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Who
needs to sign up as a "new user"?
How
do I get data from this site?
How
do I update the information about my site?
How
do I add new sample data for the site that I operate?
How
do I view/contribute to the teacher resources?
How
do I view/contribute to the sampling schedule?
Who
needs to sign up as a "new user"?
Signing
up as a new user is necessary in order to: add your
school's stream sampling data, contribute to the database
of teacher resources, or modify the posted sampling
schedule. Other uses of the web site (such as viewing
the data) do not require a user to login.
In
order to login for the first time: Click on the "new
user" link on the navigation bar at the bottom of any
page and fill in the form with your personal information
so that we can contact you and give you permission to
add information to the database. The staff of The Living
SchoolBook will receive your information and assign
you to a sampling location. An e-mail will be sent to
you to notify you when we have completed this process.
The e-mail will contain your PIN number which you will
use to login. From then on, you will have the ability
to add data to your sampling sites.
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How do I get data from this
site?
In order to find the site that you operate, click on
the "browse data" link in the navigation bar at the
bottom of any page. You will be able to pick from a
list of major watershed basins in New York State. By
selecting your basin, you will be presented with a list
of streams in your basin. By selecting the name of the
stream your site is located on, you will be again be
presented with a list of all sampling sites on that
stream. On the same page is some data about that site.
You are responsible to update that information for the
site that you operate (more on that later). You will
see a list of dates on which samples were taken at that
site. You must select a date in order to see the data
from that sample. The total number of samples you have
selected so far appears below the list of dates. The
samples can be selected from one or many sample sites
throughout New York State and viewed together. When
you have selected all the samples that you wish to view,
click on the "View Selected Samples" link. The next
page shows a pick list of all the available parameters
that could be viewed in your result set. Check off as
many, or as few, as you wish. Select whether the results
are to be displayed in standard format (for viewing
on the screen) or in Excel format (for copying into
a spreadsheet) and click the "View Selected Items" link
near the bottom of the page. The results of your query
are displayed on the next page.
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How do I update the information
about my site?
Information
regarding the location and/or condition of each sample
site can be added to the database. Such information
may include: the gps coordinates for the site, the name
of the county and town the site is in, as well as some
information about the history, geology and geography
of the area. To add or update information about the
sampling site you operate, navigate to the sampling
site and click the "Edit Site" link. Fill in the form
with the data you wish to add and click "Edit" to make
the changes.
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How
do I add new sample data for the site that I operate?
New sample data can be added to the database by the
operator of a sampling site. To add sample data from
the sampling site you operate, navigate to the sampling
site and click the "Add Sample" link. This data entry
form was created from the work of Project Watershed
in Central New York. Not all operators will enter all
of the information on this form. Fill in the form with
the data collected and click "Submit" at the bottom
of the page. Fill in the form with the data you wish
to add and click "Submit" to make the changes.
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How do I view/contribute
to the teacher resources?
Click
on the "teacher resources" link on the navigation bar
near the bottom of any page. Click on the link to any
resource to view it or the "note" link for a description
of that resource. To add a resource to the database,
click the "Add Resource" link at the top of the page.
Fill out the form with the information about the resource.
If there is an image you would like to upload to accompany
the resource, there is the ability to do that too.
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How
do I view/contribute to the sampling schedule?
Click
on the "sampling schedule" link on the navigation bar
near the bottom of any page. The schedule is shown.
Click the "Switch to Calendar View" link at the top
right to view the schedule on a calendar. To add an
event to the schedule, click the "Add Event" link at
the top of the page. Fill out the form with the information
about the sampling event. Click the "Add" link at the
bottom of the page to submit the changes.
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