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Tutorials
Two to five minutes each, organised by what you're trying to do rather than by button. Start with the first four if you've just been given a Kolab space.
We're recording these now. Until a video is up, the Kolab docs cover the same ground in writing, and if you're running a session this month we'll walk you through it live. Book a 20-minute walkthrough.
Start here
Everything you need before your first session.
A tour of your Kolab space
Where things live, and what participants see when they arrive.
Camera, mic and moving around
Avatars, audio zones, and how to help someone who can't hear.
Spatial, sidebar or video grid
Which view to use for which part of a session.
Your template library
Finding an activity by group size and session moment.
Setting up a session
Building an agenda
Timed sections that point at boards, timers and breakouts.
Saving an agenda template
Build session one, reuse it across the cohort.
Waiting room and music
Making the first five minutes feel finished.
Sharing a space
Links, passwords, and inviting co-facilitators.
Designing boards
Everything about stickies
Sticky banks, clustering, and blind brainstorm.
Bringing boards from Miro or Mural
Copy, paste, and what comes across.
Prompts, timers and card decks
The three tools that do most of the facilitation for you.
Adding an Interactive
Polls, quizzes and sorters without leaving the room.
During a session
Running breakout rooms
Assigning, mixing, per-room agendas and calling everyone back.
A small-group conversation, start to finish
Prompt, audio zone, broadcast, reflection.
Follow the leader
Bringing everyone's view with you, and letting them go.
Screen share and switching views
Without breaking the flow of the session.
Kola and AI
Kola, your AI co-facilitator
Drafting a session from an objective.
Summaries and recaps
Getting the follow-up written after the session.
Connecting Claude to Kolab
Setting up the connector in a few minutes.
Designing a session with Claude
From a plain-language brief to a built room.
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