How to use Sutori to Create a Timeline Begin by planning o.docx

How to use Sutori to Create a Timeline
Begin by planning out your timeline. What topic will you
explore? What are the cause-and-
effect steps you will explain? How many major “chapters” or
“sections” will your timeline have
(for example, a “Before the Main Event” section, a Main Event
section, and a “Long Term
Consequences” section.
Start by going to https://www.sutori.com/. Click on the “Sign
Up” button in the upper right corner and create a free account.
While you are signing up for a free account, you will get the
features of a paid account for 30 days.
Once you have an account, go to https://help.sutori.com/en/ to
learn about the tool. In particular, read the articles in the
“Create and Share” section of the help page:
Once you have read about how to create a timeline, go to your
account page by clicking on your
profile icon at the top right of the page. Then go to your
Stories tab at the top center of the

page.
Click the “Create Story” icon. Use a blank template, not one of
the provided ones.
**Important** Your timeline MUST include your real name or
your chosen pseudonym for you
to receive credit for this assignment!
Then write an introduction to your timeline, explaining the
topic you will explore and add your
first “Chapter,” which should be the preliminary events that set
the stage. Then hover your
cursor over the central blue line to add events to that chapter
(and later to start a new chapter)
https://www.sutori.com/
https://help.sutori.com/en/
Keep adding items! You need 5 events with 2 items each (one
text, one multimedia – image,
video, or audio). You can ALSO add quiz questions in addition
if you wish. Please don’t add
forums. This total does not include the headers.

Make sure you add a caption for all your embedded media. You
do this just by clicking in the
box. The space for adding your caption will appear:
See the next page for an example. Once you have added all
your items, go to the very bottom
of your timeline. There you will see an area to add your
conclusions and your references. Click
on the words “Add Conclusions and Sources” to add your
conclusions and sources!
Here is an example showing two events, each with a text item
and a multimedia item. First
there is a description of the Mongol expansion with an
embedded Crash Course video. Then
there is an explanation of how plague reached Europe because
of this, with an uploaded (open
source) map image.

One last note on finding images that you have the right to use.
You should always
respect copyright and it’s actually easy to search for open-
source images. Just go to
https://images.google.com and enter your search terms. On the
next page, click “Tools.” Then
click “Usage Rights.”
Then select “Non-commercial Reuse” from the Usage Rights
drop-down menu. This will ensure
your search only brings up images you can reuse for non-profit
purposes such as this
assignment!
This isn’t as important with the Youtube videos, because your
viewers will always be able to click
on the “Youtube” icon at the bottom right of the screen to view
it in the original context.
And if the creator of the YouTube video doesn’t want you to
embed it, they will set the video so
that’s not allowed. But that means you should ALWAYS check
your video links to make
sure they play! If you get a notice that it can only be viewed on
YouTube, you know that’s

because you aren’t allowed to embed it!
It’s also good to check that the person or group who posted the
video are the ones that created
it! For example, Crash Course videos should always be posted
by Crash Course and you should
see this logo under the video:
https://images.google.com/
Digital Timeline Instructions
This assignment asks you to create a timeline of a unified topic.
As with the Day-in-the-life or
Digital Map assignments, you have a lot of choice in what you
pick! The topic can be anything
discussed through the entire course but it has to tell a unified
story in time with cause and
effect. In other words, TIME has matter. There has to be a
reason why things happened when
they did. Here are a few examples of topics done by previous
students (with the class in
parentheses):

• The rise and fall of Alexander’s empire
(101)
• Evolution of the Roman Republic and
Empire (101)
• The Crusades (101)
• The American Revolution (111)
• Westward expansion (111 and 112)
• Spread of a plague or disease like the
Plague of Athens, Black Death, or Spanish
flu (all courses).
• Spread of scientific ideas (102)
• American Imperialism (112)
• A campaign in WWI or WWII (102, 112)
• The evolution of the Civil Rights
Movement/Legislation (102, 112)
The sort of topics you don’t really see there are stories where a
lot of things happen

