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Engage your students and eliminate awkward silences. With Mentimeter you can build presentation slides, interactive polls, quizzes, word clouds, Q&A's and more easily. With this tool you create more interaction in class and lowers the threshold to participate significantly.

Create interactive presentations
Low threshold for all students to participate
Use polling, quizzes, instant feedback, Q&A, icebreakers, etc.
Receive instant results
Students respond via phone or laptop
Share and export results for further analysis

Mentimeter guide

On this page, you can find a step by step guide on creating a Mentimeter presentation. How to get started, what type of (interactive) material can you use and how to share during your class?

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Student view

How can students participate and what does Mentimeter look like for your students? This page explains and gives an example.

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Collaboration

Invite your colleagues to collaborate together by making a shared presentation.

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How to log in with my VU account?

Staff and students from VU Amsterdam can use Mentimeter without any restrictions on the amount of slides usuable with our VU license. Use this link to register with your VU account.

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How to log in with my Amsterdam UMC account?

Staff and students from Amsterdam UMC can use Mentimeter without any restrictions on the amount of slides usuable with the AMC license. Use this link to register with your Amsterdam UMC account.

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VU workshop Introduction to Mentimeter

VU workshop Mentimeter Next Level

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Exit ticket

Exit ticket is an activating learning activity where students write down after a class what they learned, what is still unclear to them, etc. Mentimeter is a great tool to collect students' answers anonymously. Want to know more about this learning activity? You can read about it on this page.

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Buzz groups

Buzz groups is an activating learning activity where students split up in small groups to discuss a question or topic. Mentimeter is a great tool to collect the insight of each group in a quick way. Want to know more about this learning activity? You can read about it on this page.

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Create a safe learning environment

Discussing topics in large groups can cause anxiety and stress to students. Mentimeter has a low threshold to participate because it's anonimous. It's also a great tool to collect input on how to create an even safer environment. Want to know more about creating a safe learning environment? Then go to this page.

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How to create interaction during class time?

Want to know how you truely can achieve more interaction during class time? Read the tips on this page. Mentimeter is a great tool help you realize these tips.

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Please help us collect inspiring examples. If you have an interesting example to share, or if you come across an example worth sharing, please tell us by filling out this Contact Form. Your help is much appreciated.

The most up-to-date FAQ can be found on this website of the supplier.

VU specific FAQ

+ I am limited to two questions per presentation, what is wrong?

The problem above indicates that you are not logged in with your VU account. To make sure you are licensed and to take advantage of the benefits of the VU account, you might want to check your login procedure. Please click here to find instructions.

+ I have problems with the PowerPoint plugin in Mentimeter, what to do?

This problem is reported to Mentimeter and they have fixed it. If this problem still occurs, please contact the IT servicedesk and follow these instructions for a workaround.

+ I am working at the Amsterdam UMC, how to register to Mentimeter?

People from the Amsterdam UMC should register their account via this link: https://www.mentimeter.com/join/amsterdamumc

+ How to get help from Mentimeter's support team?

Once logged in, you can ask Mentimeter's support team a question using the Chat button at the bottom right side of your screen.

If you can not login to Mentimeter or if Mentimeter is unavailable, contact the IT Servicedesk.

The VU has a contract and a data processing agreement with the supplier. These contain all kinds of provisions that prohibit the supplier from using personal data of VU employees and VU students for their own purposes (such as reselling). There are also a variety of security agreements in the agreement about when employees of the supplier may view data (almost never) that enters the application and what the supplier must do to minimize the chance that third parties can view or change data.

The supplier provides institutions such as the VU with an administrator dashboard. This allows the VU to enforce all kinds of settings on the VU users, which makes the tool a lot more secure. To guarantee the privacy and security, of teachers and students, it is important that you use this tool with a VU account instead of a private account.

Do you have a question?

Your faculty has support to help you with everything regarding educational tools. You can find your faculty contact information here.

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Rather set up an appointment?

Using a new tool can be challenging and it can take some time to master the new tool. That's why the VU Education Lab offers the possibility to set up your first learning activity using this tool together with an expert, for free. Use this form or send an email to onderwijswerkplaats@vu.nl.

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