featuring What is Nearpod:

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1 featuring What is Nearpod: Nearpod is a program that allows teachers to create or download interactive presentations that can be shared with students on their ipads. In addition, Nearpod allows you to include assessments so that you can monitor students progress. Quick Tips: It is easier to create (or download) Nearpod presentations on a computer than on an ipad. You can control students Nearpod presentations from either your computer or ipad. GETTING STARTED: Create a free Nearpod account at Choose from your dashboard what you are wishing to do. Anything you download or create will be saved in your library.

2 CREATING A NEARPOD PRESENTATION: Click Create on your dashboard. Select Add Presentation or New Presentation. Or, if you have a pre-made Powerpoint presentation that you want to include, drag it from your file and drop it at the bottom of the screen. Click the pencil icon next to Untitled Presentation to add presentation name/info. Name your Untitled Presentation to type a name and add unique info. Click Save when finished.

3 A green bar will appear showing that it saved successfully and your presentation name will appear in blue. To edit a slide, double click on it. You can add an image, text, or audio to a slide by clicking the buttons on the bottom row.

4 When you click to add an image, you can browse your files, among other locations. Click save after choosing file. Click to add text. Click save when finished. Click to +Add or Add Slide to create next slide.

5 Choose which kind of slide you would like to add. Slide Audio Video Slideshow PDF Viewer Twitter Stream Insert content from the web by entering a URL. Open Ended Question Poll Quiz Draw It Add an open ended question: Click Add activity > Open ended question. Type question. Click save. Your new slide will appear with your presentation. Add a poll. Click add slide > Add Activity > Poll. Type question and responses. You can add additional response options by clicking Add Answer. When finished, click save. Your poll will now appear with your presentation.

6 Add a Quiz. Click add slide > add activity > add quiz. You can name your quiz (optional) at the top. Add questions and multiple choice answers. You can add possible answers by clicking add answer. Click the check mark next to the correct answer. To add questions, click add question. When finished, click save. Add a Draw It slide. Draw it allows students to write on the screen and then send their responses back to you. You could use this slide for students to show work on a math problem or mark on an image you ve uploaded. You must upload a picture file type (.jpg,.jpeg,.png,.gif). You can type in a question or directions at the top (optional). Click save when finished.

7 Rearrange slides. You can change the order of your slide by dragging and dropping them where you d like them to go. When you are finished, click Publish. Your presentation will now appear in your library, but you will still be able to make changes to it. A presentation must be published for students to access it. However, students will not be able to access your presentation until you give them an access code (more on that later). If you click done, it will also give you the option to Publish.

8 USING NEARPOD WITH STUDENTS Teachers, open Nearpod App on ipad. Log into you Nearpod account and click on My Library. Tap on the presentation you wish to use. Click Live Session at the bottom. A pin number will appear on your screen. Don t worry if you accidentally click close before all students are logged in. The pin number also stays located on the top toolbar. Have students open the Nearpod app on their ipad. Students should enter the pin number in the Join a Session box. Once students have entered the session, you are in control of their Nearpod app.

9 On your teacher device, the top tool bar shows how many students have joined the session (indicated by the green number next to the people icon) and the session pin. Pressing the arrow on the right will change your screen and your students screens to the next slide. By pressing the arrow at the bottom, it will display (on the teacher screen only) what slides are coming next. Switching to the second slide (sign in screen), students will be prompted to type their name. This will not be visible to other students, only to the teacher. It is necessary for students to type in their name so that you, as the teacher, will know who your student responses are coming from. As students type in their names, they will populate on your screen. Once all students have logged on, proceed to the next slide. In my example, my next slide had an open ended question. Each student s name will be displayed on the teacher device. As students submit their answers, they will become visible on the teacher s screen only. Clicking share next to a student s response will send that response to every student s screen; however, it will not reveal who submitted that response.

10 Multiple Choice Responses: As students respond to multiple choice questions on their ipads, their responses will generate on the teacher ipad. Nearpod will display each students answer, as well as generate percentages for how the whole class is doing. This allows you to redirect and modify your instruction as needed for students. Draw It Responses: As students submit responses to Draw It questions, their submissions will populate on your ipad. Clicking on a student response will enlarge it on your screen and provide you with the option of sharing it with the class. Reaching the end of a presentation: When students reach the end of a presentation, it will display the Nearpod logo and Thank You at the bottom. In the upper right hand corner, students can click Exit.

11 SAVED REPORTS: In addition to helping you create interactive presentations for students, Nearpod also stores all of your data in the Reports sections. In your reports section, select which presentation reports you would like to view. Nearpod saves every session you present. So, if you create one Nearpod presentation and then share it with different class sections, all of their results will be sorted and saved separately. Session reports Click Summary for overall summary of class/student achievement. In this summary report, there may also be tabs for Quiz, Poll, Open Ended Question, and Draw It. Clicking a tab allows you to view individual responses. Download. You ll also notice on a download option at the top if you would like to download or print a PDF or CSV report.