REFLECTION ON DOCUMENTATION:
To create good documentation, specificity is necessary; screenshots are especially helpful. For my project lead and I, this will involve documentation of how to input text into the WordPress site, as well as documentation of how to create and edit ArcGIS StoryMaps. I think there may also need to be documentation of how to translate academic articles into a public-facing story, but that may require previous writing skills, though how to insert citations and citation links when applicable will be a helpful guide for a future fellow.
Considering how helpful documentation is in learning how to use the sites (especially the screenshots, thank you for those @Tierney and Libby), I think I will try and make a documentation of how to make academic research publicly digestible, in the format of online biographical storytelling, that is. However, it might be fun to create a “choose your own adventure” style manual for public-facing academic storytelling. This, I may do separately for fun 😁
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