How to Build Your Own Nearpod

Classlink rostering integration (district only)

Access through Clever library and Clever rostering integration

Create simple websites and presentations using Microsoft Sway and embed them into Nearpod lessons

Integrate Nearpod with Google Classroom

Create, collaborate, and edit Nearpod lessons directly in Google Slides

Allow students to sort or order images and text sequentially or in thematic groups

Complete passages by dragging words and phrases into the correct placements

Deliver routine formative assessments with multiple-choice and open-ended questions throughout lessons

Match text to images, text to text, or image to image

Add a series of multiple-choice questions to lessons or create as stand-alone activities

Allow multiple teachers to control the pace of the Nearpod lesson when using Live Participation

Host an interactive class discussion where students add responses via text, audio, video, or GIFs with optional anonymity

Collaborate with colleagues in your school or district while creating or editing Nearpod lessons with View Only or Editor permissions

Share lessons, videos, and activities with all educators in your building to improve instructional consistency

Let students create their own Nearpod lessons to share with classmates and facilitate presentations (requires rostered student accounts)

Teachers project an interactive video without students joining from their devices

Teacher controls the pace while students follow along synchronously

Switch from Live Participation mode to Student-Paced mode during a lesson

Have multiple Nearpod lessons active at one time

Students proceed through lessons at their own pace asynchronously

Teach the principles of algebra by modeling and solving equations using tiles

Build an understanding of math concepts like place value, operations, measurement and more

Give students a hands-on way to model and solve any math problem using Color Tiles

Work with fraction operations like mixed numbers, common denominators, and more

Virtual manipulatives for hands-on math learning experiences

Add science and social studies videos from BBC into Nearpod lessons

Embed multiple-choice and open-ended questions throughout videos or upload your own video files and add questions

Add interactive 3D objects for students to explore topics like space, animals, anatomy, and more

Create a student-controlled mini-slideshow within a lesson

Take students anywhere in the world with a variety of VR images you can add to lessons

Administrators receive comprehensive and actionable insights into Nearpod usage to support implementation

View student responses, reactions, and raised hands in real-time during Nearpod lessons

Access student responses from any Nearpod lesson, video, or activity with downloadable reports

Get real-time student learning insights and dashboards showing student understanding during and after lessons

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