Do you want to record participant names and match them to their responses? Perhaps you want to verify your participants' identity and require them to log in, but keep their responses anonymous. This article will explore the different ways you can combine these features to match your exact use case.
Remember that Mentimeter is Anonymous by default, identified by choice. Be sure to select the settings that you best match your needs, and always make sure participants know whether or not their answers will remain anonymous.
Keep in mind that requiring participants to log in is only available for Enterprise subscriptions.
Business
In a business context, you can have secure participation via SSO login, ensure accountability and safe sharing with Participant Names, and tailor actions during and after your session based on individual responses.
Employee feedback surveys
Participant names are required: OFF
Show names to participants: OFF
Participants are required to log in: ON
This setup ensures fully anonymous and secure participation while maintaining verified participation. Participants are required to log in with their work email, but names are kept hidden by default (even the presenter cannot see who answered what). It prevents double-voting and meets compliance requirements while ensuring participant privacy and anonymity. It's exactly like the Menti experience you know, just more secure and private.
This is ideal for sensitive internal meetings, employee feedback surveys, and mandatory compliance checks where anonymity and high participation are crucial.
Mandatory training sessions
Participant names are required: ON
Show names to participants: OFF
Participants are required to log in: ON
This setup ensures controlled anonymity while maintaining accountability. Participants log in with their work email, but names are NOT shown in the presentation—only presenters and editors can access them in the results. Viewers and commenters cannot see the Results tab, and participants remain anonymous to each other.
It’s ideal for tracking employee performance and well-being, allowing action without revealing identities. It also suits mandatory training and compliance sessions, where participation and completion rates need to be recorded.
Town hall meetings
Participant names are required: ON
Show names to participants: ON
Participants are required to log in: ON
This setup ensures full transparency by displaying verified names in the live presentation moment as well as in the Results page. Participants log in with their work email, and names are always visible, allowing everyone to see who responded what.
It is ideal for town halls, official votes and accountability-driven polls and Q&As, as well as collaborative meetings like project check-ins and brainstorming.
Higher Education
In the context of higher education, you can create a safe learning space with anonymous responses and track performance and participation with SSO-verified identities.
Formative assessments
Participant names are required: OFF
Show names to participants: OFF
Participants are required to log in: ON
This setup enables fully anonymous and secure participation in educational settings. Students' identities are either anonymous or verified through their university credentials - it's up to you. Answers remain anonymous in the classroom, allowing students to feel safe making mistakes in front of their peers.
In an educational context, it enables anonymous yet verified real-time feedback and group-level formative assessments. Educators can check in on the group’s knowledge, progress toward learning outcomes, and overall needs, without focusing on individual responses.
Track attendance and individual performance
Participant names are required: ON
Show names to participants: OFF
Participants are required to log in: ON
This setup balances anonymity and accountability in an educational context. Students log in with their university credentials but remain anonymous to each other, allowing them to participate freely, while presenters and editors can see their names in the results.
It’s perfect for tracking attendance, participation and performance at both group and individual levels. Educators can conduct formative assessments, monitor engagement and ensure accountability by identifying misuse in the results.
Staff meetings
Participant names are required: ON
Show names to participants: ON
Participants are required to log in: ON
This setup ensures full transparency and secure participation in educational settings. Participants log in with their university credentials, enabling secure access and attendance tracking. Names are visible in live presentations and in the results page, allowing students to see their own and others' responses.
It’s ideal for smaller classes, lectures and quizzes (as well as collaborative meetings, project check-ins and staff meetings) where students feel comfortable seeing each other's answers.
Pro tip: Turn off participant names when discussing sensitive topics, giving students a safe space to share their opinions.
