How to create free concept maps

How to create your first concept map with algor education - tutorial 01

The ultimate guide for beginners

If you prefer to start your maps from a blank sheet and build them node by node, Algor is the right web app for you. With its free plan, you can create textual maps, i.e. with conceptual nodes containing text (with a limit of 3 maps in edit mode). Just register with a free account (as explained in the video above) and open a new map in our concept map editor. 

You will see an empty map skeleton that you can fill in as you prefer. Algor's concept map editor in its free version allows you to:

• Insert new nodes, connections, and relationships;
• Add images, videos, links to external websites, and audio to the nodes of the map;
• Use different fonts for the text, including dyslexia-friendly fonts such as Lexie Readable;
• Format the text on the nodes or arrows bold, italic, or underlined;
• Change the colors of the text, borders, and background of the nodes;
• Automatically change the layout between mind map (radial) and concept map (tree);
• Easily move entire branches of the map.

All created maps are automatically saved in your account, and you can organize them into convenient folders, marked with attractive symbols and colors. You can take your diagrams with you anywhere, as the maps are consultable and editable even from your smartphone.

Furthermore, if you are short of ideas on the topic of your map, you can take advantage of the Quick Map feature, which automatically suggests questions and answers on the topic you have chosen starting from a keyword or phrase. Algor Education's Free Plan offers you 20 free AI credits to try out this brand new feature.

Customizable templates, real-time collaboration, and a gallery of educational maps

If you prefer to start from a ready-made concept map template, Algor allows you to customize concept maps created by other users for free.

In fact, every map created with this web app can be easily shared via a simple link with view-only or edit permissions (just like Google Drive files). Plus, with Algor's free plan, you can also build your own map in real-time with other users, apply changes and customizations in real-time. 

And that's not all! Algor Education's website offers a gallery of concept maps for school on various study topics: history, Italian, philosophy, science, and many more. Just go to the map gallery, open the map, and create a personal copy on your free account that you can customize according to your own style.

Effortlessly transform your digital documents into concept maps with algor education's free plan

If you have a digital document to start from to create your map, with Algor Education's free plan you can upload PDF or doc files and use them to switch from document to map in one click. Just select the text you want to include in the nodes and click a button.

As shown in the video tutorial, Algor Education document and map communicate in the same screen, so any style changes applied in the document will also occur in the map environment, such as highlighting color. 

Algor's Free plan offers you 50MB of space to upload your PDF or doc documents, such as your digital books.

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All you have to do is visit the Algor Education website and start creating free concept maps with the Free Plan. 

In addition, Algor offers you many other features: automatic creation of concept maps from texts or keywords, export of maps in different formats, printing and speech synthesis, which require a monthly or annual subscription.