Humans have used the powerful tool of storytelling for as long as we have existed. Stories have the power to educate, inform, persuade, and entertain. Historically, stories have usually taken either an oral or a written form, but today many people use digital storytelling methods to combine text with media and interactive components of all types to enhance their narratives. Perhaps a story would be more interesting if it was accompanied by a gallery of images or a map with relevant locations. Or, maybe you have audio or video files that convey a message better than text could. Maybe you want your audience to follow a meandering path through your narrative, and not necessarily click through the same text in the same order each time they read your story.
Digital storytelling platforms assist with all these use cases and more, allowing researchers to better communicate the value and impact of their research, students to enhance their multimodal communication skills, and everyone to tell, and hear, compelling stories in innovative ways.
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