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Mentimote – our presentation remote

How to hold your Mentimeter presentations with your smartphone

Have you ever felt stuck behind your computer when running presentations? Control your slides wherever you are in the room by using the Mentimote on your smartphone. Navigate between slides, reference your Presenter notes, moderate your Q and A session and much more!

Note that the Mentimote is only available for Pro and Enterprise plans.

How to access the Mentimote

You can open the Mentimote from both your smart device and from your computer.

Please Note: The Mentimote will only work in Presentation mode, as it involves the Presenter pacing the presentation. Due to this, the Mentimote will not work while in Survey mode.

Open the Mentimote from your smart device:

  1. Log in to your Mentimeter account from your smart device

  2. Open your presentation

  3. Click the drop-down arrow by the Start Presentation button in the top right corner

  4. Select Open Mentimote

Open the Mentimote from your computer:

  1. Log in to your Mentimeter account from a computer

  2. Open your presentation

  3. Click the drop-down arrow by the Start Presentation button in the top right corner

  4. Select Open Mentimote

Open the Mentimote from your presentation:

  1. Log in to your Mentimeter account from a computer

  2. Open your presentation and click Present

  3. Hover your cursor over the top right corner of the screen to reveal the toolbar and the Open Mentimote button:

How to present with the Mentimote

The Mentimote view is divided into two sections:

Left panel

On the left panel, you can see the slide you are currently on, as well as the next and previous slides. You can also move to the next or previous slide using the arrows:

Right panel

The right panel has two main tabs:

  • Speaker notes: you can see any speaker notes you have added to the current slide.

  • Q&A: you can view, present and mark as answered any questions that have been submitted with Q&A.

You can also sort Q&A submissions by newest, oldest or most upvoted.

Note: you also have the option to return to the Mentimote's old format, if you prefer.

Finally, in the bottom right of the Mentimote you can control specific settings for the slide you’re currently presenting or for the presentation as a whole. These include:

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