![]() There are also preferences for receiving notifications when people comment on your Mind Maps. ![]() In addition, you can see the comments that you have made on anything within NovaMind Connect. When you set up your account on NovaMind Connect, you can tell people about yourself in your profile, and also you have a quick view of all the Mind Maps that you have posted and those that others have posted too. This rating also contributes to the site-wide top rated Mind Map list that allows the best Mind Maps to percolate to the top of the list for easy viewing. You can then see the documents you like in order from your most favorite to least favorite. You can build up an ordered list of your favorite Mind Map documents by rating them – again it’s just a single click to record how much you like that document. The tags are used to create a tag cloud which gives you instant access to all the documents tagged with that word. When you upload a document, you give it a title, description and tags to make it easy to find the document. NovaMind Connect allows you to update existing documents that you have already uploaded, and will keep any comments that have been made on your Mind Maps, and branches so long as the branch is still there in the new version of the document.Īs soon as the document has been uploaded, the full text of every branch, attached text, branch note etc is fully searchable within the system, so it is easy to find Mind Maps that mention a particular word. There is the capability of adding comments to any document, map, or branch, so that you can carry on conversations about the Mind Maps directly where the comments apply, and yet the system allows you to see all the conversations about the document in one place, threaded according to document, map, and branch that they are attached to. NovaMind Connect has full international support built in, so you can upload your Mind Maps in any language. There is also a built-in capability for you to bookmark any branch on your favorite social bookmarking web site. The URL of each branch is unique, so if you want to tell someone else about that branch and give them a link directly to it, you can do so. ![]() What happens to a Mind Map that has been uploaded?Įach Mind Map within the document is shown as an image and you can click through to view the Mind Map in detail.Įach branch has an image of the branch and its children created automatically by the system. If you would like a brief 2 minute introduction to NovaMind Connect, follow this link to watch the introductory video. From there you see all the branches of the Mind Map in expandable outline form, and you can navigate to each branch either by clicking it on the Mind Map, or in the outline. NovaMind Connect allows the user to almost instantly take a Mind Map document created in NovaMind and upload it directly from NovaMind to NovaMind Connect, where it is turned into a full HTML version of the document, where you can click on each Mind Map to view the detail of that Mind Map. Mind maps are constructed from radial branches stemming from central theme.NovaMind Connect is a completely new and unique system for sharing Mind Maps online… and it’s a lot more than that, too. The focus is on the connections to the central theme. In fact, may representations mimic basic patterns found in nature (branches, clouds, etc). It is possible that the earliest form of mindmapping dates back to the 3rd century B.C. ![]() with Porphyrius' classifications of Arisotle's categories including the classification of substance: referred to as the Prophyrian Tree. Later work on Sematic Networks (computer science) and Idea Sunbursts (education) have contributed to the development of mind mapping techniques in use today. Note the blog comments debating the history of the mind map. Tony Buzan Seems to have copyrighted the term "mindmap". Some say: he's the father of the modern mind map others say he's a marketing genius.Ī mind map tends to have a single main concept, while a concept map may have several related and interconnecting ideas, themes or topics. Mind maps tend to develop as a brainstorm on a theme, while concept maps tend to develop in order to answer a central question with a series of related propositions. documenting existing knowledge on a topic (which can be built on/added to/changed as learning progresses).identifying gaps in knowledge/ questions that need to be answered.Connects prior knowledge to new learning and highlights gaps in knowledge - making it easier for learners to know what they don't know and need to know.maps are developed by an individual or group and organized in a way that makes sense to them - promoting a sense of ownership - important to nsolidating resources/information from a variety of sources.
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