Tech Tools To Engage Your Audience: Mentimeter
Would you like to get to know
your audience and their opinions, more than just a mere presentation?
Mentimeter is for you. While it's similar to Nearpod, it's less about
delivering content and more about engaging your audience's thoughts. With a
free account, you can only add two questions (voting, scales, word cloud,
etc). and five quiz-style questions (open response and multiple choice).
Step 1: Create an account
- Go to mentimeter.com
- Click
- Create an account using your
PTS Microsoft Outlook login
* Remember the password will
not sync if you change it in Outlook- this is your Mentimeter password)
- Choose the free plan by
clicking on 'dive right in'
- Now you're ready to start
creating!
Step 2: Create a presentation
- Create a new presentation or
use a template provided!
- Title your presentation
- Get started!
**You can only choose two
types of 'popular question types' and five 'quiz competition'
- 'Popular question types'
are useful for getting to know audience thoughts/opinions
- 'Quiz competition'
question types are useful to engage in a check for understanding with your
students
*Remember to change how much
time each student gets to take on responding, whether or not you'd like music
playing, and if you'd like there to be a leader board
Step 3: Share and Present
- In the top right-hand corner, if learning virtually click
'share'
*When clicking on 'expand' you
can decide who has access and how long you'd like the code to be open
** If you'd like participants
to see how they all did, after the presentation, click on 'presentation
sharing'
- If you will be sharing your
screen with participants click back on 'present'
- Students then can log in
with the website and access code at the top
*Students can only see your
screen if you're showing it to them. They only see the questions, not the
responses
Educator view: 
Student view before answering:
Student view after answering:
**Therefore, make sure that
students have access to the instructor's screen for best use!