{"id":72811,"date":"2016-07-07T08:54:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T08:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/using-the-story-map-cascade-builder-configuring-media\/"},"modified":"2021-04-29T08:30:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T15:30:39","slug":"using-the-story-map-cascade-builder-configuring-media","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/constituent-engagement\/constituent-engagement\/using-the-story-map-cascade-builder-configuring-media","title":{"rendered":"Using the Story Map Cascade Builder: Configuring Media"},"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":[27871,31161],"industry":[],"product":[36551,36611],"class_list":["post-72811","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-constituent-engagement","tag-story-map-cascade","tag-story-map-cascade-builder","product-arcgis-online","product-story-maps"],"acf":{"short_description":"This post in the\u00a0series on using the\u00a0Story Map Cascade\u00a0builder focuses on configuring media.\r\n\r\nConfiguring how media items (particularl...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Note<\/strong>: This blog covers the classic Esri Story Maps. Story authors are encouraged to use the new\u00a0ArcGIS StoryMaps<\/a> to create stories; however, Esri will continue to maintain the classic templates for your use. For more information, see the Product road map<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This post in the\u00a0series<\/a> on using the\u00a0Story Map Cascade<\/a>\u00a0builder focuses on configuring media.<\/p>\n

Configuring how media items (particularly maps and scenes) are displayed in your story is a critical storytelling feature of Esri’s Story Map apps. This helps elevate your work from “a story with maps in it” to an integrated work where the maps truly support the narrative \u2013 a true story map.<\/p>\n

For example, open the River Reborn<\/a> story and scroll through the web scene in its first section. It gives the reader geographic context for the story by first showing a view of Washington state and the location of the Elwah River and then showing two perspectives of the river itself, the second of which shows the location of two dams. Imagine what a different experience this would be if the author had just added the scene to the story and asked the readers to navigate the scene and toggle layer visibility on their own.<\/p>\n

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Configuring Media<\/h2>\n

After you add media to your Cascade story using the builder’s\u00a0Media Picker<\/a>, click the gear icon in the lower left corner to activate its configuration panel.<\/p>\n

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If the media is in a narrative\u00a0section, hover over the media to see the gear.<\/p>\n

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The rest of this post will describe the options available on the media configuration panel tabs. Different tabs and options will appear depending on the type of media you are configuring.<\/p>\n

Size<\/h2>\n

If your media is in a narrative\u00a0section you can adjust its size.\u00a0The larger the size the more space you provide for your readers to see or explore the media (you’ll learn more about letting your readers explore later in this post).<\/p>\n