Review - Erika Bsumek, Matt O’Hair, Ian Diaz, Braeden Kennedy. ClioVis.

ClioVis is online software that provides a multi-visualization tool for creating digital mindmaps, timelines,and presentations in the classroom. University of Texas-Austin historian Erika Bsumek created ClioVis tobe used across academic disciplines, but its use as a timeline tool lends itself well to engaging students in thehistory classroom. ClioVis is designed to be collaborative, allowing students to edit and contribute to a timelinesimultaneously. There is a no-cost basic version, while other versions are available with flexible paid subscriptionoptions. Instructors can embed ClioVis in Canvas or other LMSs (typically in the paid version), but instructorscan reach out to the Bsumek and her team and discuss different use cases that can be made available through freetofee-based options.

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Journal
Teaching History A Journal of Methods
Published
2025-11-21
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https://doi.org/10.33043/4waub5gx5fj
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Digital Humanities and Scholarship
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Review - Erika Bsumek, Matt O’Hair, Ian Diaz, Braeden Kennedy. ClioVis.

Lindsey Passenger Wieck
Teaching History A Journal of Methods
Digital Humanities and Scholarship
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Review - Erika Bsumek, Matt O’Hair, Ian Diaz, Braeden Kennedy. ClioVis.

Lindsey Passenger Wieck
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Abstract

ClioVis is online software that provides a multi-visualization tool for creating digital mindmaps, timelines,and presentations in the classroom. University of Texas-Austin historian Erika Bsumek created ClioVis tobe used across academic disciplines, but its use as a timeline tool lends itself well to engaging students in thehistory classroom. ClioVis is designed to be collaborative, allowing students to edit and contribute to a timelinesimultaneously. There is a no-cost basic version, while other versions are available with flexible paid subscriptionoptions. Instructors can embed ClioVis in Canvas or other LMSs (typically in the paid version), but instructorscan reach out to the Bsumek and her team and discuss different use cases that can be made available through freetofee-based options.

Teaching History A Journal of MethodsVol. 50(1)
Openalex Percentile: Top 65%
Digital Humanities and Scholarship
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