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Revision as of 17:18, 25 November 2020

Visual Cue Narration
Slide Number 1

Title Slide

Welcome to the tutorial on Overview of Freeplane.
Slide Number 2

Learning Objectives

In this tutorial, we will learn about,
  • The Freeplane website
  • Important features and capabilities of Freeplane
  • Benefits of Freeplane and
  • The user forum
Slide Number 3

Learning Objectives

* We will also play excerpts of Freeplane tutorials available on this

website.

Slide Number 4

System and Software Requirement

To record this tutorial, I am using
  • Ubuntu Linux v16.04 OS
  • Firefox web browser v78 and
  • A working internet connection
Slide Number 5

Pre-requisites

To follow this tutorial,
  • Learner must be familiar with basic computer and Internet skills.
Slide Number 6

Concept map

  • Concept map was developed by Prof. J. D. Novak as a learning tool.
  • It connects ideas and concepts with their reason for connection.
  • Ideas can be arranged with hierarchy or using connecting lines.
Slide Number 7

Freeplane https://www.freeplane.org/

  • The official website of Freeplane is shown here.
  • It is a free and open source software to create a concept map or mind map.
  • Java is required to run Freeplane.
Open web browser. Open the web browser of your choice.
Go to https://www.freeplane.org/. Go to the official site of Freeplane as seen here.

Notice a map on the page.

Scroll down. Let’s scroll down.

Notice the current downloadable version.

Scroll down.

Cursor on the map.

Let’s scroll down.

Knowledge and ideas can be structured for learning or teaching, as seen here.

Cursor on Freeplane basics video. A video on basics of Freeplane can be seen here.

Learner may pause this video and play this video for more insight.

Notice, the map can be created with ease using the software.

Scroll up the page. Both mind maps and concept maps can be created using Freeplane.

Let’s scroll up the page.

Click on Add-ons. Click on the Add-ons link as seen here.

The add-on modules increase the capability of Freeplane.

Cursor on the various types of Add-ons. Details about add-ons are shown here.

Notice the various types of add-ons for many fields.

Add-ons are modules, which can be downloaded and added to the software.

Cursor on the installation procedure. The simple steps to follow for installing them is also given here.
Cursor on GTD links on the right side. GTD is the acronym for getting things done.

Freeplane also has modules required for an organizer software.

An organizer software has tools to organize daily chores, activities and more.

Slide Number 8

Organizer modules

These capabilities include,
  • Calendar and reminder module
  • Task list, split, merge options
  • Import, export capabilities
  • To do list, GTD, Track history
  • Properties and formatting
  • Adaptable to user specifications
Scroll up the page. Let’s scroll up the page.
Click on the Gallery link. Under navigation, click on the Gallery link on the left frame as seen here.
Show example maps in the page. This page shows various areas and their example maps for different applications.
Cursor on the web page. Users may browse through these links for learning or idea forming purposes.
Click on the User forum. Under Quick links, click on the User forum link.
Point to Sourceforge web page. In the Sourceforge web page users can ask questions.
Point to the top right. Notice the questions many users have asked on Freeplane.

To ask questions in this forum, learner must create a free login and sign in.

Go to Freeplane home page website. Again, Go to the Freeplane website.
Cursor on the Documentation section. Scroll down and notice the documentation section, which can be used for help.
Cursor on the community and development section and issue tracker. There is also a community and development section.

If an issue is noticed in the software, it can be reported to the developers.

Slide Number 9

Benefits of Using Freeplane

There are several benefits of using Freeplane.

Concepts can be,

  • Presented in a structured manner.
  • Written with less words, without need of long sentences.


Slide Number 10

Freeplane in Teaching and Learning

In academics, Freeplane can be used for,
  • Teaching and learning concepts
  • Writing notes or
  • Lecture and Presentations
Slide Number 11

Gist of the tutorials in this series

* Now I will play excerpts of the tutorials created in this series.
Show Title slide of Introduction to Freeplane. In this tutorial, we will install Freeplane in Linux and Windows OS.
Show the map and nodes, fold map, zoom part of the video.
  • Learner will be introduced to the concept of nodes.
  • We will also learn to zoom, fold and move the map.
Show title slide of Nodes and Basic Commands. In the next tutorial learner will add nodes and format them.
Show part of video to
  • Add child, sibling node
  • Format style
  • Adding cloud.
Learner will add,
  • Child, sibling and summary nodes
  • Format map style and
  • Add clouds to the map.
Show title slide of Linking line and Floating node. This tutorial explains about Floating nodes and drawing a Linking line.
Show video of adding linking line, floating node and adding table.
  • Adding and linking line
  • Adding table to a node
Show title slide of Adding Resources. This tutorial explains about adding learning resources to the map.
Show the title slide.

Play a few seconds of the clip from the tutorial.

This tutorial explains about,
  • Adding image and files to a map.
  • We will also add attributes in the tutorial.
Show title slide of Concept maps in Teaching and Learning. In the next tutorial learner will learn features to aid in a classroom.
Show part of video to
  • Notes and tool tip
  • Adding icon
  • Import map.
Learner will add,
  • Notes to a node
  • Associate icons with a node and
  • Import another map and a directory.
Show title slide of Concept maps in teaching and learning and Structured text to map conversion. These two tutorials explain about features to aid in teaching and learning.
Show adding icon, importing directory.


Show the imported map.

  • We will add icons, copy text, import directory.
  • We will also import another map.
Show import, export of concept map. Learner will convert a map to structured text document and map again.
Show Title slide of Slide presentation. Next tutorial in the series is on Slide presentation.
Show excerpts of
  • Adding slides
  • Adding contents and
  • Playing the slide presentation.
In this tutorial, the user will,
  • Add slides and slide contents in a map.
  • Then we will play the slide presentation.
Show title slide from website. In the Time manager and reminder tutorial,
Show excerpt of the video on adding date and reminder alarm.
  • Learner will, associate a date and time from the calendar to a node and
  • Set alarm reminder for chores.
Show title slide from Conditional style of tutorial. The next tutorial explains about creating conditional styles in the map.
  • Show adding user conditional style
  • Adding map conditional style
Learner will
  • Create user conditional style
  • Node and map conditional conditional styles.
Show title slide from website. This tutorial is about the use of Groovy scripting in Freeplane.
Play excerpts of the tutorial. Learner will,
  • Write a short Groovy script and
  • Run the script on the nodes in the map.
Show spoken website on Freeplane tutorials. Later on, we may add more tutorials in this series.

These tutorials will be available on this website.

Slide Number 12

Summary

To summarize, in this tutorial, we learned about,
  • Freeplane website
  • Capabilities of Freeplane
  • Add-on modules and organizer capabilities
  • User forum and

Played excerpts of Freeplane tutorials on this website.

Slide Number 12

Spoken Tutorial Project

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Slide Number 13

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Slide Number 14

Forum questions

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  • Choose the minute and second where you have the question.
  • Explain your question briefly.
  • Spoken tutorial project will ensure an answer.
  • You must register to ask questions.
Slide Number 15

Forum for specific questions:

  • The Spoken Tutorial forum is for specific questions on this tutorial.
  • Please do not post unrelated and general questions on them
  • This will help reduce the clutter.
  • With less clutter, we can use these discussions as instructional material.
Slide Number 16

Acknowledgement

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