Introduction to ArcGIS Online & Esri Story Maps
Workshop Agenda & Overview | Story Map sections & text | Final story maps
Part I: Introduction to ArcGIS Online
Presentation Slides (PDF):
9:00 Introductions, logistics, overview
9:20 Introduction to GIS & ArcGIS Online
Exercise 1: Follow the Leader: ArcGIS Online Overview
9:45 AM The ArcGIS Online Web Map
Exercise 2a: ArcGIS Online Web Map Basics
Optional Extra Credit: REST endpoints
10:40 AM Morning Break
10:50 AM The ArcGIS Online Web Map Continued
Exercise 2b: Working with Data in a Web Map
Exercise 2c: Adding Your Own Data to the Web Map
Exercise 2d: Sharing and Printing a Web Map
12:30 PM Lunch Break
Part II: Introduction to Story Maps
Presentation Slides (PDF):
1:15 PM What is a Story Map?
Story Map Examples:
Explore Story Maps
1:40 PM How Story Maps Work
The story Map Journal you will create is about the Connecticut Valley Railroad. The story map uses the web map created in the first part of the workshop. A reference web page has been created for this exercise to make it easy to copy and paste content and links while building the story map.
Demo: Map Journal Details
Exercise 3 Continued
3:00 PM - Map Tour Story Map
LINK: You Tube Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFMmj6Y1v-Q
3:45 PM - So much more to learn!
- Explore story maps
- Read Esri's Story Map Blog
- Work on the Map Journal and/or Map Tour
- Start your own story map
- Complete any remaining extra credit
- Customize the Map Journal
4:30 PM - You made it!
Helpful Links
Instructors: Cary Chadwick, Emily Wilson
Contacts: cary.chadwick@uconn.edu, emily.wilson@uconn.edu
