Digital Storytelling with TimelineJS

Effective timelines: 

• tell a story (have a beginning, middle, and end),
• use narrative and multimedia to communicate key events using narrative and multimedia,
• are chronological, develop historical context, make an argument, synthesize information, focus on details, analyze non-linear relationships, and/or show scholarship as a conversation showing change or continuity over time.

Scholarship comes first.
Before you begin to build your digital timeline, research, plan, and draft it in a text document.

• What story will you tell?
• What specific events will you present?
• What content do you plan to use?
• Do you need permission to use any of the content?
• Where will your story start?
• Where will your story end?
• How will you handle any events that span a period of time?