About the workshop

Maps are great tools for enhancing how you communicate your research to diverse audiences, and when combined with compelling storytelling empowered by web technology, the communication will be even more impactful! ArcGIS StoryMaps is an online storytelling tool that enables you to integrate narratives, maps, and multimedia content to create an immersive storytelling experience. This workshop aims to encourage you to use this tool critically to tell your story or communicate your research. Is this workshop right for you? Try thinking about maps more broadly: they can include old-time maps, static or interactive maps based on GIS (Geographic Information Systems), a Google Map-style highlight of your study area, or even locations from a novel, manuscript, or research that you want to show in a geographic context.

Requirements

Software

ArcGIS StoryMaps (accessible with an ArcGIS Online account). SFU students, staff and faculty are eligible for ArcGIS Online accounts free of charge. If you don’t already have an existing ArcGIS Online account, you can log into ArcGIS Online with your SFU computing ID. For instructions on how to get access to it, refer to this page: https://www.lib.sfu.ca/find/other-materials/data-gis/gis/software-arc-gis