Learning and Teaching with Miro

Miro within Edinburgh College of Art

“I personally use Miro for collaborative planning, brainstorming, and visual organisation. In the ECA Learning Technology team we use it to design training workshops, learning activities, and facilitate virtual course design workshops with academic staff. In turn, we also support academic staff in the use of Miro to facilitate collaboration and groupwork in their courses.”

-- Rebecca Norris Learning Technologist

In the Bachelor of Fine Arts Programme, a course Miro board has been set up, with weekly formative tasks for students to complete. In these formative tasks, students are able to view, comment, and build upon each other’s work in real-time. 

Solution Miro Gives:

• Linking specific frames into Miro board, directly links each task with Learn
• Support student collaboration and instructor feedback by enabling to post questions and comments
• Replacing static presentation with interactive spaces

Advice for New Users

• Familiarise yourself with Miro first by using the tutorials and resources available on the Miro website.
• Clearly define what you want to achieve with Miro.  Speaking with your school’s Learning Technology team can help you quickly find out how Miro can meet your requirements
• Organise your Miro boards in a clear and intuitive manner.  Use the Accessibility Checker and frames to separate different task. Colour code or label the frames for easy integration
• Take the time to introduce Miro to your students
• Give clear guidelines on how you expect students to use Miro
• Virtual Learning Environment Integration: You can link specific Miro frames or boards directly from your Learn course.
• Encourage students to use text, images, videos, voting, tagging, commenting and other media to express their ideas