What is Inspiration?
Inspiration is a software designed to aid in creative and critical thinking projects. It provides visual tools such as mind maps, concept maps, webs, idea sketches and outlines to facilitate brainstorming, organizing ideas, visual thinking, and presentations.
Some key features of Inspiration include:
- Diagram view for creating mind maps, flow charts, webs to visualize connections between ideas
- Outline view for hierarchical outlining and organizing of concepts
- RapidFire keyword suggest tool for sparking new ideas as you brainstorm
- Presentation mode to turn outlines and diagrams into slides, handouts and other presentation visuals
- Integration with Microsoft Word to send contents into neatly formatted Word documents
- Images and multimedia options to embellish mind maps with graphics and videos to enhance concepts
- Drawing tools to annotate diagrams and maps
- Ability to collaborate through Google Drive and in real-time through Inspiration Maps
Inspiration is aimed at students, teachers, business professionals and anyone looking to employ visual thinking techniques and graphic organizers to facilitate idea generation, critical thinking, planning and presentation building. Its simple interface, welcomed by non-technical users, along with its powerful structure and visual format makes it a versatile creativity and productivity tool for all age groups and fields.
Lucidchart, Xmind, FreeMind, MindNode, MindManager , Wondershare EdrawMax, SimpleMind, TheBrain, MindMeister, Coggle, Popplet, Wondershare EdrawMind, KnowledgeBase Builder, Axon Idea Processor, Visual Understanding Environment, NodeMind, Mind Pad are some alternatives to Inspiration.