Scalar 2 User's GuideMain MenuGetting StartedExplains account and book creation, and some interface basics.QuickStartsA path of all QuickStart content in this user's guide.Working with MediaHow to get the most out of your use of media in Scalar.Working with ContentCreating and editing content in Scalar.Working with WidgetsWorking with StructureHow to use Scalar's many options for structuring publications.Editorial WorkflowHow to use features for performing editorial review of content.VisualizationsExploring the contents of a book visually.LensesAn introduction to lenses, a tool for searching and visualizing Scalar content.Advanced TopicsDescribing Scalar's more advanced features.Third Party Plugins and Platforms
Story Maps is a free, online platform enabling users to create rich informational environments in which interactive maps are linked to responsive multimedia panels. Users can choose between a number of different templates or "apps." For example, Story Map Tour presents a sequential, place-based narrative in the form of a series of geotagged photos and captions linked to an interactive map; Story Map Journal lets one create a compelling map-based narrative presented as a set of journal entries; and Story Map Swipe displays either two separate web maps or two layers of a single web map in order to compare one map with another. There are many others to choose from.
Neatline, hailed as a "geotemporal exhibit-builder," allows users to plot and annotate artifacts (letters, photographs, paintings; any visual material) on maps as well as link particular views of those maps (and thus artifacts) to events in a timeline. Neatline is perfect for creating a narrative sequence of geo-referenced events supported by user-accessible artifactual evidence.