Using Content Blocks
StoryMaps provides a number of content block styles to choose from. Please note that public ArcGIS accounts do not have the embed, audio, and image gallery available.
View this StoryMap for a demonstration of the different kinds of content blocks.
Adding a New Content Block
To add a new content block, click in the area just above or below an existing content block. (The plus sign is automatically there when first launching a new story.) It will look like the following:
You will see the various content block and element options:
Content Block Types
Below are descriptions of the different content blocks with links to instructions created by ArcGIS. They are organized as "Basic," "Media," and "Immersive," which is how they are organized in Story Maps.
Basic
Text - a text block for general textual content, headers, bullet point, lists, quotes, etc.
Button - adds a button that can be linked to outside sources.
Separator - adds a line to break up content on the page, used to make content more readable and navigable
ArcGIS instructions:
Media
Map - create "express maps" in Story Maps or bring in ArcGIS map
Image - upload or link to images
Image gallery* - create an image gallery in the form of a grid of images
Video - upload or link to videos
Audio* - upload or embed sound clips
Embed* - embed different types of media (e.g., a TimelineJS timeline or a 360 degree photograph)
Swipe - create a swiping effect between two images or online maps
*Not available with the free version.
ArcGIS instructions:
See ArcGIS's Getting started with ArcGIS StoryMaps sections: "Building a Narrative," "Add an Embed," and "Make a Map"
Also, see: Add maps, Add media, and Add swipe blocks
Immersive
Slideshow - create a more traditional slideshow
Sidecar - create a moving side panel for text and media independent of the main panel, also allows for text blocks to overlay and move across media
Map tour - create an interactive map that combines images, text with a map
Note that the Slideshow option has been incorporated into the Sidecar layouts.
ArcGIS instructions:
See ArcGIS's Getting started with ArcGIS StoryMaps sections: "Add Immersives"
Also see, Add sidecars, Add slideshows, Add map tours
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