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Knight Lab Tools for Digital Storytelling

This guide provides an overview to the various digital storytelling tools offered by Knight Lab, including TimelineJS, StoryMapJS, and JuxtaposeJS.

StoryMapJS

StoryMapJS is a free tool to help you tell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of events. [description taken from Knight Lab website]

Directions

1. On https://storymap.knightlab.com/, login using your Google account. 

2. For each slide of your StoryMap, upload or link to an image, add a caption, and enter a location. 

3. When you are done creating slides, click Share. The site will provide you with a share link, and an iframe embed code. Copy the code and paste it on your web page. 

Additional directions, FAQs, and help are available on the Knight Lab website. 

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