🎯 Learning Intention

I will explore how ArcGIS Dashboards organize information and begin designing a visualization that communicates a clear story.

✅ Success Criteria

I can identify the key elements of a dashboard, explain what each one is for, and draft a layout based on my own GIS data.

🧠 Warm-Up — Tech Journal Prompt

Think about a dashboard you’ve seen before — a game HUD, car dashboard, phone home screen, or website. What makes it easy (or hard) to use?

Write 3–4 sentences.

📚 Vocabulary

Dashboard — a visual collection of charts, indicators, and maps that respond to live data.

Element — a component of a dashboard (map, list, chart, number).

Visualization — the way data is displayed so users can understand patterns quickly.

📣 Formative Lecture & Discussion

Short walkthrough of ArcGIS Dashboards:

• What a dashboard is designed to do
• Elements you can add (charts, indicators, lists, selectors)
• How dashboards update when you interact with the map
• What makes a visualization useful vs confusing

Check for Understanding #1:

What is one purpose a dashboard can serve that a single map cannot?

🛠 Guided Work Time