ArcGIS StoryMaps: Visual Storytelling with Maps
This workshop guides participants through the process of telling stories with maps using the Esri ArcGIS StoryMaps platform. Learn visual storytelling best practices, and follow a practical step-by-step tutorial on building your own StoryMap.
Who It’s For & What You’ll Learn
Intended audience: Students, faculty, and staff who want to learn how to use ArcGIS StoryMaps to tell compelling stories with spatial data. By the end of the session, you’ll be able to:
- Understand what makes visual storytelling effective
- Navigate StoryMaps and use the tools and features
- Build your own compelling StoryMap
- Share your StoryMap securely or with the public
This course applies toward the Geospatial Skills Badge.
Crafting Data-Driven Stories with ArcGIS StoryMaps
The session opens with a discussion of what makes visual storytelling effective. Pacing, narrative structure, and combining maps with media, all before moving into hands-on building time. Participants build their own compelling ArcGIS StoryMap during the workshop. You’ll walk away with practical skills for creating your own data-driven stories.
Workshop sessions are offered in-person and online (via Zoom). In-person workshops are scheduled at the Duluth and Twin Cities campuses.
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Do I need any GIS or mapping experience to register for this workshop?
No — this workshop is explicitly recommended for people new to mapping.
Can this workshop count toward anything else?
Yes. Combined with Web GIS: Introduction to ArcGIS Online, it satisfies the workshop requirement for U-Spatial's Geospatial Skills Badge in Storytelling.
Who could benefit from this training?
Anybody who’s new to using ArcGIS StoryMaps. You can use it to present your research in a compelling way — in journals, at conferences, and online.
I'm having trouble registering.
Contact the U-Spatial Help Desk and we’ll help you directly.