Intro to iNaturalist: When You Want to Know "What's that Flower/Bird/Bug (and More!)"
Intro to iNaturalist: When You Want to Know "What's that Flower/Bird/Bug (and More!)" In-Person
The iNaturalist app is a free tool for engaging with the nature that is all around us. Snap a photo or record the call and the app asks you to ID your organism, as close to the species level as you can. If you don't know what you're looking at though, don't worry - the community of users works together to identify species.
In the first half of this workshop I'll introduce you to taking and uploading an observation in both the app and the web interface, as well as the basics of IDing organisms. There will be a more in-depth workshop on IDing species next week. I encourage you to have iNaturalist installed on your smartphone or tablet and follow along but it is not required at the start of the workshop. If you want to follow along for using the web interface, feel free to use one of the desktops in the classroom or bring your laptop.
The second half of the workshop will be a nature walk to practice using iNaturalist on our own devices. If you haven't installed it yet, we can do that at this point. We'll take a walk around the campus pond and get to know some of the overlooked diversity right beside us among the weeds, lichen, bugs, and birds.
11:15 am - 12:00 pm instruction
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm nature walk
First of two workshops to prepare attendees to participate in the worldwide citizen science project City Nature Challenge 2025 for the Western Mass region.
Location: W. E. B. Du Bois Library, Computer Classroom 1620, 16th floor off the elevator lobby
Related LibGuide: City Nature Challenge: Western Mass by Melanie Radik
- Date:
- Friday, April 25, 2025
- Time:
- 11:15am - 12:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- W. E. B. Du Bois Library, Room 1620 (Floor 16)
- Audience:
- Alumni Faculty General Public Graduate Students Library Donors Staff Undergraduates
- Categories:
- Sustainability Workshops
