iRecord Training

Welcome to the iRecord training manual. This manual guides you through learning how to use iRecord to record your wildlife sightings and to share them with the rest of the wildlife recording community. We’ll also be exploring how you can use iRecord to explore records added by other recorders - a great way to discover more about the wildlife around you.

• Why iRecord?
• Tutorial - Using Training Mode in iRecord
• Tutorial - Entering a simple record
• Where does the record go?
  • The Database
  • Records are immediately available
  • Automated checks
  • Expert Verification
  • Records are passed to the NBN Gateway
• Tutorial - My Account
  • The My Data Summary Tab
  • The View Tab
  • The Edit Tab
• General Purpose Data Entry Forms
  • Tutorial - Enter a casual record
  • Tutorial - Enter a list of records
  • Tutorial - Enter records at several places
• Tutorial - Data Entry Tips
  • Control locking
  • Inputing lists of species
  • Uploading photos
  • Map tips
• Exploring the records
  • Exploring Records
  • Explore > My photo gallery
  • Explore > Species Maps
• Tutorial - Exploring Records
  • Filter the records table
  • Drilling between the map and records table
  • Exploring by species
  • Record tools
• Tutorial - My Sites
• Using the Forms Library
  • Enter ladybird records
  • National Trust Dorset site recording forms
  • Intertidal Recording Form
• Summary Reports
  • General Summaries
  • Survey Summaries
• Verification