Category Gallery for COVID-19 Learning Resources
I have been curating learning resources for COVID-19 response for the Esri Disaster Response Program (DRP). The resources are usually sent to me by DRP team members using Tasks in Microsoft Teams.
I'm using Category Gallery, one of the group-based configurable apps and one of my favorites. It's been a very good app to use to provide filterable access to group-based content. Here's the app..
Here's the app:
I've defined the categories within the group itself, rather than use organization-wide categories. This has given me the flexibility that I need to adapt the categories to reflect the growing collection of resources, and how they are to be presented.
The app has been configured to automatically display the category filter. Using this filter you can choose the category to view the latest additions, highlighted additions, and if you click on Products you can view sub-categories to select the product you are interested in. For example, there were a number of recent ArcGIS Pro learning resource additions. Choose Products, then choose ArcGIS Pro to view them.
I've really liked the flexibility of this app. During the course of adding learning resources I've edited and changed the categories several times. This flexibility has allowed me the ability to use categories in different ways over time, and to keep thing moving forward as needs dictated.
Category Gallery has proven to be valuable way to present information in a timely and flexible way, that can be adapted and modified on-the-fly.
I've authored a blog tutorial that will help you get started with Category Gallery. It's definitely an effective and versatile way to present content, and one of my current favorite configurable apps to use.