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Whether you prefer to create online mind maps or plan to use Mindomo offline (on your PC, mobile, or tablet), you have the same easy-to-follow steps for creating your maps:

1. CREATE a blank diagram from Mindomo Dashboard (or choose a template – there are infinite canvases available in the Mindomo library).
   
   

2. Write the MAIN IDEA in the central topic. This is the major concept that you will be focusing on.
   
   

3. Add CONNECTED IDEAS in subtopics that branch out from the central topic. Think about it like a brainstorming exercise and add any idea that crosses your mind in the second level of your map.
   
   

4. CONTINUE ADDING MORE LEVELS. Each topic can have subtopics branching out in more subtopics, and so on. It’s up to you how deep you want to dive into the subject.
   
   

5. CUSTOMIZE your diagram (change color, shapes, fonts, sizes) and add MULTIMEDIA ELEMENTS. Reinforce the content by making the bigger picture visually appealing and easier to retain and convey.
   
   

6. SHARE your work to further edit it in collaboration. When you’re done, turn the map into a PRESENTATION and showcase it to your colleagues, clients, or collaborators.
   
   For more details about how to make a mind map, read our detailed Help guide.

Mind mapping is a great technique that boosts your creativity, improves understanding and memory, and organizes your ideas visually. Moreover, it’s great for project management. All of these at the same time.

Thanks to its multiple applications, you can use it in your personal life, at work, or at school.

Read below to see how.

Even if you are completely new to Mindomo, this simple-to-use mind map maker helps you create diagrams like a pro. Thanks to its user-friendly interface, you can find key features easily, right when you need them.

Structuring information in a thinking map is more effective than the traditional methods (plain text and notes). Start by writing the central idea, then branch out with more related ideas.

Your ideation journey will sum up as many ideas as you can come up with. Seeing how they connect will help you classify, organize, and prioritize them.

Use bold colors and shapes to highlight what’s important. Turn ideas into action by assigning tasks. Create to-do lists, project management lists, time management and brainstorming frameworks, business meeting plans, business analysis maps, and more.

With Mindomo you can build diagrams in collaboration with friends or colleagues. More minds are better than one.

Using the available sharing options, you can give collaborators instant access to your work. At the same time, the chat feature will help you communicate proactively.

You can see in real-time all the changes of all the people editing the map. So, even at a distance, you will collaborate as if you are in the same place. A full history of changes overview is also available - the exact changes, who made them, and when.

Teamwork projects are simpler with real-time collaboration. Create and assign tasks to boost productivity. The visual framework keeps the plan simple and organized, so everyone will know what to do.

As this blog post suggests - “creativity will not occur without the ability to think interestingly — outside the box, making previously unrealized connections, and/or seeing things in ways that others don’t.” And this is where diagramming, mind mapping in particular, steps in.

Tony Buzan’s mind map description says it all. It’s a “powerful graphic technique which provides a universal key to unlock the potential of the brain. It harnesses the full range of cortical skills — word, image, number, logic, rhythm, colour and spatial awareness — in a single, uniquely powerful manner. In so doing, it gives you the freedom to roam the infinite expanses of your brain.”

When diagramming, your brain will effortlessly come up with more and more ideas, and visualize new connections between them.

Use diagrams for brainstorming, understanding scientific notions, better note-taking, summarizing, essay writing, etc. Why? To boost your learning experience. To identify essential information more easily. To master the organization and classification of concepts. To see the connections to new and original ideas.

As you develop a healthy questioning and rationalizing attitude, you’ll make your learning material easily accessible. Furthermore, using shapes, pictures, and colors will make everything stick in your memory.

Feel free to use any of our mind map ideas for students, along with our tips and tricks.

Showcase your amazing ideas by turning diagrams into lively presentations. Once you finished working on a map, you can switch to the presentation view mode and set the slides. Everything in the same mind map creator tool, saving precious time by not using a different presentation app.

Remember, a good presentation has only essential ideas written on the slides, not huge blocks of text. Aim to have a maximum of 4 bullet points of 5 words each, with a maximum of 33 words per slide.

You have two options when you create your maps:

◼ Online: you will have a web-based mind map software which you can access from anywhere by logging in to your account.

◼ Offline: using the mobile apps (Android and iOS) or the Desktop version. You can use these versions without creating an account.

However, you can work both online and offline. Save precious time when you work remotely or you don’t have access to a stable internet connection. Build your maps offline and, with one click, synchronize everything with your online account afterward.

Have everything in one place. Mindomo is a free mind map creator that offers a variety of integrations with your favorite apps.

✓ File hosting services: import files directly from Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive;

✓ Learning management systems: Mindomo developed several integrations with the most popular LMSs - Canvas, Moodle, Desire2Learn, itslearning, Moodle, Schoology, Google Classroom and more;

✓ Apps: work more efficiently thanks to the integrations with Office365, Microsoft Teams, and Evernote;

✓ Sign up easy and fast using the identity provider you prefer - Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Windows Live, Office365, etc.

Mindomo has three types of accounts you can sign up for free. You can create a new account as a teacher, student, or for business & personal use.

The tool’s interface looks the same altogether, but you will have access to dedicated features and diagram templates depending on the chosen account type.

Sign up for a lifetime, free account and explore Mindomo while creating amazing diagrams!