Overwhelmed by ArcGIS Story Maps Need Training

[JasonSchmerer]

Hey all! I am going through some ArcGIS tutorials and trying to build a gis map of environmentally hazardous material sites. I'm in the middle of that. Doing it to learn GIS and ArcGIS and to grow in the industry.

I want to learn to do Story Maps to add to this project. Keep in mind I cannot pay for courses, still unemployed and looking, but am super interested in learning about them. I want to create one to grow in also to start to make them in helping me learn. I am a visual learner and anthropologist and I love gathering data and making stories and ideas out of them. I feel this program is an awesome way to do that.

The question I have is does anyone recommend a good set of free tutorials to start to learn to do Story Maps?

I am excited to learn to do this.

Jason

[AdrianWelsh · Accepted solution]

Jason,

Does this site allow you to go through the tutorial?
https://learn.arcgis.com/en/projects/share-the-story-of-an-expedition/

Also, take a look at this stie:
https://www.esri.com/training/catalog/5d49a2cb04e5cb3ac549b8a7/getting-started-with-arcgis-storymaps...

For learning ArcGIS Pro, the best MOOC is coming up on Cartography. I would highly suggest signing up for that course that starts mid-February. It's free:
https://www.esri.com/training/catalog/596e584bb826875993ba4ebf/cartography./

[JasonSchmerer]

Thank you! I appreciate it!

Who made that learning plan? I made one similar but not sure I did it right.

I also found this by accident after this post. Have you used this?

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/d34681ac0d1a417894a3a3d955c6913f

[OwenGeo · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the StoryMaps community @JasonSchmerer!

We've got tons of free resources available. When you log in to ArcGIS StoryMaps, check out the Quick links on the left side of the page for tutorials on how to build stories, tips on planning a story, a gallery of stories others have made that can give you ideas and inspiration, and a lot more.

 

[JasonSchmerer]

Thank you @OwenGeo I appreciate it! Sorry it took me so long to respond. Lot going on!

I am fascinated with StoryMaps. Going to jump in and see what happens.