Security Update Completed

Permissions to access the facilitator sections of the website have been updated. If you are a coordinator now denied access to those sections, please contact Mike Maddox directly to re-connect your G+ ID.

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New Diagnostic Training Materials Added

An audio lecture has been added to the Diagnosing Plant Problems module. The video 7 S’s of Plant Diagnostic has been moved to the Extra Stuff section of that module.

New lecture added to landscape design module

A new video lecture has been added to the landscape design module. Quizzes and supplemental materials will not be available in the immediate future.

Extra stuff housekeeping

The Extra stuff section of each page was reformatted and a new Even more stuff section was added to link to educational articles from the redesigned wimastergardener.org.

New fruits module added

A new fruits module has been added, including lectures of fruit botany and growing apples, grapes, raspberries, and strawberries. Additional materials such as note pages, quizzes, and activities are still under development and will be posted as completed.z

Oops!

As necessary, an “Errata” link has been added under various module’s Student Materials in order to provide revisions and corrections found in the training manual. The program office appreciates you bringing these errors to our attention.

Questions/Comments Links Added to Each Module

Baffled by botany? Flummoxed by flowers? Stumped with Woodies? A Google+ Community has been created to allow you to ask questions and make comments about the components of Level 1 training. Questions/Comments: Post to our Google+ Community. Account required (it’s free!). First time log in will prompt you for permission to join. Say yes! […]

Firefox upgrades makes accessing PDFs difficult

Simple solution: Use Chrome as your internet browser. Message from Tech Services follows: Firefox 19+ If you are using the current version of Firefox, statements should not default to previewing in the browser, so this issue should not occur. If you are not using the current version, please upgrade and if it is not possible, […]

Playlist malfunction

An error with the playlist feature has been reported. If the video lecture available on the module page does not automatically advance to the next video, please use the link below the video lecture to jump directly to the YouTube playlist to access materials. For example: The cause of the malfunction is being investigated.