Live interaction is one step. Sendsteps connects preparing the lesson, engaging every student, seeing who understands and improving what comes next.
Both tools let students answer live on their own device. Two things differ. In Sendsteps an imported PowerPoint stays editable, so the lesson lives in one place. And because Sendsteps is built around a course rather than a session, what a group answered in one lesson informs the next one.
Mentimeter is a well-established tool for live audience interaction, widely used in higher education and easy to pick up. It is anonymous by default and identified by choice, which is a deliberate and sensible design for creating a safe space in a lecture hall. If your need is a poll or a word cloud that breaks up a lecture, it does that job well.
When you import a PowerPoint into Mentimeter, the slides become static images and can no longer be edited as text, and importing is not available on the free plan. In Sendsteps an imported deck stays editable, speaker notes included.
The alternative route is the PowerPoint add-in, where the interactive slides live in Mentimeter and the rest of the lesson lives in PowerPoint. That works, but the lesson is then split across two tools. In Sendsteps the whole lesson sits in one place.
In Mentimeter, participant names are unique to each session, so results cannot be tracked across sessions or presentations. Sendsteps is built the other way round: the point is that this week's lesson informs next week's.
After the lesson, learning data and AI suggestions point at what to change. AI recommends, teachers decide.
| Capability | Sendsteps | Mentimeter |
|---|---|---|
| Import a PowerPoint | Stays editable, speaker notes included | Imported slides become static images, paid plans only |
| Students respond on their own device | Yes | Yes |
| Identify who answered what | Optional. The presenter decides. | Optional. Names shown on the Results page after the session, not during it. Participant login on Enterprise |
| Follow the same group across lessons | Yes | Names are unique per session; results are not tracked across sessions |
| Recommendations for the next lesson | Yes, AI suggests, the teacher decides | No |
| Export results | Yes, CSV, Excel and PDF | Excel export on paid plans |
| Free plan | Yes, no credit card required | Yes, with limits |
If you present to a general audience rather than teach a course, and one striking interactive moment per session is what you need, a dedicated interaction tool is the simpler fit. Sendsteps pays off when you teach the same group more than once.
It stays editable.
Put them where you want to check understanding.
Look at what the answers suggest for next time. Free to start, no credit card required.
Used by education teams
Yes, for teaching. Sendsteps covers live interaction and adds the steps around it: building the lesson from your own material, seeing who understands while you teach, and improving the next lesson with AI recommendations.
In Sendsteps it stays editable, speaker notes included, and there is no add-in to install. In Mentimeter, imported slides become static images and importing requires a paid plan.
That is what Sendsteps is built for. In Mentimeter, participant names are unique to a session and results are not tracked across sessions.
No. AI can draft a structure, suggest questions and recommend changes after class. Nothing reaches students until you decide. AI recommends, teachers decide.
Yes. You can create an account and run a lesson without a credit card.
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Start from the materials you already have. AI recommends, teachers decide.
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