Expression is designed to help students organize their ideas and to facilitate the writing process. Expression is a flexible, easy to use graphic organizer. In the Graphic Screen View Expression helps transform brainstorming into a visual, non-traditional outline.
Students create graphic plans using frames, tie-lines, and notes.
Students customize their plans by selecting the style, color, font, and size of text and importing graphics from the library provided. If lengthy text is desired, it can be added as notes by clicking on the note icon in the desired frame. Frames are then connected by tie-lines which add structure to the plan. Selecting Text from the View menu allows users to see their graphic presentation converted into a traditional text outline that utilizes the text from frames and notes. The levels of the outline are determined by the order in which tie-lines were drawn, but the order can be rearranged, if desired.