he aim of this free, online Digitization Academy [2] course is to empower participants with the knowledge and skills to successfully (1) identify and address the opportunities and additional complexity that public participation introduces to a digitization project at a biodiversity collection, including ethical and legal factors, (2) design a public participation in digitization project, including budgeting and risk management, (3) identify, evaluate, and use tools and online platforms in a public participation in digitization workflow, (4) identify and implement quality management strategies, (5) identify common participant motivations and strategies to recruit and engage participants in a project, including events, games, and online forums, (6) and perform evaluation of a public participation in digitization project.  

This course is targeted at those already associated with a biodiversity collection, such as collections managers, curators, student technicians, administrators, or others. The course will be relevant to a diversity of collection types.  Participants do not need prior knowledge of biodiversity informatics or specialized software. 

This course is offered through iDigBio's Digitization Academy [2].

The course will be delivered in English. Those from out the U.S. may apply. 

Direct any questions about the opportunity to Kalina Jakymec (kjakymec@fsu.edu [3]) or Austin Mast (amast@fsu.edu [4]).