PearDeck Ebook

PREPARED BY: ANIS NABILA BINTI MAZLAN|S2015694
LECTURER : ASSOCIATE PROF. DR RAFIZA BINTI ABD RAZAK|DR CHEE KEN NEE

WHAT IS MICROSOFT PEAR DECK?

Ready to share the slides you created with your students?

Then it's time to present a Pear Deck Session! When you start a
Session, you get access to the Projector View and the private Teacher
Dashboard (with Premium), which both contain Join instructions for
your students. Your students use these instructions to enter your
Session on their screens, which automatically opens the Student View
for them. On the Student View, they can see your slides and respond to
your Interactive Questions. The responses are automatically saved
within the Projector and Dashboard Views, and you can find them later
in your Sessions menu.

STEP BY STEP TO ADD-IN PEAR DECK FOR POWERPOINT ONLINE
PRESENTATION

1. Open any PowerPoint Online presentation.

2. Click on the Insert tab.

3. Click on Add-ins. To see Add-ins, you may need to click on the (three-dots)
menu button or expand the browser window.

4. The Office Add-ins menu opens. Find the Pear Deck Add-in and click Add to
install it. The Add-in is free, but there are some special features available
with Pear Deck PREMIUM.

The add-on and Power-Up are tied to your Google Account. That
means you only install them once. As long as you’re logged in,
you can access these tools across multiple devices. While these
add-ons are important for presenters, they aren’t needed for
those participating in a Pear Deck Session.

5. Going forward, click on the Home tab. Then click on the More Options (3-
dots) button and select Pear Deck to open the sidebar.

6. With the Pear Deck sidebar, you can add Custom Interactive questions to
any slide. You can also download pre-made Slide Templates from the
Template Library and upload them into any presentation.

Use the editing tools in Google Slides or PowerPoint Online to put a
question, prompt, equation, list, image, etc. on your slide. Then, use
Pear Deck to determine how students will respond on the Student
View. When you present and students join your Session, they see the
slide and are able to respond on the Student View according to the
interactive response type.

1. Free Response: Text (Students respond by typing text)

i. Put your question, instructions, and/or image(s) directly onto
your slide.

ii. Open the Pear Deck for PowerPoint Online Add-in. In the
sidebar, scroll down to the Ask Students a Question section.
Click on the Text option. That's it!

Preparing Pear Deck prior to meeting

Before starting your teams meeting, you will want to complete the following:
 Close any applications or window tabs that are not needed for your session
 Go to google drive and open the slide you will be using
 Select Add-ons

- Select Pear Deck for Google Slides Add-on
- Select Open Pear Deck Add-on
 Select Start Lesson (located in Pear Deck window)
 Log In to HISD account
 Select Teacher Led Activity

Opening Teacher Dashboard
 Select open Teacher Dashboard for new window

Teacher Dashboard Options
 Show Student Responses
 Set timer for student responses
 Switch to Student Paced Mode

How To Switch To Student Paced Mode?

From a Sessions Menu

1. Go to Pear Deck Home.

2. Click on the Deck File Name you want to present.

3. Make it Live. If it's closed, click the More Actions (three-
dots) and click Reopen Session.

4. Open More Actions and click Turn On Student-Paced. You
can also Turn Off Student-Paced here when you want to
close the Session and have students stop responding.

How to Stop Student Paced Mode?
You can stop Student Paced mode at any time. For example, you may want
to draw students' attention back to you and sync their screens to your
Projector View. Or, perhaps you want to end a homework Session or a
remote lesson. Choose one of these options:

Go to the Navigation bar and click Stop Student-Paced.
This stops Student-Paced mode, but makes the Session Live and
gives you control of the slides again. The Student View will sync up
to your slide on the ProjectorView.

Stop Student-Paced mode in your Sessions menu.

Find the Session, open the three-dots menu next to it, and
click Turn Off Student-Paced.

End the Session entirely.

This keeps students from having access at all. Open the More Actions
Menu and click End This Session. Or, simply click end.

FAQs

What is the difference between Instructor Paced and
Student-Paced Modes?
In an Instructor Paced Session, you have control over the
slides. When you move to a slide on the Projector View, the
students' screens sync up. In Student-Paced Mode, on the
other hand, students are free to move through all of the slides
and answer all of the Interactive Questions on their Student
View.

How do I save my students' responses?
There's no need to save! All responses are
saved automatically in every Pear Deck

Session. You can review them by opening the
Projector or Dashboard View in your Sessions

menu.