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  • Tutorials
    • ¶ Digital Exhibits
      • Getting Started with Digital Exhibits
        • Considerations
        • Basic Steps
          • Site Organization
          • Usability & Accessibility
        • Platforms
    • ¶ Digital Storytelling
      • Introduction to ArcGIS StoryMaps
        • Getting Started
        • Using Content Blocks
        • Importing Maps from David Rumsey
      • Introduction to KnightLab StoryMap JS
      • TimelineJS
    • ¶ 3D Modeling & Immersive Technology
      • Adding 3D Models in Omeka
      • Intro to Photo Processing with Agisoft Metashape for 3D Model Making
      • Tips and Tricks for Taking Photos for 3D Model Creation
      • An Introduction to Apple's Reality Composer AR
      • Importing SketchFab Models into AR for the iPad or iPhone
      • Creating Basic 3D Objects for AR in Blender
      • Introduction to Meshlab
    • ¶ Data Visualization
      • Introduction to Tableau
        • Download and Install Tableau
        • Using Tableau to Visualize COVID-19 Data
        • Tableau DH
        • Resources
      • Beyond Simple Chart in Tableau
        • Beyond Simple chart Examples
      • Google Colab
        • Get Started
        • Data Import
        • Data Wangling
        • Visualization
        • Results Export
      • Out of Box Data Visualization Tools
        • How to use Google Data Studio with Google Sheets
        • Google Data Studio Interface
        • Creating Visualizations in Google Data Studio
    • ¶ Mapping
      • Tiling High-Resolution Images for Knightlab StoryMapJS
      • Hosting and Displaying Zoomable Images on Your Webpage
      • Georectifying Historical Maps using MapWarper
      • Making a Starter Map using Leaflet
    • ¶ REST API
      • How does REST API work?
      • JSON File
      • Get Started with Google Sheets Script Editor
      • Example 1: Extract Data by One Cell
      • Example 2: Extract Data by A Cell Range
    • ¶ Text Analysis
      • Introduction to Text Analysis
        • Step 1: Exercise One
        • Step 2: What is Text Analysis?
        • Step 3: Important Considerations
        • Step 4: Why Voyant and Lexos?
        • Step 5: Exercise Two
      • Text Repositories
      • Text Analysis in JSTOR
        • Overview of Constellate
        • Build A Dataset
        • Create A Stopwords List
        • Word Frequency
  • Digital Scholarship Incubator
    • Schedule
    • Getting Started
    • People
    • Project Guidelines
    • Topics
      • 3D Modeling and Immersive Technologies
        • Part 1: 3D Photogrammetry & Laser Scanning
          • Exercise: Experiment with 3D creation tools
        • Part 2: An Introduction to Apple's Reality Composer AR
          • Exercise: Experiment with Apple RealityComposer AR
      • Anatomy of a DS Project
        • Parts of a DS Project
        • Some DS Project Examples
        • Exercise: Evaluating a DS Project
      • Pedagogy
      • Data and Data Visualization
        • Introduction to Data
        • Introduction to Data Visualization
        • Introduction to Tableau
          • Download and Install Tableau
        • Introduction to Network Visualization
      • Digital Exhibits
        • Exercise 1: Exploring Exhibits
        • Exercise 2: Exhibit.so
      • DS Intro & Methodologies
      • User Experience
        • Usability Exercise
      • Mapping and GIS
        • An Introduction to Mapping, GIS and Vector Data
          • Workshop: Exploring and Creating Vector Data
          • Quick Review: Spatial Data
        • An Introduction to Raster Data and Georeferencing Historical Maps
          • Workshop: Finding and Georeferencing an Historical Map
          • Tutorial: Georectifying Historical Maps using MapWarper
        • Presentation + Workshop: Putting it together in ArcGIS Online
        • Workshop: A Brief Introduction to QGIS
          • Adding Base-maps and Raster Data
          • Adding and Creating Basic Vector Data
          • Styling your data and preparing it for exporting
      • Story Maps
        • Story Map Exercise
      • Text Analysis
        • Exercise 1: Voyant
        • Exercise 2: Python
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  1. Tutorials
  2. ¶ Digital Exhibits
  3. Getting Started with Digital Exhibits

Basic Steps

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After considering the follow the steps below. (The order is suggested and not entirely necessary.)

1.) Select the objects that will be featured

  • The object selection process requires careful consideration and includes determining whether any digitization is needed and whether there are any intellectual property concerns. (See the for more on the topic.)

2.) Determine how you want to organize your objects

  • The order objects will go in, the way they are grouped, and how they are juxtaposed are major components of the curation process. It is helpful to play around with the order, even if only to ensure your chosen order is the best one.

3.) Select your exhibit platform

  • Choose the most appropriate for the content and the desired type of interactivity.

    • You may already know which platform you plan to use or the one you have to use based on what is available to you. If not, it can be helpful to base your platform selection on the content you have as opposed to shaping your content to fit into a given platform.

4.) Write your text

  • for the introduction page, object labels, and group labels. (Also see a topic that applies when writing for an online audience.)

    • Introduction page: Information that introduces or "sets the scene" of the exhibit

    • Object labels: Information that describes and contextualizes exhibit objects

    • Group labels: Information that explains how a group of objects are related, contextualizes the objects, or simply introduces them as a whole

    • This step requires consideration of the intended audience: Is the exhibit intended for a general audience? Or, is it intended for an audience with preexisting knowledge about the topic? The answer to these questions will help determine how much explanation is needed and will influence word choices.

  • Write accessibility text, i.e., alt text, video captions, transcripts (see ).

5.) Determine the site organization

  • Design the site's information architecture (structure, navigation, taxonomy, page layout, etc.) (See ).

    • The choices made here shape the flow of the exhibit and the interactive experience.

  • Organization choices have a major impact on exhibit .

6.) Make Design Decisions

Make design decisions, e.g., choose , , landing page image(s), etc. (Read ).

Design decisions have a major impact on tone and .

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