{"id":1054621,"date":"2020-11-19T05:30:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T13:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1054621"},"modified":"2021-11-17T13:53:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T21:53:50","slug":"whats-new-in-arcgis-storymaps-november-2020","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/whats-new-in-arcgis-storymaps-november-2020","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s new in ArcGIS StoryMaps (November 2020)"},"author":5441,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37131],"tags":[27201,756712,756622],"industry":[],"product":[36611,380802],"class_list":["post-1054621","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-constituent-engagement","tag-collaboration","tag-whats-new-in-storymaps","tag-whats-new-september-2020","product-story-maps","product-arcgis-storymaps"],"acf":{"short_description":"ArcGIS StoryMaps adds new features to cultivate collaboration with colleagues and enhance storytelling capabilities of express maps","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"<p><em>This article was originally published on November 4 and was updated on November 19.<\/em><\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This month, <em>collaboration<\/em> is a main area of focus for ArcGIS StoryMaps. Several new features will help you efficiently write stories and build collections with your colleagues and will help you more easily find content created by others. There has also been a <em>significant update to express maps<\/em> that provides more flexibility in how you can organize map content.<\/p>\n<p>Read on to learn all about these useful new capabilities as well as several other bonus features that have been added this month.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New collaboration features<\/li>\n<li>Express map feature groups<\/li>\n<li>Bonus features<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>New collaboration features<\/h2>\n<p>Having good tools to collaborate is critical in the current work-from-home landscape, and it&#8217;s also very important for all the students and teachers using ArcGIS StoryMaps in education. Over the past few months, the StoryMaps team has been working on updates to collaboration workflows. A few weeks ago, we released the first of these updates, which included notifying you when someone else tries to edit the same story at the same time. Today, we\u2019re rolling out more features to improve your ability to work with others.<\/p>\n<p>After reading about what&#8217;s new, below, be sure to check out our team&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/constituent-engagement\/optimize-group-settings-to-share-stories-like-never-before\/\">blog post<\/a> about how to use groups to share and collaborate on stories. <em>This post will be updated soon to include all of the new capabilities mentioned below.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Publish to shared update groups<\/h3>\n<p>In ArcGIS, <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/share-maps\/create-groups.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_12B3CD7ADAF843DB90182A01824B3152\">shared update groups<\/a> (which are also known as <em>groups with update capabilities<\/em>) are the way to grant others permission to edit your content.<\/p>\n<p>You can now share published stories and collections to shared update groups from within the ArcGIS StoryMaps builders. Shared update groups, which were previously disabled in the publishing panel, are now enabled and marked with an <strong>Edits enabled<\/strong> label.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1054781,"id":1054781,"title":"Shared update group","filename":"Shared-update-group-1-scaled.jpg","filesize":292465,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Shared-update-group-1-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/whats-new-in-arcgis-storymaps-november-2020\/shared-update-group-2","alt":"Publishing a story to a shared update group","author":"5441","description":"","caption":"","name":"shared-update-group-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1054621,"date":"2020-11-03 15:16:56","modified":"2020-11-03 15:17:14","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1515,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Shared-update-group-1-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Shared-update-group-1-scaled.jpg","medium-width":441,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Shared-update-group-1-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":455,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Shared-update-group-1-scaled.jpg","large-width":1825,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Shared-update-group-1-1536x909.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":909,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Shared-update-group-1-2048x1212.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1212,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Shared-update-group-1-786x465.jpg","card_image-width":786,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Shared-update-group-1-1825x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1825,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After you share a story to a shared update group, the other members of that group become <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-storymaps\/author-and-share\/co-author-a-story.htm\">co-authors<\/a> since you have granted them permission to edit your story. Co-authors can edit the stories, collections, and other items that have been shared to a group.