With an Argumentation.io Subscription, you can save, share, and download your maps. You can also collaborate with others in realtime. To use these functions, ensure that you’re logged in with an account with a subscription or redemption code. If you’re logged in, you’ll see your subscription email address in the upper right-hand corner, next to the Scratchpad icon.

Saving

1. Click the Main Menu button (the button in the upper left-hand corner with the three horizontal lines on it).
2. Select Save as or Save.
3. Choose a name for your map.
4. Click Save.

Sharing

Once you’ve saved a map, you can share it through a URL, also known as a web link. To do so, click the Main Menu, then Share, then copy the link.

Sharing Snapshot

Once youv’e saved a map, you can share a “snapshot” of it. This is an image of your map that can be accessed through a link. It’s an image file that you export and download to your device.

To share a snapshot of your map, click the Main Menu, then Share snapshot, then copy the link.

We designed the Share snapshot feature with online quizzes in learning management systems (LMSs) in mind. An quiz answer shared as a snapshot will generally by default be previewed by the LMS’ grading tool, so the grader doesn’t have to open anything or follow a link. At the same time, unlike uploaded images or files, snapshot links can’t fail to upload before the student submits the quiz, thus eliminating a risk that comes with these other submission methods.

Collaborating

You can share an argument map with others so they can edit it together with you.

When collaboration is enabled, your map also switches to autosave, so you don’t need to click Save manually.

Enable collaboration

Before you can enable collaboration, your map must be saved.

1. Open the map you want to share.
2. Click Save if the map has not been saved yet.
3. Open the Main menu.
4. Select Enable collaboration.
5. Copy the collaboration link.
6. Send the link to people you want to collaborate with. Anyone with the link can edit the map.

What changes in collaboration mode?

When collaboration is enabled:

1. Anyone with the link can edit the map.
2. Multiple people can work on the same map simultaneously.
3. Changes are saved automatically. You no longer need to click Save.

Turn off collaboration

1. Open the Main menu.
2. Select Disable collaboration.

The map returns to manual saving, and others will no longer be able to edit it.

Exporting (and Downloading)

You can export and download your map to your device as either a PNG (a kind of image file) or PDF (a kind of document file). Both options are in the Main Menu. When you click Save as png or Save as pdf, you’ll get the opportunity to name the file and choose where you want to save it.