Engage activities

Who can do it: (Manage) Board editors, (Use) All users
Which plans: Business, Enterprise, Education
Which platforms: Browser, Desktop, Mobile

Engage enables you to run interactive exercises—polls, word clouds, open-ended questions, scales, ranking, and 2x2 matrix activities—directly from your Miro canvas.

Participants can join from any device by scanning a QR code or entering a session code at miro.com/join. No Miro account or app download is required. Up to 2,000 participants can join a single session. Responses are visualized in real time, making workshops and presentations more dynamic and interactive.

Miro Engage: Activities provides several ways to facilitate interaction on the canvas.

Activities work best with Miro Slides, but you can place them anywhere on the canvas, anytime. Activities are compatible with Flows and Sidekicks. 

Miro AI can instantly cluster themes, synthesize live response data, and generate structured outputs—such as summary reports, presentation decks, or visuals—directly on the canvas.

This article explains using Engage activities (Engage), activity types and settings, and plans and access, including trial behavior and data retention.

Getting Engage activities

Plans and access

NOTE: From the end of June 2026, Engage activities is generally available and included with the core Business and Education plans.

Business and Education plans

Engage is included automatically. No separate purchase needed. 

Enterprise plan

Enterprise customers can access Engage through Miro Sales. Contact your account team for details, or book a demo.

Free and Starter plans

Engage is unavailable on these plans. To use Engage activities, upgrade to a Business plan. If eligible, you can trial Miro Engage by starting a free Business trial.

Request access for members

If you don't have access, attempting to use an Engage feature shows a Request access from your admin prompt. This sends a notification to all Admins, who can then start a trial or contact Sales.

Using Engage activities

This section describes how to start using Engage activities. To learn more, see Manage Activities and Configure Activities.

Add activities as a set to the canvas

1. In the Creation bar, click Formats and Flows. 
2. Select Engage activities.
3. Click anywhere on the canvas to place your activities.
   Engage activities is added as two Slides. A Join us slide, and an activity selection slide.
4. On the second slide, select your activity type. 
   Select your activity type. You can always add an activity using the Add activity button.
5. (Optional) To add more Activity slides, click Add activity next to any slide, then select an activity.

Add individual activities to the canvas

1. In the Creation bar, click Tools, Media and Integrations (+). 
2. Search for and select an activity. You can also search for "Activities" to see all available options. For more information, see Engage activity types and settings.
3. Click anywhere on the canvas to place your activity.

TIP: Ensure you also create join instructions for participants to join your standalone activity. In Tools, Media and Integrations (+), search and select Joining code.

Add activities to Slides

1. Create a new Miro Slides deck or open an existing one. 
   More information: Miro Slides. 
2. Next to an existing slide, click Add activity.
3. Select an activity type.

Configure activities

Multiple choice

1. Enter your prompt or poll question.
2. Enter answer options in the options fields.
3. (Optional) Click + Add option to add more options. 
4. (Optional) Modify settings.
5. Click Finish editing.

Open-ended

1. Enter your prompt or question.
2. (Optional) Modify settings.
3. Click Finish editing.

Word cloud

1. Enter your prompt or question. 
2. (Optional) Modify settings.
3. Click Finish editing.

Scales

1. Enter your prompt or question.
2. For Statement 1, enter a statement.
3. (Optional) Click + Add scale. You can add up to 6 statements for participants to rate.
4. To change the labels for the lower and upper ends of the scale, do one of the following:
   • Click the label to enter a custom label.
     Change the default label to a custom label.
   • Click the label down-arrow to select a preset. 
     Change the default labels to a preset.
5. (Optional) On the right, under Options specify the number of steps.
   Default: 10.
6. (Optional) Modify settings.
7. Click Finish editing.

Ranking

1. Enter your question or prompt.
2. Enter the items for participants to rank.
3. (Optional) Click + Add item to add an item. For a given item, you can also click x to remove the item.
4. (Optional) Modify settings.
5. Click Finish editing.

2x2 matrix

1. Enter your prompt or question.
2. For Type, select an axis preset:
   • (Default) Prioritization
   • Eisenhower
   • Risk
   • Alignment
   • Investment
   • Custom
3. Name your items.
4. (Optional) Click + Add item to 10 items for participants to plot.
5. (Optional) Modify settings.
6. Click Finish editing.

Present with activities

1. Click anywhere on the deck frame to show the Slides context menu.
2. Click Start Presentation.
3. At the Join us slide, participants can use the QR code to join, or enter the session code at miro.com/join.

TIP: You can start your presentation from any slide. To begin from an activity, click the Join us slide. From the slide context menu, click Start activity.

Participate with activities

Up to 50 participants can join an activity.

From a mobile device

Anyone can join an activity from their mobile device or browser.

1. At the Join us slide share by the facilitator, scan the QR code. You can also enter the 6-digit session code at miro.com/join.
2. Enter your name.
   You enter the activity.

TIP: To update your name or locale, click your avatar in the top-right of the session page. 

Directly on the canvas

Collaborators with access can start participating directly on the canvas. Facilitators must invite collaborators to the board.

Manage activities

Each activity has a context menu with controls and editing options. As the facilitator, to access the activity context menu click the activity slide. 

Caption

• Start presentation
  Starts your presentation from the selected activity.
• Focus mode
  Enters Focus mode for distraction-free editing.
• Move slide backward/forward
  Changes the position of the activity slide by one.
• Start/Stop
  Starts and stops the activity.
• Hide responses
  When an activity has started, optionally hides responses. Click again to show responses.
• Start activity & send to devices
  Starts the activity and sends to companion apps.
• Edit
  Enables you to modify your activity prompt or question. You can also change the activity type, and modify settings. Click Finish editing to apply your changes.
• Reset
  Removes all responses. Preserves activity type and settings. You must stop the activity to reset.
• Export
  Exports responses to Sticky notes or a Table.

Engage activity types and settings

Trial behavior and data retention

You can try Miro Engage: Activities free with a 14-day Business trial. The trial also includes AI Workflows and Miro Prototypes.

NOTE: Results from activities created during the trial remain visible. Users cannot add new activities, reset or edit existing ones, or export results. No data is deleted. Purchasing a Business plan fully restores all access and functionality.

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