<\/p>\n<h3>Co-authors can publish changes<\/h3>\n<p>Co-authors can not only <em>make changes<\/em> to stories or collections you add to a shared update group, but they can now also <em>publish\u00a0changes<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This is useful in many scenarios. Suppose you publish a high-profile story right before you leave for vacation. You can designate a few colleagues as co-authors who can help manage the story while you&#8217;re out. If there\u2019s an update that needs to be made, your co-author colleagues can now make and publish those changes. No one will need to call you at the beach just to fix a typo.<\/p>\n<h3>Browse by group<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s now even easier to find stories, collections, maps, and ArcGIS items that have been shared to you via groups. The <strong>Shared with me<\/strong> tab previously presented all the content you had access to via your organization and groups in a single place. The same content is now neatly separated across two tabs: <strong>My Groups<\/strong> and <strong>My Organization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>These new tabs provide a window to all the items you have access to, and they also include a handy group filter for honing in on specific content. You can search for a group by name, and then show only the content in that group. For more info about a group, click the icon on the right to open the group details page in ArcGIS.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Collaboration: Browse\/Search Groups on My Stories Page\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DP-IrR0jIlk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The group filter has been added to the <strong>Stories<\/strong> and <strong>Collections<\/strong> pages, and it is also available when you&#8217;re inserting a map into a story and adding items to a collection.<\/p>\n<p>On the <strong>My Groups<\/strong> tab, the group filter shows all the groups you own or are a member of. On the <strong>My Organization<\/strong> tab, you\u2019ll also see groups owned by members of your organization that are visible to you. That includes groups shared with the organization or everyone (even if you are not a member).<\/p>\n<h3>Warnings for admins<\/h3>\n<p>Administrators in an organization have additional permissions that let them edit and update other people\u2019s content. This often comes in handy, but it can sometimes create confusion or lead to unexpected results if these elevated permissions are used incorrectly or without someone else\u2019s knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>When admins edit or publish a story owned by someone else, a warning message will now appear to remind them they are working with someone else\u2019s content.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1063211,"id":1063211,"title":"Screen Shot 2020-11-18 at 4.40.11 PM","filename":"Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.40.11-PM.jpg","filesize":40223,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.40.11-PM.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/whats-new-in-arcgis-storymaps-november-2020\/screen-shot-2020-11-18-at-4-40-11-pm","alt":"Warnings for admin editing someone else's item","author":"5441","description":"","caption":"","name":"screen-shot-2020-11-18-at-4-40-11-pm","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1054621,"date":"2020-11-18 21:40:33","modified":"2020-11-18 21:41:02","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1156,"height":666,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.40.11-PM-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.40.11-PM.jpg","medium-width":453,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.40.11-PM.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":442,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.40.11-PM.jpg","large-width":1156,"large-height":666,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.40.11-PM.jpg","1536x1536-width":1156,"1536x1536-height":666,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.40.11-PM.jpg","2048x2048-width":1156,"2048x2048-height":666,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.40.11-PM-807x465.jpg","card_image-width":807,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.40.11-PM.jpg","wide_image-width":1156,"wide_image-height":666}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Express map feature groups<\/h2>\n<p>Since express maps were introduced at the launch of ArcGIS StoryMaps, the features in an express map had to be grouped by type\u2014points with points, lines with lines, and areas with areas. This geometry-based organization is familiar to GIS professionals, but isn\u2019t always ideal for storytelling. For example, what if you have several parks you want to point out to your readers and you want some to be represented as points and some to be areas? They are still all parks, wouldn\u2019t you want them all to be grouped together in the legend?<\/p>\n<p>You can now create your own feature groups and organize express map content however you like. Groups can be renamed and reordered by dragging, and features can be dragged between groups (regardless of geometry type). The groupings in the layers panel are reflected in the legend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Express maps: Create and Populate Feature Groups\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KjNgebShn9s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/whats-new-in-arcgis-storymaps-october-2020\/\">A few weeks ago<\/a> ArcGIS StoryMaps introduced the ability to style individual features in express maps. If you create groups and add features to them, there are now additional new tools to help you quickly style all the features within groups, but you&#8217;re not limited to applying the same styles to all features in a group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Express Maps: Change Style of Features in a Group\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MfX2Be8PYww?