Mindomo: A Concept-Mapping Website Created by Russell Smith Technology Facilitator North Edgecombe High School

What is Mindomo? Mindomo is a concept- mapping website that allows the user to organize ideas and illustrate the relationships between each concept. The URL for Mindomo is:

Creating a new account in Mindomo There are three options for creating a new account in Mindomo, “Basic”, “Premium”, and “Team”. I suggest creating a basic account. (It is free, after all!)

Creating a new account in Mindomo, continued You will then be prompted to enter information such as your first name, last name, address, your username, your password, and finally, clicking to say that you agree with their terms and conditions.

Signing into Mindomo Once you have created your Mindomo account, you will be prompted to enter your username and password.

Once you are logged into Mindomo, you will be shown the “Mindomo Dashboard”. From here, you will be able to oversee any concept maps you create, as well as create a new map. There are two places that the maps that you create can be stored: (1)Private maps—only visible to you (2) Public maps—visible to all Mindomo users

To create a new concept map, click on the button on the top bar of the dashboard labled “New Map”.

You will then be prompted to enter a title for the map, as well as tags, a description of the map, the language it was created in, and whether to make the map public or not.

This is what your screen looks like once you create a new map. The next few frames will show the different features of the control bar along the top of the screen.

CLIPBOARD MENU PASTE COPY CUT COPY & PASTE

TOPIC MENU INSERT TOPIC INSERT SUBTOPIC INSERT RELATIONSHIP INSERT NOTES

TEXT FORMAT MENU FONT FONT SIZE CLEAR TEXT FORMATTING BOLD ITALICS UNDERLINE TEXT COLOR SHAPE FILL LINE FORMAT TEXT ALIGNMENT

SYMBOLS MENU GENERAL SYMBOLS “SMILEY” SYMBOLS FLAG SYMBOLS CHECK SYMBOLS TASK PRIORITY SYMBOLS * Each symbol is able to be inserted where you place the cursor “TASK COMPLETE” SYMBOLS

“TOPIC FEATURES” MENU INSERT HYPERLINK INSERT ATTACHMENTS (Only available for premiere accounts) INSERT MULTIMEDIA (Video, Audio, Images) INSERT TASK INFO (% Completion icons; Start Date/Due Date; Contact information; Settings)

“EDITING” MENU FIND Find text in the map SELECT Select topics in the map DELETE Remove topics or topic properties from the map

SIDEBAR MENU (Along left side of screen) CHAT Allows you to chat online with other Mindomo users; ideally used for working collaboratively at the same time

SIDEBAR MENU (Along left side of screen) TASK INFO The same features as the “Task Info” option on the “Topic Features” menu

SIDEBAR MENU (Along left side of screen) MULTIMEDIA Similar to the “Multimedia” option on the “Topic Features” menu; It also allows you to select images from a pre-loaded image gallery containing various topic areas

SIDEBAR MENU (Along left side of screen) HYPERLINK—Similar to the “Hyperlink” option on the “Topic Features” menu

SIDEBAR MENU (Along left side of screen) NOTES Use this tab in conjunction with the “Relationship” option on the “Insert” menu; The relationship between one concept and another can be further explained using this feature

BUILDING YOUR CONCEPT MAP To begin adding to your concept, click on the “Topic” option on the “Insert” menu to begin adding topics to your concept map.

In order to change the words inside the text box you inserted, highlight the words on the interior of the text box.

Once you see the cursor inside the text box, you will be able to type in the text you want.

You can also adjust the position of the text box if you wish. The curvature of the connecting line will change.

To add a subtopic to a topic on your concept map, click the topic, and then select the “Subtopic” option on the “Insert” menu.

Once you create the text box for the subtopic, highlight the text inside the box to change the wording.

Create new subtopics by clicking the “Subtopic” option on the “Insert”Menu… …and repeat the process as necessary.

You can create subtopics for each subtopic if needed by repeating the process…

After you have developed your concept map, you might want to illustrate the relationships between concepts…

To do so, click on the “Relationship” option on the “Insert” menu… …Click on the first concept in the relationship… …Then click on the second concept in the relationship… A relationship link will be created between the two concepts. You can adjust the shape of the link if you want.

If you wish to create a note that further explains the relationship between two concepts, click on the relationship link, click on the “Notes” tab on the left side of the screen, enter your notes, and click the “X” in the upper right corner to close. An icon symbolizing the notes will appear next to the relationship link.

The “Insert” Task Bar “Insert” Menu “Topic Features” Menu “Multimedia” Menu All of these features can be found on the “Home” Task Bar

The “Format” Task Bar “Topics” Menu “Boundary” Menu “Relationship” Menu “Numbering” Menu “Map Style” Menu “Page” Menu “Task Info” Menu

The “Review” Task Bar “Spelling” Allows you to spellcheck the text in the concept map “Map Properties” Allows you to review the properties of the concept map, including title, description, language, and tags

The “View” Task Bar “Document Views” Menu “Show/ Hide” Menu “Zoom” Menu “Details” Menu