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MindMeister [on the Web]

Create mind maps (together with others)

MindMeister is a web-based online tool for creating digital mind maps – either alone or in a group. Real-time editing together with others is possible.

MindMeister can be used by employees at TU Darmstadt via a campus licence in conjunction with MeisterTask.

It offers many helpful functions for collecting, developing and sharing ideas in a visually structured way. The individual idea points can be linked to each other or enriched with links, images, notes and to-dos. There are also free design options with regard to the arrangement and colour of the individual points collected.

Get to Know MindMeister

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Possible Uses

Working alone or in a team:

  • Brainstorming and collecting ideas
  • Structuring a topic mentally, e.g. for learning, preparing for an exam, developing a concept, drafting a presentation
  • Gaining an overview of the relevant areas before planning and organising something
  • Private or public creation of mind maps or presentations
  • Save mind maps as PDF or JPG files
  • Various viewing options and ready-made templates (e.g. for brainstorming, project plans, to-do lists)
  • Create and manage notes, links, files, to-dos
  • Collaborate in real time and share finished mind maps with others
  • Integration of a chat window for coordinating ideas, leaving comments and making agreements
  • Integration of MeisterTask

Registration & use on different devices:

To be able to use MindMeister, you have to register on the website. You can register via Google, Facebook or your e-mail address.
Please note the registration information on the HRZ website if you are using the campus licence, which is available to all employees with an @tu-darmstadt.de address.

MindMeister can then be used via all common browsers and as a mobile app on Apple or Android devices.

Versions:

There is a free basic version. However, this can only be used online and it is only possible to create three mind maps. Neither images nor files can be uploaded. Real-time collaboration between groups is possible here.

There are other paid versions of MindMeister.

  • The Pro account offers the full range of functions. This allows the mind maps created to be exported to Word or PowerPoint documents.
  • The premium version of MindMeister also allows you to work offline.

As part of the campus licence, the MindMeister Edu Campus Edition is offered to TU employees. Students (including assistants) must use the basic version.

If you use MindMeister as part of the campus licence, the following applies:

This tool is provided centrally by TU Darmstadt and has been checked from a data protection perspective.

If you use the free basic licence of MindMeister, the following applies:

As it is not made available centrally by TU Darmstadt, we would like to point out that you are responsible for checking it yourself in terms of data protection law. Take a look at our guide to evaluating digital tools with regard to data protectionguide to evaluating digital tools with regard to data protection.
The MindMeister security page is also helpful in this regard.

If in doubt, please ask our colleagues in the data protection department.