How to Create a Miro Board

A Miro board is an online whiteboard which you can use to visualise your ideas, work on projects either individually or with a team.

When you register your Miro profile, your first board is automatically created - My First Board. It is saved either in your own free account or in the account that you had been invited to before you registered. 

If you would like to create a board, here is what you need:

If you are a member of several teams, first choose a team on the left side of the Dashboard where your created board will be saved. Further, you can move the board into another account if it is necessary.

Choose the team where you want to create a new board

Make sure you are a full member of the team. ⚠️ If you were invited to a board as a Viewer or Commenter, you will see the following message on the Dashboard. Choose Request to join team if you want to create a board in this particular account.

Click on the +New board button:

The blue button to create a new board is always the first one on your dashboard

To jump-start your work, upon entering your board for the first time we will suggest using one of the templates from our library. You can skip it if you wish - you will always be able to use templates later.

Click the templates on the dashboard to both create a new board and add the template at one click

Access to your board

If you are creating a board within a free team, this board will be accessible to all the team members of this account. If you are creating a board within a paid team (Team plan, Consultant plan, Business plan, Enterprise plan) or Education team, the board is private/shared with the team depending on default sharing settings. You can share it with all team members or a select number of users. 

If you choose a team and then choose a certain project within the working space - the board will automatically belong to that very project and will be shared with the project's participants - they can be seen beside the project's name: 

The dashboard shows to which project your board will belong and to which team the project belongs

The board interface 

In the centre of the board window, there is the working space - the board itself. Here you add and organize content, insert templates or links to other sites, platforms and services. 

The board interface

The working space is surrounded by a few sets of tools and settings:

1. The main board menu:

Miro button to go back to the dashboardBoard information cardExport optionsButtons undo and redo

2. The settings toolbar:

Sharing settingsBoard settingsLearn & Inspire center (tutorials, use cases, FAQs, form to contact support, etc)Search

3. The main Toolbar and applications that are available for users. 

4. The bottom toolbar

5. The navigation toolbar

Board information card

In order to identify your boards, we recommend you to 

• Create a unique title for it, 
• Set a cover picture; 
• Add a description; 
• Add the board to a corresponding project; 
• Mark the boards that you refer to most frequently with a ★star. 

You can set all of this in the board information card:

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Here you can also check the board owner, the date of creation and of last changes and also the project it is saved in. In this menu, you can delete and duplicate the board if you have the ownership rights. 

💡 Although Miro boards are endless, it is more convenient to devote each board to one particular topic or project.