Lesson 1 - What is GIS?
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Exercise 1: Explore ArcGIS Desktop and the workshop data

Lesson 2 - Getting to know, preparing and retrieving spatial data
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Exercise 2: Viewing a shape file in Windows Explorer (My Computer)
Exercise 3: Viewing a shape file in ArcCatalog
Exercise 4: Retrieving data from the Web.

Break
10:00-10:15 a.m.

Lesson 3 - Designing thematic maps
10:15-11:30 a.m.
Exercise 5: Adding Data to ArcMap

Lunch on your own
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Lesson 4 - A few advanced GIS techniques
12:30-2:15 p.m.
Exercise 6: Displaying point data with longitude and latitude
Exercise 7: Buffer multiple distances from clinics
Exercise 8: Attribute queries

Break
2:15-2:30 p.m.

Lesson 5 - Cartography and finishing the map
2:30-4:00 p.m.
Exercise 9: Elements of a map layout
Exercise 10: Adding labels to your layers on your map
Exercise 11: Exporting the finished map as an image

Wrap-up and questions
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.