{"id":62,"date":"2019-10-29T17:12:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T17:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:52:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:52:52","slug":"storymaps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/storymaps\/","title":{"rendered":"ArcGIS StoryMaps"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"62\" class=\"elementor elementor-62\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d43352 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d43352\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c06aa92\" data-id=\"c06aa92\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9022c68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9022c68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is a StoryMap?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f2cb2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f2cb2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ArcGIS StoryMaps helps you tell remarkable stories with custom maps that inform and inspire. A story can effect change, influence opinion, and create awareness\u2014and maps are an integral part of storytelling. ArcGIS StoryMaps can give your narrative a stronger sense of place, illustrate spatial relationships, and add visual appeal and credibility to your ideas. Use our simple map maker to create custom maps to enhance your digital storytelling. Or add text, photos, and videos to your existing ArcGIS web maps and web scenes to create an interactive narrative that&#8217;s easy to publish and share.\u00a0<\/p><p><i>Content in this section was adapted from \u201c<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/overview\"><i>ArcGIS StoryMaps: Overview<\/i><\/a><i>\u201d (ESRI.com)<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3ed754 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e3ed754\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b02df3\" data-id=\"0b02df3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c64e3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c64e3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Logging into StoryMaps<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df85fac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df85fac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-ogsb=\"rgb(255, 255, 255)\">You can log in at <a href=\"https:\/\/grinnell.maps.arcgis.com\/\">https:\/\/grinnell.maps.arcgis.com\/ <\/a><\/span><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-ogsb=\"rgb(255, 255, 255)\">with your Grinnell username and password: click the blue Grinnell College button then log in with single sign-on. From there, click the options menu button next to your username and then select the <span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">StoryMaps<\/span> application by clicking on its icon. See the screenshot below for an overview.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be691b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"be691b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/StoryMaps-Login-1536x196.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-611\" alt=\"Screenshot showing StoryMaps button in ArcGIS Online\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/StoryMaps-Login-1536x196.png 1536w, https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/StoryMaps-Login-300x38.png 300w, https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/StoryMaps-Login-1024x130.png 1024w, https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/StoryMaps-Login-768x98.png 768w, https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/StoryMaps-Login-2048x261.png 2048w\" sizes=\"100vw\" data-id=\"611\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c44d538 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c44d538\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c43ee6\" data-id=\"3c43ee6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b8e0c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b8e0c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Learn More About StoryMaps<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f6c6997 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f6c6997\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3b38c6\" data-id=\"f3b38c6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bc335c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3bc335c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/storymaps\/creating-your-first-storymap\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1561467312238-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-68\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1561467312238-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1561467312238-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" data-id=\"68\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90e6455 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"90e6455\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/storymaps\/creating-your-first-storymap\/\">Creating Your First StoryMap<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a33828b\" data-id=\"a33828b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-813a20f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"813a20f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/stories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/StoryMaps_Logo-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-41\" alt=\"ArcGIS StoryMaps Icon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/StoryMaps_Logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/StoryMaps_Logo-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/StoryMaps_Logo.png 220w\" sizes=\"100vw\" data-id=\"41\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24ec7f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24ec7f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/stories\">Browse Existing StoryMaps<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-340a240\" data-id=\"340a240\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73faf04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"73faf04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/storymaps\/what-makes-an-effective-storymap\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-from-iOS-6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-67\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-from-iOS-6-150x150.jpg 150w, 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ArcGIS StoryMaps can give your narrative a stronger sense of place, illustrate spatial relationships, and add visual appeal and credibility &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/storymaps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ArcGIS StoryMaps&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-62","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":662,"href":"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions\/662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}