This tool combines a learners’ response system with graphic organizers to provide learners with improved decision-making and thinking. Students can join via a link, email, or password after being invited and get to work on their personal map. It comes with different apps that help improve varieties of thinking styles. Each map can be used individually by learners or in collaboration with other learners.

Website: https://www.groupmap.com/

What Users Love About the App

“GroupMap is a powerful online platform which I like to use to have people start open discussion and conversations. By putting in a bit of thought in to the templates before going in to your meeting it is made easy to capture and securely save the input of the participants.’

“GroupMap is easy to use and invite participants (who don’t need a licence to use the tool). There are many ready to use templates that all internal/external consultants like to use e.g. SWOT, PEST, Operating Model Canvas and the like. You can also create your own maps/template quite quickly with a really easy to use interface.”

“GroupMap is intuitive. It appears you don’t need any special skills to use it or to facilitate even the largest group. They seem to have every template I could ever want and the ability to customize the design and functionality of each. It has all the biggies like brainstorming, SWOT analysis, SOAR Analysis, Business Model Canvas, Urgent Important MAtrix etc.”

“The ability to use it to collaborate in a virtual environment. This tool has been so useful to me and my team to be able to communicate and not need to have meetings after meetings.”

“The software is very helpful and useful especially during school I would like to write out my thoughts in concept maps so this problem definitely helps a lot”

What Users Dislike About the App

“The final report you can download after finishing your template is not as intuitive and formatted as I would like it to be.’

“Admin interface and reporting needs better usability. Licensing options are limited for enterprise environment.”

“For remote meetings, you still need to use an audio or video conference platform because GroupMap does not include voice or video support.”

“Enterprise admin licences are costly for what you get. Sometimes there is a lack of templates for wider use.”

“Finding the right template can be a bit of a pain. There are so many and the grouping don’t always make sense to me.”