What are StoryMaps

ArcGIS StoryMaps is a story authoring web-based application that allows you to share your maps in the context of narrative text and other multimedia content. 

This digital storytelling tool uses a single, flexible content builder where you can add maps, text, photos, audio, timelines and videos to create an interactive story that’s easy to publish and share. They work on a variety of screen sizes and are hosted on a web-based platform in the cloud created by the StoryMapsTeam at Esri (Environmental Systems Research Institute), an international supplier of geographic information system (GIS) software, web GIS and geodatabase management applications.

• Author stories with the story builder. Stories can include maps, narrative text, lists, images, videos, embedded items, and other media.
• Publish and share your stories. Published stories each have their own URL, and you can use these URLs to share your stories within your organization, to specific groups, or with everyone.
• Create and publish collections. Collections can include stories and ArcGIS web apps bundled together for easy sharing and presenting.

Full Disclosure: this is a StoryMap !

StoryMaps are fast loading, easy sharing, and aesthetically pleasing. They are also easy to design and easy to create. Popular uses of a StoryMaps is for education, public engagement, activism, presentations, personal narratives, online guides and atlases, catalogues, crowdsourcing, portfolios, projects, tutorials and resumes.

1. Provide an engaging, rich way to teach content
2. Foster technical skills: computer, multimedia (media fluency), data
3. Foster problem solving
4. Foster critical and spatial thinking
5. Foster skills in organization, ethics, permissions
6. Foster communication skills - digital, written, and oral
7. Assessment instruments
8. Tools that support research

1. Teach content using existing story maps
2. Create your own story maps to summarize a hands-on activity, research project, field work, etc
3. As a key component in STEM courses (also sociology, geography, history, environmental studies, design, computer science, ... and more)

Yes these are either links to a StoryMap or an 'embedded' StoryMap

Ready to make better stories? See what it takes to craft a strong narrative, then get a crash course in bringing your content to life. If you want to dive deeper, we've assembled a variety of helpful tutorials, videos, articles, and more, so you can take your mapmaking skills to the next level.

Anyone can make a map and a story, but not everyone can make an engaging story. Here are the CLUES to help you!

Organize & manage your content, use folders to help organize Give context of where & when your story happens Keep tabs on tabs, how many tabs have you opened, where are you logged in Model good practice of the permitted use of web and imagery Be mindful of image size and content

As a link

 https://arcg.is/18vqPX 

As a QR (for mobile)

As an embed