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As a teacher I found Inspiration raised achievement for all pupils at all levels. I even had a Head of English at a leading state school tell me his students grades had increased by a full grade just... See more
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I purchased Inspiration 9 in 2012 and have used it happily ever since in many ways: presentations, proposals, lessons, concept maps of my learning, and my favorite—brainstorming ideas and organizin... See more
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I'm not sure of all the aspects of the upgrade, but I wish you would have set it up so that older files could still be accessed. I no longer have access to 10 years worth of previous materials that I... See more
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Inspiration 10 is a simple but powerful visual thinking tool for creating mind maps, concept maps, graphic organizers, outlines and presentations with ease! The Inspiration software makes it easy to capture ideas, structure thoughts and visually communicate concepts to strengthen understanding with the Diagram and Map Views. To take notes, organize information and structure writing plans for papers and reports, use the integrated Outline View to clarify thinking in written form. Finally, you can effortlessly transfer your diagrams and outlines to Word, PowerPoint, PDF or as a graphics file. Inspiration 10 encourages strong critical thinking skills and helps you build conceptual understanding, map out your knowledge and supports the writing process.
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Update and Edited
Very useful program, as well as very helpful and professional staff! Staff members are very willing to help! Thank you for the guidance!
October 30, 2024
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Thank you for your review. We are happy to hear that you find the software useful, and we are always happy to help.
Best wishes,
The Inspiration Team
I love this software and have been…
I love this software and have been using it since 2005. Upgrading was easy as usual.
October 21, 2024
Reply from TechEdology
Thank you for your review.
Best wishes,
The Inspiration Team
I love the Inspiration product and have…
I love the Inspiration product and have used it for many years. The hassle of downloading and installing the app was not as seamless as it should be for a one-license purchase, having to involve our IT team in the process. Otherwise, I'm happy.
September 19, 2024
Reply from TechEdology
Thank you Jaye for leaving your feedback.
On devices that are part of an organization's network, the IT department will sometimes be required to make changes to a user's rights or device permissions, to allow Inspiration 11 to be installed. This is because installation of the software requires admin rights.
Glad to hear your IT team were able to install the application. Please feel free to reach out to support@techedology.com if you or your IT team need any further support.
EXCELLENT TOOL FOR EDUCATION
September 19, 2024
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Thank you for your review.
Best wishes,
The Inspiration Team
Only 1 minor flaw
I love the program's versatility and capacity (including backward compatibility), and my only complaint is that is seems very tricky to change the default font and I can't find how to permanently alter it in the instructional videos.
September 11, 2024
Reply from TechEdology
Hi Benjamin, thank you for your feedback.
For changing the default setting for the font, you can do this in Default Settings, under the Utility menu.
Here is a link to our tutorial video to update the default settings in Inspiration.
Best wishes
Inspiration Team
I am appreciative of the aftersales…
I am appreciative of the aftersales help, the zoom tutorial and the videos on the website. I first bought Inspiration 9 in 2013 and I am getting so much more out of Inspiration 11. Thank you.
September 11, 2024
Reply from TechEdology
Thank you for your review.
Best wishes,
The Inspiration Team
Science and medicine
I have used the program on my mac for many years. It is great for scientific and medical publications.
September 8, 2024
Reply from TechEdology
Thank you for your review, it is great to hear about how you've used Inspiration over the years.
Best wishes,
The Inspiration Team
A planning tool for all
This is a fantastic program that I have used various versions of over the years. Can't fault it in terms of functionality and I recommend it to and encourage most of my learners to use it for planning work. My only query is the resolution quality of the graphics - lower than I would expect.
September 6, 2024
Reply from TechEdology
Thank you for your review and feedback. We have noted your query to review during future rounds of development.
Best wishes,
The Inspiration Team
Upgraded to Version 11 of Inspiration…
Upgraded to Version 11 of Inspiration from VER 9. I use the outline capabilities all the time in my business. Charting helps me communicate with our team. I really like the business model Inspiration uses; purchase a license for one payment without ongoing, continuing fees. That's the way it used to be.
June 17, 2024
Reply from TechEdology
Thank you for your lovely review. We're happy to hear that you're continuing to enjoy using Inspiration.
Best wishes,
The Inspiration Team
I was double charged for one order o …
I was double charged for one order o my master card Hope that is sorted out
June 25, 2024
Reply from TechEdology
Hi Alfred, we've taken a look and two orders were placed. One at 25 Jun 2024, 06:41 and the other at 25 Jun 2024, 06:46. But we can see one was cancelled yesterday and the money refunded back onto your card. We will reach out directly to you to confirm this.
