Mentimeter

Incredible transformation of presentations

Kommentare: This app is great for my projects that I use for my clients!

Vorteile:

The fact that it can tranform a boring, long and tiring presentation, into one that is interactive, fun and cheerful makes it a great app.

Nachteile:

I did not like the fact that, at times the app takes a lot of time to show the poll results to viewers.

A smart tool that looks slick but has some frustrating limitations

Kommentare: We like Mentimeter a lot. You can be up and running with it in minutes, and it takes literally seconds to create a typical wordcloud or other slide. It looks amazing to those answering the questions. There are downsides though and I hope future updates will add functionality and improve the experience for paying users.

Vorteile:

Mentimeter allows you to easily (very easily) create and launch live, interactive polls, surveys and quizzes and create cool things like wordclouds in real time. It has a really smooth mobile integration through the use of QR codes which is a killer feature in the modern age. We have frequently had "wow moments" in meetings, workshops and training sessions using Mentimeter as people see animated quiz standing come in in real time and the like. Zero learning curve from the users point of view and almost frictionless.

Nachteile:

It has a few limitations that make it less slick from the point of view of the person using it compared to the people answering the questions. It does not integrate well with Powerpoint. There is an outdated and never updated plug in which crashes all the time and thus unusable. The other option is to import your slides into Mentimeter and do the whole thing from there. This is not always advisable because animations are not preserved and the general look of the slides suffers. Without PPT integration, if you are running a remote session using Zoom or similar you are forcing people to navigate away from your window to use Mentimeter and then relying on them coming back to see the results come in in real time. It damages the experience tremendously. You get around this by showing QR codes and having them do it on their phones, but still, not ideal. Another issue is that moving or otherwise adjusting slide shows inside Mentimeter is a huge pain. Drag and drop to change the order of slides is basically broken, so me and my team always make sure everything is in order before importing (if we even use importing, see above). Even a no-integrated session with more than a few Mentimeter slides is a huge pain to adjust. Finally, although they claim that switching between say PPT and Mentimeter on the fly is easy, it inhibits you from easily and smoothly moving to the next question. Not ideal.

Mentimeter reduces barriers in the classroom

Kommentare: Love it - it's a wonderful pedagogical tool that helps me to connect with all of my students.

Vorteile:

I love that I can collect real-time responses from my students - quantitative and qualitative data. Allows my shy students to provide their voice in a non-threatening manner.

Nachteile:

I have the free version only so I'm limited on what I can do.

Good start

Vorteile:

Mentimeter has a great on the spot survey/knowledge check feature.

Nachteile:

Price and limited features compare to Kahoots

Excellent choice

Vorteile:

Create engaging, interactive, and collaborative presentations that drive audience participation and feedback is so easy with Mentimeter.

Nachteile:

Mentimeter requires a stable internet connection to function, which can be a problem if the connection is slow or unreliable.While Mentimeter offers a range of customization options, some users may find that the platform's design and layout limitations can be restrictive.