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![[File:Conceptmap1.png|400x450px|thumb|Creating a concept map using Freeplane]]

![[File:Conceptmap1.png|400x450px|thumb|Image 8 - Creating a concept map using Freeplane]]

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To learn working with Freeplane, we will start creating a concept map for Digital Story Telling; you will see above that Freeplane has opened a window with a box with text "New mindmap".  This node, also called the "root node" will contain the core idea/ theme of the resource.  Additional ideas are added by adding more nodes, called child nodes.  The concept map gets built by adding further child nodes, for topics and sub-topics.  Use the ‘insert’ key to create a ‘child node’ this is a sub-concept of your current concept. Use the ‘enter’ key to create a ‘sibling’ this is a parallel concept to your current concept. Thus you can create a concept map with knowing just two functions – add child node (insert) and add sibling node (enter).

To learn working with Freeplane, we will start creating a concept map for Digital Story Telling; you will see above that Freeplane has opened a window with a box with text "New mindmap".  This node, also called the "root node" will contain the core idea/ theme of the resource.  Additional ideas are added by adding more nodes, called child nodes.  The concept map gets built by adding further child nodes, for topics and sub-topics.  Use the ‘insert’ key to create a ‘child node’ this is a sub-concept of your current concept. Use the ‘enter’ key to create a ‘sibling’ this is a parallel concept to your current concept. Thus you can create a concept map with knowing just two functions – add child node (insert) and add sibling node (enter).

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|[[File:Conceptmap2.png|left|thumb|400x450px|Creating the node tree for a concept map]]

|[[File:Conceptmap2.png|left|thumb|400x450px|Image 9 - Creating the node tree for a concept map]]

|[[File:COL_-_Concept_Map_on_DST.png|thumb|400x450px|Concept map on digital story telling, after all nodes are created]]  

|[[File:COL_-_Concept_Map_on_DST.png|thumb|400x450px|Image 10 - Concept map on digital story telling, after all nodes are created]]  

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As a part of this toolkit, we have developed a concept map on digital story telling.  Concept maps can be stored on your folders; they are saved with an extension ".mm". We have created a concept map called Learning Digital Story Telling.mm and saved it on our folder for text resources as part of the personal digital library for digital story telling.  The extension .mm stands for mindmap. Our map has nodes for the ‘why’, ‘what’ and ‘how’ of DST, with sub-nodes.  

As a part of this toolkit, we have developed a concept map on digital story telling.  Concept maps can be stored on your folders; they are saved with an extension ".mm". We have created a concept map called Learning Digital Story Telling.mm and saved it on our folder for text resources as part of the personal digital library for digital story telling.  The extension .mm stands for mindmap. Our map has nodes for the ‘why’, ‘what’ and ‘how’ of DST, with sub-nodes.  

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|[[File:COL_-_Type_the_hyperlink_in_Concept_map.png|left|400x450px|Inserting hyper-link in a concept map|thumb]]

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|[[File:COL_Freeplane_concept_map_on_DST.png|thumb|400x450px|Concept map with the hyper-link (pink arrow)]]

|[[File:COL_Freeplane_concept_map_on_DST.png|thumb|400x450px|Image 12 - Concept map with the hyper-link (pink arrow)]]

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==== Inserting a note ====

==== Inserting a note ====

In our  Learning Digital Story Telling.mm concept map, you will also see a yellow label beside the arrow and if you place your mouse over the yellow label, you will see a note description.  To add a note, you can click on the node, go to <u>View--->Notes--->Display note panel</u>; this will open a window in which you can type your notes. You can change the position and size of this note window.   

In our  Learning Digital Story Telling.mm concept map, you will also see a yellow label beside the arrow and if you place your mouse over the yellow label, you will see a note description.  To add a note, you can click on the node, go to <u>View--->Notes--->Display note panel</u>; this will open a window in which you can type your notes. You can change the position and size of this note window.   

[[File:Conceptmap3.png|none|thumb|450x450px|Notes can be added to nodes]]   

[[File:Conceptmap3.png|none|thumb|450x450px|Image 13 - Notes can be added to nodes]]   

You should practice inserting a note for any one of your nodes in your concept map, following these steps.  In this manner, your concept map OER can provide notes for each node, to provide richer and more detailed information for that node. (Advanced tip – If you export your concept map as a ‘odt’ or ‘doc’ text file, your note will be added to the section created for the node).   

You should practice inserting a note for any one of your nodes in your concept map, following these steps.  In this manner, your concept map OER can provide notes for each node, to provide richer and more detailed information for that node. (Advanced tip – If you export your concept map as a ‘odt’ or ‘doc’ text file, your note will be added to the section created for the node).   

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![[File:Conceptmap4.png|thumb|400x487px|Adding a note window |left]]

![[File:Conceptmap4.png|thumb|400x487px|Image 14 - Adding a note window |left]]

![[File:COL_-_Entering_the_note_in_a_concept_map.png|thumb|400x459px|Inserting note in Freeplane]]

![[File:COL_-_Entering_the_note_in_a_concept_map.png|thumb|400x459px|Image 15 - Inserting note in Freeplane]]

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The aim here is to get you started with concept map OER creation using Freeplane. For advanced functions, you should refer to the User Manual for the application. The Freeplane tutorial is available within Freeplane itself, which you can access anytime by pressing the F1 function key.

The aim here is to get you started with concept map OER creation using Freeplane. For advanced functions, you should refer to the User Manual for the application. The Freeplane tutorial is available within Freeplane itself, which you can access anytime by pressing the F1 function key.

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|[[File:COL-saving_freeplane.png|thumb|400x450px|Saving a concept map in Freeplane|left]]

|[[File:COL-saving_freeplane.png|thumb|400x450px|Image 16 - Saving a concept map in Freeplane|left]]

|[[File:COL_Freeplane_export.png|thumb|400x450px|Exporting a Freeplane concept map in multiple formats]]

|[[File:COL_Freeplane_export.png|thumb|400x450px|Image 17 - Exporting a Freeplane concept map in multiple formats]]

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