New role: Contributor (can only edit their content)

This would be a very usefull role (only to be able to edit the items you made) when working with Lean Planning board. One of the most important rules we use: ‘you are only allowed to edit you own planned items’. At this moment this is hard to regulate. It would also prevent some of the (mostly unintended) moving of items on the board that are not yours.

However it would be important to be able to have this options when sharing the board through a link (with password). I can understand that this would only apply for contributors that have created a (free) named miro-account.

Thanks for sharing your use case, @Matthijs oude Lohuis – I have added it to the original post.

However it would be important to be able to have this options when sharing the board through a link (with password).

Agreed – I see this new role being available for those accessing a board with a password. 

I can understand that this would only apply for contributors that have created a (free) named miro-account.

Since the existing Visitors feature has can Edit, Comment, and View only role options, I see the new Contributor role being available for non-registered users. The condition being, if you leave the board you will likely not be able to edit your objects when you return. Unless, however, Miro uses a cookie to store the board session information for the purpose of remembering which objects you created.

Oooh, I like this idea @Robert Johnson! 

Should the Contributor role be allowed to place an object over top of an object they didn't create?

Not allowing contributors to place an object on top of another user’s object sounds very complicated, so I’d say go for the simple solution (only edit objects they have created themselves but allow them to be placed anywhere).

Yes, yes, yes!  This is needed.

Here’s a case:

Say you’re facilitating (or teaching) a session and have a board layout defined (that you might use over and over).  It’s locked -- because you don’t want the participants to change the “landscape”.

People (or students) are invited to the board to interact and engage on the board (e,g, post stickies, make comments, etc.).  But… you don’t want them to be able to change/alter the “locked” landscape.

Do others have this need?  If so, how do you work around it?

​@Sue Galatz - What you are describing sounds like an ideal use case for Miro's Layers feature.

You could create a layer called Landscape where you'd build your board structure, putting everything in this later that participants do not need to directly interact with. Then, you can easily lock the entire layer. Additionally, you will want to apply the Protected Lock as even items that are locked can be duplicated (usually by accidental Ctrl/Cmd + D key strokes).

It's worth mentioning that you can also lock any item on its down (they don't have to be in a layer first).