Description
Inspiration 11 is a simple but powerful visual thinking tool for creating mind maps, concept maps, graphic organisers, outlines and presentations with ease!
Inspiration makes it easy to quickly capture your ideas and visually organise them to communicate concepts and strengthen understanding. Transfer your visual diagram to a written outline in just one-click, perfect for structuring writing plans for papers and reports.
Then effortlessly transfer your diagrams and outlines to Word, Google Docs, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF, HTML or as a graphics file.
Inspiration 11 encourages strong critical thinking skills, supports the writing process, and helps you build conceptual understanding to map out your knowledge.
Popular features include: the RapidFire® tool for brainstorming ideas quickly; adding notes to symbols; recording audio notes; text-to-speech; spell checker; thesaurus; hyperlinking; embedding audio and video and importing Word and PowerPoint files.
Key Features
- Brainstorm quickly with the RapidFire® tool.
- Use Inspiration’s range of images and symbols, or import your own to represent information and trigger memory.
- Show relationships between ideas with linking phrases.
- Add notes to symbols to expand on ideas.
- Add references and hyperlinks using the Citation tool. Inspiration will then create an alphabetically organised Bibliography section at the end of your outline.
- Organise ideas effortlessly using the Arrange tool to create various tree diagrams and webs.
- Apply theming to colour code, highlight key concepts and group information.
- Use the Checklist feature to plan work and tick off tasks.
- Access 150 templates: thinking skills, education and workplace related
- Transform diagrams and mind maps to written outlines with one click. Export effortlessly to Microsoft Word, Google Docs, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF or as a graphics file.
Inspiration 11 is designed to be used by everyone, but is particularly beneficial for users who:
- Have difficulty with short-term memory, retaining and processing information.
- Get distracted when there is too much text to deal with.
- Find it challenging to express ideas in writing.
- Struggle with the structure and layout of essays.
- Often have to take extended recovery breaks from working to alleviate symptoms (e.g. mental health difficulties).
- Have difficulties organising ideas and remaining focused long enough to get ideas written down (e.g. Autistic Spectrum Disorder or mental health difficulties).
- Find it hard to develop and deliver presentations.
New to Inspiration 11
- Themes – Apply effective and visually appealing colour coding to your maps and diagrams with one click. As well as easing visual stress, applying a coloured theme to your diagram is incredibly effective for organising information, engaging visual thinkers, and helping with memory retention. This also helps stop procrastination and ensures any added visual cues are beneficial to thinking and learning.
- Symbols – Symbols and images within Inspiration allow users to quickly add visual cues to their diagrams which helps with comprehension and retention. While some old favourites remain, the majority of the symbols library has been updated to provide more updated and engaging graphics.
- Visual updates – The new starter screen has been updated and includes a recent files list for users to easily jump back into projects. Also, the Diagram View default settings have been modernised to better engage users.
- Exam mode – Switch off the built-in spell checker and word guide, perfect for when exam regulations require this.
