Digital Tools for Teaching and Learning

Mindomo is a versatile collaborative mind mapping, concept mapping and outlining tool that offers a complete platform to develop ideas and brainstorming interactively. Mindomo's features including sharing, collaboration, task management, presentations and interactive web publication.

With a free account, users have access to:

• 3 mind maps
• Sharing, publishing, and collaboration

Mindomo is best for

• Real-time student/group collaboration 
• Essay and project planning and feedback
• Presentation planning and building
• Online assessment:
  • Grading.
  • Course outlines

Limitations

• Free version limits the amount of mind maps you can make and download

Accessibility

While creating and collaborating on a mind map is not accessible, the final product can be exported as an accessible Word document with proper heading navigation. 

Read more about exporting mind maps. 

Support

Have questions? Mindomo is supported by Library Accessibility Services. 

Resources

Mindmeister is an online mind mapping tool that lets you capture, develop and share ideas visually. You can share your mind maps with as many friends or colleagues as you want and everyone can see changes made in the mind map immediately. Collaborators can quickly comment on topics, vote on ideas, or discuss changes in a chat.

With the free account, 

• create up to 3 mind maps
• collaborate with tothers
• email support

Mindmeister is best for

• Project planning.
• Team management and meetings. 
• Brainstorming sessions.
• Individual and collaborative note taking.
• Class discussions and activities: 
  • Idea sharing.
  • Project collaboration.

Limitations

• Limited privacy settings, especially in basic plan. 

Accessibility

• This tool and whatever your create with it is not accessible.

Resources

Time.Graphics is a free online service. Timelines and graphs are easy to create and can be done within minutes by exporting data from various services—Google Analytics, Google Console, Google Play, YouTube, and so on—into the timeline you wish to create.

With a free account:

• Created timelines are public
• Users have access to customization features
• Export to any format

Time.Graphics is best for

• Illustrative and visual studying
• Analysis:
  • Comparing and contrasting
  • Data analysis
  • Making predictions
• Progress overview and analysis: 
  • Keeping track of goals, achievements, and results

Limitations

• Does not allow drag and drop

Accessibility

This tool and whatever your create with it is not accessible.

Resources

Storyboard That is an online tool to create a storyboard. It has a simple drag and drop interface and a large collection of custom artwork.  

With a free account, you have access to:

• Thousands of Customizable Images
• 2 Storyboards per Week
• 3 and 6 Cell Storyboards
• Classic Storyboard Layout
• Single User Account
• Watermarks
• Basic Print Options
• Upload your own images and designs. 

Storyboard That is best for

• Organizing ideas for a short project. 
• Visualizing ideas for different design work, including comics, posters, and videos.  

Limitations

• Free accounts have limited options and are best for smaller projects.
• May not have all the scenes, objects, or characters that you are looking for. 
• Has a very specific style aesthetic that may or may not work with your project. 
• Some users have complained that it is slow to load and that it isn't updated very often. 

Accessibility

Storyboard That recommends some Chrome extensions for some users with disabilities:

• Colorblind - Dalton for Google Chrome is an extension for colourblind users that allows them to change the intensity and filter to be customized based on their needs. 
• Selection Reader - Text to Speech is useful for people with learning disabilities or who are learning a new language. 
• OpenDyslexic Font for Chrome changes the font on a website to a dyslexia-friendly font. 

Please visit Chrome Extensions for Accessibility on Storyboard That for more information. 

Resources

• Help - Storyboard That