How do I create an activity using Menti Live?
In this guide, you will learn how to create an interactive activity using Menti Live. Menti Live can be used during live or synchronous sessions to engage participants with polls, quizzes, word clouds, Q&A, and other interactive question types.
1. Log into your Mentimeter Account
Info: You can log into your Mentimeter account here:
Log in to Mentimeter – Create and access dynamic presentations - Mentimeter
Tip: Remember to log in using your SSO.
Enter your @fullerton.edu email.
Info: You may need to log in using your CSUF Portal Username and Password and perform DUO authentication.
2. Now, you should be at the Mentimeter home screen
Tip: From the Mentimeter home screen, you can choose between three products: Live, Form, or Pulse. These options are also available by selecting New Menti +. In this guide, you will use Menti Live.
3. Hover your mouse into the "Live" box and select "Make a presentation"
4. You are now at the Menti Live editor screen
Info: Note that you can choose to either "Start from Scratch" or "Import Slides" For this guide, we will select "Start from Scratch".
5. Select "Start from Scratch"
6. Choose one of interactive questions/activities
Info: For this guide, we will do Multiple Choice, as this is the most popular option.
Info: Below are the 13 Interactive Question Types when creating your Mentimeter activities.
- Multiple Choice: Great for polls, voting, opinion checks, and quick checks for understanding. You can also designate correct answers when appropriate.
- Word Cloud: Turns short text responses into a visual word cloud, with more common responses appearing larger. Great for brainstorming or quickly identifying common ideas.
- Open Ended: Allows participants to submit longer written responses, ideas, reflections, or feedback.
- Scales: Lets participants rate statements or items along a numerical scale. Useful for measuring confidence, agreement, satisfaction, or understanding.
- Ranking: Allows participants to place options in order of priority or preference. Useful for comparing ideas or identifying what students consider most important.
- Q&A: Gives participants a space to submit questions directly to the presenter. Participants can also upvote questions they would most like addressed.
- Guess the Number: Participants enter a numerical guess in response to a question. This can work well for estimation activities or questions where students predict a value. Mentimeter currently lists this as one of its interactive question types.
- 100 Points: Gives each participant 100 points to distribute among several choices, helping show relative priority or importance.
- 2 by 2 Grid: Allows participants to rate items across two dimensions and plots the results on a grid. This works well for comparisons such as importance vs. difficulty or impact vs. effort.
- Quick Form: Collects structured information from participants through a short form. Depending on the account, it can be used for information such as names, email addresses, dates, or selections.
- Pin on Image: Lets participants place a pin on a specific location within an image. This can be useful for maps, diagrams, anatomy images, or other visual identification activities.
- Select Answer (Quiz Competition): A competitive quiz question where participants choose from provided answer options. Quiz Competition questions can award points and use a timer and leaderboard.
- Type Answer (Quiz Competition): A competitive quiz question where participants type the answer themselves rather than selecting from choices. Like Select Answer, it can be scored as part of a Quiz Competition.
7. Once the activity is selected, you can then begin to start inserting a question along with some answers
Info: In this example below we asked the question - "What year was Cal State Fullerton founded?"
Info: Click on a answer will allow you to set correct and incorrect answers
8. To make a new slide/new set of questions/add more activities, click on "+New Slide"
9. Give your Presentation/Mentimeter a name
10. Choose if you want this Menti to be a Presentation or Survey
Info: Presentation mode is presenter-paced, with participants following along as you advance through the slides, while Survey mode is self-paced, allowing participants to complete the activity on their own time and move through the questions independently.
11. You can review the different types of sharing options
- Invite users to collaborate (enter their CSUF @fullerton.edu email)
- Participant Sharing Options
12: Participant Sharing Options
Info: You have different ways of how you want to share your Menti.
13. You can Preview or Start Presentation anytime
14. You can use Mentimeter's AI Assistant to help you improve a Menti
Tip: Use Mentimeter’s AI Assistant to quickly generate or edit slides and interactive activities by describing what you want to create.
- Click on the Star icon
- The AI Assistant box will then display
15. Use the Edit panel to customize your Menti slide
Tip: The Edit panel allows you to change the question type, response settings, visualization, design, and other slide options.
16. Use Comments to collaborate with others on your Menti
Tip: Comments allow you and other collaborators to leave feedback, suggestions, or notes directly on the Menti while working on the presentation.
17. Use the Interactivity panel to manage how participants engage with your Menti
Tip: The Interactivity panel lets you control participant settings, including whether names or login are required, available reactions, Q&A options, moderation, and live chat.
18. Use the Themes panel to customize the look and feel of your Menti
Tip: The Themes panel lets you apply organization or default themes to your presentation, or create your own theme to customize colors and branding.
19. Use Templates to quickly start with a pre-built Menti
Tip: The Templates panel provides ready-made Mentimeter activities organized by purpose, such as icebreakers, training, brainstorming, feedback, and planning. You can choose a template and customize it for your own class or activity.
20. Use the Help button to access Mentimeter support resources
Tip: The Help menu provides quick access to Mentimeter’s Help Center, video tutorials, support contact options, and product updates.
21. Use the QR Code button to view joining instructions
Tip: The QR Code button displays the joining instructions participants can use to access your Menti, including a QR code and the numeric code
22. Your Menti activity is now ready to share with participants
Info: You can now preview your activity, present it live, or share the joining instructions with participants using the QR code or Menti code.
Article Summary
You have now learned how to create a Mentimeter activity using Menti Live, as well as how to navigate and use the main features available within the Menti Live editor.