Intro to StoryMaps

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

Create an account with ArcGIS and successfully navigate within its interface.
Chose an image of a historical object from a credible museum site related to the pre–1500 BCE era.
Incorporate your chosen image into a story map.
Cite your image using zot bib (https://zbib.org/) and the Chicago Manual of Style as the format
Write a short explanation, 2–3 sentences, for why your image has historical importance. Note: lasting 4000 years makes something old, not important. You must offer a claim backed by evidence for why the object has historical importance.
Create a map of the area, region, or city in which your object was found. You can be as specific or general as you need to be for marking the map.

Resources

Chose an object from the following sources that relate to the pre–1500 BCE era.
Useful search keywords are “ancient,” “early,” + the modern country, for example “ancient” and Egypt."

British Museum Collection
Met Museum Collection and Timelines
Chicago Institute of Art
The Minneapolis Institute of Art

1. Navigate to storymaps.arcgis.com

To create an account, click “Sign In”

2. Sign in or Create a Public Account

You must create an ArcGIS Public Account.

If you use the landing page, it defaults to whatever your IP address is, which can be Normandale, a high school, or a private IP. You CANNOT login to the Normandale, a high school or another private ArcGIS account. You need to sign up for a Public Account.

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.

3. Create a new story.

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)

4. Starting from Scratch

This is your title page.

To add elements, click the plus sign “+”

5. Options for adding elements

The “Text,” “Map,” and “Image” elements are the three you’ll need to complete the assignment.

6. When done with your StoryMap, be sure to Publish it to Everyone

7. Copy Link and paste in your Assignment File under “Project GIS”

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.

Copy Link and paste in your Assignment File under Project GIS — Copy Link and paste in your Assignment File under “Project GIS”