The Miro collaboration platform was used by nine student teams for their group project in a Communication Design Research class. Each group used their Miro board extensively, albeit mostly as a repository for collected data. The platform enabled continuous monitoring of all groupwork, but unexpected high volume of content in each board overwhelmed the instructors, hindering timely feedback. While Miro’s ease of use and visual versatility were a welcome change from the typical course management system, it did not organically lead to any convergence in teamwork or real-time discussion among learners. Despite the mixed findings and limited generalizability, the case study is a vivid illustration of how East Asian design students engage with collaboration technology, with several recommendations on how to use Miro for class projects in general.