Miro is a great companion for Higher Education in Art and Design

During Covid19, we used Miro for online learning mostly. It replaced whiteboards, papers or brainstorms sessions. I later started using it to prepare my classes and organize files with my colleagues and my students (Miro is excellent for visually organizing files, previewing documents, etc...). Before Miro, one of the major problems I had with other tools was that they were too limited in what you could do with them. Jamboard, for instance, works more like PowerPoint or A4 papers, not allowing you to play with limitless board size. However, our students in graphic design enjoyed Miro right away as it is pretty close to Adobe illustrator in terms of endless boards. Before Miro, I found it very difficult to peer review or critique students' works online. Miro is effortless, for that matter, and for photographers, it is an excellent tool for sequencing or preparing a book. Moreover, many of my students adopt it among themselves for their projects without being told to do so. They, for instance, create boards for managing their degree show, creating sub-boards for each task (design, PR, etc...), they use it to vote on decisions, brainstorm, and reflect on their practice.

We used Miro primarily for teaching during Covid. It changed our online teaching considerably from students being more active in their learning. I still use it in the classroom after COVID as a way to keep trace, organizing files or for asynchronous learning.