Looking for fast online concept mapping

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Posted by Dr Andus
Apr 23, 2015 at 01:01 PM

Paul Korm wrote:
There is a JRE version of Vue—though it is cranky and requires
>fiddling with Java security settings.
>https://vue.tufts.edu/VUEApplet/info.cfm?

Wow, that would have been great! Unfortunately, it looks like Chrome OS no longer supports Java plugins :(

Posted by Dr Andus
Apr 29, 2015 at 01:09 PM

$Bill wrote:
>I like Boardthing for brainstorming. boardthing.com

Thanks for the tip. Looks good for creating some post-it note type notes, but I’d like to be able to connect the nodes with lines and arrows, and in Boardthing these are hand-drawn, which means they do not attach and do not move with the nodes when you rearrange the nodes.

zoe wrote:
>This isn’t pretty, but it might do the job for you:
>http://simplemapper.org/

While the concept looks interesting, when I tried it I found it cumbersome and buggy. It takes too long to construct a map, so it’s not suitable for brainstorming for me. But thanks anyway, it was worth a try.

At the moment I’m stuck with remote-accessing VUE on my PC, but I wish I had a cloud-based option for fast concept-mapping.

Mindmup could be a compromise, as it’s possible to connect nodes freely, but there is still a central-node-based hierarchy (i.e. a classical mind map, rather than a concept map with entirely independent nodes).

Posted by zoe
May 3, 2015 at 08:09 PM

I’ve been playing around with draw.io.

It supports saving in several different cloud-based storage systems (Google Drive, Dropbox, or local browser cache). It is very full-featured, but you can easily get simple stuff down on the canvas without worrying about the extra features if you prefer. Multiple file format export, and support for true concept mapping (no central node).

Posted by Paul Korm
May 3, 2015 at 10:14 PM

bubbl.us

very basic, which might be what the Dr ordered ;-)

Posted by Dr Andus
May 4, 2015 at 12:19 AM

Paul Korm wrote:
>bubbl.us
>very basic, which might be what the Dr ordered ;-)

Thanks, Paul. It looks like bubbl.us though enforces a mind map hierarchy (central node), and I’m looking for a non-hierarchical concept mapper.

zoe wrote:
>I’ve been playing around with draw.io.
>support for true concept mapping (no central node).

Thanks for this, draw.io can indeed do the job, I bookmarked it. It’s amazing it’s free.

It also reminded me that ages ago I did try Lucidchart (which is not free, or, rather, the free version is limited), and having looked at it again, I found that it had a slight edge over draw.io in that it handled curved connectors better. E.g. if you rearrange a concept map in draw.io, the connectors can get rather tangled and messy, while Lucidchart keeps them neat.

In any case, both draw.io and Lucidchart can do free concept mapping online, which is what I was looking for, so thanks again.

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