Brainstorm

Brainstorm is a collaborative idea board. You pose a prompt, and players add their ideas as sticky-note-style cards that land on shared columns in real time. Everyone sees the wall fill up together, so it's a natural fit for retros, ideation sessions, and workshops. There are no right or wrong answers and no points. The point is the ideas themselves.

How players experience it

1. At the top of the screen players see your prompt (the room title/question), and, if you've set one, a countdown timer.
2. The board is laid out as columns, one for each category you created. Each column has a "+" button to add an idea.
3. Tapping "+" opens a little editor. Players type their idea (with light formatting like bold and italics), then confirm it with the green check. The card pops onto the column straight away, for everyone.
4. Players can keep adding more ideas. The add box stays open so they can post several in a row.
5. Tapping any card reopens it so its author can edit the text or delete it.
6. Every card has a thumbs-up button. Anyone can like a note (one like per person per note), and a little burst of confetti celebrates each new like.

The whole thing updates live, so as ideas and likes come in, the board reacts on every screen at once.

Setting one up as a host

When you add a Brainstorm to your Roo:

• Write your prompt in the title field. This is the question or topic you want ideas on.
• Add up to five categories (the columns). Categories are optional. You can run a single open column or split ideas across a few themed ones.
• For each category you set a name and a colour (pick from the swatches or choose your own). Drag the cards to reorder them, or delete any you don't need.

That's the whole setup. There are no answers to define, because Brainstorm is about gathering ideas, not scoring them.

Tips

• Fewer, clearer columns work best. Two or three well-named categories give people an obvious place to drop each idea.
• Use the timer to keep an ideation burst focused. Set it running when you want people to start.
• Encourage likes. Thumbs-ups are a quick way for the room to surface the ideas worth discussing first.
• On paid plans you can export the results afterwards to take the ideas away with you.