Free Digital Photography Course

Develop your ability to produce photographs using digital technology.  Digital photography is a relatively new and radically different technique to film photography which records images in the form of digital (ie. 2 digit or binary) codes. This courese offered by ACS is a comprehensive introduction to the principles and practices of Digital Photography. Read the lessons, work through the course, and check your knowledge using the automated self-tests


Click Here to do the Free Course: http://www.acs.edu.au/digitalcourse/


Lesson 1: Introduction to Digital Technology
Lesson 2: Equipment, getting started

Course Content

Part 1. Cropping Strategies in Hydroponics: Spacing, trellis growing, hanging gardens, intercropping, space efficient systems.

Part 2.  Maximize production, minimize losses: Choosing more productive crops, avoiding plant losses, maximizing growth rates.

 
Click here to do the course http://www.acs.edu.au/bookcourse/

Click here to order a copy of the book "Commercial Hydroponics" from our online bookshop.

OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT
An optional assignment may be submitted for marking (If you choose to submit this, a marking fee will apply)

Four Lessons show you the basics of how to Design A Garden.


Lesson 1. Principles of Landscaping
This lesson is designed to provide you with a general background on the major principles of landscape gardening. Every landscape consists of living and non-living components. Examples of non-living components are rocks, paths, walls and garden accessories.

Lesson 2.  Surveying Your Garden
Before commencing your landscape design you need to collate certain information upon which the design will be based: 1. Study the environment of the site.

Lesson 3. Preparing a Draft Plan
Landscape designers use a series of plans to avoid the overall plan becoming too culttered and unreadable. The plans are prepared in stages as follows: 1. Site plan.

Lesson 4. The Final Draft
Many designers think of a garden as being similar to a house; that is, it is made up of a series of rooms. The rooms of a garden, like a house, may be laid out as an opn plan, with each area largely open.

To do this free course Click here  http://www.hortcourses.com/ldscdesign/

OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT
A final assignment is provided, with an option of paying a fee and submitting it for marking. It is completely up to you whether you choose to do this. The course works perfectly well without needing to pay anything or submitting this assignment.

This is a self-guided Distance Education course.
Work through this course, and check your knowledge using the automated self-tests, practical tasks and optional assignment

Course Content

An introduction to selected aspects of growing Vegetables and Herbs

Part 1. Vegetable growing procedures and requirements.

Part 2. Biological Control, companion planting and herb garden design

Duration:  4 to 5 hours (approximately)

OPTIONS
There are three options for doing this course:

Option 1.
You can do this course for free, referring to any resource information you can find, in this ezine, on the internet or elsewhere.

Option 2.
Purchase J ohn Mason's book Growing and Using Vegetables and Herbs. This book is referred to in the course, so it does work particularly well if you refer to the recommended readings.

Option 3.
You have the option of paying a fee and submitting a written assignment on completion of the course. The course works perfectly well without doing this; but if you coose to do this, it gives you a chance to interact with an expert; and also receive an "Award of Merit" to display as proof of completing the course.

Click here to do the course http://www.acs.edu.au/bookcourse/


Getting the book
If you do not have the book and would like to purchase it, details for the book are ISBN 0-7318-1252-2, published by Kangaroo Press, An imprint of Simon and Schuster Australia.
You can also purchase the book mail order from http://www.acsbookshop.com