Mentimeter

Mentimeter is a web application that allows the user to create interactive presentations. While slideshows similar to those made in PowerPoint can be made using Mentimeter, the tool provides a variety of slides that allow for real-time audience participation. All presentations are made within an online editor, where they can be shared with colleagues and prepared for use in the classroom or online. The interactive slides provide functionality such as multiple-choice questions, word cloud generation, quizzes, and Q&A sessions. For added convenience, Mentimeter slides can be added to existing PowerPoint presentations via a downloadable plugin.

Students engage with Mentimeter presentations on their smartphones or tablets, entering a unique code to follow along with the interactive elements of the slideshow. Up to 2000 participants can interact with a presentation. The visualisations and intuitive prompts help provide an additional engaging element to the lecture, and once the presentation has finished, results can be stored and exported for further analysis if needed.

Mentimeter Basics
- Getting Started With Mentimeter (PDF - 0.34 Mb)
- Logging on to Mentimeter with SSO credentials
Presenting and interaction
Sharing Menti data
Further Information
- Software Licences: The University site licence means that Mentimeter is available to all academic staff as ‘creators’ and students as ‘participants’. There are different ways to set up a Mentimeter account with this licence depending on whether you already have one – please refer to the Getting Started With Mentimeter guide linked above.
- Integrations: While Mentimeter has an integration with both MS Teams and Zoom, these are currently being tested and are not yet recommended for use. Mentimeter can be used effectively using the ‘screen share’ function on both systems.
- Accessibility: Mentimeter.com currently only partially supports accessibility features and thus has not reached WCAG compliance. However, the user is given opportunities to make their content more accessible. If, for example, a PowerPoint presentation is imported into Mentimeter, each slide is converted to an image, but alt-text can be added to each one to ensure they can be described by screen readers. Mentimeter provides further advice on making presentations more accessible on their Help pages. The menti.com app, used by audience members to interact with the presentations, does conform to WCAG 2.1 AA. For more information, see the Mentimeter Accessibility Statement and VPAT report.

Training and Support

Upcoming training sessions are bookable via the Guided Learner Journey Module Calendar (0IND0002).
Support queries may be sent to TELsupport@herts.ac.uk.
Professional colleagues and students should contact Helpdesk@herts.ac.uk