Creating Stories with ArcGIS

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What is this course about?

ArcGIS StoryMaps stories have achieved mass appeal as a medium to inform the public, share project results, engage stakeholders, and inspire an audience. In this course, learn how to craft engaging, interactive maps that tell your stories in no time. 

This course is for: anyone that wants to share information in an interactive, highly engaging manner—teaches the concepts, best practices, and decisions that need to be made when creating and sharing a story using ArcGIS StoryMaps.

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Course details

Location

Singapore

Duration

2 days

Level

Beginner

Category

Web Application Configuration

Are there any prerequisites?

Basic familiarity with ArcGIS Online and web maps is recommended.

What skills will I learn?

After completing this course, you will be able to: 

  • Design a story based on your purpose and audience. 
  • Add web maps, images, multimedia, and text to create a compelling, cohesive narrative. 
  • Apply a design theme to customise and enhance a story’s visual appeal. 
  • Publish and share a story with the public or members of your ArcGIS organisation. 

What can I expect?

  • Course topics

    Exploring stories

    • What is a story?

    • Effective storytelling principles

    • Identify storytelling principles

    • Discovering your story

     

    Creating stories

    • Story creation workflow

    • Story planning

    • ArcGIS StoryMaps features

     

    Using media in your story

    • Types of multimedia

    • Multimedia considerations

    • Types of embed content

    • Display options for embed content

     

    Using maps in your story

    • Identify dynamic and static map options

    • Questions to determine map type

    • Which map for this story?

    • Adding interactive maps to a story

     

    Creating interactive stories

    • Interactive story blocks

    • Map choreography

    • Examine map actions

    • Adding a sidecar

    • Map tour options

     

    Customising a story with themes

    • Story themes

    • Creating a custom theme

     

    Preparing to share your story

    • Story publication workflow

    • Is your story ready to share?

    • Consider the user experience

    • Story navigation

    • Improving the quality of your story

     

    Presenting your story

    • Sharing your story

    • Which sharing option?

    • Promoting your story

     

    Organising your stories

    • ArcGIS StoryMaps collections

    • Collection layout options

     

    Telling an effective story

    • Identify best practices for an effective story

    • Story creation workflow

    • Plan an effective story

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