How to make Concept Maps automatically from text

Concept mapping starting from a text It is a very effective study method because it helps to summarize it with a graphic tool with great visual impact. Having one or more concept maps that summarize a text helps to fix the main concepts and the relationships between them, better understand the topic, repeat it or expose it aloud.

Compared to doing them with pen and paper, create online concept maps offers several advantages: it makes it easier to modify and update your maps and allows you to make them more interactive with images, videos and other multimedia resources.

Imagine having notes in digital format, a Word document, chapters of a book or a web page to study and understand to learn more about a topic. How comfortable would it be to Automatically transform the starting text into a concept map and then rework it online? Su Algor Education, the platform for learning online with concept maps, it is possible to do it starting from any text on any topic and you can try it for free!

In this article we'll see How to create concept maps automatically starting from your text with Algor Education in 5 simple steps.

1. Access Algor Education

The first step to automatically create concept maps with Algor Education from your text is to log in with your personal account from a computer or tablet. Visit algoreducation.com and click on “Log in” to start your session. If you don't have an account yet, you can sign up for free. Registering with a Google account will make the process even faster. By registering at Algor Education, you'll have immediate access to the Free Plan, which allows you to start creating online concept maps and gifts you 30 AI credits to explore all the app's automatic features.

2. Click on the “Text to Map” Button

Once you've logged in, you'll find yourself in your Personal Area, where you can quickly access the main functions of the app and easily manage all your materials or maps shared by other users. To transform your text into a concept map, click on “Text to map” and a box will open for you to enter the text.

3. Insert the Text You Want to Transform into a Map

Now, you need to insert in the box the text you want to synthesize in the form of a concept map. You can write the text directly by hand or copy and paste it from any source: a Word document, a PDF file, or a webpage like Wikipedia.

Choose any text on any topic. The important thing is to paste it carefully into the box, making sure to correct any formatting errors: the better the quality of the text you insert, the better the map will be. Pay attention to the length of the text: it should have a maximum of 15,000 characters, including spaces.

For this guide, we will use a text about volcanoes and the Earth's interior. After copying the text from a document, we will paste it into the box.

4. Click on “Create” and Get Your Concept Map

Once you've verified that the entered text is correct, click on the orange "Create" button. After a few seconds of processing, we will obtain our concept map about volcanoes directly in the Algor Education concept map editor, automatically generated and ready to be modified. The map will have a title, in this case, "Volcanoes," and main themes such as "The interior of the Earth," "The structure of volcanoes," "Life activity of volcanoes," "Volcanoes in the world," and will gradually propose more specific subtopics linked hierarchically to the upper nodes.

The concept map we provide will resemble a summary of the source text generated by our Artificial Intelligence algorithm. Note that it may contain some inaccuracies or omit some topics, so we advise you to read and review it carefully.

5. Customize the Map as you like

Now, you can take advantage of all the functions of the Algor Education editor to personalize your concept map, even in real time with other users. You can change the font type, style, and color of the text, easily modify the map's layout, move individual nodes or entire branches, insert other nodes with text, images, video, audio, links to web pages to make the map more interactive.

And if you want to add information from digital documents or books, Algor Education allows you to upload PDF or Word files and have them communicate directly with the editor. You can also listen to them with.

Try the Automatic Text to Map for Free

Are you curious about this feature of Algor Education? Do you want to try creating a map automatically from a text right away? It's very easy! Sign up here and with the Free Plan of Algor Education, you will have 30 AI credits at your disposal to test the automatic text map. Each map from a text costs 15 credits, meaning with the free account, you can create 2 free maps.

To use all the paid features of Algor Education (printing, voice synthesis, etc.) and have more AI credits to automatically create concept maps from your texts, you can subscribe to the Basic Plan or the Pro Plan of Algor Education.

The Basic Plan offers you 150 AI credits per month, and the Pro Plan provides 700 AI credits per month. For more information, visit the pricing page.