CmapTools

{{short description|Software for concept mapping}}

Image:Conceptmap.png created using the IHMC CmapTools computer program]] CmapTools is concept mapping software developed by the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC).{{cite book |last1=Cañas |first1=Alberto J. |last2=Hill |first2=Greg |last3=Carff |first3=Roger |last4=Suri |first4=Niranjan |last5=Lott |first5=James |last6=Gómez |first6=Gloria |last7=Eskridge |first7=Thomas C. |last8=Arroyo |first8=Mario |last9=Carvajal |first9=Rodrigo |date=2004 |chapter=CmapTools: a knowledge modeling and sharing environment |editor1-last=Cañas |editor1-first=Alberto J. |editor2-last=Novak |editor2-first=Joseph D. |editor2-link=Joseph D. Novak |editor3-last=González García |editor3-first=Fermín María |title=Concept maps: theory, methodology, technology: proceedings of the first International Conference on Concept Mapping, CMC 2004, Pamplona, Spain, Sept 14–17, 2004 |location=Pamplona |publisher=Dirección de Publicaciones de la Universidad Pública de Navarra |isbn=9788497690669 |oclc=433188714 |chapter-url=http://eprint.ihmc.us/89/1/cmc2004-283.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203235727/https://eprint.ihmc.us/89/1/cmc2004-283.pdf | archive-date= 3 February 2018 }} It allows users to easily create graphical nodes representing concepts, and to connect nodes using lines and linking words to form a network of interrelated propositions that represent knowledge of a topic.{{cite book |last1=Cañas |first1=Alberto J. |last2=Novak |first2=Joseph D. |author-link2=Joseph D. Novak |date=2014 |orig-year=2008 |chapter=Concept mapping using CmapTools to enhance meaningful learning |editor1-last=Okada |editor1-first=Alexandra |editor2-last=Buckingham Shum |editor2-first=Simon J. |editor3-last=Sherborne |editor3-first=Tony |title=Knowledge cartography: software tools and mapping techniques |edition=2nd |series=Advanced information and knowledge processing |location=New York |publisher=Springer-Verlag |pages=23–45 |isbn=9781447164692 |doi=10.1007/978-1-4471-6470-8_2 |oclc=890438015 |chapter-url=http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/FacilitatingAdoptionConceptMapping.pdf}} The software has been used in classrooms and research labs,{{cite book |editor1-last=Mintzes |editor1-first=Joel J. |editor2-last=Leonard |editor2-first=William H. |date=2006 |title=Handbook of college science teaching |location=Arlington, VA |publisher=NSTA Press |isbn=0873552601 |oclc=69020959 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=qyXtruuwYKIC&pg=PA124 124–127]}}{{cite journal |last=Correia |first=Paulo Rogério Miranda |date=January 2012 |title=The use of concept maps for knowledge management: from classrooms to research labs |journal=Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry |volume=402 |issue=6 |pages=1979–1986 |doi=10.1007/s00216-011-5694-8 |pmid=22278075 |s2cid=23007493 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221778155}} and in corporate training.{{cite book |last=Desnoyers |first=Carrie Ann |chapter=Vying for the use of CmapTools in corporate training |editor1-last=Moon |editor1-first=Brian M. |editor2-last=Hoffman |editor2-first=Robert R. |editor3-last=Novak |editor3-first=Joseph D. |editor3-link=Joseph D. Novak |editor4-last=Cañas |editor4-first=Alberto J. | display-editors = 3|date=2011 |title=Applied concept mapping: capturing, analyzing, and organizing knowledge |location=Boca Raton, FL |publisher=CRC Press |pages=317–326 |isbn=9781439828601 |oclc=441142045 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UTIq5VbZWk0C&pg=PA317}}{{cite book |last=Bown |first=Barbara L. |date=2008 |chapter=Concept mapping: a tool to aid innovation, marketing and business development |editor1-last=Feinberg |editor1-first=Fred M. |editor2-last=Kinnear |editor2-first=Thomas C. |editor3-last=Taylor |editor3-first=James R. |title=Modern marketing research: concepts, methods, and cases |location=Mason, OH |publisher=Cengage Learning |pages=34–35 |isbn=978-0759391710 |oclc=808999465 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jTIKAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA35}}