Popplet Review

Make Capturing  And Organizing Ideas Simple And Fun Using Popples

Capturing and organizing ideas and information using Popplet is so simple and an enjoyable experience. The mind mapping application uses squares or boxes known as popples. Popples are the basic building blocks of Popplet, and creating them is very easy that even five-year-old kids can quickly learn how to do it on their own.

Generate Parent And Child Popples

By simply double clicking or tapping any area on the blank canvas or popplet board, users will be able to generate a popple. Generally, there are two types of popples which can be set up using the tool, namely parent popples and child popples. Once users are able to generate a single popple which serves as the parent popple, they can add multiple popples to represent the child popples.

Activity Bar

Popplet comes with popple management features that make the process of viewing, arranging, and manipulating popples a breeze. For example, if users want to focus more a single popple and customize its content, they can activate it by clicking inside it. After this, they will notice that there is a set of icons shown below the popple. This is called the activity bar, and it is comprised of specific tools for uploading files, entering texts, and other capabilities.

Move Popples Around the Popplet Board

In terms of arranging the popples, the application provides users with the capability to move a popple to any area within the popplet board. This is very useful especially if they want to change how each idea, topic, or information is related to each other. They can also move multiple popples all at once.

Zoom In And Out

Popplet has zooming functionalities. In the web version of the application, a zoom control functionality can be used to zoom in or out on the popplet board. In case users have installed the application on their iPad, zooming in and out is done by pinching the iPad screen with two fingers.

Add Images And Videos To Your Mind Map

As previously mentioned, each popple contains an activity bar which is displayed underneath it once it is activated. The activity bar has a button or tool which can be used for uploading image or video files and adding them to popples. Thus, users can import images and videos that are saved on their computer. What’s great about this is that if they are using an iPhone or iPad, they can even copy images from third-party applications and paste them into the popples. In addition, they can take a picture using the Take A Photo option that they can access from their iOS device and upload it directly to a specific popple.

Drawing Tool

Popplet is truly a fun and enjoyable mind mapping application. This is because it permits anyone to draw right straight on the popples they have generated. This is made possible through the aid of another tool found on the activity bar which is the drawing tool. Once such tool is tapped, a window will pop up where users can select which color they want to use for their drawing. Then, they can start drawing using their fingers, a stylus, or any drawing aid. This way of adding drawings to popples, however, is applicable only for iOS device users. If users want to draw using Popplet’s web version, drawings can be created by clicking and dragging.

Unleash Creativity Through Tracing 

However, when it comes to creating drawings, not all people share the same level of artistic capabilities and skills. In other words, some may need to develop these skills first before they are able to fully unleash the creative power inside them. Because of this, Popplet offers the ability to trace over drawings or images imported into the application. Tracing can be initiated as soon as the drawing or image is added to the popple.

Enhance Visual Learning And Brainstorming

Popplet’s tracing feature is very useful for teaching kids to express themselves. Also, this feature works best for users who are conducting collaborative discussions and brainstorming sessions, as they will be able to annotate on their mind maps and documents that are related to their plans or projects.

Communicate Effectively By Inserting Texts To Popples

Most mind maps and visual learning tools rely heavily on texts. This is because a text is an excellent visual element used to effectively communicate ideas, whether at work or in the classroom. With Popplet, texts can be easily added to popples. To add texts, users need to click on the text icon on the activity bar. This icon appears as a T-icon on iOS devices and A-icon on PCs. Once the text icon is enabled, a blue cursor will be automatically displayed on the popple. Then, they can start typing words.

Text Feature Box

Moreover, whenever the text icon is activated, a box will also pop up. This box is called the text feature box, and it is used for configuring the font size and alignment of the text being added to the popple. Here, users have the option to choose from small, medium, or large font size and left, center, or right text alignment.

Copy, Paste, And Position Texts

As part of its text addition features, Popplet allows users to position a text in any way they want. Thus, texts can be placed above, below, or at the left or right side of the images or any elements. Texts can be copied from external sources and pasted into the popples as well.

Connect To External Resources Using URL Links

To wrap it up, URLs can also be added to popples. Adding a URL link is just like adding a text. Thus, this capability utilizes the same used for entering texts which is the text icon. Inserting URL links to popples is a great referencing feature. It can help colleagues or students access resources and documents from websites, webpages, and other sources so they can better understand the content of a mind map. Furthermore, as users add URL links, they can include videos or images so that others will have an idea where they are going once they access the links. This is very useful when long URL links need to be shortened, as shortened URLs sometimes may not provide clear and identifiable information about the websites or sources they are referring to.