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Flinga [on the Web]

for simple, quick mind maps

Flinga is a web-based online tool that enables team members to collaboratively create mind maps, notes, and ideas. The tool can be especially useful for conducting activities in larger groups, such as brainstorming sessions during a lecture.

Creating mind maps can support a wide range of activities in the context of university teaching, including self-directed learning phases, exam preparation, and planning academic papers.

Flinga has two main areas of application: the Whiteboard and the Wall. The Whiteboard is well suited for group activities where ideas are collected; the Wall is ideal for developing ideas individually or collaboratively. Thanks to Flinga, participants can see how their ideas take shape in real time. As an alternative to MindMeister, Flinga is free of charge and simpler to use, but it also has fewer features – for example, it does not offer a chat window or templates such as to-do lists.

Getting to Know Flinga

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Possible Uses

  • Brainstorming and idea collection
  • Planning the structure of a course, exam preparation, or writing an academic paper
  • Collecting ideas for developing a concept
  • Overview of idea development
  • Creating a session and joining it via a link or QR code
  • Setting participants’ editing rights in the settings options
  • Each participant is represented by a different colour
  • Central display of all text contributions and an overview of the entire whiteboard
  • Removing text contributions by clicking on them or using the trash can icon
  • Contributions can be positioned freely
  • Relationships between contributions can be visualised using arrows
  • Creating and managing notes, links, and images
  • Saving and exporting mind maps as table documents
  • “Liking” a contribution by clicking the heart icon
  • Sorting text contributions by newest, oldest, or most popular

Flinga is a web-based tool developed by the Finnish company Nordtouch.

Registration:

You can create an account by registering with your email address. Alternatively, you can use your Google account. If a session code is available, you can join a session without registering.

Languages:

Flinga is only available in English.

Cost:

Flinga is free to use.

Number of Sessions:

Only 5 active Flinga sessions are allowed. If you have more than 5 sessions, you must delete an older session before creating a new one.

This tool is intended as a suggestion to help facilitate digital workflows in teaching and learning. It is freely available on the web and can be used free of charge, at least in its basic version. As it is not centrally provided by TU Darmstadt, we would like to point out that users are responsible for independently reviewing the tool in terms of data protection compliance. Please refer to our guidance for evaluating digital tools with regard to data protection.

If in doubt, please contact the colleagues in the data protection department.