Create

To add a Mindmap activity to your design, just drag and drop the activity in the authoring canvas and double click on it to set it up.

Mindmap Content

Basic tab for mindmap

Basic Content

Title: this is the name of the activity shown to students.

• Use a clear and descriptive title to communicate the purpose of the task Example: “Understanding Climate Change: Causes and Connections”

Instructions / Description

This section allows you to provide guidance to students.

• Explain what the activity is about
• Provide step-by-step instructions on how to contribute
• Clarify expectations (e.g. adding ideas, linking concepts, collaborating)

Tip: Be explicit about whether students should add new ideas, refine others, or create connections.

Create the central mindmap topic

As a teacher, you may begin the central mindmap topics to use as guideline.

Setting the central mindmap ideas

Advanced Settings

Enable Collaborative Editing

• ON:

  • Students work together on a shared mindmap
  • All participants can add, edit, and connect ideas collaboratively
• OFF:

  • Each student creates their own individual mindmap

💡 Use collaborative mode for Problem Based Learning, Team-Based Learning and idea sharing.

Gallery Walk

(Only available when using groups/teams)

Allows teams to view other teams’ mindmaps after they complete theirs

• Students in teams can:

  • Review peer work
  • Provide feedback
  • Rate contributions

This promotes:

• Inter-team discussion
• Higher-order thinking
• Peer learning and reflection

Lock when finished

• ON:

  • Once students complete the activity, they can no longer edit the mindmap
• OFF:

  • Students can return and continue editing

💡 Enable this when you want a final submission or to preserve work for assessment.

Learning Outcomes

Mapping learning outcomes to activities is very useful for curriculum mapping.

Add learning outcomes to the activity

As with all activities in LAMS, you can map your learning outcomes to this activity. If you want to add a learning outcome, just search for the particular outcome or type a new one it will be added to your list of learning outcomes for the future.

You can search Learning Outcomes by code or name.