independently. You need cause and effect. For example,
something that would NOT work is a
list of rulers in Europe. You could make a timeline with several
rulers, giving information about
each. But unless there was cause and effect (one ruler caused
another one to take power), this
would NOT be a good topic. Make sure your story has an “X
caused Y which caused Z” narrative.
If you aren’t sure if your topic will work, come to Chat or send
me a BB message and
we can discuss it!
In Blackboard you will ALSO find a handout showing you how
to use the digital timeline tool.
This may be Sutori or another site. Make sure to read that
“How to” handout!
No matter what tool we use, your TIMELINE should contain:
• YOUR NAME included in the title to show that it is your
creation.
• At least 2 headers (the event/short term consequences, then
the long term
consequences). You may wish to sub-divide your story more,
which is fine.
• 10 separate items not counting the headers (more is OK but
not required). Since

each step requires 2 items, that’s really 5 steps in your timeline.
• EACH step in the event you are explaining must have these
things:
o A text item with the DATE and a short description (2-3
sentences) for each step in
the event, explaining what it is, how it was caused by previous
events (unless it’s
the first one), and its significance to your timeline story.
o A multi-media item with embedded picture, video, or map
**OR** link to a
primary source of or relevant to the location. It’s a very good
idea to make sure
your images are open source. See the “How to Use Sutori”
instructions for how to
search for reusable images.
Citing:
• There is an area at the end of the timeline for your sources.
You will need a citation to
the reference page where you learned about each of the 5 text
items in your sources at

the end of the presentation. Your reference sites should be
reliable and scholarly. Your
textbook does not count as a source – you need to dig deeper!
• If you use a picture, a link to its original site should also be
provided in the references
section. But since YouTube videos contain the option to watch
them on Youtube, you
don’t need to provide a link/citation for a video.
Your POST should contain:
• A share link or embedded code to your timeline (make sure
you test this link!).
• A ¾-1 page (double spaced) description/analysis of the story
your timeline is telling – i.e.
what should we learn by looking through all the locations, and
why it’s temporal (why
things happened WHEN they did).
• No replies are necessary but they earn Classcraft XP (20 each)
Length: Timeline posts should be about ¾ to 1 page long in
Word. The real emphasis is on the
timeline you create. Remember to always type into Word so
that that you don’t lose your work
if Blackboard crashes. Upload ALL post Word documents to

SafeAssign all at the same time at
the end of the Unit.
Timeline Post Checklist
tools that has a unified, temporal topic and it contains at
least five (5) steps with 2 items – one text and one multimedia -
- each for ten (10) total things on the timeline not
counting the headers. The timeline contains your real name or
chosen pseudonym. 5 pts
-3 sentence
description with no typos AND a multimedia item (a picture,
video, map, or link to a reliable primary source. Your
bibliography contains references for the sites where you learned
about the events and credits for any uploaded pictures. 12 pts.
(what you hope we will learn from exploring it and what
makes it “spatial”) as well as the link to it: 8 pts

Timeline Rubric
Scribble Maps Instructions
Go to scribblemaps.com to get started. Begin by making a
FREE account. You do not need the
pay version, not even a free trial of the pay version. You don’t
absolutely need an account, but
it’s much easier to get back to your map to edit it if you take a
minute to make one. I’ve never
gotten spam from having an account with
them.
The link for making an account (or logging in
once you have one) is in the top right of the
home page:
Note: If you don’t make an account, you MUST
save the “edit” link for your map to a text file
on your computer to be able to get back to it!!!

Scribblemaps is pretty intuitive, but you can find help on pretty
much any topic here:
http://help.scribblemaps.com/
They also have a channel of Youtube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/scribblemaps
On their list of Youtube videos, you’ll probably want to watch
“Getting started with your first
map: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0lZPurKzRg”
Then watch this “Free Tech For Teachers” video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7UU4utCqXs which will
show you how to add placemarks
to your map.
Please use BASIC icons for adding placemarks, like the paddles
or numbers! Numbers
are the best choice because that makes sure the person viewing
your map sees ALL of them!
You don’t want your viewers (especially your professor who is
grading you on the number of
placemarks) to miss one.
http://help.scribblemaps.com/
https://www.youtube.com/scribblemaps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0lZPurKzRg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7UU4utCqXs
Once you add a placemark, you need to edit it
to add information about the location and tell
your map’s story.
As you saw in the “Free Tech for Teachers”
video, you can use the buttons in the edit
window to add a link (i.e. to your references),
a YouTube video, an image, or even a
SoundCloud recording.
You should use free-for-reuse images (see
below)!
But I actually suggest that you click on “Advanced Editing.”
Then you will see this:
Save your map frequently! I suggest checking the “autosave”
feature as shown in the “Your
First Map” video!
The parameters of this assignment are the SAME as for when
we use Heganoo – I will

