Custom Background for Video Chat

There are a growing number of us (teachers/tutors) who would like to see the option to apply virtual backgrounds (several pre-set options as well as the ability to upload custom backgrounds utilizing images of our own or approved by the companies that we work for as independent contractors) in the video chat/meeting room added for Miro Board. 

This topic was posted about one year ago, but closed after only 3 people upvoted it.  The topic is relevant and it is clear to us as teachers/tutors that the feature is critical at this point for educational purposes so I am re-posting it to the wish list. 

Rationale:  While some students attend tutoring during school hours, those who are attending afterschool programs, learning remotely while out sick, or attending tutoring outside of school hours would be able to attend class on an “even playing field”, without identifying their location or standard of living.  Many of our students attend class from their bedrooms, shared spaces in the home, or between activities and would feel more comfortable if their peers weren’t “seeing” into their homes. 

As tutors/teachers it is imperative that we can utilize professional backgrounds in order to provide our students with a sense of stability and to reduce the distractions that seeing us in different places can present. 

While we recognize that there are additional software programs that can be purchased that can run in the background, they slow down our already overly taxed computers/limited internet bandwidth and make the experience “laggy” or “glitchy” for our students (more than they already are) in some cases.