Nearpod|5/9/16@BVEdTec

NearpodNearpodletsyoucreateinteractivepresentationsthatcanbeviewedfromamobiledeviceorcomputer.Teacherscanaddpolls,videos,openendedquestionsandquizzesintotheirpresentations.Fromamobiledevice,ateachercanlaunchapresentationandstudentscanaccessontheirdevicesandanswerthequestionprompts.GettingStarted

1. Gotohttp://nearpod.com/oropentheapp.• Teacherswillneedtocreateaccounts.Studentswillnotneed

anaccount.Theywillenterthepinprovidedbytheteacher.

2. Enterinyouraccountinformation.CreateaPresentation

1. AfterloggingintoNearpod,selecttheCreateicon.• YouwillberedirectedtoNearpodContentToolonyour

browerwhenusingtheapp(selectGo).

2. SelectNewPresentation.

3. TitlepresentationbyclickingonUntitledPresentationandrenaming.

4. SelectAddSlide. • Youcanalsodraganddropfiles.• ItisrecommendedtocreateaPowerpointPresentationor

GoogleSlidespresentationandthenimportintoNearpod(seevideotutorialsImportGoogleSlidesorImportPowerPointSlides).

5. SelectAddContentorAddActivitytoaddinteractivefeaturestoyour

presentation(AddWebContentisapremiumfeature).• Content:Slide,Video(Youtubevideoswillnotplayfor

ELE/MSStudents),Slideshow,Audio.Thefollowingarepremiumfeatures:FieldTrip,PDFviewer,LiveTwitterStream.

• Activity:Openendedquestion,poll,quiz,orDrawIt.Thefollowingarepremiumfeatures:Fillintheblank,Memorytest.

6. Afterslides,contentandactivieshavebeenaddeddraganddroptotheslideorderyouprefer.

7. Selectpreviewtoviewpresentation.

TableofContents>GettingStarted….1>CreateaPresentation….1>LaunchaPresentation….2>StudentAccess….2>ViewReports….3>Explore….3

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8. Selectpublishwhenthepresentationiscomplete.

• Oncethepresentationispublished,itwillappearinyourlibrary,butyoucanreturntoeditmodetomakechanges.

LaunchPresentation

1. AfterloggingintoNearpod,selectMyLibrary.

• Webversion:Select tocreatefoldersforyourlessons.

2. SelectapresentationfollowedbyLiveSession.• Webversion:Hoveroverthepresentationyouwishtolaunch

andselectLiveSession.Selectthe3dotsforadditionaloptions.

3. Ascreenwithapinwillshow.Thiscodewillneedtobesharedwith

yourstudentssotheycanjointhepresentation.• Pinwillchangeforeachsession.

4. Clicktheiconintheleftcornertoviewparticipants.

• Clickthe toshoworhidestudentnamesifdisplayingteacherdevicetostudents.

5. Studentswillseethesamescreenasyouscrollthroughtheslides.• Youhavefullcontrol.Studentscannotadvancethroughslides.

6. Usethebottomarrowtoscrollthroughpresentation.Clickonaslide

andselectshareforaudienceviewingontheirdevicesordraganddrop.Studentswillonlyseeafteryouselectshare.

7. Asstudentsrespondtoactivityquestions(polls,drawit,etc),onlythe

teacherwillseetheresponses.Selectastudentresponseorresultsfollowedbysharefortherestoftheaudiencetoview.

• Studentnameswillnotshowup.• Selectunshareorclosewhenfinished.

8. Tosharewebcontentoropenendedquestionsonthefly,view

reportsorendsessionselectNearpodfromthetop.

StudentAccess1. Gotohttp://nearpod.com/oropentheNearpodApp.

2. Selectjoinsessionandenterthepingivenbytheteacher.

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3. Studentswillbepromptedtoentertheirnamefollowedbysend.

4. Ifanactivityappears,studentswillrespondandselectsendtosubmit.

5. Afterpresentationhasended,selectExit.

ViewReports

1. AfterloggingintoNearpod,selectReports.

2. Selectapresentationtoviewdata.

3. Youwillhaveasummaryfollowedbyindividualstudentdataoneachcategoryofquestions.

4. Toview/saveresults,selectDownloadsandfiletype.

Explore1. AfterloggingintoNearpod,selectExplore.2. Searchthealreadycreatedlessons.

• Usethetagtosortbycategory.• Lessonsarealsolabeledwithfreeorprice.