nearpod overview by: shelley smith castlemont elementary 2014 1.0 nearpod overview 101 1

nearpod Overview

By: Shelley Smith

Castlemont Elementary2014

1.0

nearpod Overview 101 1

Ways to Create a nearpod

nearpod Overview 101

Author/create slides on the nearpod web site.

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Ways to Create a nearpod


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Create a PowerPoint.

nearpod vs. PowerPoint: Authoring


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nearpod PowerPoint

LimitedOne title boxOne text body boxOne color backgroundBlack textOne size font

FlexibleDrawing toolsInsert tablesMultiple text boxesColored textAdjustable font sizesFont choices

nearpod: Add Content


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nearpod: Add Web Content


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nearpod: Add Activity


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nearpod: Uploading a PowerPoint


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Drag and drop the file you want to upload onto the nearpod screen!



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A status screen will show you the progress of your upload. Click “OK” at the bottom when the button displays.

OK



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Always preview what you upload BEFORE you “add” activities in case you need to edit the PowerPoint.



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.

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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.

nearpod: Adding Activities


Once your slides have passed your quality control standards, you can add “activities”.

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nearpod: Adding Activities


You can add an image to any of the activities!

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nearpod: Slide Order


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.

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nearpod: Publishing Your Slides


When you are done adding your activities, click the PUBLISH button.

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nearpod: Launching a Lesson


If you launch from your laptop, highlight the nearpod you wish to show, from the “More” menu select “Live Session.”

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nearpod: Laptop/Computer nearpod Web site


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.

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nearpod: ipad nearpod app Student View


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.

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nearpod: Teacher View with Pin


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PINS are not case-sensitive.

nearpod: Teacher View of Student Signin


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nearpod: Teacher View of Interactive Slide


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nearpod: Teacher View – Slide Sorter


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nearpod: Teacher View: Slide Sorter/Drag & Drop


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nearpod: How Students Exit a Session


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nearpod: Reports


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

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nearpod: Reports


If you have multiple classes, it stamps the sessions with a date and time.

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nearpod: Reports


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nearpod: Reports


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nearpod: Tips, page 1 of 4


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.

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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”

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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.

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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.

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nearpod Overview

By: Shelley Smith

Castlemont Elementary2014

1.0

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