Last updated on 11 November 2016
Mindomo is an excellent tool for making mind maps or heuristic maps in the world of education. He is one of the major players in this very crowded market for mindmapping tools of which I have said All the good I thought in a previous article.
The tool is constantly evolving and offering interesting new functions. These include the possibility to create and submit homework to these students directly from the platform.
Mindomo thus offers a practical and original way to make your students work around a mind map. From your Mindomo account, simply click on the "Create a homework as a Mind Map" function. It is then up to you to provide the instruction and invite your learners to respond. You can ask them to create a card individually or work in groups on a single card or provide them with a mind map and ask them, for example, to complete it or take inspiration from it. You can also set a deadline for rendering.
As soon as your students begin their assignment, their cards will automatically be shared with you. You will be able to correct them, comment on them and give them a feedback. Students on their side will work in draft mode before submitting the final work to you. All this works wonderfully well and fast and will save you a considerable amount of time. On your teacher dashboard, you will see how many cards are being created and how many have been submitted to your correction.
To invite your students, you will need to register them and give them a unique code provided by the platform allowing them to access your assignment. Mindomo had the great idea to allow you to enroll students without the need to provide an email address for each of them.
A well-thought-out function for education that alone deserves you to test this mind mapping tool which recently offers an interface in French and allows you to create three mind maps for free. To use it with your students, you will have to pay a subscription of around EUR 60 per year.
Mindomo offers everything you would expect from this type of mindmapping tool. The ability to create smart cards in minutes alone or as a team. The grip is very simple and within everyone's reach. Mindomo allows you to insert notes, links, texts, images, videos. It offers an internal search engine to find multimedia illustrations without leaving the platform. You'll also have access to a range of ready-to-use templates to create your cards. It is integrated with most storage and e-learning services. Finally, it offers, in addition to the online version, versions for all platforms and all iOS or Android mobile devices. A must-have.
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