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A staff and student perspective on how the Division of Psychiatry have used the interactive presentation software to encourage participation in live, online sessions, and its impact on assessment.

About Mentimeter

Mentimeter is an easy-to-use,Ìýinteractive presentation software used live in lectures, seminars or any face to face or online teaching session. It also works well as a tool to be used asynchronously to, for example,Ìý‘temperature check’Ìýa current issue;Ìýact as a diagnosticÌýof prior knowledgeÌýor check understanding after a taught session.Ìý

Mentimeter enables you to create polls, open and closed questions or even competitive quizzes, as well as providing a mechanism for students to pose questions or feed back toÌýacademic staff.ÌýÌý

Encouraging participation in online lectures and assessment

In this video, Dr Martin Compton (Arena Centre) interviews DrÌýEllie Pearce (Research Fellow in Division of Psychiatry) about how Mentimeter was used alongside Zoom breakout rooms to encourage participation andÌýofferÌýa shared focal point in live, online sessions as part of the response to campus closures in 2020-21.

A student on theÌýMSc Clinical Mental Health Sciences, Fiona Lin, thenÌýgoes on to describe how she and her peers responded to the Mentimeter use and how they then began using it as part of an assessment activity called ‘Journal Club’.

Dr. Pearce concludes by explaining how, in turn, the teaching team were inspired by the students' use of Mentimeter,Ìýto use the software in a similar way.

Also of note are Fiona’s responses to questions about gamified elements and the possibility of Mentimeter ‘saturation’:Ìý

I don't think there's any shame in having fun and enjoying learning in whatever capacity.ÌýI think the main thing is if it helps you to remember something or it helps you learn something, then it's doing its job and you had an enjoyable time so it's a win, win.Ìý-Ìý Fiona Lin, MSc Clinical Mental Health Sciences student.

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• : ContextÌýand cohortsÌý
• : Mentimeter and Zoom use for live, online teaching
• : Benefits of using Mentimeter
• : Student perspective on how Mentimeter was used in taught sessions
• : Student use of Mentimeter for ‘Journal Club’
• : Hidden benefits of using Mentimeter
• : Challenging preconceptions
• : Benefits of familiarity
• : How student use inspired MSc programme leader

Using Mentimeter at 911±¬ÁÏÍø

There are advance features available such as PowerPoint-upload, remote clicker (‘Mentimote’) and data exports. The UCL licence gives full access to the softwareÌýfor all staff and studentsÌývia their UCL log in. Participants in polls, quizzes and interactive presentations need only go to menti.com and enter a code given by the presentation author.

To use Mentimeter in your teaching or assessment, visit the.ÌýYou can find full guidance onÌýtheÌý.ÌýÌýÌý

ForÌýtechnicalÌýadvice on how toÌýuse Mentimeter, speak to your faculty learning technologistsÌýorÌýcontact the Digital Education team.

To discuss theÌýprinciples and processes of peer assessment and timely feedback turnaround, contact the ArenaÌýCentre.ÌýÌýÌý