What You Can Do with Maps
Interactive Pins
Place any number of pins anywhere on the map. Each one opens a card with rich content — students click to explore, not just read.
Rich Pin Cards
Each pin card supports formatted text, embedded images, and detailed descriptions. Give every location as much context as it deserves.
Pan and Zoom
Students pan and zoom freely across the map, shifting perspective from street-level detail to a continental overview.
Any Geography
Set the default view to any location on Earth — a single city, a country, a continent, or the whole globe. There are no geographic constraints.
Works Across Subjects
History, geography, science, literature, current events — any subject with a sense of place benefits from the map format.
Published to Your Classroom
Maps go straight to your classroom feed. Students access them from their dashboard — no separate link, no external platform.
Creating a Map Activity
1
Open New Activity
From your teacher dashboard, click New Activity and select Map.
2
Set the default view
Search for a location or drag the map to the area your activity covers. Set the default zoom level so students open the activity with the right geographic context already in view.
3
Add pins
Click anywhere on the map to drop a pin. Reposition it by dragging, or delete it and start again — pins are fully editable at any time.
4
Fill in each pin card
For every pin, add a title, a description (formatted text is supported), and one or more images. The more context you provide, the richer the student experience.
5
Publish to your classroom
When you are happy with the map, click Publish and choose the classroom you want to assign it to. It will appear on your students’ dashboards immediately.
What Students Experience
When a student opens a Map Activity, they land on the default view you configured. From there they can:- Pan and zoom freely to any part of the map.
- Click any pin to open the full pin card with your title, description, and images.
- Navigate between pins using the list-view mode for a more linear, accessible experience.
All map pins are fully keyboard-navigable. Students can tab between pins and open cards without using a mouse or touchscreen, making Map Activities accessible to students who rely on keyboard navigation.
Subject Ideas
Not sure where to start? Here are some tried-and-tested uses across the curriculum:History
Trace military campaigns, map the expansion of empires, mark the sites of key battles, or chart migration routes across centuries.
Geography
Identify physical features such as mountain ranges, river systems, and tectonic boundaries, or explore human geography topics like population density and urban growth.
Science
Plot ecosystems and biomes, map fieldwork data collection sites, track the spread of a species, or visualise climate zones across the globe.
Literature
Pin the settings of a novel, chart a character’s journey, or map the real-world locations that inspired an author’s writing.
Modern Studies
Track the spread of a policy across different countries, map international organisations and their member states, or visualise global data from current events.
Any subject with place
If your content happens somewhere in the world — at any scale — a Map Activity gives it a location students can explore and remember.