Using Argdown in an introductory undergraduate course

[dhicks]

This is a request for points to further resources, not a bug with the Argdown software.

I'm interested in using Argdown in my introductory undergraduate critical thinking course. I'm very comfortable with Markdown, and could quickly get up to speed to create argument maps for my lectures. But I see two key needs for students to use Argdown to create argument maps themselves: (1) access to the software to parse Argdown and display the resulting maps, ideally through a web app, and (2) an undergraduate-friendly tutorial, ideally one that combines instruction in creating argument maps with instruction in using Argdown.

For (1) I'm aware of the Argdown Sandbox. I could make that work, but it's missing some really useful quality-of-life features, such as the ability to save and share documents. (Something that supported Google Docs-style live collaboration would be amazing.)

For (2), there's "A first example". This is probably too terse for classroom use, but wouldn't be too difficult to expand to an Argdown tutorial. It doesn't really introduce argument mapping, however, in the way that, say, an informal logic textbook would.

So, does anyone know of better resources for meeting these two key needs?

[dhicks]

Since no one had any suggestions here, I've been writing my own. Currently it's available here:
https://dhicks.github.io/argmaps/
https://github.com/dhicks/argmaps