Mindmup is a great resource for organizing complex projects with many parts and clauses. It is essentially a bubble map, but is very useful because it is digital. The digital aspect of the mind map allows you to move bubbles, add more information, and color coat bubbles, unlike the pencil a paper method.
Here is a quick tutorial of Mindmup’s basic features.
Getting Started
Go to mindmup.com and make an account
Start a new map
A bubble will be present on the edit screen, here go ahead and type your project’s title by double-clicking on the node.
The bubbles are called nodes, by selecting a node, a pop-up menu allows you to edit text, change the style, add and image, and give it a child, parent, or sibling.
By Inserting a child, a line will be drawn from the parent node to the child node. The first parent will have many childs. Each generation represents a more specific aspect of a project.
For a quick way to add nodes, use the controls on the toolbar at the top. By clicking add child node and add sibling node you can quickly build your mindmup.
To add a seperate map, or a root to your project, click add root node from the toolbar.
Font sizes, images, colors, notes, and attachments can be added from the toolbar.
The Mindmup program is a great way to get your research organized for a project. After your mindmup is complete, you can either print it out or you can take a screenshot of the map and place it in a document.
When I evaluate a new project rubric, I put dashes by all the elements I need to include in my project. I then create a mindmup and paste each requirement in a node. Once I have completed my research, I can replace the requirement with the answer and change the color to indicate that the node is complete.
