ClioVis Digital Timelines: Visualizing Connections

Erika Bsumek built the ClioVis digital timelines platform for instructors and students to build interactive digital timelines as part of their coursework or scholarly initiatives. The platform has been used by thousands of students across the US, including throughout the UT System, University of Michigan, Stanford, and others, in both humanities and STEM disciplines, as well as for research initiatives. It has been published about in numerous popular and scholarly publications, used by projects for the National Council on Public History, and highlighted in President Hartzell’s 2021 State of the University Address. ClioVis was also recognized as a Covid 19 Research Project at UT's Texas Innovation Center for is adaptability as a remote learning technology. 

Many students have described their appreciation for ClioVis as an important tool for their learning processes. Some examples from Not Even Past, the digital magazine of the UT Department of History, include:

• A Year in Time: the Student Experience of ClioVis, Haley Price, September 2020 (read about Haley's ClioVis project from the National Council on Public History)
• Connecting the Dots: How ClioVis Can Help You Prepare for an AP History Exam, Samantha Tonini, April 2023
• The Fellowship of the Tree Rings: A ClioVis Project, Adrian Dresang, February 2024

In this video, Bsumek describes the purpose, inspiration, and outcomes of ClioVis as part of the Kendra Scott WEL Female Founder Competition in October 2021, in which ClioVis and Bsumek received the "Crowd Choice" award.