Overview

Learn how you and your learners can access and navigate Miro, as well as how AU Miro is organised into teams, spaces, sections and boards.

How to access Miro

How to access Miro

Miro is not integrated into myLearning meaning you will log into it independent of the learning management system (though, Miro boards can still be embedded into myLearning).

Step-by-step instructions

Go to miro.com/sso/login.
Input your 'Email'. For Miro, this will be your AU Account ID followed by '@adelaide.edu.au' (e.g. 'a1234567@adelaide.edu.au').
Select 'Continue'.
You will be redirected to AU Okta. Input your AU login credentials (AU Account ID and password) and multi-factor authentication to log in.

What if you can't log in?

If you are unable to log in to Miro, please email the AU LMS Support Team to get your account activated.

Learner access to Miro

Learners have the same access to Miro as you do and will access it the same way. They can access Miro on their own accord, outside of their teaching course sites, meaning they can use it for things like creating mind maps, organising course notes, and facilitating group project planning whenever they need.

Teams, spaces, sections and boards

Teams, spaces, sections and boards

AU Miro is organised into teams, spaces, sections and boards. These function similar to the folders and files on your computer. Teams, spaces and sections can be thought of as folders. Boards can be thought of as files. Teams, spaces, sections and boards are also organised hierarchically. More information is provided in the table below.

Level	Location in hierarchy	Description
Team	First level.	Teams are the highest level folders that are created and managed by AU Miro administrators. How teams work in AU Miro: Teams organise Miro content by function. Teaching content should be created in the 'AU Teaching (Staff)' team, and practice content should be created in the 'AU Sandpit' team. Examples: AU Teaching (Staff), AU Sandpit.
Space	Second level (spaces exist within teams).	Spaces are the course-level folders that you will create to group course boards together. How spaces work in AU Miro: You will create a space for each course in the AU Teaching (Staff) team. You can create spaces however you like in the AU Sandpit team. Examples: Biology 1001 - Introduction to Biology, John's Practice Space.
Section	Third level (sections exist within spaces).	Sections provide further, optional organisation within spaces. How sections work in AU Miro: You might find it useful to have a section for each course curriculum module or topic, or to organise duplicates of a board used for a group-based learning activity, where you would have one board per group. Examples: Module 1: Cell Division, Assignment 1 Project Planners
Board	Second, third or fourth level (boards can exist within teams, spaces and/or sections).	These are what you put your content on. How spaces work in AU Miro: Boards should be created into spaces in the AU Teaching (Staff) team, however this is not necessary for boards created in the AU Sandpit team. Examples: Mitosis discussion board, Group 3 project planner

Navigating Miro

The AU Miro Landing Board

When you first access AU Miro, you will land in the '(Start here) Welcome to Miro for Adelaide University' team. This team contains one space called 'Welcome boards' and a single board called '(Start here) Welcome to Miro for teaching at AU'. This board is the AU Miro Landing Board. It contains lots of useful information to help you get started in AU Miro (this information is also covered within these Learning Centre resources). You will not be able to create content within this team.

Navigating between teams, spaces, sections and boards

To navigate between teams, select the name of the current team you're in from the top-left of the Miro homepage. When viewing a team, you will see all boards associated with that team, regardless of which space they are in. You can view specific spaces from the 'Spaces' sidebar and can access boards by selecting them. You will only see spaces and boards that you have access to (i.e. those you have created or that have been shared with you). Sections are not visible from this view.

After opening a board, you can navigate to other boards in your team/space and view sections by selecting the hamburger button in the top-left Board Toolbar. You can search all boards you have access to from here as well, using the search button . Alternatively, select home to exit the board.

Navigating boards

Moving around on boards

Before you start creating and adding content to Miro boards, it's important you understand how to move around on them.

If you're using a trackpad, you will move around boards by sliding two fingers in the direction you want to navigate and zoom in-and-out by pinching two fingers. If you're using a mouse, you can instead click, hold and drag the right mouse button to navigate, and scroll the mousewheel to zoom. If scrolling the mousewheel isn't zooming, try pressing and holding Control (for Windows) or Command (for Mac) on your keyboard at the same time.

Miro board toolbars

Each Miro board will have four toolbars to help you manage your board - one on the left side, top-left corner, top-right corner and bottom-right corner. Each toolbar serves a different function. A brief explanation of each bar is provided in the table below.

Toolbar name	Location	Function
Creation Toolbar	Left side	Access creation and editing tools to add content to your board. For more information, refer to the guide on adding content to boards.
Board Toolbar	Top-left corner	Change your board's name and thumbnail, navigate to other boards and manage board settings. For more information, refer to Miro's guide on the Board toolbar.
Collaboration Toolbar	Top-right corner	Facilitate interactive activities on your board, like votes and discussions, and view board participation. For more information, refer to the guide on presenting boards.
Controls Toolbar	Bottom-right corner	Adjust your view of the board and view help resources.

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