still be looking for 5+ placemarks, each with 2-3 sentences of
information, a reference
for that information, and multimedia (embedded picture, video,
or a link to a related
primary source).
But if appropriate, this tool ALSO allows you to draw on the
map using the drawing tools, which
Heganoo does not. This isn’t always something you want to
do. But if you are making a map of
the American Colonies, maybe you want to draw on the
Proclamation line. Or if you are doing
World War II, maybe you want to add arrows indicating where
the Germans advanced in
Operation Barbarosa. Or lines indicating the routes crusaders
took during the First Crusade in
History 101. While you should not use the “ABC” button for
adding Placemarks (because it’s text
only), if you do draw on your map, you can use it to label your
drawn lines!
If appropriate, lines drawn on the map and labeled so that their
purpose is clear count
as the equivalent of one use of multimedia.

Once you are done with your map, you want to save it again to
get the “Share” link. That link is
what you include in your post on Blackboard:
Note that this isn’t the Facebook link, just the regular Share
link that lets anyone view (but not
edit) your map. NOTE: When you FIRST save your map, make
sure you do select a simple
password, so you can edit it in the future! Make sure it’s one
you can remember! And if
you did not make an account, you MUST save the Edit link to
your computer as well or
you will never be able to get back to your map if you need to
change it!!!!!!
Editing an existing Scribble Map
Log in to your Scribble Maps page if you made an account (if
you didn’t, the only way to get to
your map is if you saved the “Edit” link). It should take you
directly to the “Create a Map” page,
but if not, click on that link in the upper right of the Scribble
Maps page.

Then click on the MENU button on the tool bar. The Tool Bar
is at the upper left of your map. In
the image below, the MENU button is highlighted yellow:
From the pop-up menu, select “Your Maps.” The image below
shows this pop-up window and
“Your Maps” is highlighted yellow:
Select the map you want to edit.
Now you can add new placemarks, draw on your map, and so
on.
To EDIT an existing location, make sure you have selected the
Edit/Measure tool (the cursor
arrow with a plus-sign next to it).
Then click on any of your existing placemarks and you’ll see a
pencil icon at the upper left corner
of the placemark description. Click that pencil to edit!
Make sure to save your map when you are done!

One last note on finding images that you have the right to use.
You should always
respect copyright and it’s actually easy to search for open-
source images. Just go to
https://images.google.com and enter your search terms. On the
next page, click “Tools.” Then
click “Usage Rights.”
Then select “Non-commercial Reuse” from the Usage Rights
drop-down menu. This will ensure
your search only brings up images you can reuse for non-profit
purposes such as this
assignment!
This isn’t as important with the Youtube videos, because your
viewers will always be able to click
on the “Youtube” icon at the bottom right of the screen to view
it in the original context.
https://images.google.com/
And if the creator of the YouTube video doesn’t want you to
embed it, they will set the video so
that’s not allowed. But that means you should ALWAYS check
your video links to make

sure they play! If you get a notice that it can only be viewed on
YouTube, you know that’s
because you aren’t allowed to embed it!
It’s also good to check that the person or group who posted the
video are the ones that created
it! For example, Crash Course videos should always be posted
by Crash Course and you should
see this logo under the video:
Digital Mapping Instructions
This assignment asks you to create a map on a unified topic. As
with the Time Travel, you have
a lot of choice in what you pick! The topic can be anything
discussed through the entire course
but it has to have a spatial diminution. In other words, SPACE
and PLACE have to matter.
There has to be a reason why things happened where they did.
Here are a few examples of
topics done by previous students (with the class in parentheses):
• The Battles of Alexander the Great (101)

