Course objectives, contents and next steps for a one day training course aimed at catchment partnerships planning to use ArcGIS Online to develop collaborative spatial catchment plans and story maps. The course was first run in Darlington in Feb 2018. Please contact info@catchmentbasedapproach.org if you would be interested in attending this course on a future occasion.

1. Introduction to ArcGIS Online, Story Maps and
creating an online mapping portal
ArcGIS Online Training

2. Training Course Objectives
This is a Technical training course aimed at CaBA partnership and rivers trust
staff with some GIS Desktop experience
After completing this course, you will:
✓ Understand what ArcGIS Online is, what it can be used for and how to
manage your account
✓ Understand how to find and use data, and how to upload and share your
own data
✓ Know how to develop different types of story maps
✓ Be able to combine multiple datasets and content in to an engaging
catchment story map portal
✓ Be inspired by how others in the CaBA network are using ArcGIS Online to
develop collaborative story maps and catchment plans

3. Training Course Legacy
• Start work on your own catchment story map portal in your AGOL account
today – learn by doing!
• Needs a further 5-10 days of your time to complete (depending on your
requirements).
• We will make a number of short ‘how to’ videos available online as a
refresher of key areas and provide you with a links and resources PDF
• We could run online webinars to further develop your technical skills.
• Tell us what support you need so that we can build this in to future CaBA
support bids – if you don’t tell us we can’t provide help
• This is the first time we’ve run this course – please help us improve future
courses by giving us your feedback

4. Training Course Agenda
MORNING
• Introduction to ArcGIS Online
• Creating an online map and publishing
a simple web-mapping application
• Publishing your own data
Coffee break
• Create a map tour application
• Managing your AGOL organisational
account
Lunch
AFTERNOON
• Mobile survey and crowdsourcing apps
• Introduction to story map templates
Coffee break
• Developing an online catchment
mapping portal
• Developing a collaborative action plan
• Course evaluation and feedback
Finish