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can take advantage of these new capabilities in brand new express maps or express maps that you\u2019ve created before.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Bonus features!<\/h2>\n<h3>More separator options<\/h3>\n<p>Theme builder now has more separator style options. The alignment and width can be adjusted to generate several additional appearance options for separators.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Theme Builder: Separator Positioning Options\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nq5_ZDdTXNg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Another way to duplicate<\/h3>\n<p>Stories and collections can now be duplicated from their cards. This provides a shortcut for creating a copies of your content items since you no longer have to open up the builder to access the duplicate option.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1063221,"id":1063221,"title":"Screen Shot 2020-11-18 at 4.42.56 PM","filename":"Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.42.56-PM-scaled.jpg","filesize":319367,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.42.56-PM-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/whats-new-in-arcgis-storymaps-november-2020\/screen-shot-2020-11-18-at-4-42-56-pm","alt":"New duplicate option on item cards","author":"5441","description":"","caption":"","name":"screen-shot-2020-11-18-at-4-42-56-pm","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1054621,"date":"2020-11-18 21:43:34","modified":"2020-11-18 21:44:11","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1705,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.42.56-PM-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.42.56-PM-scaled.jpg","medium-width":392,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.42.56-PM-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.42.56-PM-scaled.jpg","large-width":1622,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.42.56-PM-1536x1023.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1023,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.42.56-PM-2048x1364.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1364,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.42.56-PM-698x465.jpg","card_image-width":698,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-4.42.56-PM-1622x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1622,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Large paragraph style<\/h3>\n<p>Also in this release, a small enhancement has been added to expand your stylistic options. On second thought, it&#8217;s not a small enhancement at all, it&#8217;s the new <em><strong>large<\/strong> paragraph<\/em> style.<\/p>\n<p>Large paragraphs behave the same as paragraphs; they&#8217;re just&#8230;larger. They use the same body font and have the same available formatting options. This new style lets you bump up the size of select paragraphs for emphasis in a way that has a consistent look compared with the rest of your story and that also follows accessibility guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Text Formatting: Large Paragraph Text Style\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kmoFHfpK6mo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While large paragraphs use the same <em>font<\/em> as their closest cousin, the standard paragraph style, they have a font <em>size<\/em> and <em>line height<\/em> more similar to quote and subheading styles. However, large paragraphs can include links and color and don\u2019t have the visual flourish of a quote. These qualities make large paragraphs more flexible than quotes and subheadings, which both have more specific purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Large paragraphs will also help with the accessibility of your story. We\u2019ve seen stories where authors use a subheading to format a section of text in a larger font size. Unfortunately, that is not a good practice for accessibility since it throws off the hierarchy of the page to use a heading format for body text. The story builder didn\u2019t provide a better option for this type of treatment\u2014but now it does!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Banner photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@marvelous?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Marvin Meyer<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/network?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":5441,"user_firstname":"Owen","user_lastname":"Evans","nickname":"Owen Evans","user_nicename":"oevans","display_name":"Owen Evans","user_email":"OEvans@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:17:09","user_description":"Owen is the lead product engineer for ArcGIS StoryMaps and has been with Esri since 2004. Before joining the StoryMaps team, he spent 11 years as a solution engineer on Esri's National Government team helping people understand the value and utility of geospatial thinking.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/OJE_FedGIS.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"related_articles":[{"ID":77441,"post_author":"5631","post_date":"2017-06-15 15:42:04","post_date_gmt":"2017-06-15 15:42:04","post_content":"","post_title":"A new way of looking at Groups","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"a-new-way-of-looking-at-groups","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-03-26 21:13:16","post_modified_gmt":"2018-03-26 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