This is a short How to to introduce learners tand instructors to the simplistic brain storming visualization tool Mindmeister.

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Brainstorm - Mindmeister
How to use the Mindmeister widget
1) Got to the web page https://www.mindmeister.com.
2) Register and select the Free education (teacher/student) options.
3) The screen appears with the title node in the center.
4) Click on the title node.
5) Type your title, idea, concept, …
6) While still in the title node, press the TAB key.
7) A new, topic, node appears.
8) Type the topic text, then press the ENTER
key.
1. Select the topic node, then drag it to another place on the screen.

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9) To add a sub topic node, select a topic, then press the TAB key.
10) In the sub-topic node type text.
11) Add more sub-topic nodes.
12) Add more nodes and sub-topic nodes to complete the mind map.
13) Oh no, I made a mistake! There is an extra sub-sub-node in the image node.

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14) To remove this error, click on the node.
15) Press the DELETE key.
16) On the right side of the screen are more features to make your mind map more
attractive.
17) To use these, selected a node(s), then click on the feature to change the node.
18) See a sample result on the following page.

4. How To Guide - Mindmeister
John Allan 2020