Introduction
For this week’s Project, you’ll build a StoryMap using ArcGIS. ArcGIS is the industry standard for GIS. StoryMaps let us put images, maps, and text together to explain the past.
Learning Goals
Resources
Chose an object from the following sources that relate to the 18th or 19th century around the Atlantic World.
Useful metadata keywords are “colonial,” “Atlantic world,” “empire”
British Museum Collection
Met Museum Collection and Timelines
Chicago Institute of Art
The Minneapolis Institute of Art
To create an account, click “Sign In”
I encourage you NOT to use an existing account, unless you are familiar witht privacy policies of your third-party account, such as Facebook, Google, or Apple.
You can use whatever username and email you wish.
Some students have encountered an error message at this point that too many people are attempting to sign up. This was likely only an issue as an entire in-person class tried at once, but please give yourself time to get an account before you need to work on it.
You can “Start from Scratch,” or use one of the other formats (Sidecar, Guided Map Tour, Explorer Map Tour). All students have the same requirements (Image, map, citation, text) so the formatting is up to you.
Most students chose to Start from scratch. (1)
If you want to see example of other StoryMaps, you can “Explore Stories” (2)
Tutorials on using StoryMaps are also available (3)
This is your title page.
To add elements, click the plus sign “+”
The “Text,” “Map,” and “Image” elements are the three you’ll need to complete the assignment.
The StoryMap will be public. If you are comfortable, please put your name on the work in some fashion, such as J. Norton or Jack. N. If you are not comfortable with your name on the open web and chose a pseudonym, please email me your pseudonym . I will have your link in your Assignment file, but it’s much easier knowing who created a produce if their name (of any sort) is on it.
Your copied link should look like https://arc.gis/GADF534
If the link you share is long, such as https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0a4f361cf76b4f348a4cd3106f4d7e31, you’ve not published it yet. Only “Copy Link” will give you a shareable link. Do NOT copy the link from address bar.