Overview
Mentimeter presentations are capable of displaying images for aesthetic or content-related purposes.
In this article, we will show you where and how you can upload images to your Mentimeter presentation.
Free resources to use for selecting images
When you upload images to your Mentimeter presentation, please make sure these images are copyright-free and sharp enough with high resolution. As such, we recommend using the following free image resources if your School does not have a bank of images:
- Adobe Stock (which is available and free to all UoP staff members)
- Unsplash (which is embedded into Mentimeter)
- Freepik
- Pexels
- Pixabay
- Vecteezy
- Giphy
In most of them, you will be able to use additional filters for searching for appropriate images. These filters could be, for example, photos, icons or vectors only, free or restricted access images, AI-generated images, and many more.
Places to insert images in a presentation
Mentimeter also allows you to upload images to various places, such as:
- Creating interactions with images which can be useful to visualise a question that might be complicated or complex to understand. You could use graphical elements, for example, logos, brands, packaging, and many more.
- Images as part of a question can be useful, for example, in case it is a hotspot question type, such as ‘Pin on image’.
- Images as part of an answer choice can be useful, for example, in icebreakers, flashcards, and many more. To get some tips about in what situations you can use images for Multiple-Choice question types, please visit the following Mentimeter help material. Please note, some of the content/slide types do not currently support this.
For more information about these places, please visit the following Mentimeter webpage.
How to insert images into a presentation
Accepted image formats
When you upload images, these can be in the format of static images or motion images (such as gifs). The currently supported file formats are JPEG, PNG, and GIF; whilst the maximum file size cannot exceed 15 MB per file.
Any image you wish to upload to your Mentimeter presentation will look the best in the aspect ratio that is similar to your presentation screen ratio, however, in certain cases, you might want to use other dimensions. The standard ratio for most screens is 16:9 or 4:3.
For more information about the ratios for images on different content/slide types, please visit the following Mentimeter help material.
How to insert images into a presentation
Regardless of the fact where you wish to upload your selected image, such as for questions, potential answers, layout, or interaction purposes, the process will be the same. You can add images to your:
Please note, if the image would be the background for the slide, then it might not need to be cropped; however, for images to be added to questions or answers, most likely they will need to be resized to make sure they will be properly displayed on student screens. In the section ‘Accepted image formats’, you can get further information about the ratios. You can also test/preview your presentation to get a better understanding of the student experiences.
