{"id":94,"date":"2019-10-29T18:12:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T18:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/?page_id=94"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:34:46","slug":"creating-an-account","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/getting-started-with-arcgis-online\/creating-an-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating an Account &#038; Logging In"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"94\" class=\"elementor elementor-94\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54cd8cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54cd8cc\" 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-33085a8\" data-id=\"33085a8\" 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-33ca155 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33ca155\" 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>Everyone at Grinnell College has access to ArcGIS Online for free: your account on the platform is created the first time that you log in.<\/p><p>You can access your account by clicking the blue \u201cGrinnell College\u201d button and logging in with your Grinnell College credentials at <a href=\"https:\/\/grinnell.maps.arcgis.com\/\">https:\/\/grinnell.maps.arcgis.com\/<\/a>.<\/p><p>ArcGIS Online is used in the browser, so you do not need to download anything special onto your computer. (The more advanced mapping software <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-pro\/overview\">ArcGIS Pro<\/a> is a desktop application that can be downloaded on Windows computers \u2013 and is available in campus lab spaces, such as the DASIL Lab, where <a href=\"https:\/\/dasil.sites.grinnell.edu\/\">DASIL mentors<\/a> can support you in using the application.)<\/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-c8ac89c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8ac89c\" 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-5da6dea\" data-id=\"5da6dea\" 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-26146a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26146a6\" 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\">Publisher Role<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e67b356 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e67b356\" 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>The default role for new accounts is the Publisher Role (as of Fall 2025).<\/p><p>The Publisher role allows you to:<\/p><ul><li>host feature layers that can be updated as needed and used across multiple maps<\/li><li>perform powerful analysis of map data, including<ul><li>the ability to \u201cjoin\u201d one dataset to another using a unique identifier column<\/li><li>the ability to measure distances between points (in a straight line or via selected travel mode)<\/li><li>the ability to analyze patterns.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>Any users experiencing account issues (for example, if they are not seeing these features because they have an older account) should put in a Help Desk ticket (via email at <a title=\"mailto:\/\/ITservices@Grinnell.edu\" href=\"mailto:\/\/ITservices@Grinnell.edu\" data-interception=\"on\" data-cke-saved-href=\"mailto:\/\/ITservices@Grinnell.edu\">ITservices@Grinnell.edu<\/a> or online at <a title=\"https:\/\/help.grinnell.edu\/\" href=\"https:\/\/help.grinnell.edu\/\" data-interception=\"off\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/help.grinnell.edu\/\">Help.Grinnell.edu<\/a>) to get support from an ArcGIS admin.<\/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<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone at Grinnell College has access to ArcGIS Online for free: your account on the platform is created the first time that you log in. You can access your account by clicking the blue \u201cGrinnell College\u201d button and logging in with your Grinnell College credentials at https:\/\/grinnell.maps.arcgis.com\/. ArcGIS Online is used in the browser, so &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/getting-started-with-arcgis-online\/creating-an-account\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Creating an Account &#038; Logging In&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":50,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-94","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94","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=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":646,"href":"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94\/revisions\/646"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlac.grinnell.edu\/arcgisonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}