Introduction to ArcGIS Pro Workshop

Instructors: Mark Guizlo, GISP and Dr. Mark Salling, GISP
Course No: GIS2000
Course Credit: 24 contact hours
Session Date(s): May 2025 (Exact date TBD)
Session Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Contact Hours: The workshop will be 24 contact hours.
This workshop counts toward GISP certification.
Registration: Coming soon.
Space is limited, so early registration is encouraged.
Please complete our waitlist to be informed about future workshops.

Location: Urban Affairs Computer Lab - UR40 Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs, 1717 Euclid Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Course Fee: Standard Rate: $849 / Group Rate (3 or more): $700 each / CSU Alumni Rate: $700 / CSU Student Rate: $550
Payment Methods: Major credit cards, corporate checks, and staff development funds welcome. Read more. »

Workshop Overview

This workshop introduces participants to ESRI ArcGIS mapping and analysis software - ArcGIS Pro. The workshop covers fundamental GIS concepts, geospatial data, and how to map and analyze data at the basic level. Participants will become familiar with the ArcGIS Pro, local GIS data, frequently used GIS tools, and map layouts. Participants are provided with access to the software, a lab workbook, and a USB data storage device. Participants must be comfortable using a desktop computer and the internet. 

Space is limited, so early registration is encouraged. 

Objectives

Participants learn how to use ArcGIS Pro to explore how to manage geospatial data and analyze census, real property, client/customer, public infrastructure, and related data. Attendees will design and create maps and produce new data that help address issues and solve practical problems. Topics cover the following components:

• ArcGIS Pro Overview: Capabilities and applications; interacting with the software's interface; controlling the display characteristics of data layers.
• Thematic Maps:  Types of themes include unique groups of spatial objects, criteria-based graduated colors or symbols, and dot density.
• GIS Outputs: Produce presentation quality maps using map templates and layouts with elements of the title, legend, scale, sources, and logos. Participants will also learn how to publish their work to the Internet.
• Geodatabases: Create a personal geodatabase; populate the geodatabase from shapefiles and databases; join and relate data layers; analyze and display aggregated data from joined tables.
• Importing Spatial and Attribute Data: Download and import spatial and attribute data from public sources; define and change map projections. Federal, state, and local sources of data are included.
• Digitize and Edit Spatial Features:  Use digitizing tools to create new spatial features of points, lines, and polygons.  Edit existing spatial features.
• Geocode: Create point locations based on an interpolation method with a street address database or by polygon method such as zip codes.
• Attribute Data Queries and Spatial Processing: Select features by attribute queries; add field and calculate or update field values; clip, dissolve and append layers.
• Spatial Analysis: Query and select by location using spatial relationships of within, contain, intersect, etc.; buffer spatial features, then spatially query to locate features in the buffer zones.

Audience

This workshop is open to everyone. 

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this workshop. No experience with desktop mapping or GIS technology is required, but registrants should know how to use Windows-based software.

Course Fee & Payment Methods

CSU's Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs offers a local, lower-cost alternative to the similar workshops offered elsewhere. The cost for each participant in the three-day workshop is $849. The following discounts rates are available: Group Rate of 3 or more (from the same organization): $700 (per person) / CSU Alumni Rate: $700 / CSU Student Rate- $550.

Notes:

• To register please use CSU's Learning Stream site.  
• If you would like to use a discount code, type in one of the following codes on the Learning Stream registration page in the discount code text box:
  • For the Group discounted rate of $700 (for 3 or more people from the same organization) use: CSU GROUP GIS.
  • For the CSU Alumni discounted rate of $700 use: CSU ALUMNI GIS.
  • For the CSU Student discounted rate of $550 use: CSU STUDENT GIS (Please bring your CSU ID to the workshop).
• Major credit cards accepted.
• If you prefer to receive an invoice and pay via corporate check: 1) Complete registration on CSU's Learning Stream website (selecting the "Purchase Order" option when prompted. If you don't have a Purchase Order number type "No Purchase Order Number" when prompted) and 2) Contact Nina Antonik (n.antonik@csuohio.edu) to receive an invoice.
• If you are a CSU employee, you may be able to use faculty/staff development funds to pay for this workshop. Continuing Education Staff Development forms can be obtained from the CSU Human Resources Benefits Form page by clicking on the forms link. Please send a copy of the completed form to Nina Antonik (UR 335, Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs | n.antonik@csuohio.edu). After that please complete registration using CSU's Learning Stream site.

Refund Policy

Refund to original payment is made at 100% when a registrant cancels attendance at least two business-days prior to the start of the first class. Alternatively, the registrant can choose to transfer paid tuition to a later, equivalent course of their choosing within the same college or school at no additional cost when giving a two business-day cancelation notice. Refund requests must be submitted to Sharon Bliss (s.bliss@csuohio.edu). Click here for more information about Cleveland State University's refund policy.

Cancelation POLICY 

Cleveland State University reserves the right to cancel a workshop and refund the workshop fee in the event that there are an insufficient number of registrants. 

Questions

If you have questions about this workshop please contact Sharon Bliss (s.bliss@csuohio.edu).

Professional Development

The Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs offers a wide range of custom designed courses, workshops, and seminars. See the Professional Development Course Listing for this semester's schedule.