Last week, GeoHub organized a workshop on the basics of ArcGIS StoryMaps, for absolute beginners and those interested to learn more about this powerful tool for creating interactive presentations and telling your stories, through maps, but not only.
Almost 60 participants registered for this workshop, both students and academic staff, coming from various OSUN member institutions. Most represented were the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) and Central European University (CEU), but, among others, a considerable number of participants from Bard College and BRAC University also expressed their interest in this topic.
ArcGIS Story Maps provides a great platform to combine maps with narrative text, images, and multimedia to create compelling, user-friendly web apps.
A story can effect change, influence opinion, and create awareness — and ArcGIS StoryMaps can give your narrative a stronger sense of place, illustrate spatial relationships, and add visual appeal and credibility to your ideas. Use the simple map maker to create custom maps to enhance your digital storytelling. Or combine text, photos, and videos with existing ArcGIS web maps to create an interactive narrative that's easy to publish and share.
Some useful resources and examples which were introduced during the workshop can be accessed through the following link https://syslab.ceu.edu/arcgis-storymaps-useful-links