For the final project, students may decide to pursue alternative presentations of information that contrast with the traditional research paper that usually uses Microsoft Word software or another word processor. This will likely require the use of another software that stores and presents content in a different way.

There are many softwares out there that could be useful – and many are free!

Here are some FREE suggestions:

• JS Timeline
• WordPress on the CUNY Academic Commons
• StoryMap JS
• ESRI StoryMaps

Here are some guides that can get you started with these tools:

• The what, why and how of digital final projects
• Intro to CUNY Academic Commons