Scenario: Guest Student Exploring Earthquake Stories - bounswe/bounswe2026group4 GitHub Wiki

Use Case Scenario – Local History Story Map

User Profile

Name: Elif Demir
Age: 16
Role: High School Student
Location: Istanbul, Türkiye

Background:
Elif is a 10th-grade student taking a history course. She prefers interactive and visual learning tools over traditional textbooks. She is comfortable using digital platforms and enjoys reading personal narratives to better understand historical events.

Goals

Complete her history homework about the 1999 Marmara Earthquake.
Read and explore real-life stories from people who experienced the earthquake.
Understand how the earthquake affected different neighborhoods and communities.
Take notes from authentic personal accounts and multimedia materials to use in her assignment.

Pre-Conditions

The platform is populated with stories related to the Marmara region.
Stories include required metadata (year, location, contributor info, media attachments such as photos, audio, and video).
The teacher introduces and recommends the Local History Story Map website as a resource for the homework assignment.

Main Flow

Elif receives a homework assignment about the 1999 Marmara Earthquake from her history teacher.
Her teacher recommends using the Local History Story Map platform to explore community-based stories.
Elif opens the Local History Story Map website.
The system displays the main interface containing:
- An interactive map view
Elif types "Marmara Earthquake" into the search bar.
The system processes the search query and automatically navigates her to the feed view, filtered by relevant earthquake-related results.
The feed displays a list of story cards related to the Marmara Earthquake, each containing:
- Title
- Location
- Year or time period
- Short preview of the story
- Media indicators (photo, audio, or video icons)
Elif scrolls through the feed and selects a story from Gölcük that includes a video recording.
The system opens the full story page showing:
- Detailed written narrative
- Embedded video testimony
- Attached historical photographs
- Optional audio recordings
Elif watches the short video where an elderly resident describes the moment the earthquake struck and the immediate aftermath.
She looks carefully at the attached photographs showing damaged buildings and rescue efforts.
She reads the full written story to understand the sequence of events and the emotional impact.
Elif takes notes in her notebook about:
- The time and location of the event
- Personal experiences described
- Emotional reactions
- Physical damage in the area
- Community and rescue efforts
She returns to the filtered feed and opens another story from İzmit that includes an audio recording.
Elif listens to the audio testimony while reading the accompanying text.
She compares the experiences described in different cities and notes similarities and differences.
She continues exploring multiple stories in the feed, watching videos, listening to audio clips, and examining photos to gain a comprehensive understanding of the earthquake’s impact.
After gathering sufficient information from various multimedia sources, she closes the website and organizes her notes into her homework assignment.

Outcome

Elif successfully gathers authentic, place-based stories about the Marmara Earthquake.
She gains a deeper and more emotional understanding of the event through text, videos, audio testimonies, and photographs.
The platform supports educational use by combining map-based exploration with a multimedia story feed.

Criteria (Updated)

1.1.1.1 Unregistered users shall be able to view stories on the map interface.
1.1.1.2 Unregistered users shall be able to view stories in feed format.
1.1.1.3 Unregistered users shall be able to open and read full story details.
1.1.1.4 Unregistered users shall be able to view story metadata (location, time period, contributor name if public).
1.1.1.5 Unregistered users shall be able to search locations on the map interface.
1.1.1.6 Unregistered users shall be able to filter stories based on metadata.

1.3.2.1 The platform shall provide a feed view displaying stories in card format.

1.3.2.2 Each story card in the feed shall include:

Title
Location
Date or time period
Short preview text (first 20 words)
Media indicators (icons for photo, audio, video if available)

1.3.2.3 The feed shall preserve applied filters and search criteria when a user clicks on a story and returns from the story page.

1.3.3.1 Selecting a story from the feed or map shall open a dedicated story page.

1.3.3.2 The story page shall display the full written narrative.

1.3.3.4 The story page shall display embedded multimedia content (images, audio, video) if available.

1.3.3.5 Multimedia content shall be viewable or playable directly on the story page.