Mural is a digital workspace that allows teams to collaborate visually on large digital boards called murals. Murals can be used for activities like design thinking, product design, planning, and more. There are 5 essential skills for using Mural: zooming and scrolling to navigate murals, adding different types of content to murals, using keyboard shortcuts, collaborating with other users in real-time or asynchronously, and managing your murals and rooms.

1. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
5 SKILLS FOR GETTING STARTED

2. HENRY FORD
MURAL is a visual workspace that helps you collaborate
together. Murals are giant boards to map out content.
Everything is securely saved in the cloud. Collaborate
wherever you are to keep your creative momentum.
People use murals for all kinds of team activities:
○ Design thinking & innovation
○ Product & service design
○ Planning & management
○ Marketing & branding
○ Research and journey mapping
○ Instruction & facilitation… and more!
WHAT IS MURAL?

3. 1. Zooming & scrolling
2. Adding content
3. Using shortcuts
4. Collaborating with others
5. Managing MURAL
5 ESSENTIAL SKILLS

4. 1. ZOOMING & SCROLLING

5. Zoom out to see the big picture
The easiest way to zoom is with the trackpad or with
the mouse wheel. If something is too small to read,
zoom in to see the detail instead of making it larger.
LEARN TO ZOOM QUICKLY
Zoom in to see the detail

6. To scroll (pan) with the mouse, hold ‘SPACE’ while you click
and drag the mural. Or, use the trackpad with two fingers.
The mini-map in the lower right shows you where you are.
Scroll (pan) to see all your content
SCROLL AROUND

7. You have two options: Scroll (pan) and Zoom.
Change options in Zoom Settings (below the mini map).
Change navigation modes in Zoom Settings.
FIND THE BEST NAVIGATION MODE
SCROLLZOOM

8. 2. ADDING CONTENT

9. Use the left toolbar to add content to MURAL
Explore the toolbar on the left to add text, shapes,
connectors, icons, frameworks and images. Double
click on the mural to add a sticky note even quicker.
MAP OUT YOUR CONTENT

10. Drag images and documents right from your hard drive.
Or, copy a URL and paste it into a mural. YouTube videos
will play directly inside the mural.
Play back YouTube videos right in MURAL
INSERT LINKS, VIDEOS & DOCUMENTS

11. Change element properties from the contextual menu.
Right click on any element for additional options.
FORMAT ELEMENTS
Contextual menus for note Right-click menu options

12. 3. USING SHORTCUTS

13. Learn the keyboard commands built into MURAL.
Just press ‘?’ to see all of the available commands.
Keyboard commands for the Mac
RELY ON COMMANDS
Keyboard commands for the PC

14. While holding the SHIFT key down, drag your mouse
across the elements you wish to select.
Use the SHIFT key to select multiple elements
SELECT MULTIPLE ELEMENTS

15. HENRY FORD
4. COLLABORATING WITH OTHERS

16. Invite others via the ‘Share’ option (upper right). Add their
addresses directly or send the link.
Invite teammates via email
INVITE TEAMMATES

17. Use Skype or similar for a conference call. Then, join a
mural with your team and add content together. Try the voting
feature in the top left to get consensus. Vote multiple times to
really drill down.
Get team consensus with the Voting feature
WORK TOGETHER IN REAL TIME

18. Comment on any element and see past activity
Add content to a mural independently. See what’s happened
since you last checked in with the Activity Feed (right). Keep
conversations going with comments.
COLLABORATE ASYNCHRONOUSLY

19. 5. MANAGING MURAL

20. Click on the ‘All Murals’ icon (top left) to see all of your
murals. Rooms (left) are used to organize murals.
See all of your murals on the ‘dashboard’
GET AN OVERVIEW

21. Click ‘CREATE MURAL’ to start a new one. Existing
murals can be duplicated, moved or shared.
Use the drop-down menu in the upper right to manage each mural
CREATE NEW MURALS

22. FURTHER RESOURCES
1. GET ONLINE HELP
Just click on the question mark in the upper right of any mural.
2. VISIT THE HELP CENTER
See videos and articles on our support site: http://support.mural.ly
3. JOIN OUR LIVE DEMO
First Thursday of every month at 12 noon ET. Sign up here:
https://mural.co/webinars/monthly-demo/
4. CONTACT US DIRECTLY
Contact customer support directly at support@mural.ly