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How to use Miro for tutoring

  • January 8, 2025
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Hi. I’m a private tutor and give most of my lessons online. I’m thinking about switching to Miro, and I’m trying to find the best way of achieving what I’m looking for.

As an example, let’s say I have three students, called Alice, Bob, and Charlie.

I would want to create a folder for Alice, a folder for Bob, and a folder for Charlie.

Every time I have a lesson with Alice, I would want to create a new board in the ‘Alice’ folder. Similarly for Bob and Charlie. (I imagine that creating a new board for every lesson would prevent lag).

I would want Alice to have full access to all the boards in the ‘Alice’ folder (including editing permission), but I wouldn’t want her to have access to the boards in the other students’ folders.

If I then acquired a new student called David, I would want to be able to easily create a new folder for David, without having to pay extra or modify my plan.

Would this type of arrangement be possible in Miro? Which plan do you think best suits my needs?

Many thanks!

Best answer by Eca

Hi ​@Shaun3759 — great follow-up question!

 

You're right: to share a Space in Miro, you'd typically need to add the student as a team member, since Spaces are currently designed for internal team collaboration.

 

That said, I understand that inviting each student as a team member may not feel ideal—especially if you’re tutoring many students and want to manage access on a per-student basis without incurring extra cost.

 

Workaround:

  • Create individual boards for each lesson.

  • Share boards one by one with each student via email or shareable link with edit access.

    It’s a bit more manual, but works if you want to keep students as guests and avoid team member charges.

 

Hope this helps!

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  • April 14, 2025

Hi, i’m an online tutor too and also thinking of switching to Miro. Did you manage to figure out if Miro allows for this arrangement?


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  • April 16, 2025

Hi ​@Irwan, thanks for jumping into the conversation!

 

Yes, what Shaun described is definitely doable in Miro with a bit of setup—though it depends a bit on the plan you’re using. On the Starter plan and above, you can organize boards into Space (which could act like folders for each student), and then share only specific spaces with individual students. This way, each student only sees their own boards and not anyone else’s.

 

If you're using the Free plan, you won't have access to spaces or advanced sharing settings, so you'd need to manually manage board access, which can get tricky with more students.

 

Let me know if you’d like additonal help!


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  • April 16, 2025

Hi ​@Eca 

Thanks for your response!

My understanding is that I would need to add the student as a ‘team member’ in order to invite them to a space. Is that correct?


Eca
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  • April 18, 2025

Hi ​@Shaun3759 — great follow-up question!

 

You're right: to share a Space in Miro, you'd typically need to add the student as a team member, since Spaces are currently designed for internal team collaboration.

 

That said, I understand that inviting each student as a team member may not feel ideal—especially if you’re tutoring many students and want to manage access on a per-student basis without incurring extra cost.

 

Workaround:

  • Create individual boards for each lesson.

  • Share boards one by one with each student via email or shareable link with edit access.

    It’s a bit more manual, but works if you want to keep students as guests and avoid team member charges.

 

Hope this helps!


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  • April 18, 2025

@Eca That’s helpful, thank you!


Yes, this setup is possible in Miro. You can create separate projects (folders) for each student and add them as guests with edit access to only their project boards. Others won’t see them. The Starter plan should be enough, but for full control over sharing and guest access, the Business plan is more flexible.


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