What are workspaces?

Your workspace is like your virtual office that holds all of your work in MURAL. When you sign up for MURAL, you can create a new workspace or join existing workspaces with your team. These workspaces contain work across different projects that are organized into rooms.

When you create a workspace, you’re the admin of that workspace and can adjust key settings and features for your organization.

Find and join existing workspaces 

When you sign up for MURAL, you can check out your company’s existing workspaces to see if your team is collaborating together. You can join some workspaces instantly, while some will send a request to your company’s admin for approval. Alternatively, you can also search for workspaces manually by clicking Find more at the bottom.

Workspace admins can set the visibility of the workspace by going into workspace settings. Here’s how it’s done: 

1. Click the workspace name on the top left corner 
2. Select Manage workspace name 
3. Scroll down to Join Workspace permissions and select between automatically or by request 

Create a new workspace

When you sign up on MURAL, you can join an existing workspace or create a new one. All newly created workspaces have a 30-day free trial period. 

To create a new workspace: 

1. Click on the workspace name in the top-left corner and select My Workspaces
2. Select Create new workspace at the bottom of the list
3. Give a name to the workspace and invite collaborators

How to invite others to your workspaces?

You can add collaborators to your entire workspace. Here’s how you can do that

1. Directly from the dashboard 

• On your dashboard, click the share button on the top right corner
• Type in the email of the person you want to invite and click send

2. Inviting via link

• On your dashboard, click the share button on the top right corner
• Select CREATE LINK and copy the link 
• Send the link to anyone you want to invite

3. Inviting via email 

• On the top left corner, click your workspace and select invite people to workspace
• Here you can enter an email or send bulk invites by importing a .csv file

You can also add a personalized message with the invite and click Send invitation(s)

Switching between workspaces

You can be a part of one or multiple workspaces at a moment. Switching between workspaces is easy. Here’s how you can do that: 

1. See which workspace you are currently in by looking at the top left corner of your MURAL dashboard
2. Click the arrow next to that workspace name to see all the workspaces where you belong
3. Click the name of the workspace you want to switch to. You’ll land on the dashboard for this workspace.

Open rooms vs. private rooms

Just like in a real-life office building, there are common areas and private spaces. These are called rooms. There are open rooms and private rooms in a MURAL workspace. 

• Open rooms: These are the rooms that are open for everyone to join and collaborate with the members in there. Open rooms are ideal for projects you want visible to anyone in your organization.
• Private rooms: You need an invitation to access the private rooms. These are best for projects and work you want to keep private or to an exclusive team.

Here’s how you can check out your rooms:

1. Within your workspace, go to the dashboard
2. On the left-hand side of the dashboard, there is a list of private rooms that you can join. Click any of the rooms to join in. 
3. Just below this are open rooms you can access when you click. Everyone can come in and collaborate.

Switching between workspaces

You can be a part of one or multiple workspaces at a moment. Switching between workspaces is easy. Here’s how you can do that: 

1. See which workspace you are currently in by looking at the top left corner of your MURAL dashboard
2. Click the arrow next to that workspace name to see all the workspaces where you belong
3. Click the name of the workspace you want to switch to. You’ll land on the dashboard for this workspace.

Open rooms vs. private rooms

Just like in a real-life office building, there are common areas and private spaces. These are called rooms. There are open rooms and private rooms in a MURAL workspace. 

• Open rooms: These are the rooms that are open for everyone to join and collaborate with the members in there. Open rooms are ideal for projects you want visible to anyone in your organization.
• Private rooms: You need an invitation to access the private rooms. These are best for projects and work you want to keep private or to an exclusive team.

Here’s how you can check out your rooms:

1. Within your workspace, go to the dashboard
2. On the left-hand side of the dashboard, there is a list of private rooms that you can join. Click any of the rooms to join in. 
3. Just below this are open rooms you can access when you click. Everyone can come in and collaborate.