Turn notes into a mind map

Free AI Mind Map Generator

Add a PDF, your class notes or a YouTube lecture. QuizRise maps the main ideas and how they connect, so you see the big picture before the details.

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How it works

From your notes to a mind map you can study

One upload gives you a mind map, a summary, flashcards and practice questions from the same material.

Step 1: Add your material

Start from the notes you already have

Upload a PDF, a Word or PowerPoint file or a photo of your notes, paste text, or add a YouTube link. QuizRise reads the material and builds one study set from it.

  • Textbook chapters, lecture slides, handouts and class notes
  • YouTube lectures that have captions or a transcript
Animation: study material is added as sources one after another, such as files or a YouTube link. Create study set is clicked, the quiz is ready, and a summary, a mind map, flashcards and questions appear.

Step 2: Get the mind map

See the main ideas and how they connect

Open the Mind map tab and QuizRise draws the central topic, the main themes around it and the details under each theme. Zoom and move the map to follow every branch.

  • Up to 44 ideas, so the map stays readable
  • Export the map as an image for notes or slides
Animation: a student opens the Mindmap tab of a study set made from a photosynthesis PDF. QuizRise reads the material and draws a mind map with three branches: light reactions, the Calvin cycle and limiting factors, each with its details. The student then exports the map as an image.

Step 3: Study the details

Turn the big picture into what you remember

Next to the map you get a summary of the key ideas, flashcards for the details and practice questions to check what you remember. Sign up free to keep the map, edit any node and review the cards with spaced repetition.

  • 3 practice questions without an account
  • Flashcards come back when you are about to forget them
Animation: the study set opens on its summary. Then the other study tools open one by one, such as the mind map or a flashcard, and a practice question is answered with Correct!

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Example

A useful mind map shows how ideas connect

Both show the same chapter on photosynthesis. Only one helps you explain it from memory.

A list of words

Nine true facts with no order. You still have to work out what causes what, and that is the part you need to learn.

A map with structure

Three stages around one topic, each with where and how it happens. Read it from the center out and you can explain the chapter in your own words.

One central topic

The center names what the whole chapter is about, so every branch answers one question: how does this fit the topic?

Three to six branches

Each branch is one stage, cause or idea. More than six branches usually means two maps.

Short, specific details

Details are a few words each, like a place, a molecule or a factor. Long sentences belong in the summary.

QuizRise follows these rules when it draws your map. Check it against your material, because AI can make mistakes.

Quick answer

What is the QuizRise AI Mind Map Generator?

QuizRise AI Mind Map Generator reads your study material and draws a mind map of its main ideas: one central topic, the key themes around it and the details under each theme. It works with PDFs, Word and PowerPoint files, photos of notes, pasted text and YouTube videos. You can try it without an account and download the map as an image; with a free account you can edit it and keep it in the same set as a summary, flashcards and a quiz.

Sources
PDF, Word and PowerPoint files, images of notes, pasted text and YouTube videos.
Output
A mind map of up to 44 ideas, with a PNG download. A free account lets you edit it.
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Make a mind map on this page without an account. A free account, with no credit card, saves it. Without an account you can make 1 set a week; a free account gives 2 study sets a month.

Choose a format

Mind map, summary, flashcards or a practice test?

Each format does a different job. QuizRise makes all four from the same material.

Which study format to use for each goal
See how the topics of a chapter connect Use Mind map Why Shows the structure at a glance, before you learn the details.
Read the key points in order Use Summary Why Explains each idea in full sentences, in the order of the source.
Remember terms, dates and definitions Use Flashcards Why Spaced repetition brings each card back when you are about to forget it.
Check what you know before an exam Use Practice test Why Questions with instant feedback show which topics need more work.

Use cases

How students and teachers use mind maps

Start with the big picture, then go into the details.

Preview a chapter

Map a textbook chapter before class to see what it covers and how the parts fit together.

Revise for an exam

Map each unit, then use the flashcards and practice questions from the same set to fill the gaps.

Study a lecture video

Paste a YouTube link and get the structure of the lecture without watching it again.

Show a lesson overview

Teachers can export the map as an image for slides or a handout at the start of a unit.

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Questions about the mind map generator

A mind map is a diagram with one central topic in the middle, the main ideas as branches around it and the details under each branch. It shows how the ideas connect, so you can see a whole chapter at a glance.

Yes. Without an account you can make 1 study set a week, and a free account, with no credit card, gives 2 study sets a month. A free account also saves your map and lets you edit it.

Add your material in the tool at the top of this page and start it. QuizRise reads the material, picks the central topic and the main themes, and draws the details under each theme. Then open the Mind map tab to zoom, move and download the map.

A PDF, a Word or PowerPoint file, a photo of your notes or pasted text. Without an account you can paste up to 15,000 characters. For a written overview of a PDF, use the AI PDF summarizer.

Yes, if the video has captions or a transcript. Paste the link and QuizRise maps the ideas from what is said in the video. See also the YouTube video summarizer.

You can download the map as a PNG image without an account. With a free account you can also add, rename, move and delete nodes before you export it. Check the map against your material, because AI can make mistakes.

ChatGPT can suggest the structure of a mind map, often as a text outline that you then draw in another tool. QuizRise draws the map from your own material and keeps it in one set with a summary, flashcards and practice questions.

Map today's lecture in a minute

Add your notes, a PDF or a YouTube link and see the main ideas as a mind map. No account needed to try.