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<p>👋 Welcome to <strong>Session 1: Orientation & Accounts</strong> on the Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa) e-learning platform! In this session, you’ll learn how to move confidently around the learning platform, create your learner account, track your progress, and know exactly where to get help. We’ll also introduce the <strong>DE Africa Sandbox</strong> you’ll use later; your full Sandbox workflow comes in <strong>Session 5</strong> and again in <strong>Part 2</strong> of this course.</p>
<p>You’ll be using the <a href="https://learn.digitalearthafrica.org/courses" target="[object Object]">DE Africa Learning Platform</a> throughout the course. The image below shows a typical course dashboard with example courses and navigation controls.<br /><br /></p>
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<p><em><strong>💡 Tip:</strong> Bookmark this session in your browser and keep the<a href="https://docs.digitalearthafrica.org/en/latest/index.html" target="[object Object]"> DE Africa User Guide</a> open as your one-stop reference. If you get stuck, the <a href="https://helpdesk.digitalearthafrica.org/portal/en/kb" target="[object Object]">Help Desk & Knowledge Base</a> is there to help.</em></p>
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<p>By the end of this session, you will be able to:</p>
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<li>Describe what DE Africa is and how this course is organised.</li>
<li>Navigate the learning platform (use <strong>Course</strong>, <strong>Progress</strong>, <strong>Bookmarks</strong>, <strong>Updates</strong>).</li>
<li><strong>Create and verify your learner account</strong> so you can take quizzes and earn a certificate.</li>
<li>Find help via the <strong>Knowledge Base</strong>, <strong>Community/Forum</strong>, and <strong>Help Desk</strong>.</li>
<li>Understand certificate requirements and where to view/download it when eligible.</li>
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<p><strong>Prerequisites</strong>: None — no prior Earth observation or coding experience required.</p>
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