Add a Mind map to your practical activity to help your students visually organise their thoughts.
The Mind map provides an excellent space for individual brainstorming. Start with a main idea in the middle and add more bubbles branching out from there.
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How to set up the Mind map
The Mind map widget can be found in the Questions section of your content bar in Prepare mode. If you can't see the content bar in your Lesson, click on the Add content tab sticking to the right edge of your page.
You can fill in the first bubble or two to help guide your students, or leave it blank for them to create their own structure. Click on the Main idea bubble in the middle of the Mind map to get started and enter a word or phrase for your students to work from. To add sub-idea bubbles, click on the bubble you want to branch from and then click the (+) button at the top of the Mind map.
You also have access to the Undo and Redo buttons (left- and right-pointing curly arrows) and the Delete button (rubbish bin).
The model answer can be written next. Click the Model answer tab below the question text box. Model answers mimic student responses, so your tools for creating the answer will be exactly the same as those provided to the student. This includes a Reset button, which will erase the model answer and bring the Mind map back to the starting point.
How students interact with the Mind map
Students working through your Lesson will see the question as you've written it followed by the Mind map as you have prepared it. In the example above, the teacher input the main idea of "Tomato growth factors" to get students started. Students have access to the same tools as teachers: add and remove bubbles, type in bubbles and Undo/Redo buttons. Up to three levels of sub-ideas can be added.
The student will be able to see more information after you review the student's work and release answers and feedback.
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