technology for Spatial Data Science” tutorials using this link  
Language(s): English

Tutorials:

  • spatial data science in ArcGIS (47min)
  • ArcGIS: Python overview (46min)
  • Python libraries for spatial data science (1hr 12min)
  • Python for everyone (4hr 15min)
  • Python scripting for geoprocessing workflows (3hr 30min)
  • creating Python scripts for raster analysis (1hr)
  • ArcGIS notebooks basics (1hr)
  • get started with ArcGIS notebooks (1hr 4min)
  • introduction to ArcGIS API for Python (32min)
  • performing analysis using ArcGIS API for Python (1hr 25min)
  • accessing data in a portal using ArcGIS API for Python (1hr)
  • administering content using API for Python (1hr 30min)
  • using the R-ArcGIS Bridge (2hr), integrating R Scripts into ArcGIS Geoprocessing Tools (1hr)    

Esri Academy: “Spatial analysis and data science fundamentals”
you can access the “ArcGIS Technology for Spatial Data Science” tutorials using this link 
Language(s): English

 
Tutorials:

  • getting started with spatial analysis (1hr 10min)
  • spatial analysis with ArcGIS Pro (24hr)
  • spatial data science: the new frontier in analytics (6weeks)
  • getting started with geoprocessing (1hr 30min)
  • suitability modelling: introduction (2hr 40min)
  • mapping clusters: introduction to statistical cluster analysis (50min)
  • introduction to image classification (1hr 15min)
  • geostatistical interpolation: introduction (2hr) 

Images and remote sensing

Esri Academy: “Imagery and remote sensing fundamentals”  
you can access the “Imagery and remote sensing fundamentals” tutorials using this link
Language(s): English
 
Tutorials:

  • imagery in actions (6 weeks)
  • getting started with imagery and remote sensing (3hr 20min)
  • managing raster data using ArcGIS (2hr)
  • ArcGIS image analyst: an introduction (64min)
  • ArcGIS image for ArcGIS Online: an introduction (61min)
  • imagery analysis in ArcGIS Pro (16 hr)  

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3D models

Esri lesson gallery: “3D visualization of ArcGIS Online”
you can access the “3D visualization of ArcGIS Online” tutorials using this link
Language(s): English 
Time: 2hr 32min

 
Tutorials:

  • scene basics (2min)
  • create a scene (20min)
  • get started with scene viewer (1hr 20min)
  • explore earthquakes in an underground local scene (30min)
  • edge styles in urban environments (20min)  

Python

Esri Academy: “ArcPy Essentials”
you can access the “ArcPy Essentials” tutorials using this link
Language(s): English  

Tutorials:

  • Python overview (46min)
  • Python for everyone (4hr 15min)
  • creating Python scripts for ArcGIS (24hr)
  • ArcPy: an introduction (36min)
  • Python scripting: modifying layer properties (1hr 50min)
  • Python scripting: repairing data sources (1hr 50min)
  • Python scripting: modifying page layouts (2hr 20min)
  • Python scripting: modifying map series (2hr 50min)
  • Python scripting for geoprocessing workflows (3hr 30min)
  • creating Python scripts for raster analysis (1hr)
  • update real-time data with Python API (1hr 50min)
  • get started with ArcGIS Notebooks (1hr 4min)