Pear Deck for Google Slides

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WHAT IS PEAR DECK?

Pear Deck is an add-on to Google Slides (also available in PowerPoint). Pear Deck allows you to make

your presentations engaging for students by adding interactivity. Add formative assessments and

interactive questions to your presentations right from Google Slides. Pear Deck’s functions can be added

to a new or pre-existing presentation.

OPENING PEAR DECK IN GOOGLE SLIDES

● In a new or existing Google Slides Presentation select the from the right-panel toolbar -or-

select Add-ons and click Get Add-ons from the top toolbar.

● Choose Pear Deck for Google Slides from the Works with Slides options and Install.

● Select your email address and Allow Access for Pear Deck to access your Google Account.

● From the top toolbar select Add-ons, highlight Pear Deck for Google Slides Add-on, and choose

Open Pear Deck Add-on.

**Note: You may have to log out of your Gmail account and log back in for the option to appear.

START A LESSON WITH PEAR DECK

● Once you have opened the Pear Deck Add-on it will appear on the right side of your Google

Slides Presentation

● In the “ASK STUDENTS A QUESTION” panel you can choose to have students answer Text,

Multiple-Choice, or Number questions. You may also add a Website for students to navigate to

in your slides.

● When finished with your presentation, tap to begin your lesson.

● You can choose from a Student-Paced Activity for students working asynchronously -or- an

Instructor-Paced Activity if you are connected with your students in real-time.

● While presenting, monitor students’ progress by logging into the Teacher Dashboard from a

second device (*note: this is a premium subscription feature).

CONNECT STUDENTS TO YOUR LESSON

● After starting your lesson, you will be prompted with a code that students can use to enter your

lesson.

● Have students navigate to joinpd.com to enter the code to join the lesson.

● You can also select Give Students a Link to copy a direct link to your lesson and send via email.

● Click Open Teacher Dashboard to view slides and see answers to questions that students have

already finished.

ADVANCED RESOURCES

Click here to view an overview of Pear Deck and it’s functions with Google Slides.