User Guide:

Popplet (App) Popplet is an app that lets you record mind maps when planning projects. It is

simple to use and is free (if you download the ‘lite’ app). In the ‘Lite’ version you

can only create one popplet. Once you have exported it or emailed it however,

you can delete it and create another document. The paid for version lets you

create and save more than one popplet document. You will most likely not need

this feature as you will need to export student work anyway to print it off.

Workspace

Tool bar

Help button with really clear

instructions

You can use the colour button

at the tope of the page to

change the background

colour for the document.

The settings button gives you

some simple editing options.

You can make a ‘new’ popple

and select popples to edit them

You can also disable editing.

This could be useful if you are

showing an already created

document that you don’t want

changed/deleted.

To begin work, simply double click

on the page and your first ‘popple’

will appear. A ‘Popple’ is the name

for each box on the worksheet.

At the bottom of each ‘popple’ you

will see four editing options. You

can change the colour, add text,

draw or write freehand or add a

picture.

In this option you can change the

colour of the popple – you may

wish to do this for different

ideas/themes within the

document.

This is the text option. When you

click this option a cursor will

appear in the box and a keyboard

will pop up at the bottom of the

screen.

You will also see some basic

editing options. You can

change the text size and

alignment.

This is the drawing/freehand

option. When you click it you will

see some colour options. Select

your colour and then start drawing

in the popple. The popple will

increase in size as you draw.

If you want a bigger box to draw in

before you start, click and drag

the black arrows in the corners.

The picture option will give you the

choice to use your existing library

or take a photo using the IPad

camera.

Once you select or capture your

photo it will appear in the popple

To add another popple to your

document, simply click and drag

the grey circles around the box.

The new popple will then appear.

You can add as much to each

‘popple’ as you wish. Use the

toolbar to select the options and

add in whatever you need. You

could have a picture and

drawings and text.

Once you have completed

your work, you can click on

the ‘export’ button. It will give

you three options. The best

options would be to email

JPEG – this will email a

picture of the work. You will

need an email account set up

on the IPad for this to work.

You could also save JPEG –

this will save a picture of the

work in your camera roll

which can then be

downloaded to a computer or

emailed at a later time.