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== What is Pear Deck? ==
Pear Deck is an extension/add-on for Google Slides that allows you to make existing presentations interactive for use in the classroom. When you enable Pear Deck for a presentation, you can '''''Start Lesson''''' directly from the extension. Most of the time, you'll want to make this an '''''Instructor-Paced Activity''''' so that you control which slide users will see on their computers when they join the lesson. On individual slides, you can add different types of interactivity including:
* Short answer questions (Text)
* Multiple choice questions (Choice)
* Numerical answers (Number)
* External websites (Website)
* Slide annotation (Draw)
* Draggable
There are lots of ways you can combine these features to make presentations and slideshows more engaging for students. This is also a great way to gather feedback from students or share individual student responses during a lesson.
Pear Deck has wonderful tutorial videos that walk you through the basics of using this tool with existing Google Slides, and we have a paid license (school-wide) to use this on campus. Simply log-in using your Riverdale Google account (Sign-in with Google) to get started.
Tutorial videos: https://www.peardeck.com/help-videos
== How do I add interactivity to Google Slides with Pear Deck? ==
# First, get the Pear Deck add-on for Google Slides
# Open the add-on from the Extensions tab in your Google Slide deck you want to add interactivity to
# Click on the slide you want to interactivity to (multiple choice, short answer etc.) and click on the correct option from the Pear Deck Menu
# When you are ready to present, click on '''''Start Lesson'''''. If you don't see this, make sure to open Pear Deck from the Extensions menu (Extensions -> Pear Deck for Google Slides Add-On -> Open Pear Deck Add-On) then press '''''Start Lesson'''''. Share the code with your students to join.

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2022-2023.pngUp-to-date for the 2022-2023 school year.



What is Pear Deck?

Pear Deck is an extension/add-on for Google Slides that allows you to make existing presentations interactive for use in the classroom. When you enable Pear Deck for a presentation, you can Start Lesson directly from the extension. Most of the time, you'll want to make this an Instructor-Paced Activity so that you control which slide users will see on their computers when they join the lesson. On individual slides, you can add different types of interactivity including:

  • Short answer questions (Text)
  • Multiple choice questions (Choice)
  • Numerical answers (Number)
  • External websites (Website)
  • Slide annotation (Draw)
  • Draggable

There are lots of ways you can combine these features to make presentations and slideshows more engaging for students. This is also a great way to gather feedback from students or share individual student responses during a lesson.

Pear Deck has wonderful tutorial videos that walk you through the basics of using this tool with existing Google Slides, and we have a paid license (school-wide) to use this on campus. Simply log-in using your Riverdale Google account (Sign-in with Google) to get started.

Tutorial videos: https://www.peardeck.com/help-videos

How do I add interactivity to Google Slides with Pear Deck?

  1. First, get the Pear Deck add-on for Google Slides
  2. Open the add-on from the Extensions tab in your Google Slide deck you want to add interactivity to
  3. Click on the slide you want to interactivity to (multiple choice, short answer etc.) and click on the correct option from the Pear Deck Menu
  4. When you are ready to present, click on Start Lesson. If you don't see this, make sure to open Pear Deck from the Extensions menu (Extensions -> Pear Deck for Google Slides Add-On -> Open Pear Deck Add-On) then press Start Lesson. Share the code with your students to join.