Heuristica

What Heuristica is

A concept map tool for people studying something complicated. It takes material from encyclopedias, paper repositories, video and your own PDFs and lays it out as a connected map you can expand.

From the map it can generate quizzes, flashcards, notes and summaries.

What you can do with it

• Build an interactive concept map
• Import material from academic and web sources
• Turn a map into quizzes and flashcards
• Generate study notes and summaries
• Chat with the material to expand it
• Work in several languages

Who it is for

• Researchers doing literature reviews
• Students preparing for exams
• Teachers designing courses
• Learners combining many sources

What to watch out for

• Sources are external: check citations before relying on them
• Generated quizzes should be reviewed against the actual material
• Academic integrity rules apply to anything submitted as your own work
• Confirm which sources your plan can actually access