Digital Mood Boards

Purpose

Understand how participants want a solution to look and function.

Note: A mood board is a collage of images, video frames, patterns, or text that conveys a certain feeling at a glance.

Duration 

10-15 minutes

Tool requirements

Digital Whiteboard with image search (usually Mural)

Facilitators

1

Participants

Groups of 1-5

Instructions

Prep

1. Facilitate participants through Prototype Planning
   

Execute

1. Remind participants how to search for images in the whiteboard tool
2. Explain that they should collect images that show what their solution should look or feel like. Encourage them to add text captions.
   
3. Check on groups throughout the 10-15 minutes and answer questions or prompt them if they hesitate.
   
4. Once the prototypes are built, have participants share their mood boards.

Document

1. Record the prototype presentations.

External Resources

Mood Boards in UX: How and Why to Use Them

Moodboards at Design Methods Finder