Additional Tools:

• • • • Miro

      • Portfolio (WordPress Student Tool)

This MA CAT programme makes use of Miro.

What is Miro and how do we use it?

Miro is, basically, a whiteboard that you use online. It has many bells and whistles that real whiteboards can’t have.

You can scribble on it, rub out your scribbles and rewrite, just like on a real whiteboard. You can also add post-it notes, video, images, files, etc.

The main advantage for you is that you, and your peers, can access it from anywhere.

We are going to use Miro because it allows us to scribble, erase and re-scribble as a group over distance and time.

You will use Miro both for your own individual research and for group work.

Miro for group work:

You will need to establish a sandbox that you can use to play with Miro. To do this, you will need to set up a (free) student Miro account to complete some of your coursework (Educational Account).

You will be able to keep this for two years and can use it to complete some of your coursework. Remember the account is free – do not pay for a subscription!

Please sign up for your account using your UNN@ed.ac.uk email address. Here is the link you need to use to sign-up:

https://miro.com/education-whiteboard/2 (link)

You will add some of the Miro whiteboards you work on and build to your Portfolio.

More on Miro?

Here’s a short overview of Miro for beginners that walks through how it works for collaboration:

https://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017571954-How-to-Start-Collaboration-with-Miro (link)