Draw a mental map of your commute to school or store or any place that has meaning to you. When done, take a photo of it and submit the photo to Blackboard. Here is an example. While you are making this, think about if you were to give this to someone else, would that person know how to understand and use it? What did you do to make it usable for others.
To learn the basics of ArcGIS Pro and map design using desktop ArcGIS, read through the text in Harder & Brown, chapter 2. Then do the exercise at the end of the chapter where you create a map of the bombing missions of the Vietnam war.
You will have 3 files to download. One file is a word document with the instructions. The second file is a .jpg file of a map of the Lower Hudson region including New York City, and the third file is a zipped folder. First download the instructions. Open the document, read and follow the instructions on what to do with the other files.