CREATING A CONCEPT MAP

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CREATING A CONCEPT MAP USING THE OOI OCEAN EDUCATION PORTAL T create a cncept map in the OOI Ocean Educatin Prtal yu must be registered fr an accunt n http://educatin.ceanbservatries.rg.

1 CREATING A CONCEPT MAP USING THE OOI OCEAN EDUCATION PORTAL T create a cncept map in the OOI Ocean Educatin Prtal yu must be registered fr an accunt n Yu can create and save cncept maps when yu are lgged in t the website. IMPORTANT: YOU CAN ONLY CREATE MAPS USING DESKTOP AND LAPTOP COMPUTERS. TABLETS AND MOBILE DEVICES CANNOT BE USED WITH THIS TOOL. Create a New Cncept Map! Click n the Cncept Maps link n the OOI hme page menu bar and select Create a Cncept Map. The Cncept Map Builder will pen with a new wrkspace (shwn belw).! Enter a title in the field abve the wrkspace! Yu may add an ptinal descriptin by typing Type yur descriptin here... int the field belw the wrkspace.! Click the gld Save buttn belw the wrkspace t save yur cncept map. Fr assistance using the Cncept Map Builder, cntact Carla at carla.cmpanin@maine.edu 1

2 Create New Map Objects Cncept Tl Cncepts! Click the Cncept Tl select a shape, and then duble-click n the wrkspace t create a cncept.! Click and drag the cncept t relcate it n the wrkspace.! Click and drag the arrw at the tp right f the cncept t increase r decrease its size.! Click nce n the cncept t select it. T edit the cncept title, select and replace the default text inside the cncept.! When the cncept is selected, a menu with cncept editing ptins will pen (clr, text, pacity, line thickness).! When yu have finished editing the cncept, click anywhere n the wrkspace t de-select the cncept. Create New Lines/Cnnectins: Line Tl Lines! Click n the Line Tl, chse a straight, curved r frked line.! Duble-click n the wrkspace t create the first end f the line.! Click nce mre n the wrkspace t cmplete the line.! Once created, the line can be lengthened r repsitined (using the square handles) r mved in its entirety by clicking and dragging the line itself.! Click nce n the line t select it. When the line is selected, a menu with editing ptins will pen (pacity, thickness, clr, shape and arrw head ptins).! Cnnecting phrases can be edited by selecting and replacing the default text written n the line.! Curved lines can be adjusted by selecting the small circle utside f the selected line and dragging it t increase/decrease the arc f the curved line. Fr assistance using the Cncept Map Builder, cntact Carla at carla.cmpanin@maine.edu 2

3 Textbx Tl Text Bxes! Click n the Textbx Tl and then duble-click n the map wrkspace t create a text bx.! Click nce n the text bx t select it. When the text bx is selected, a menu with editing ptins will pen (text frmatting, backgrund clr, and utline).! Text bxes can be edited by selecting and replacing the default text written n the line. Editing and Interacting With Existing Map Objects Mving Objects! Once bjects are created, they can be mved arund the wrkspace. Click and drag bjects t repsitin them.! T adjust yur view f the entire map, click and drag yur muse arund the wrkspace (anywhere n the gridded backgrund).! T mve a cncept r text bx, click and drag it t the desired lcatin. Wrking With Straight Lines! Select the line yu wish t edit by clicking n it.! T lengthen r shrten the line, click and drag the square handle lcated at the end f the line t drag the line t its desired length. handle Fr assistance using the Cncept Map Builder, cntact Carla at carla.cmpanin@maine.edu 3

4 Wrking With curved lines! Select the line yu wish t edit by clicking n it.! T lengthen r shrten the line, click and drag the square handle lcated at the end f the line t drag the line t its desired length.! A rund handle will appear away frm the bdy f the curve, attached by faint lines.! Drag this handle t adjust the curvature f the line. Wrking With Frks! Select the frk yu wish t edit by clicking n it.! Click n an individual tine f the frk t adjust its psitin and frmatting. The handle can be dragged t any psitin (see image at right).! Click n the blue circle attached t the crssbar f the frk t adjust its psitin vertically (see belw). tine crssbar! T add anther tine t a frk, click and drag the buttn. A cncept will autmatically appear attached t the new tine. Fr assistance using the Cncept Map Builder, cntact Carla at carla.cmpanin@maine.edu 4

5 Snapping Lines and Cncepts! Select a line, and click and drag the line handle ver the desired cncept and release it.! The edges arund the cncept will flash light blue t indicate that the line has been successfully snapped t the cncept.! The pint f the line will autmatically mve t the edge f the cncept. Unsnapping Lines and Cncepts! Click and drag the line handle away frm the cncept.! A message will pp up letting yu knw that the handle is n lnger snapped t the cncept. Deleting Objects! T delete a cncept, line, r text bx, click nce n it. A small x will appear.! Click n the x t delete it frm the wrkspace. A cncept map created in the OOI Ocean Educatin Prtal cmparing hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. Fr assistance using the Cncept Map Builder, cntact Carla at carla.cmpanin@maine.edu 5

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