StoryMap Vignette We welcome all contributions and are grateful for the time taken to create them. Creating a vignette is an integral part of your engagement with GeoCapabilities, and offers a chance to develop your skills in the use of a tool that will be of value in your geography teaching, if you use ESRIs StoryMap tool as the format for sharing it. A vignette is a specific example of something that you use in your teaching, which you have considered in a little more detail. Its a short-story of sorts, and should be focused on one aspect of your teaching, perhaps related to a case study. It could result from a conversation with a student, or be related to your own thinking when planning a lesson. It may result from reading a journal article, or a conversation with a colleague. We are happy to receive vignettes as a Word document, but the StoryMap is another option, which results in a more interactive outcome. Before you start Identify the context for your vignette. Does it relate to a specific location that would be useful for the purposes of using this tool.

Decide on a map, and location. A range of base-maps is available in the StoryMap apps, including some with a plain grey background and limited map detail, which removes distractions. A Google Earth style image layer is also available, along with the classic National Geographic look. Choose the image(s) you will use to illustrate your vignette. These can eventually be pinned to a location, or used as the background for some text, or simply as a large image. Ensure that you have copyright permission to use the images online (they may have a Creative Commons license applied, or be your own personal photographs). Save the text for your two paragraphs (the Description and the

Discussion) in a file so it can be cut and pasted into the StoryMap rather than typed in.

The technology bit internet access required for this step 1. Sign up for an ESRI Global Account https://www.arcgis.com/home/ this is free of charge you will need to choose a user name and password when signing up. The process is immediate, so you should be ready to sign in and get started within minutes. 2. Go to the StoryMaps site: http://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/ 3. We suggest using a StoryMap Journal template others are available, and additional templates are added over time as the tool develops, but the Journal offers the easiest way to develop your vignette combining the elements of map, image and text.

4. Click the word APPS (top left) and select the JOURNAL template by clicking on Build a map journal

5. Each section of the map has two page elements to it

a) a side panel b) a main stage (the largest section of the screen, where maps are generally displayed) The format of the StoryMap can be altered by choosing a format on the first screen e.g. the column can be placed on the right hand side of the screen, or be free-floating. Make this selection before starting to build the map. 6. Give your StoryMap a name this should be descriptive

7. Think about what to start your story with. There are four choices to what goes onto the first main stage (which is seen when the StoryMap is opened up) a) Map this can be sourced from existing maps, which are available on ArcGIS Online and other locations you may also use a map that you have created separately use the search box if appropriate to locate a map. b) Image think about the quality of the image to ensure clarity if it is being shown as a large image / full screen, you should aim to make it quite large. The image has to be hosted somewhere, so that it can be linked to from wherever the map is viewed online. Some options are shown below. A blog or twitter feed would also provide a suitable URL. Flickr allows 1 Terabyte of free space. Images should be saved into an album so that they can be imported if required.

c) Video clips from YouTube / Vimeo and other services can be embedded here ensure that the clips you are using are public

d) Web page a website / web page will be displayed, and can be interacted with through the map. Text can be added at each stage as well. Please try to limit this to a total of 250 words or less, as we want the process of creating the map to be as simple as possible, and not be a major imposition on your time. Dont worry if you go slightly over the word limit though. As each new stage is added, the map will expand, and scrolling down through the map reveals the changing content. More screens can be added if you like, to show different locations. Once the map has been created, which can include as little as one screen, or a range of connected screens, it needs to be saved before it is shared. 8. Save the map by clicking the SAVE button top right. Once the map has been saved, it can be shared. There are number of sharing options. If maps are shared publicly, we can then add them to our own list of story maps. 9. Tell us about the map. You can do this in a few ways. Maps can have tags attached to them at the stage when they are being named and shared. This can help us to find them. It would be really helpful to tag your map #geocapable You can also send us the URL / web address of the map and well do the rest. They can also be shared using an embed code this can be sent to us for inclusion in our website as an example. Naming conventions

Please name your document in the same style as the ones above: Surname > Initial > Descriptive title

Send any embed codes, or questions to Alan Parkinson at a.parkinson@gmail.com and well aim to get back to you within 24 hours. We will also be sharing vignettes via the GeoCapabilities twitter feed as the project develops further: @GeoCapabilities Thanks for the effort in making the vignette. May 2015