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===== Getting introduced to Freeplane =====

===== Getting introduced to Freeplane =====

[[File:Freeplane logo.png|frameless|20x20px|link=https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/File:Freeplane_logo.png]][[wikipedia:Freeplane|Freeplane]] is a FOSS application that can be used to create concept maps; in this unit you will learn how to use [[wikipedia:Freeplane|Freeplane]] and its various functionalities.You can view concept maps through Freeplane reader, on Android mobile phones. In the custom distribution of the Ubuntu operating system, accompanying this sourcebook, all FOSS applications have been bundled.  To open Freeplane, select <u>Applications → Office →</u> <u>[https://www.freeplane.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Freeplane]</u>, as shown in the first image below. 

[[File:Freeplane logo.png|frameless|20x20px|link=https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/File:Freeplane_logo.png]][[wikipedia:Freeplane|Freeplane]] is a FOSS application that can be used to create concept maps; in this unit you will learn how to use [[wikipedia:Freeplane|Freeplane]] and its various functionalities.You can view concept maps through Freeplane reader, on Android mobile phones.    

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

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

File:Conceptmap2.png|400x450px|thumb|left|Creating a node tree using Freeplane

File:Conceptmap2.png|400x450px|thumb|left|Creating a node tree using Freeplane

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</gallery>In the custom distribution of the Ubuntu operating system, accompanying this sourcebook, all FOSS applications have been bundled.  To open Freeplane, select <u>Applications → Office →</u> <u>[https://www.freeplane.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Freeplane]</u>, as shown in the first image below.

The second image shows you how a new concept map appears in Freeplane. When you open Freeplane, the application  opens a window with a box containing the  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.   

To learn working with Freeplane, you should first develop a concept map for any topic you want to develop a resource on. When you open Freeplane, the application  opens a window with a box containing the  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  

 

(image 2) with knowing just two functions – add child node (insert) and add sibling node (enter). The ideas you have about the topic, the sequencing of ideas and sub concepts, the specific points for each idea / sub-concept can be developed on the map.

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, as shown in the third image, with just two functions – add child node (insert) and add sibling node (enter). The ideas you have about the topic, the sequencing of ideas and sub concepts, the specific points for each idea / sub-concept can be developed on the map.

[[File:Conceptmap2.png|left|thumb|400x450px|Image 2 - Creating the node tree for a concept map]]

[[File:Conceptmap2.png|left|thumb|400x450px|Image 2 - Creating the node tree for a concept map]]

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