Project: Build a Simple Campus Map + Dashboard

🎯 Learning Intention

I will create a functional GIS map and dashboard using ArcGIS Online by adding features, styling them, and connecting the map to dashboard widgets.

✅ Success Criteria

• I can create a new feature layer in ArcGIS Online.
• I can add points representing locations around campus.
• I can build a dashboard with at least three indicators and one chart.
• I can explain what my map is showing.

⏱️ 2-Hour Block Structure

0:00–0:10 — Tech Journal Warm-Up

Prompt (they write 4–5 sentences):

“What information about our campus should always be easy to find on a map? Why does clarity matter in GIS design?”

0:10–0:20 — Set Up Your Project Folder

Students create a clean GIS workspace:

1. Go to ArcGIS Online → Content
2. Create folder: “11/18 Campus Dashboard Project”