Who can do it: All users
Which platforms: Browser, Desktop
Attention Management is a set of powerful facilitation features designed for meetings and workshops. It allows meeting organizers and workshop facilitators to guide participants and ensure everyone is following and engaged. This capability is particularly vital for effectively managing large workshops with numerous participants, as it helps direct their focus to the specific area of the board where collaboration is occurring. As a facilitator, you can seamlessly switch between presenting content and engaging in collaborative activities, ensuring a smooth and productive session.
💡 Never get lost on the board with the color alignment - the color of the cursors and avatar borders of your collaborators are synchronized for all board participants.
Using attention management features
Attention management encompasses several features that help you guide participants on the board. These tools allow you to follow collaborators or bring their attention to specific areas.
Follow a collaborator
Available for: Free, Starter, Business and Enterprise plans
When working with multiple facilitators or presenters, you can choose to follow a specific person. This feature enables you to easily switch between different areas of the board by mirroring what another participant is viewing and doing.
To use this feature:
- Navigate to the collaboration toolbar located in the top right corner of the board.
- Click on the avatar of a particular collaborator to start following their view.
- To stop following a user, you can click anywhere on the board, move your cursor, or zoom in or out.
The user who is being followed will see a notification message on their avatar, indicating that others are viewing what they see.
Bring everyone to your view
Available for: Starter, Education, Business and Enterprise plans
Set up by: board owners, co-owners, editors who have editing access via email invitation or because they are a part of a space or team
The Bring everyone to me functionality allows you to easily direct all collaborators to the specific area of the board you want them to focus on. When you activate this feature, auto-following is enabled for all participants. This means everyone will see exactly the same content as you do until they move their cursors, zoom, or click on the board.
To use this feature:
- Navigate to the communication toolbar in the top right corner.
- Click on your own avatar.
- Choose the option to bring all collaborators to your current view on the board.
Bring a specific collaborator to your view
Available for: Free, Starter, Education, Business and Enterprise plans
Set up by: board owners, co-owners, editors who have editing access via email invitation or because they are a part of a space or team
If you notice that a specific participant has navigated away or seems lost on the board, you can bring them back to the intended focus area individually.
To do this:
- Navigate to the communication toolbar in the top right corner.
- Click on your own avatar.
- Click the three dots (...) icon next to a collaborator's name.
- Select the option to bring that particular person to the area of the board you want them to focus on.
- The selected user will then follow your screen view until they move their cursor, zoom, or click on the board.
Bringing one collaborator
Feature availability and limitations
The capabilities of Attention Management features vary based on user roles and access levels. Understanding these limitations ensures a smooth facilitation experience.
The Follow, Bring to me, and Bring everyone to me features are available to all editors who were explicitly invited to the board via email (including guests with editing access) or have access to the board because they are part of a space or team in Miro. Visitors with edit access can only use the follow feature to observe other collaborators.
Logged in (registered) viewers and commenters are also limited to only being able to follow other collaborators.
Unregistered visitors who have view-only or comment-only access do not have access to any of the attention management features.