iNaturalist Orientation and Enrollment Worksheet S24 Update

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Name: Adrit Roy iNaturalist Enrollment and Orientation Worksheet Instructions: Please complete the following worksheet, including creating an iNaturalist account and answer these questions to acquaint yourself with using the iNaturalist website. Enrollment in iNaturalist It is free to create an account on iNaturalist. If you do not already have an account with iNaturalist, then follow the instructions below to create a new account. ● Creating an Account: o Go to www.iNaturalist.org o Click on “Sign Up” to create your iNaturalist account o Create your username using your name in the following format: ▪ lastname_firstinitial_sectionnumber ● Example: smith_m_23 ▪ If this username has been taken please contact your TA o Input your email address and choose a password o Check that the time is set to “Eastern Time (US & Canada)” o Do not change any of the other settings 1. What is your iNaturalist username? roy_a_25 last name______ first initial_____ section number Joining Our iNaturalist Project A project has already been created on iNaturalist for our class. The name of our project is University of South Florida Biology 2 Lab . You can find our project by searching the project name in the search bar at the top left of the screen. To view the project page, click on “About” to the right of the project name. In the top right corner of the project page there are two links: “Terms & Rules” and “Join this project”. Click “Join this project”. 2. What does it say under “About this Project”? Welcome! This project is for students enrolled in BSC 2011L at the University of South Florida to upload and share their observations. Students, if you are new to iNaturalist, please be sure to check out the Getting Started Guide and the Help pages. These will walk you through some of the main features of the site and answer many of your questions. Be sure to also check out the iNaturalist Community Guidelines for information on what iNaturalist considers acceptable behavior on their site. If you are ready to start observing, please keep the following guidelines in mind: Being a Good Naturalist

It is very important that you do not disturb any wildlife. For your own safety and the safety of the organism, do not touch the organism you are observing. Be aware that some organisms, such as threatened species, may be legally protected against harassment (including touching and picking up the organism). Other organisms may harm you if touched (such as plants that can cause skin reactions like poison ivy). Some organisms may be provoked if you approach them or their offspring. Keep a safe distance from the organisms you are observing and be aware of your surroundings. Safety is a priority. Public iNaturalist is a public site. Do not upload images that break iNaturalist Terms and Services or violate Copyright Laws. Do not take identifiable photos of yourself. It is ok to include your hands, feet, and clothing in your photos, but please do not include full photos of yourself or others in observations. Observe Wildlife For this project avoid taking a photo of organisms that are captive, cultivated, domesticated, dead, feral, and specimens. Also, only observations within the state of Florida made since the beginning of this semester can be added to this project. Take multiple, clear photos at different angles. The photo quality needs to be high enough that the organism can be identified. Document key information including the time and date at which the observation was taken, the habitat in which your observation was made, visual characteristics of the organism, and other important information (behavior, presence of a symbiont, etc.). 3. What are the Terms for this project? I understand and agree to the following terms: • Observations must be submitted to this iNaturalist project in order to be counted for an assignment and graded. • Observations cannot be of organisms that are captive, cultivated, domesticated, dead, feral, or a specimen. • Observations must be made between the start of this course and the assignment due date.

• Each user can only submit one observation per organism. No duplicate observations. No duplicate species. • A maximum of 6 observations per user can be submitted to this iNaturalist Project. • Do not violate iNaturalist Terms and Services, Copyright Laws, or iNaturalist Community Guidelines. • All photos submitted to this project must be your own photos. Uploading photos that are not your own is plagiarism. If it is discovered that you have submitted photography (or other media) that you did not personally photograph, then you will receive a zero for the iNaturalist Assignments. • If any of your content is flagged for copyright infringement or spam, then you will receive a zero for the iNaturalist Assignments. 4. What are the Rules for this project? o must have observation field 'Bio 2 Section Number Spring 2024' filled out o must have quality grades: research, needs ID Keep all the pre-selected checkboxes as is and click “Yes, I want to join” at the bottom of the page.

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Getting to Know Our Project On the main project page under “Stats” there are three “Totals” listed. 5. How many total observations have been submitted to this project? 24 6. How many total species have been documented? 22 Click on “People”. 7. a. What is the username of the person with the most observations? jones_k_22 b. How many observations has this person submitted? 6 Return to the project homepage. Scroll down to the journal posts (just below the map). Now scroll down slightly until you see the words, “More Journal Posts”. Click on this link. 8. a. Scroll to find and read the journal post named “Observing For Our Project”. What are the observation requirements for this project? i. Appropriate Identification ii. Accurate Date and Time iii. Multiple, Clear Photos iv. Accurate Location v. Detailed Description vi. Wild Organism b. Scroll to find and read the journal post named “Common Habitats of Florida”. Name and provide the description of one common habitat found in Florida. Coastal- This type of habitat is near the coastline with communities that have adapted to living in the water, where there is wind and salt spray c. Scroll to find and read the journal post named “Online ID Guides”. Name one free ID Guide that you can use to identify plants (General Plant Guides). Encyclopedia of Life

