Using Mind-Map App with Logos Bible Study

Ric Robinson
Ric Robinson Member Posts: 8 ✭✭
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This tip is for anyone with a solid working knowledge (mechanics and methodology) of creating different types of concept maps or mind maps. I have used mind-map software for years, but now I have discovered that I can link my web-based mind-map software to my Logos Bible Software. The benefit is that it extends the functionality of the Logos Bible Software when I do a Bible study. This could be a URL link within a Bible Study workflow template or, as I have it, a link on the Logos Bible A Software Tool Bar.

This linkage between the mind map and Logos Bible software:

  • Can provide insights within the Bible study process. Adding Biblical text and visuals to the mind map and connecting them allows me to observe how texts, visuals, and concepts connect or are related.
  • Can organize my Bible study. By dynamically reordering connections and relationships on the fly inside the map, I can discover better ways to manage and restructure concepts and units of meaning.
  • It is easy to create a record of my Bible study learning outcomes and edit and reuse them later. Think of a mind map as a digital visual journal to record your Bible study.
  • It is easy to publish what I learned for my use, reuse, or others. By easily reformatting and exporting the map into a text document, it can be used as a teaching handout, even a sermon outline, and many other uses.

Here's how I did it.

  1. I added the URL of the web-based mind map app to the my Logos Tool bar. I added a Label (i.e., "Mind Map Tool") and an Icon (i.e., a red triangle) to the link to jazz it up on my Logos Tool bar.
    I have already done this with other web apps to make them quickly accessible from the Logos Tool Bar (for example, I use URL links for Kindle, Britannica.com, Guttenburg.org, and the AP Stylebook).
  2. Next, I opened up the mind map from the Logos toolbar.
  3. I toggled back to the Logos Bible Software dashboard and began my Bible Study in Logos Bible Software, as I would normally. However, instead of marking up the Bible text or using Notes in Logos for my observations, I "copied and pasted" information from the Logos Bible Software into the appropriate places on the mind-map screen. Then I toggle back and forth and copy and paste between the mind-map and the Logos Bible software as needed.

I don't think this will work universally on all Logos operating system platforms and devices, but it should work with Logos on most desktops and laptops.

If you have a working knowledge of mind-maps, the ways that you can study the Biblical text has expanded exponentially.

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  • Gregory Kavonius
    Gregory Kavonius Member Posts: 32 ✭✭

    I think what you have done is great! I take it you prefer it overusing Canvas which can be a little klunky.

  • Ric Robinson
    Ric Robinson Member Posts: 8 ✭✭

    I have tried using Canvas, but it is a nightmare compared to mind-map software. It is like trying to use the end of a screw driver when what your need is a hammer. Yes, you might be able to pound the nail a little ways with the end of a screw driver, but what you really need the hammer to get it done. Thanks for the feedback.

  • John Fallahee
    John Fallahee Member Posts: 64 ✭✭

    Which mind map software are you using? Do you have an online example?

  • Gregory Kavonius
    Gregory Kavonius Member Posts: 32 ✭✭

    Here's a Bible chart I did in Canvas with Bible links.

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