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Hello,

 

  1. Fantastic that Miro community exists
  2. It’s too complicated.

 

I use Miro once or several times a week for workshops with often 10 - 40 participants. Mostly academics and professionals that are 40+ years of age.

 

One of the first hurdles is to get them to understand how to move around the map. I have been searching (and did my own tutorial videos) because there are some key concepts that simply does not exist in their mind.

 

Here are some insights:

  • Any tutorial that is not straight to the point within 5 seconds, they lose interest and become frustrated.
  • They do not have the spatial concept of zooming in and out. Instructions needs to be super specific.
    • Scroll wheel
      • With or without ctrl/cmnd
    • Pinch zoom
  • Clicking
    • Cursor
      • Space
      • V
      • Toolbar
    • DESELECT
    • Resizing
  • Copy-paste
  • Hiding participant cursors

All explained within 2 minutes. 1 minute introductions will just make them confused. Trust me, by now I have introduced hundres of people to Miro and it’s like talking to digital cavemen. 

And quickly available on youtube.

I think your ambition is great but you need to dumb it down two notches. 

Hi Johannes,

Thanks for your feedback. Would love your thoughts on this video from Miro Academy. It covers a lot of what you’re looking for. We’ve also recently put together a short course on Miro Academy that onboards all participants to Miro specifically for workshops in 5 mins or less. Take a look: https://academy.miro.com/courses/participant-onboarding

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