LucidChart for Business Education

(9/24/2013) Today I introduced LucidChart (a cloud-based diagramming software) to our SIMBA students. It was a blast. I found this platform last year during my first year of MBA teaching and briefly introduced it to them. But this year, I had more time to prepare and decided to introduce Lucidchart in the first class of OM/SCM introduction.

It was a blast because our students are very creative. After I showed them more diagram shapes (other than the basic flow chart shapes), it's like releasing school kids in the playground. From the diagrams they built and shared with me, I was 'forced' to learn more about LucidChart. I studied on LucidChart.com and found more...

Not only Lucidchart has process engineering, venn diagram, and iPhone, iPad and Android mockups, it also has organization chart, Cisco Network icons ..... You can share with your teammates (students or teachers), you can also link with your google account and construct Lucidchart diagrams directly from Google Drive. And the most important thing is it is free for academic usage, I have applied for 45 accounts that my students in their learning with me can also use it free. LucidChart.com has a community that users share their application and creativity.

(10/31/2013) Today, the same company just release another tool - LucidPress.com. I have not used it yet. It seems to be a cloud-base collaborative reporting tools that now they provide FREE to educators and students. Check it out.

A LucidChart diagrams drawn by Chris in 30 minutes, a high school student who took URITC Summer Academy with me in this summer. Great job, Chris.