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One of my more challenging courses this semester is 'History of Church and Theology: Middle Ages and Early Modern', which as I may have mentioned is an absolute firehose of information. Even though the course is largely limited to the Latin church, quite a lot happened between ~476 and ~1789 CE. One way I've been trying to make it a bit more manageable has been putting together a timeline of the major events and people involved. I looked at a bunch of reviews and tried a few potential tools, and Tiki-Toki has definitely impressed me.
It's aimed at education rather than business users, which I think probably gets rid of a lot of cluttered features that I'd never want. It's easy and intuitive to use, and gives you enough control over how you display things without overwhelming you with options. Here's my (as yet incomplete) timeline. You can add a lot more information than I have as well as embedding images and other files, and there are probably a bunch of other features that I haven't yet discovered, and more with a paid account. A free account gets one timeline with up to 200 events (I'm currently at 97, and although I've got a bunch more to add, I think I should be able to squeeze in all the important ones), but paid accounts are reasonably priced, especially the 'teacher' option.
(Full disclosure - I get a second free timeline for posting this, but I wouldn't do so if I didn't genuinely rate the tool.)
It's aimed at education rather than business users, which I think probably gets rid of a lot of cluttered features that I'd never want. It's easy and intuitive to use, and gives you enough control over how you display things without overwhelming you with options. Here's my (as yet incomplete) timeline. You can add a lot more information than I have as well as embedding images and other files, and there are probably a bunch of other features that I haven't yet discovered, and more with a paid account. A free account gets one timeline with up to 200 events (I'm currently at 97, and although I've got a bunch more to add, I think I should be able to squeeze in all the important ones), but paid accounts are reasonably priced, especially the 'teacher' option.
(Full disclosure - I get a second free timeline for posting this, but I wouldn't do so if I didn't genuinely rate the tool.)
