1. nearpod Overview By: Shelley Smith Castlemont Elementary 2014 1.0 nearpod Overview 101 1

2. Ways to Create a nearpod nearpod Overview 101 Author/create slides on the nearpod web site. 2

3. Ways to Create a nearpod nearpod Overview 101 3 Create a PowerPoint.

4. nearpod vs. PowerPoint: Authoring nearpod Overview 101 4 nearpodPowerPoint Limited One title box One text body box One color background Black text One size font Flexible Drawing tools Insert tables Multiple text boxes Colored text Adjustable font sizes Font choices

5. nearpod: Add Content nearpod Overview 101 5

6. nearpod: Add Web Content nearpod Overview 101 6

7. nearpod: Add Activity nearpod Overview 101 7

8. nearpod: Uploading a PowerPoint nearpod Overview 101 8 Drag and drop the file you want to upload onto the nearpod screen!

9. nearpod: Uploading a PowerPoint nearpod Overview 101 9 A status screen will show you the progress of your upload. Click “OK” at the bottom when the button displays. OK

10. nearpod: Uploading a PowerPoint nearpod Overview 101 10 Always preview what you upload BEFORE you “add” activities in case you need to edit the PowerPoint.

11. nearpod: Uploading a PowerPoint nearpod Overview 101 After you upload your PowerPoint to nearpod, you should preview the slides. nearpod can distort your text and you will find especially for math that it moves things. 11 1,079 435 + In many instances, nearpod has shifted numbers so then the numbers look misaligned. Here they don’t look that way, but always play it safe and give it a look.

12. nearpod: Adding Activities nearpod Overview 101 Once your slides have passed your quality control standards, you can add “activities”. 12

13. nearpod: Adding Activities nearpod Overview 101 You can add an image to any of the activities! 13

14. nearpod: Slide Order nearpod Overview 101 Prior to publishing, you can change the order of slides by highlighting the slide and dragging it to the place you want it to be. 14

15. nearpod: Publishing Your Slides nearpod Overview 101 When you are done adding your activities, click the PUBLISH button. 15

16. nearpod: Launching a Lesson nearpod Overview 101 If you launch from your laptop, highlight the nearpod you wish to show, from the “More” menu select “Live Session.” 16

17. nearpod: Laptop/Computer nearpod Web site nearpod Overview 101 For computers or laptops, students will need to login to nearpod.com. Tell the class the PIN to enter and also write it on the board. 17

18. nearpod: ipad nearpod app Student View nearpod Overview 101 If students are using ipads, they need to launch the nearpod app. Tell the class the PIN to enter and also write it on the board. 18

19. nearpod: Teacher View with Pin nearpod Overview 101 19 PINS are not case-sensitive.

20. nearpod: Teacher View of Student Signin nearpod Overview 101 20

21. nearpod: Teacher View of Interactive Slide nearpod Overview 101 21

22. nearpod: Teacher View – Slide Sorter nearpod Overview 101 22

23. nearpod: Teacher View: Slide Sorter/Drag & Drop nearpod Overview 101 23

24. nearpod: How Students Exit a Session nearpod Overview 101 24

25. nearpod: Reports nearpod Overview 101 After you complete a nearpod lesson, you can go back and look at reports under the “My Reports” button. 25

26. nearpod: Reports nearpod Overview 101 If you have multiple classes, it stamps the sessions with a date and time. 26

27. nearpod: Reports nearpod Overview 101 27

28. nearpod: Reports nearpod Overview 101 28

29. nearpod: Tips, page 1 of 4 nearpod Overview 101 If you can’t finish a session in one day, you can pick up where you left off. Launch the nearpod again and use the slide sorter to go to the next slide! With the paid version, you can email an absent student the nearpod and they can do a self-paced lesson on their own. If you add a video, have everyone mute their ipads/laptops and allow sound from your ipad/laptop. OR, give everyone a set of headphones. 29

30. nearpod: Tips, page 2 of 4 nearpod Overview 101 Once you make a template that doesn’t need “tweaking”, you should just do a “save as” and use the same size fonts. If the file is too big for nearpod, go to “File---Reduce File Size”. It should help. Pick a short file name or you will have a hard time identifying a specific nearpod, e.g., “eny_mod2_1” 30

31. nearpod: Tips, page 3 of 4 nearpod Overview 101 To avoid, recreating the same drawings, do a “save as” on the previous file and delete the slides you don’t need. It’s a time saver! Student sign-in: For partners, they can each put in two initials (first initial of first name and first initial of last name). They don’t need to enter a student ID. Number the pages of your PowerPoint. Use a Footer. 31

32. nearpod: Tips, page 4 of 4 nearpod Overview 101 If you are writing down equations, vertically like 345 + 87, I suggest you do a separate text box for each digit and line up the numbers that way. It will possibly save you a lot of editing in the future. During a session after an interactive slide like “draw it” or “open ended”, you can share student responses with everyone once they submit their response. Tap on the image and “share”. If you are sharing nearpods with colleagues and they aren’t receiving them, check: spam.campbellusd.org. Login with your Campbell User ID and password. You may need to “whitelist” nearpod emails. Google Chrome seems to have less issues than Safari. 32

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