1.1.1.   About

Keep your students engaged with Mentimeter. Test knowledge, start discussions, and have fun with the only interactive presentation platform you need!


1.1.2.   Features

Polling and discussion question types: word clouds, open-ended questions, quizzes and presentations to start conversations and spark ideas in the classroom. Students can answer using their smartphones.

Main functionality: Create an interactive question: Design your question in our easy-to-use editor or use one of our pre-built templates. Ask your audience to join via their phone: Let your audience take part, either via a code, voting link or by scanning the QR code. See the results appear on screen: Gather input from your audience and watch it appear in real time. And remember - it’s fully anonymous!


1.1.3.   Integrations

Mentimeter can be integrated with MS Teams, Zoom, MS PowerPoint, Hopin.


1.1.4.   Exercise No. 1. Sign up

Go to Mentimeter Interactive presentation software - Mentimeter. To use Mentimeter, you must register. You can choose one of four options: sign up with Facebook/ Google/ SSO or manually fill up the registration form.

Mentimeter signup link: Create a Mentimeter account | Mentimeter Help Center


1.1.5.   Exercise No. 2. Login

Once you're registered, log in to Mentimeter. Mentimeter login link: Log in to your account - Mentimeter.


1.1.6.   Exercise No. 3. Create a presentation

Once you are logged in, if you have no presentations created yet, you can choose one of two options: “New Presentation” or “Simple Presentation Builder”. You can choose from a variety of templates.




We recommend choosing a “Simple Presentation Builder”.



Let’s start Creating, click “Start Creating”. First choice is the Question. You can change the suggested question, or you can stay with it.




You can add several options, click “Add options” and in new screen add several choices of possible answers:



And then press “Continue”. Second choice in the builder is Word Cloud. You can add a question, to which answers will be presented in word cloud format.



Press “Continue” and choose a Theme from presented variants:



Press “Continue”. Finally name your presentation and click “Finish”.



Finally, you have your first Mentimeter presentation.



You can edit it, test it by clicking “Present it” or share it with your students by clicking “Share it”.

Mentimeter templates link: Free Presentation Templates, Ideas & Examples - Mentimeter


1.1.7.   Exercise No. 4. Share with your Students

Once you've saved the presentation, you can try it out, present it to your students or share it with others. Click "Present". Then the code will then be generated. Students can join the presentation with the code using the www.menti.com link. on questions. Alternatively use the “Share” to share a link to the Mentimeter presentation. Students will join anonymously.


Students have to select the correct answer on their devices. The teacher must click "Next" after each question until the end of the test. The results of each answer are presented immediately in the same question screen. As you can see, the student’s answers are anonymous.



1.1.8.   Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages:


Mentimeter gives every student a voice and stops only the loudest in the class from being heard. Test your students’ knowledge, gather feedback and ask them to reflect with our live polling and survey features.

Teachers can create their own quiz or use one of our templates to add energy in the classroom whilst keeping the focus on learning. With colourful animations and a suspense-building leaderboard, Quiz competitions are perfect for pop quizzes, formative assessments, or when you simply want your students excited about learning.100-point prioritisation method for participants answering the questions. Data exports and ability for users to show or hide the results of the surveys.


   Disadvantages:


Strongly limited in free version. Some of the features can be a little complex to navigate. Strong WIFI is needed for students to connect.



1.1.9.   Accessibility

Here are some ways Mentimeter services are accessible:



  1. Creating a presentation. It is good if the presentation is more self-explanatory for the user to understand the entirety of the presentation.
  2. Choosing a theme. It’s recommended using our most common themes, such as Menti Dark or Menti Light. In these themes, we have created an experience that is easy to use due to clear typography and good contrast for text and interactive objects. When making your own theme, make sure that you have enough contrast (4.5:1) between the background and text colour, as well as the background and bar colour. The bar colour is used for most of the buttons in menti.com, and the text colour on the buttons will either be black or white depending on which of them contrasts better with the button colour.
  3. Text content. Use clear and concise language and reduce the amount of text by focusing on what is the essential information. Large blocks of text can be complex for the audience to read and understand, especially if the text content has a small font size. Headlines and bulleted lists are good options to structure the content and increase readability. Make text big enough to be readable even from a distance, such as the back of a meeting room. Avoid using abbreviations, because some users may need help understanding the abbreviation or have difficulty interpreting it correctly. It’s recommended writing out all acronyms in full the first time they are used in your presentation.
  4. Images and graphics. Limit the number of images and graphics so you don't overwhelm the audience with information. Images should have an alternative text, or "alt text," that describes the purpose of the image so that visually impaired people know what the images conveys.
  5. Graphs and charts should also be described and summarised.
  6. Animated images, or GIFs. Animated GIFs can be perceived as disturbing by specific user groups and can also distract users from the presentation. In addition, some people with seizure disorders can have a seizure triggered if the animated content strobes or flashes rapidly. Choose GIFs that have a leisurely pace and don't have too much movement. Use them in parts of the presentation where they don’t take away the focus from other content.
  7. Colour contrast. Sufficient colour contrast between text and background is essential for the reading audience and especially readability for people with impaired vision. It is essential to consider this when using images that have text in them. Our default Menti themes (Menti Light and Menti Dark) have a great colour contrast by default.
  8. Don't rely on colours. Don't use colour as the only method for distinguishing information. Instead, use colour distinctions together with text and icons so that users with colour blindness or impaired vision can easily understand the content.
  9. Video. Ensure that videos are captioned and also strive to have audio descriptions. A good gesture is to briefly describe the content in the video before it's played. It will help severely impaired users to understand the context in the video.
  10. When presenting. As a presenter, you are responsible for conveying your message so that everyone in the audience can understand and take part in the content. Here, there is a balancing act between clarity, pace, and description of the content in the presentation.
  11. Joining a presentation. Read out and share the instructions on how you can join the presentation. It is an advantage to describe the different options, such as following the URL, scanning the QR code or inputting the voting code in menti.com, so that users can choose the alternatives that suit them best.
  12. Repeat what you are showing on screen. Most people have at some point been in the back of an audience and experienced troubles following what's being shown on the screen. Make sure to repeat what's actually written out loud before you comment on it. This will also help those who might be distracted to get back into the conversation. This also applies to graphic elements such as pictures, diagrams and icons that are included in the presentation. When it comes to graphic objects, it is important to consider whether the object is significant for the content or just decorative. If the object is considered decorative, there is no need to convey the meaning to the audience.
  13. Give users enough time to answer. Different people may need more time than others to answer questions, so it is a tricky balancing act to figure out the pace and time required for each question. In Quiz Competitions, which are time-based, you can allow a longer time to answer questions when there is, for example, a lot of text to read or if you want the audience to type in their answers.
  14. Questions and answers. Ensure that there is enough time for questions and answers. It's important to repeat the questions for the audience so everyone can hear them.
  15. Video. A good practice is to briefly describe the content in the video before it's played. It will help severely impaired users to understand the context of the video.
  16. Using menti.com with a screen reader. Menti.com is keyboard operable and includes additional aria-labels and alt text (if the presenter has provided this information) for the voter to understand the interface.


1.1.10.  Tests

a) What type of assessment questions can be used in Kahoot Quiz? 

b) Is there an option to give Kahoot tests synchronously or asynchronously? 


1.1.11.   Useful resources

Kahoot! templates, guides and other resources

Kahoot! Glossary | Kahoot! Trust Center

Kahoot What Is It: Features, Advantages, Disadvantages, and FAQs (techprevue.com)

Does Kahoot! meet accessibility standards? – Help and Support Center