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ArcGIS Online (Academic use)

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ArcGIS Online is a cloud-based mapping platform that allows users to share their GIS data and maps on the cloud. With ArcGIS Online you can accomplish most of the tasks you can in a traditional GIS desktop and all you need is a browser!

 

Students, faculty, and staff at Clemson University can create their own ArcGIS Online account for academic purposes (instruction and research) by following the instructions below. For operational and administrative purposes, review our guidelines here. 

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Create your ArcGIS Online account using Clemson login
 

Please follow the steps below to create an account:

1) Go to arcgis.com and click Sign in. You will see the window on the right, click on "Your ArcGIS organization's URL"

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2) You will be asked to enter Your ArcGIS organization's URL. In the box that appears, type Clemson and click Continue. Click on "Clemson University".

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3) This will take you to a new window where you will be using your standard Clemson login. Enter your Clemson username and password and click on Login. 

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4) If you see the window below that means you have successfully created your ArcGIS Online account.​

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CREDITS: 

Our Clemson users share the total amount of credits that are allocated to our University account. Each new user has a 3,000 credit limit. We ask new users to become familiar with credit usage here and be cautious about running large spatial analysis or reports on ArcGIS Online. Remember that any GIS analysis or GeoEnrichment activity that you do in ArcGIS Online can be done in ArcGIS Pro without consuming any credits! 

 

USER PERMISSIONS:

CCGT has set up some defaults to new user accounts that limit the number of credits and functionality so that we can ensure the fair distribution of credits amongst all of our users. Below is a list of capabilities Clemson user accounts have:​

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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If your user account needs more resources than our default user, we can set up an exception for you and your group. Please contact us and make sure to specify your needs. One of our GIS Specialists will get back to you as soon as possible. To qualify for this exception, it is imperative you understand ArcGIS Online best practices and credit usage.

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APPLICATIONS INCLUDED IN ARCGIS ONLINE:

With your Clemson ArcGIS Online account, you can access the following ArcGIS applications:​​​

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If you need access to any additional ArcGIS application not listed here, please contact us.

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  • View organization members

  • Create, update, and delete groups

  • Join organization groups

  • Join external groups

  • View groups shared with organization

  • Add members from other organizations

  • Create, update, and delete content

  • Publish hosted feature layers

  • Publish hosted tile layers

  • Publish hosted scene layers

  • Publish hosted tiled imagery layers

  • Publish hosted dynamic imagery layers

  • View content shared with organization

  • View location tracks

  • Reassign content

  • Receive content

  • Share content with groups

  • Share content with organization

  • Share content with public

  • Make groups visible to organization

  • Make groups visible to public

  • Geocoding

  • Network Analysis

  • Spatial Analysis

  • GeoEnrichment

  • Demographics

  • Feature report

  • Edit features

  • Advanced notebooks

  • Create and edit notebooks

  • Schedule notebooks

Essential Apps

  • Map Viewer

  • ArcGIS StoryMaps

  • ArcGIS Dashboards

  • ArcGIS Experience Builder

  • ArcGIS Hub Basic

  • Scene Viewer

  • ArcGIS Instant Apps

  • ArcGIS AppStudio

  • ArcGIS Web AppBuilder

  • Classic Story Maps

  • ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud

  • Configurable Apps

  • Organization Website

Field Apps

  • ArcGIS Survey123

  • ArcGIS Field Maps

  • ArcGIS QuickCapture

  • ArcGIS Workforce

Office Apps

  • ArcGIS for Excel

  • ArcGIS for Power BI

  • ArcGIS for SharePoint

  • ArcGIS for Teams

  • ArcGIS Connectors for Power Automate

Other Apps

  • ArcGIS Urban

  • ArcGIS GeoBIM

  • ArcGIS GeoPlanner

  • ArcGIS Image Analysis

  • ArcGIS Image Hosting

  • ArcGIS Business Analyst Web and Mobile Apps Advanced

  • ArcGIS Community Analyst

  • ArcGIS Insights

  • ArcGIS Data Pipelines

  • ArcGIS Field Maps Designer

  • ArcGIS QuickCapture Web Designer

  • ArcGIS Flight

  • ArcGIS Notebooks

  • ArcGIS Web Editor

  • ArcGIS Runtime Advanced

  • Esri Redistricting

  • ArcGIS Location Sharing

Esri Training

All ArcGIS Online accounts at Clemson are automatically given access to Esri's educational resources via Esri Academy. These are self-training courses that you can follow at your own pace from the comfort of your home. To access these resources, you will need to:

1. Log into ArcGIS Online. 

2. On the top right corner, click on your name. In the drop-down menu that appears, select My Esri. 

3. At My Esri, again, on the top right corner, clock on your profile icon. In the drop-down menu, select Training.

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Administrative Account AGOL
ArcGIS Online Administrative Account

Staff at Clemson using GIS for running operations (facilities, parking, planning, transportation, PSA, etc) or administrative use have a dedicated ArcGIS Online organizational account independent of the academic account. Here are some examples of activities that fall within this administrative account:

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To create your ArcGIS Online account for administrative purposes, contact us here. 

