ESRI Educational Services recently released a six-part Virtual Campus Web course series on the ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension. Jointly developed by ESRI and Safe Software, the series starts by teaching the basics of what data interoperability actually means and the benefits it offers for productivity, then takes you all the way through to developing custom tools you can share with colleagues. Along the way, you learn best practices for applying the software's powerful data translation and transformation tools. The first course in the series is free.
Each course provides approximately two hours of content, including a hands-on exercise designed to let you practice with the tools and features discussed in the presentation. Those who don't have the ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension can request free 60-day trial software to complete course exercises.
There's no rule that says you have to take the six courses in sequence (or even take all six). However, if you are interested in taking all six, we do recommend you tackle them in sequence as the early courses cover terminology and tools that the later courses assume knowledge of. We also highly recommend the free first course for those new to data interoperability concepts.
More Learning Resources for ArcGIS Data Interoperability
In the podcast below, Kim Avery, ESRI product manager for ArcGIS Data Interoperability, and Ryan Cragg, a senior trainer at Safe Software, discuss the capabilities of the ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension and preview the Web course series.
The free training seminar below is also a useful overview for those completely new to ArcGIS Data Interoperability.