Very flexible tool for supporting remote collaboration on a complex educational project
July 25, 2024
Very flexible tool for supporting remote collaboration on a complex educational project
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Miro
I am one of the first people using it in my organization. I'm using it as a stand in for a whiteboard on a team that is geographically dispersed across the USA. It's been a place to brainstorm, sort, consolidate, and highlight flow and connection between different aspects of an educational project. I particularly like how well it handles grouping ideas (with frames) and arrows and flow-chart links between objects. It's wonderfully quick to react to changes, and quite intuitive. The hardest part was deciding on a template to start form -- ultimately I decided none really fit, though the gallery was a good source of inspiration.
Pros
- Showing connections between objects
- Fast and smooth reactions to changes
- High visual impact
- Intuitive controls
- Multiple editors and simultaneous work
Cons
- The initial feel is overwhelming. I like the template gallery, but it's also quite intimidating.
- I'm not clear about what is in scope or out of scope for the free version. I'm nervous about maxing out if I really invest time in it.
- Education pricing! It'd be great to clarify what the benefits are of the tool for educators.
- Diagrams can get very complicated. It'd be nice if the AI features could suggest 'clean ups' to disentangle things when it gets messy.
- Increased confidence in the overall logic in the design of the project.
- Consolidating work into a dynamic and adaptive environment.
- Keeping people focused on the same thing: Being the thing we look at when we are on Zoom together.
It really addresses one of the deficits of being on a remote team. We can brainstorm and sort ideas together just like I would in a room with a whiteboard and PostIts. Once we're over the learning curve.
For the planning and project mapping work it's much better. Prezi has the advantage for developing visually impactful presentations. Google Slides & Docs have a huge advantage for collaborative writing. Blackboard Collaborate and Zoom's visuals are no where near as good. My wife uses Miro with InSpace. I wish I had that combination!
Do you think Miro delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
Are you happy with Miro's feature set?
Yes
Did Miro live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Miro go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy Miro again?
Yes
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