  • Facilities management

  • Routing analysis

  • Fund-raising, student recruitment

  • Emergency management

  • Field operations

  • Asset management

  • Demographic analysis

  • Crime analysis, campus safety

  • Long range development planning

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ArcGIS StoryMaps

ArcGIS StoryMaps is an narrative storytelling and communication application that is a part of the ArcGIS Online suite. This platform is designed to integrate the maps you make in ArcGIS Online with text, images, videos, and other media. StoryMaps is an awesome tool that is available to students, faculty, and staff at Clemson University alike. 

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Classic StoryMaps

Classic StoryMap formats will be fully retired at the beginning of 2026, which means that these StoryMaps will no longer be editable or hosted on at their previous URLs. These formats include:

  • Cascade

  • Journal

  • Series

  • Shortlist

  • Swipe

  • Tour

 

If you are a Clemson ArcGIS Online user, CCGT has several options to help you keep your Classic StoryMaps active, whether you want to preserve your StoryMap in the Classic format or update to a new StoryMap template.

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Maintaining Classic StoryMaps​

If you do NOT need to make changes to a Classic StoryMap and only want to be able to view it in its current state, CCGT has set up a local hosting of Classic StoryMap formats, which allows you to view your StoryMaps without making any changes to the StoryMaps themselves. The only thing you need to update the URL for the StoryMap. For example, your old StoryMap URL would look like:

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http://clemson.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=e3f43451122e472fb60a5a91fc8f6da3

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Where the highlighted portion is the ArcGIS server that previously hosted these StoryMaps. Replacing the clemson.maps.arcgis.com/apps with giscenter.sites.clemson.edu will redirect the Classic StoryMap to use the Clemson server instead, which allows you to continue viewing these StoryMaps without any further changes. Your new StoryMap URL would be:

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https://giscenter.sites.clemson.edu/MapSeries/index.html?appid=e3f43451122e472fb60a5a91fc8f6da3

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The appid at the end of the URL is the same between the old and new StoryMap link. This appid can also be found on the ArcGIS Online overview page for your StoryMap.

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NOTE: you will need to update these StoryMap URLs wherever they appear. For example, if you have a Classic StoryMap embedded in another StoryMap, the embedded link will need to be updated. Any changes like this to Classic StoryMaps will need to be made before the Classic StoryMap retirement at the beginning of 2026.​

Maintaining Classic StoryMaps​

If you need to continue making changes to your Classic StoryMaps, you will need to convert these to a new StoryMap format. CCGT has made available a Notebook on ArcGIS Online to help you convert these Classic StoryMaps.

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To use this Notebook to automatically convert a Classic StoryMap to the New StoryMaps template, you will need to locate the Item ID (or appid) for your StoryMap.

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  1. Log in to Clemson ArcGIS Online and navigate to your contents.

  2. Open the item overview for your Classic StoryMap.

  3. On the right side of the screen, under Details, locate the Item ID box.

    • You may have to expand the Details section by clicking the down arrow button.

  4. To the right of the Item ID box, click the clipboard button to copy the Item ID.

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Next, you will need to open the Notebook with the python code to convert your Classic StoryMap. Don’t worry! You don’t need to know any coding to run this Notebook.

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1. Use the following link to open the overview page for the Converter Notebook: https://clemson.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=c6636d8187504bda8ed97e2461c0f026

2. At the top right corner of the page, click the Open Notebook button.

3. When the Notebook opens, locate the classic_story_id field under the header Enter your classic story ItemID in the cell below​

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4. In the quotes to the right of classic_story_id, paste the Item ID you copied for your Classic StoryMap.

5. On the top ribbon, click the double arrow icon to run the entire notebook.

6. You will see dialog appear at the bottom of the Notebook as code runs, including a message to tell you that the Notebook has completed.

7. When the notebook finishes, you will find a new StoryMap in your ArcGIS Online contents, populated with the text, images, and maps from your Classic StoryMap.

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NOTE: Not every Classic StoryMap element has a one-to-one counterpart in New StoryMaps. This conversion will likely require some updating to make all your pictures, text, and maps appear the way you would like, and some formats will require more manual edits than others. If you have questions, please contact us here. 

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Administrative Account AGOL
ArcGIS Online Administrative Account

Staff at Clemson using GIS for running operations (facilities, parking, planning, transportation, PSA, etc) or administrative use have a dedicated ArcGIS Online organizational account independent of the academic account. Here are some examples of activities that fall within this administrative account:

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To create your ArcGIS Online account for administrative purposes, contact us here. 

  • Facilities management

  • Routing analysis

  • Fund-raising, student recruitment

  • Emergency management

  • Field operations

  • Asset management

  • Demographic analysis

  • Crime analysis, campus safety

  • Long range development planning

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