Getting to Know iNaturalist At the top of the screen there are several dropdown menus. Use the dropdown menu “More” to click on the “Help” link. View the list of “Frequently Asked Questions” to answer the following questions: 9. Click on the following under "Observations" link: 1. What is an Observation? a. What are the key pieces of information that should be recorded for all observations? The observation records the encounter with a certain organism at a particular time and location 10. Click the following under "Identifications" link: 1. What is an identification? a. What is an identification? Identification is attempting to assess the type of organism that was observed 11. Click on the following under "Observations" link: 6. How can I get help identifying what I saw? Click on the link to the video on photo tips and watch the video. a. What are the three tips to taking good photos presented in the video? i. To get closer to the organism ii. Shoot multiple angles of different parts of the organism. iii. Take photos that are sharp and in focus 12. Click on the following under "Observations" link: 2. What kind of photos should I attach to observations? a. What are the major rules/restrictions discussed about submitting photos? The major restrictions that are discussed about submitting photos are that you should ensure that those photos are your own photos. This means to not take photos found online and present them as your own. Similar, if using screenshots of live broadcasts, ensure that the camera is yours. Another rule is that when taking a picture of an organism throughout multiple days, input a new observation for each day

13. Click on the following under "Observations" link: 8. What is the quality assessment and how do observations qualify to become "Research Grade”? a. What are the four criteria needed to advance an observation from “Casual” to “Needs ID”? i. Having a date ii. Is georeferenced, it has a location where it was taken iii. There are photos or sounds iv. It isn’t a captured or cultivated organism 14. Click on the following under "Observations" link: 5. What does captive / cultivated mean? a. What does it mean for a species to be classified as captive or cultivated? When a species is captivated or cultivated it means that the organism exists there and is at that moment because humans have deliberately placed it there b. Provide 2 examples of a captive or cultivated organism. i. Tree at USF ii. Lion at the zoo

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At the top of the page to the left there is a gray box containing a list of links. Click on the “Video Tutorials” link. 15. Scroll up to the video named “Adding an Observation on a Mobile Device”. Watch this video and answer the following question: On the iNaturalist App Observation Details Screen, how do you add more photos of the same organism? You are able to enter more photos of the same organism as there is a plus button that is next to the first picture taken, indicating that more pictures can be taken 16. Scroll down to the video named “Adding on Observation via the web”. Watch this video and answer the following question: On the iNaturalist observation web uploader how do you combine two or more photos of the same organism into one observation? You are able to either selected them both and press the combine button, or you can drag one photo into the other one and it will combine them both Note: iNaturalist has a function that suggests visually similar species. Do not use this function unless you are very familiar with the organism you are observing. Instead, type in a common name or scientific name that you are confident with. For example, if you believe you observed a fungus, but you are unsure about the species of fungus, type in, “Fungus” into the species name field. iNaturalist will then provide a suggestion for “Kingdom Fungi”. Click on that suggestion to add it to your observation. Below is a list of common names and scientific names for organism you may encounter: Common Name Scientific Name Fungus / Mushroom Kingdom Fungi Lichen Class Lecanoromycetes Moss Phylum Bryophyta Fern Class Polypodiopsida Angiosperms / Flowering Plant Subphylum Angiospermae Gymnosperm Class Pinopsida Butterfly / Moth Order Lepidoptera Reptile Class Reptilia

At the top of the page to the left there is a gray box containing a list of links. Click on the “Community Guidelines” link. Read the Community Guidelines and answer the following questions: 17. What does iNaturalist consider “Suspendable Offenses”? a. Hate Speech b. Insults or threats c. Sexually explicit content d. Sockpuppet accounts- Accounts that are additional accounts to evade suspension 18. Under the Section “Things that Are Ok”, what is iNaturalist’s policy on “Requests for clarification”? It is encouraged that there should be a reason to justify the request for clarification. You can decide to not respond, but you shouldn’t be rude to that person as they have the right to ask why 19. Under the Section “Tone & Attitude”, what is iNaturalist’s policy on being “Polite and respectful”? Maintain the same polite manners as you would a stranger that you met in person 20. Under the Section “Tools for Dealing With Problems”, what is iNaturalist’s policy on using “Your Words”? Talk to the person with a polite but firm tone, along with citing these guidelines to inform them of the proper etiquette of communicating with someone on iNaturalist

iNaturalist Orientation and Enrollment Worksheet S24 Update

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