Feedback for Introduction to Remote Sensing

Dear student

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.

We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.

In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
 
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

https://goo.gl/forms/LvTLJX4y6qoLgbtF3

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

Examination Pattern

Dear students,
We inform you that only one section of questions was selected for the final examination. Not two sections as mentioned in the previous announcement.

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Course Administrators

Examination Pattern

Dear students,
We inform you that the question paper in final examination will contain objective type questions, no negative marking for wrong answers. There will be two sections with 50 questions each. For each section you will get 1.5 hours. Each question will carry 1 mark.

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Course Administrators

Week 4: Assignment answers

Dear students,
Answers for the fourth assignment are now online in the below link.

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_ce15/unit?unit=31&lesson=49

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Course Administrator

NPTEL: APRIL EXAM FORM EXTENDED TILL 24th MARCH 10:00 AM

Dear Student:

Based on requests we received, the following has been decided.

Exam Registration extended till 10 AM, 24th March 2017 (Friday).

Payment can be made till 4 PM, 25th March 2017 (Saturday).

Data changes possible till 10 AM, 24th March 2017 (Friday).

The certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

For Checking your payment status:

Login to the exam form,

1. If your Status is "Completed successfully or Success" then your registration is successful.

2. If your payment status is showing as "Confirmation Pending or Payment not authorized" please try to pay again since we didn't received your payment.

Any excess payment done till today has been refunded from our side. It takes about 5-8 bank working days for it to come to your account. Please check by 3rd April for the same. If you still don't receive it, write to us at nptel@iitm.ac.in

-NPTEL TEAM

Assignment Answers: Week 3

Dear students,
Answers for the 3rd assignment are now online in this link. Kindly go to the link and find the PDF file.


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Course administrator

Answers of assignment 2

Dear students,
Answers for the 2nd assignment are now online in this link. Go to the link and get the PDF file.

Regards,
Course Administrator

Week 4: videos and assignment are online

Dear students,
Videos and assignment for 4th week are now online. You can watch the same in NPTEL site or in our YouTube channel. There are 20 MC questions in this assignment. Each question carries 1 mark. You need to attempt all the questions. There will be no negative marking for wrong answers. Due date of the assignment is 22nd Mar, 2017, 23.59 hour.

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Course Administrators
Introduction to Remote Sensing

Question Changed

Dear students,
Question number 13 from assignment 3 has been changed due to some discrepancies. Kindly visit the assignment and resubmit the correct answer for the same.

Regards,
Course Administrators

Extension of due date for assignment 2

Dear students,
Some of you are requesting to extent the due date of assignment 2 for various reasons. Noticing the reasons are valid, the due date of the same has been extended to 10th Mar, 23:59 hours. However, we suggest you to submit this and rest of the assignments before the final hours. Don't wait to submit the assignments in final hours. Extension of due date for each assignment is not possible all the times.

Regards,
Course Administrators

Week 3: videos and assignment are online

Dear students,
Videos and assignment for 3rd week are now online. You can watch the same in NPTEL site or in our YouTube channel. There are 20 MC questions in this assignment. Each question carries 1 mark. You need to attempt all the questions. There will be no negative marking for wrong answers. Due date of the assignment is 15th Mar, 2017, 23.59 hour.

Regards
Course Administrators
Introduction to Remote Sensing

Answers of Assignment 1

Dear students,
Answers for the 1st assignment are now online in this link. Go to the link and get the PDF file.

Regards,
Course Administrators

Server Problem

Dear students,
Due to some problem with NPTEL server some students were unable to submit the answers of 1st Assignment. However, the answers for the same have already been published. Therefore it is not possible to extent the due date of the 1st Assignment. To resolve the issue, it has been decided to consider 3 best answered assignments out of 4 for 25% of final certificate score of each student.


Regards,
Course Administrators
Introduction to Remote Sensing

Reminder 2:REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Student:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the April  2017 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.

Registration is open from 28th FEBRUARY 2017 (Tuesday) until 21st MARCH  2017 10:00 AM (Tuesday). 

The certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

(If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course)

Currently, we do not have any provision to conduct certification exams outside India. If you want to take the Certification exam, you need to come to the allotted center in India.
Dates of exam: 23rd April 2017(Sunday) [Forenoon-Shift 1/Afternoon Shift 2] (You can choose any one shift according to your convenience for writing the exam). You can register for a maximum of 2 course exams (same day of exam – 2 sessions. Same exam center will be allocated for both the sessions) through this form.

Exam Session time: Shift 1 - 9.00AM -12.00PM ; Shift 2 - 2.00PM - 5.00PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form. 

Click here to access the list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter/Assets/spoc_refdocs/April%20-%20Tentative%20Exam%20cities.pdf

 Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
(Students belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate)

Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking.

HALL TICKET:

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively between 12 -16th April 2017. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.

Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate:  Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score >= 40%

The final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (http://nptel.ac.in/noc), where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available for verification  (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- Once the registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam shift, city is possible. So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams, please choose suitably and make the payment for both courses at the same time. It is not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, the registration form will be non-editable.

2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE GOT SCHOLARSHIP VIA YOUR LOCAL CHAPTER: -  
Students who have got scholarship via NPTEL local chapter can opt to pay individually using the above form. While doing so, the reduced fee will automatically apply.

3) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:- 
There are 2 modes of operation:

Option 1

1. You will pay fees to your SPOC.

2. Your SPOC will pay the fees to NPTEL on your behalf and also will provide us all details including photo, signature.

3. We will populate all the fields in the exam form.

4. Your responsibility will be to come to the exam form and verify that the details in the exam form are correct.

Option 2

1. In the exam form, you will fill all the details and also upload photo, signature.

2. Ensure that you had selected your college name correctly from the drop-down list in the form.

3. Payment of exam fees - click on the tab - 'PAY VIA SPOC'.

The SPOC has to now confirm to NPTEL that he/she will pay fees on your behalf.

If the SPOC says NO, you will be intimated via email.

Then it becomes your responsibility to come back to the exam form and make the payment.

If you do not pay the exam fees within the prescribed time, you will not be able to write the exam.

 After submitting the form, in case you wish to change the name, date of birth, address, photo and signature Please login to http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/edit_details.php and make the changes till March 21, 2017.

The following data initially submitted cannot be changed by you once the form is submitted –email id, course selected, shift, exam city, SC/ST. For changes in any of this email us at nptel@iitm.ac.in giving your Application number, email id and name. No changes will be entertained in these details after March 21 2017.

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL TEAM

Week 2: Video and Assignment are online

Dear students,
Videos and assignment for the 2nd week are now online. You can watch the same in NPTEL site or in our YouTube channel. There are 20 questions in this assignment. You need to attempt all the questions. Each question carries 1 mark and no negative marking for wrong answers.

Regards,
Course Administrators
Introduction to Remote Sensing

Videos and Assignment are online

Dear students,
Videos and assignments for the 1st week are now online. You can watch the same in NPTEL site or in our YouTube channel. There are 20 questions in this assignment. You need to attempt all the questions. Each question carries 1 mark and no negative marking for wrong answers.

Regards,
Course Administrators
Introduction to Remote Sensing

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course Introduction to Remote Sensing

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course "Introduction to Remote Sensing". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on 20 February, 2017. When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning.

We will open registration for the exam soon after the course starts. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. Everyone who has signed-up for the course, including those who do not register for the exam, will continue to have access to the course contents.

There are two sections on the portal apart from the course content and assignment sections:
•    The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.     
•    The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact - If you have any questions regarding the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments or any question related to the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc, kindly write about this in the forum and the course instructor/TA will respond to it. Please use this well and participate to benefit from the course.

Details regarding the course:

Name of the course: Introduction to Remote Sensing
Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_ce15/
Course duration : 4 weeks
Dates of exams : 23 April, 2017
Time of exam :
Shift 1: 9am - 12 noon 
Shift 2: 2pm - 5pm
Any one shift can be chosen to write the exam for a course.
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly

Once again, thank you for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning - NPTEL team.