• Viking invasions (101)
• The Crusades (101)
• Plantations in the US South (111)
• Growth of Cities in Early America (111)
• The Scramble for Africa (102)
• American Imperialism (112)
• Important battles in WWI or WWII (102,
112)
• Civil Rights protests (102, 112)
The sort of topics you don’t really see there are intellectual and
social history. Did it matter
WHERE Isaac Newton was when he wrote the Principia
Mathematica? Probably not to the extent
that it mattered WHERE the Crusades occurred! Sometimes you
can show a geographic pattern
in art, literature, or science, but it will be much easier to do
when people are exploiting or
developing physical resources or fighting over territory!
If you aren’t sure if your topic will work, come to Chat or send
me a BB message and

we can discuss it!
In Blackboard you will ALSO find a handout showing you how
to use the digital mapping tool.
This may be Heganoo, Scribble Maps, or another site. There
will also be video instructions to
help you quickly learn the tool.
No matter what tool we use, your MAP should contain:
• YOUR NAME included in the title of the map to show that it
is your creation.
• Five separate locations (more is OK but not required).
• EACH location must have:
o A short description (2-3 sentences) for the location,
explaining what it is, why its
location/geography matters, and its significance to your map
story.
o An embedded picture or video OR link to a primary source of
or relevant to the
location. It’s a very good idea to make sure your images are
open source. See the
Scribble Maps instructions for how to search for reusable
images.
o A link to the reference page where you learned about the site.

You do not need a
formal bibliography! Just a link! But your site should be
reliable and scholarly.
• If you picture comes from a different site, a link to its original
site should be provided.
But since YouTube videos contain the option to watch them on
Youtube, you don’t need to
provide a link for a video.
Your POST should contain:
• A share link to your map (make sure you share it and use this
link!).
• A ¾-1 page (double spaced) description/analysis of the story
your map is telling – i.e.
what should we learn by looking through all the locations, and
why it’s spatial (why things
happened WHERE they did).
• No replies are necessary but they earn Classcraft XP (20 each)
Length: Mapping posts should be about ¾ to 1 page long in
Word. The real emphasis is on the
map you create. Remember to always type into Word so that

that you don’t lose your work if
Blackboard crashes. Upload ALL post Word documents to
SafeAssign all at the same time at the
end of the Unit.
Mapping Post Checklist
that has a unified, spatial topic and it contains at least five
(5) locations: 5 pts
-3 sentence description with no typos
AND a picture or video or link to a reliable primary source.
It also contains a reference link. 10 pts.
you hope we will learn from exploring it and what makes
it “spatial”) as well as the link to it: 5 pts
Mapping Rubric

Examples
The War of 1812 lasted from 1812 to 1815, the war sadly
revealed that the U.S. armed forces
were ill prepared. However, the most important outcome of the
war was that it declared
American independence and guaranteed no future battles with
Britain over trade or territory. The
invasion of Canada resulted in the British controlling half of the
Old Northwest by the winter of
1812-1813. The British Blockade hit American trade hard but at
the Battle of Put-In-Bay the
Americans gained control of Lake Erie. Erie was important to
control because of trade and access
to ports. Sadly, next the naval troops set the White House to
flames burning down the Capital.
My favorite part of my map story is the Battle of Baltimore and
how the Americans won. The
Battle took place in the Harbor which is one of my favorite
places to go in Baltimore always has
been since my Aunts took me on Taxi boat. Also, because even
though my city isn't the best city
out there I love Baltimore! This harbor was also important to
control because of trade. If you

can stop a country from getting products in and out, then you
will win the war. I learned that
coasts, rivers, and lakes are geographically important goals to
control in any war because of this
reason.
https://www.heganoo.com/node/26025
My map is on Plantations in the South before the Civil War.
You can see that all of these were
large plantations and the owners very rich. They got rich on the
backs of their slaves, who
farmed and processed the cotton, rice, sugar, tobacco, and other
crops. Plantations had to be
located where these cash crops would grow, which meant the
south where it was warm enough
for things like cotton to thrive. And most were near a river or
later, a railroad. Railroads meant
that plantations could expand beyond rivers and owners could
still get their crops to market.
Being near a big city wasn’t important, but you had to have
some form of transportation. In
fact, being isolated from big towns would make it harder for
slaves to communicate, plan
rebellions, or run away. My map shows the impact of these

plantations by giving the number of
lives that were enslaved at each. They may look beautiful but
they contained a lot of suffering.
https://www.heganoo.com/node/20497 (this student has several
more locations than needed!)
And here is an example of a Scribble Map. This is not one that
a student created but one I
quickly put together, so you could see what one of these looks
like:
https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/Black_Death/yQEST
P3PW7
https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/Black_Death/yQEST
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