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Manage meeting time

Use the timer to keep track of activities while collaborating with others in a mural.

Set the timer in a mural
Identify the value of time management in meetings

Limiting time to unleash creativity

Creative collaboration feeds on constraints. In meetings and workshops, the work will expand to fit the time you provide. Setting time limits in a meeting is an effective time management method called time boxing. When you create a meeting agenda, you limit activities in your session to a fixed amount of time. This helps meeting participants stay on time and productive.

As a facilitator in a mural, You can set time limits with your team directly within a mural with the timer feature.

Set the timer

As a facilitator in MURAL, you can use timers when working with other people in a mural. You have the power to add and change timers as you please. This makes activities more fun and keeps participants on their toes. How to use the timer:

  1. Select the clock button located at the top. 
  2. The timer usually starts with five minutes. You can change this with the minus or plus button.

Add time manually

You can also set the timer manually. 

  1. Type in the number of minutes you want the timer to last. 
  2. Click start timer when you’re ready to go, and this will start the countdown. An icon at the top lets everyone know how much time is left.
  3. When it comes to an end, the group gets a sound notification and a bar announcing the time has ended.

Time’s up! Sound notification 

You can also inform participants that the time is up with a sound notification. When the timer ends, MURAL automatically notifies your collaborators with a tone. The facilitator can turn off the sound notifications if needed.

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Hey there, I'm Hailey Temple and I'm going to show you how to use the timer in MURAL. So, I use the timer when I am working with other people in a mural. And when I am a facilitator in that mural, so I have this star around my avatar at the bottom, and I have this nice badge denoting that I'm a facilitator. So, I have the ability to add and change the timer in the mural. 

Here's how I add time and start the timer. I'm going to select this clock button up here on the mural. And the timer starts with five minutes, but I can change the time by clicking the minus or plus button. I can also just add how much time I want manually. 

When I'm ready to go, I'll click start timer. Now, the mural will start keeping track of that time and counting down. Everybody in the mural can see how much time there is with this clock icon. Now, at any time, if I want to, I can change how much time there is, I can either pause the timer, I can add a minute, I can add five minutes, or I can end the timer. 

When the timer comes to an end, the group gets a notification with some sound and a bar announcing the time has ended. The timer is a great way to keep track of activities or a whole meeting while you're collaborating in a mural with others.