GIS - Measuring Wi-Fi Strength Project
Class Identification
- Subject: Computer Science - GIS Web AppBuilder - Measuring Wi-Fi Strenth
- Grade: 8th Grade
- Approximate Number of Students: 15
- Time: Appx. 3 class periods (50 minutes each)
NETS-S
- 1c: Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.
- 2a: Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
- 4c: Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.
Lesson Objectives
- Students will accurately execute all instructional directions to create and save their GIS Measuring Wi-Fi Strength Maps.
- Students will collaborate in small groups to analyze data found by using their new Wi-Fi maps and different map setting capabilities they established and then debate and critique different solutions to their given Wi-Fi scenario.
- Students will collaborate in small groups to select the best solution to their given Wi-Fi scenario then accurately type up their team's plan into the class Website page to share data findings, solutions, and provide appropriate feedback with their peers.
Materials
- Computers operating with Microsoft Windows software - version 7 or higher
- Computers with Google Chrome software downloaded and operational
- Instructional GIS Measuring Wi-Fi Strength Guide (Parts 1 & 2)
- GIS Measuring Wi-FI Strength Data Extraction and Project Worksheets (Part 3 and Supplementary Resources)
- Teacher created Student ArcGIS Online organizational accounts (instructions can be found on pgs. 39 - 46)
Procedures
Part 1
Part 1
- Sign in to ArcGIS Online account.
- Click Search in the upper right corner.
- Search for IGARC_wifi.
- Uncheck the Only search in your Organizational tab.
- Download the file wifi by clicking Open and save to your computer.
- In ArcGIS Online click My Content at the top of the page.
- Click Add Item from my computer.
- Browse to the wifi.sd file and choose file.
- (Note: A .sd file is a service definition. It is a standalone file that stores information about a service. You can use that service definition file to publish a feature service.)
- Be sure the Publish this file as a hosted layer box is checked.
- Add the appropriate tag such as: IGARC2_wifi_your initials (ex: if your name is Jimmy John you type: IGARC2_wifi_jj )
- Click Add Item (It will take several minutes to upload and publish the WiFi service definition.)
- After the feature service is created, click Open on the Overview tab. (After the feature service is added to the map, you will see the Edit icon on the top of the page.)
- Click the Edit. When you click the Edit icon, the Wi-Fi collector icon is exposed.
- Click the Wi-Fi icon in the Table of Contents.
- To add a new location, click the location where the Wi-Fi is to be recorded the collection menu is exposed. You can now collect Wi-Fi strength at any location. Add several new locations in your area of interest.
- Go to the top ribbon and click Save As.
- Save the map with the following metadata.
- Title: Wi-Fi Strength_your initials
- Tags: IGARC_wifi_your initials
- Summary: Editable feature service to collect Wi-Fi- strength
- Click SAVE MAP
- On the top ribbon click Share.
- Click on the Share with Organization only.
- Click CREATE A WEB APP using the Web AppBuilder tab.
- Enter the summary: App to collect strength of Wi-Fi signal.
- Click GET STARTED.
- Select the Billboard Theme.
- On the top ribbon click Map tab.
- Set Default extent to be less than the entire world.
- Choose the Wi-Fi strength map that have just constructed.
- Click OK.
- On the top ribbon click the WebAppBuilder widget tab. Add widgets for Coordinates, My Location, and a Scalebar. {Notice you can also add an overview window and a widget to return to your Def extent as a set previously. It is up to you if you want to add an overview window or a return to Def extent.}
- Click Save.
- In the lower part of the Widget tab, click the gray Widget 1 to configure it.
- Select Edit as the option fro this widget.
- Next make some edit configuration changes if you wish, For example, undo and redo as well as cut and reshape.
- Click OK.
- Click Widget 3 and select Layer List. (The Layer List widget displays operational layers on the map and proves basic functionalities, such as turning the layer on and off, zooming to items, showing transparency items, moving up and down, opening with an attribute table, and showing the description or item details.)
- Click OK.
- Click OK.
- Click Save.
- Click Launch.
- Students will come up for teacher approval at this point.
- Students to work in small, per-arranged groups (2 - 3 students) to complete the GIS Measuring Wi-FI Strength Data Extraction and Project Worksheet.
- Upon completion of Worksheet and approval from teacher, students will input their data and project ideas into the Classroom Website.
- Through the blogs attached to the classroom website, students will provide appropriate critics (positives and negatives) they find when reading and evaluating their peers' project scenarios and solutions.
Assessment
- Students will be assessed on their ability to successfully create and customize their GIS Wi-Fi map.
- Students will be assessed on 1) their ability to participate appropriately and collaborate in their group work; 2) completing their Data Extraction and Project worksheet by extracting the correct data from their maps based on their scenario; and 3) creating a feasible plan for the company that hired their team and their given scenario.
- Students will be assessed on their ability to correctly type in their project ideas with data to justify their ideas into the Classroom Website and appropriately respond/critic their peers' project ideas. This will include spelling, grammar, and professionalism (Digital Citizenship guidelines are followed).
Supplementary Resources
- GIS Measuring Wi-FI Strength Data Extraction and Project Worksheet - Scenario 1
- GIS Measuring Wi-FI Strength Data Extraction and Project Worksheet - Scenario 2
- GIS Measuring Wi-FI Strength Data Extraction and Project Worksheet - Scenario 3
- GIS Measuring Wi-FI Strength Data Extraction and Project Worksheet - Scenario 4
- GIS Measuring Wi-FI Strength Data Extraction and Project Worksheet - Scenario 5
- GIS - Measuring Wi-Fi Strength Project Rubric
- Video Tutorial - Part 1 - Creating the ArcGIS Online Wi-Fi Map
- Video Tutorial - Part 2 - Using WebApp Builder for Wi-Fi Map