Nearpod
An Interactive Presentation & Assessment Tool
What is Nearpod
Nearpod is an interactive presentation and assessment tool. The app’s concept is simple. A teacher can create interactive presentations containing Quizzes, Polls, Videos, Images, Drawing-Boards, Web Content, and more. Students can access a teacher’s presentation through a join code. The teacher then sets the pace for the lesson and students interact with the media as the lesson progresses.
How do I use Nearpod in the classroom?
Check out 10 Ways to Use Nearpod in the Classroom for ideas to integrate Nearpod into your classroom to meet all needs and enhance content. Remember, Nearpod offers a lot of content! You can find a lesson or activity to align with your current objectives to engage your students with for Digital Learning Day.
How does it work?
Watch the first video and take a look at Nearpod at a glance. Next, after watching the next two videos, decide if you want to download a pre-made lesson or create your own.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfgPi3q18Sk
https://youtu.be/tTFRRVJIBqc
https://youtu.be/M_sfB_vRXuY
Creating my own Nearpod: Adding activities
Below are some tutorials for how to add activities in your Nearpod lessons.
Draw-It Activity
Draw-It Activity
Open-ended Questions
Quiz Questions
Poll Activity
Collaborate Activity
Creating my own Nearpod: Adding Content
Below are some tutorials on how to add content into your Nearpod lessons.
Presentation slides
Neadpod 3D
PhET Interactive Simulations
Other useful links
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