Don't forget NRES Advising Services has several helpful tools for helping you get started on your capstone project.
Here is the link to the Capstone Readiness Self-Assessment that you can complete:
http://nres.illinois.edu/online-program/non-thesis
And a link to the archived advising session webinar on Capstone Readiness:
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2015-11-02.1606.M.87F36996661A8600209E1FEAD763DC.vcr&sid=407
We have many other recorded advising sessions that may be of interest. Here are a few titles:
Part I: Independent Research Project – Selecting a project and writing the proposal
Capstone Advising Session – Steps to take after having proposal/GIAF approved.
How to Write Goals and Objectives for the GIAF
Selecting, Reading and Interpreting Scientific Literature
Contact Renee (gracon1@illinois.edu) for a full list.