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How to Create a Digital Timeline

A guide to creating a digital timeline using TimelineJS.

About this guide

What is a timeline?

A timeline is a form of digital storytelling that conveys a selection of key events via text and multimedia in chronological order.

Example Timelines

Here are some example digital timelines with varied platforms and presentation styles.

Timeline of the civil rights movement (Wikipedia)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (MET)
Anne Frank: The Timeline
A Visual History of Computers
History of Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (Timeline JS)

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