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Nearpod

Nearpod

An instructional platform that merges interactive presentations and formative assessment to create collaborative learning experiences. 

Educational Use

Create, download and teach interactive lessons across all student devices. Easily upload existing PowerPoints, PDFs, Google Slides and Sways and convert them into interactive Nearpod lessons by including engaging activities such as quizzes, polls, draw its, open ended questions, fill in the blanks, 3D objects and virtual excursions. Launch a live lesson which is sync'd to all student devices via a lesson code, or set student-paced lessons, and then get real-time feedback and post-lesson reports to assess individual and class performance. Teachers can also access a library of thousands of ready-to-teach K-12 lessons across all subjects which can be edited and customised.

Nearpod works seamlessly with Google Classroom and integrates with Learning Management Systems.

Learn More

Learn How it Works in the classroom and how it can be used to support formative assessment.

Access resources and training, including live webinars, on demand resources and instructional videos.

Experience an interactive Nearpod lesson to see how it is displayed to students.

Explore the Nearpod Lesson Library for ready-to-teach lessons.

Search the Nearpod Help Center for more information.

Get Started

Teachers can sign up for a free Nearpod account using username@education.nsw.gov.au and their portal password. There is the option to upgrade to a paid account which provides access to more features.

Students do not need to sign up. To join a session they use the join code provided by their teacher.

Tags

  • assessment
  • interactive
  • collaboration
  • multimedia
  • presentation

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You and your students can log in now You will need to pay to use this tool Use with any student Requires some preparation The vendor has no accessibility information for this tool

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