Miro Lite is a free simple online whiteboard you can use without signing up or signing in. It’s a cut-down version of Miro, the brainstorming/whiteboarding software.

It’s really easy to use Miro Lite as part of an online live lesson. You just go to miro.com/lite, create a board, and share the link with your students, either in the chat (my preferred way in Zoom lessons) or via email etc. When you click on the Share button it automatically copies a link into your clipboard to paste wherever you want.

Miro Lite is available for free to all users without registration on desktop and tablet devices. You can also use it with a stylus on tablets as it supports palm rejection and Apple Scribble. I had it working great on my iPad and Apple Pencil v1.

If you don’t sign up with Miro, then the boards will vanish after 24 hours. If you want to keep them for longer then you’ll need to register for an account. Alternatively, you can download your board as an image or .pdf – simply click on ‘Export this board’ icon next to Miro Lite logo in the upper left corner of your screen.

Miro Lite features

Miro Lite is a simpler, lighter version of Miro, ideal for quick ideation and collaboration. Here is the list of Miro features available to Miro Lite users:

  • Pen with drawing presets, highlighter, smart drawing mode, and lasso
  • 8 of the most popular templates, including Flowchart, Ice breaker, Brainwriting and Retrospective.
  • Sticky notes
  • Text
  • Shapes
  • Connection lines

It’s a handy tool to have in your online teaching toolkit. For alternatives, do check out Google Jamboard, which is my current go-to whiteboard, or there are some other alternatives here.

You can access Miro Lite at miro.com/lite and read more here.