Best wishes
Inspiration Team
Helpful staff
June 26, 2024
Reply from TechEdology
Thank you for your review.
Best wishes,
The Inspiration Team
Limited capacity to populate mind map…
Limited capacity to populate mind map with images
Also I feel scammed.
V.11 works no better for me than v.10. Felt coerced to buy v.11 when I couldn’t get v10 to open on my replacement lap top and was told v.10 was no longer supported.
June 16, 2024
Reply from TechEdology
Hi Jeffry thank you for your feedback and sorry to hear you feel the new features of Inspiration 11 are not what you are looking for.
If you import images into custom symbol libraries, this atomically processes and resizes them to be used as symbols. Have you tried this?
Otherwise whilst Inspiration 10 is no longer supported with technical updates, it is still fully supported from a customer service perspective, such as reinstallations and issuing of replacement licenses. Your licence is a perpetual licence and doesn't expire.
If you don't want to move to Inspiration 11, we can refund and deactivate it. You can then continue to use Inspiration 10. We will drop you an email directly if you want to do this.
All the best
Inspiration Team
Raises achievement for all
As a teacher I found Inspiration raised achievement for all pupils at all levels. I even had a Head of English at a leading state school tell me his students grades had increased by a full grade just because they used it to plan their essays. In our visual internet world it is even more important. Whilst often aimed at Neuro diverse don’t under estimate it for all learners. Version 11 has even more time saving options.
June 15, 2024
Reply from TechEdology
Thank you for your wonderful review, Patricia. We are so happy to hear that your students have been benefiting from Inspiration, and that you recommend it for all learners.
Best wishes,
The Inspiration Team
Reply from TechEdology
Hi Peter, thank you very much for leaving a review.
Cheers
Inspiration Team
Could Be Improved a Bit
It's good that the outline and diagram are linked. It would be nice if it could also be integrated with mind maps. It would also be helpful to have a feature to change the size of shapes in bulk.
June 4, 2024
Reply from TechEdology
Thanks for taking time to review Inspiration.
As to the integration of the Map View with the Outline View, this feature is available. In the main toolbar. the first button icon is the Outline View. Click on this. It should then switch to the Outline View.
As to your second suggestion, this is in the backlog for future consideration. However there is a work around by using custom symbol libraries.
Happy to jump on an online support session to show you how. You can use this link to book a slot: https://calendly.com/inspiration-team/inspiration-help-desk-online-session
Reply from TechEdology
Many thanks Mark for the great feedback.
Best wishes
Inspiration Team
I love Inspiration
I love Inspiration! 10 and its predecessors have all served me extremely well. I am excited to learn about and use what's new in 11.
May 2, 2024
Reply from TechEdology
Thank you very much for your feedback. We hope you enjoy using the new features of Inspiration 11.
All the Best
Inspiration Team
Tree + outline: why not BOTH instead of Either/Or?
+: Updating of symbols
-: I have been using Inspiration for 15 years. One functionality of diagram mode has always vexed me. I can choose to auto arrange the TREE display of symbols OR I can choose to arrange the ORDER of symbols in outline mode. But there is no option to do BOTH concurrently. So when I reorder entries, I have to clean up the diagram twice: 1st to auto arrange symbols in terms of term the tree structure. And a 2nd time to arrange in outline order. WHY NOT HAVE THE OPTION TO DO BOTH when selecting the TREE MODE of arranging symbols?
April 26, 2024
Reply from TechEdology
Thank you Paul for you feedback.
With version 10 and 11 you should be able to achieve this, via two methods. One is to auto sort your outline based on your diagram and the other is to auto sort your Tree arrangement, based on your outline.
For the 1st scenario, if you would like to auto sort your outline, based on your arrangement in your diagram, you can use the Sync tool in the main tool bar. This can be done at anytime and this feature is available in the Diagram, Map and Outline View. It is a one click action.
Otherwise, if you would like to arrange your Tree diagram, based on your outline, under the Arrange tool, click more. Then choose the Arrange in Outline Order.
Hopefully this is of help.
We will reach out to you directly so we can provide you with further assistance on this.
Best wishes
Inspiration Team
I have used inspiration for years
I have used inspiration for years. It is fast and intuitive
April 25, 2024
Reply from TechEdology
Thank you for your review, Tom. We are happy to hear you are enjoying using Inspiration years later.
Best wishes,
The Inspiration Team
The company was very helpful when I…
The company was very helpful when I switched computers and needed a new registration number.
April 24, 2024
Reply from TechEdology
Thank you for your review, Howard. We're always happy to help!
Best wishes,
The Inspiration Team
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