Main Menu

The Main Menu button, represented by three horizontal lines, is in the upper-left corner of the Argumentation.io workspace.

The Main Menu button. It's a square with three horizontal lines inside it

Select the button to open the menu. With a keyboard:

Use Tab or Shift+Tab to move focus to Main Menu.
Press Enter to open the menu.
Press Tab to move focus to the first menu command.
Use the Up and Down arrow keys to move among the commands.
Press Enter to activate the selected command.

The commands available depend on whether you are signed in, whether your account has saving access, and whether you are a student or have instructor features enabled.

Map commands

New Map

Starts a new map in place of the one you’re currently working on.

Save

Saves changes to the current map. Saving requires an account with an individual subscription, a redeemed code, or institutional access. Saved maps are stored in your Argumentation.io account.

If the map has not been saved before, Save opens a window in which you can name it.

Save as

Saves the current map under a name you choose. Use Save as to create a separately saved map. Saving access is required.

Load

Opens a list of the maps saved in your account. From this window, you can load or delete a saved map.

Student commands

My Assignments

Opens the assignments available to you, together with their due dates, status, attempts, and scores.

Instructor commands

These commands appear after instructor features have been enabled.

Save as Question

Saves the current map and Scratchpad content as a question.

Questions

Opens your saved questions and solutions.

Banks

Opens your question banks.

Quizzes

Opens your quizzes and the questions and banks that can be added to them.

Classes

Opens your classes, student lists, teaching assistants, and class assignments.

Assignments

Opens the assignment-management window.

Grading

Opens submitted assignments for grading and feedback.

Export as .png

Downloads the map to your device as a PNG image file.

Export as .pdf

Downloads the map to your device as a PDF file.

Creates a link to a view-only image of a saved map.

Opens a window from which you can copy a link to a saved map.

The recipient can navigate and edit the loaded map, but their changes do not affect your saved map. A recipient with saving access can save the resulting map to their own account.

Enable Collaboration

Turns on real-time collaboration and automatic saving for a saved map. Use Share afterward to copy the collaboration link.

When collaboration is enabled, this command becomes Disable Collaboration. Guests collaborating on someone else’s map instead see Save as copy.

Account and help commands

Logout

Logs you out of your account.

Manage Account

Opens account information and commands for updating your email address, resetting your password, enabling instructor features, and managing your subscription.

Selecting Manage Subscription prompts you to enter the email address associated with your subscription. Argumentation.io sends that address a link to the customer portal, where you can update or cancel the subscription and review invoices.

Your subscription email may differ from your Argumentation.io account email. When you subscribe, Stripe asks you to enter an email address; the address entered there becomes the email associated with the subscription. Use that address when requesting the customer-portal link.

Opens the available Argumentation.io subscription options.

Redeem Code

Allows you to enter an Argumentation.io redemption code.

Contact

Opens an email to Argumentation.io. Use it to ask questions, report problems, or make suggestions.

How To

Opens this documentation site.

Textbook

Downloads With Good Reason: An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Argument Mapping as a PDF. An individual subscription, institutional access, or redeemed Argumentation.io code is required.