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Digital collaboration board

Share text, images, links, audio, videos and documents

Real time comments and posting, but also works for asynchronous online students!

Works on computers and phones with no special software

Multiple layouts, including grids, walls, maps, timelines, and even sandbox spaces

Wide variety of pre-existing templates to explore

Customizable privacy and moderation

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Collaborate on tasks (e.g., brainstorming, debates, project plans, etc.)

Create a living resource that you can build and revisit

Scaffold writing/projects by having students post drafts or reflections

Allow multimodal responses that support UDL and other inclusive practices

What are other practical uses?

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Let's meet each other!  What's your favourite thing about summer?

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Let's meet each other!  What's your favourite thing about summer?

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I'm Laura and my favourite thing about summer is canoeing on a gorgeous northern Ontario lake.

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Example Padlet #1: What does Teaching and Learning Mean to Us?

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Example Padlet #1: What does Teaching and Learning Mean to Us?

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Ben, a first-year engineering student, often doodles in lectures, leading his instructor to assume he’s distracted. During group work, he sketches a diagram that makes the concept clear to everyone. When allowed to include visuals in his work, Ben's understanding becomes evident and his performance improves. How might Padlet contribute to this scenario?

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Exit Ticket: Clearest Point and Murkiest Point

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Exit Ticket: Clearest Point and Murkiest Point

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Invite students to share here, and be sure to return to the murkiest points at the beginning of next class!

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Invite students to create a Padlet board of their own using the "canvas" or "map" layout to connect ideas.

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Both Mentimeter and Padlet align with principles from the science of learning: 

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Both Mentimeter and Padlet align with principles from the science of learning: 

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1. Retrieval Practice: Quizzes and open-ended questions encourage retrieval, which strengthens learning and memory.

2. Active Learning: Both tools disrupt passive reception. They invite students to process, respond and reflect.

3. Metacognition and Feedback: Mentimeter can surface misconceptions in real time so the teacher can address. Both tools encourage reflection so students can learn how they came to know something.

4. Motivation and Belonging: Anonymous participation can lower fear of judgment and making mistakes. Collaborative Padlets can create a sense of shared purpose and classroom community.

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Key Takeaways:

Mentimeter and Padlet are easy entry points for making learning active

They support retrieval, motivation, metacognition and student voice while creating a shared responsibility for learning in the classroom.

They align with what we know about how students learn best.

Share with us how you find these tools work for you!

Thank you for joining us today!

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Invite students to take 5 minutes to browse news headlines for an example of the topic of the day.

For instance

Example: "This just in: University of Manitoba invests in Mentimeter as its official campus engagement tool! (2022)"

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February 1, 2022 -

Looking for a way to make your presentations more engaging? Try Mentimeter. The University of Manitoba has invested in a campus-wide license for Mentimeter, an interactive software that is available to staff, faculty, students and instructors.

Menitmeter is an interactive software that will help instructors and staff at U of M:

Get instant feedback from participants

Add questions, polls, quizzes, Q&A and images to your presentation

Learn instantly from prepared surveys

Modernize your presentations

Increase participation during presentations

Register for a Mentimeter introductory workshop and learn how to make your presentations more engaging, inclusive and fun.
Register for a Mentimeter workshop Learn more about Mentimeter on our website

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University of Manitoba - //www.umanitoba.ca

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Mentimeter - Make your presentations more engaging, inclusive and fun

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Looking for a way to make your presentations more engaging? Try Mentimeter. The University of Manitoba has invested in a campus-wide license for Mentimeter, an interactive software that is available t

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Build belonging for your students by normalizing the mistakes we all make when trying something new. Shouting out "your favourite mistake" helps students learn that taking risks are part of how we learn (Cohen, 2024, Stanford Alumni Association talk).

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Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides with Geoffrey Cohen