The Tutorials in this series are created using Freeplane 1.7.10 on Ubuntu Linux v 16.04. Freeplane is a popular open source software for concept mapping and mind mapping. It can be downloaded for installation for many operating systems. Concepts, ideas or thoughts can be represented by diagrams in Freeplane. The GUI is user friendly, easy to express ideas and share in various condensed formats. Currently it is under active development, has user forum and supports variety of features. Besides extensive formatting capacity, the software has options for slide presentation, teaching and learning add-on modules, Moodle add-ons, Groovy scripting capability, organizer capacity, incorporate reminders, set alarm, text-map conversion ability, allow drag-drop, ability to incorporate various file format attachments, and allow conditional node styles. Several add-ons such as GTD , study planner, scripts and scripting styles are freely available online for users. Read more
Foss : Freeplane - English
Outline: Download and install Freeplane 1.7.10 on Ubuntu 16.04 OS Download and install Freeplane 1.7.10 on Windows 10 OS Open a concept map in Freeplane Introduction to nodes and child n..
Outline: Open a new map Edit a root node About Edit node core dialogue box Add a child node Add siblings and grandchild nodes Open tool panel Change color and font formatting ..
Outline: Link two nodes in the map Write on the linking line Format linking line properties Change the node shape Add cloud to a node Change cloud shape and color Add a floating nod..
Outline: About attributes Add attribute to a node Create a hyperlink in node About in-line addition of hyperlink Add image to a node Resize the image Attach a pdf file to a node Lear..
Outline: Add a note to a node About icon toolbar Add an icon to a node Copy text from another program to the map Merge nodes Import a directory structure Hyperlink files from the impo..
Outline: Number nodes Change node position and renumber nodes Number nodes and convert map to text About structured text About Title, subtitle and text body in a structured document I..
Outline: Learn about Spotlight Learn about alpha value Create a slide presentation Add a slide Add contents to a slide Rearrange the slides Play the slideshow Zoom and move the slide..
Outline: About Time manager in Freeplane Calendar module in Freeplane Associate date with a node Associate time with a node Various styles for date and time display Set alarm Adding m..
Outline: About Conditional styles Create a user defined node style Apply a user created style to a node Create node conditional style Add conditions to the user created style Types of ..
Outline: About Groovy script Learn about the scripts folder in Freeplane Write a groovy script Add the script to Freeplane scripts folder About user script in the menu pull-down Run gr..