Native Plant Identification Online

The course is online and you are required to walk around the bush and look at plants and learn the names, great course for people that like getting out.  This course involves heading out in the field to look at local native plants in the top end and record information for plant identification. 

Online Training:

• Reading materials, slides, videos and websites are provided to students via the online website Recognise Plants Online and you can contact the trainer by email anytime
• You can do this course in your own time
• The online course will take about 10 - 12 hours at own pace and you have up to eight (8) weeks to complete the course.
• You must have access to a bush area that has plants to undertake the practical test
• Online tests are open book
• Watch video to see how to set up password very easy

You must have the following skills and computer software & hardware:

• Read English and have a high school year nine (9) level of reading
• Computer knowledge, skills and email
• Smartphone to make video and email to the trainer
• Internet access
• PC or laptop
• Printer

The assessment is a combination of theory and practical:

• Online tests - true/false, multiple choice
• Phone call verbal test - random questions
• Practical test video - you must make a video of your self identifying two (2) plants and filling in the Plant Record Sheet

Cheating Online Tests

If you complete the online tests in less than 1 hour, you will be suspected of cheating, therefore to prove the tests were completed by you, you will have to make a video of yourself doing the online plant name tests.

Practical Test Video

Demonstration of skills will be assessed by the submission of a video.  In the video you must identify two (2) plants and fill in the Plant Record Sheet. The video must identify the student and is texted or emailed to the trainer. Watch the example video below.