{"id":6338,"date":"2017-09-12T09:30:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T08:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=6338"},"modified":"2017-09-27T09:37:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T08:37:34","slug":"nearpod-engaging-interactive-new-sussexuni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2017\/09\/12\/nearpod-engaging-interactive-new-sussexuni\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearpod – engaging, interactive and new to @SussexUni"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the coming academic year Technology Enhanced Learning will be working with colleagues from across the academic schools to evaluate Nearpod, an interactive presentation tool new to the University of Sussex.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So, what is Nearpod?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Nearpod is a tool which allows you to create engaging presentations. You can make your presentations more interactive and enhance student engagement by adding various different \u00a0activities including open ended questions, polls, quizzes, \u2018Draw it\u2019 slides \u2013 a whiteboard feature for annotating images or gathering ideas during discussions, and Collaborate slides \u2013 a space for students to pool and share ideas, images and resources in real time. In addition to this you can include text, images, audio and video as well as embedded web pages and PDFs.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the most interesting features of Nearpod is that you can send your presentation straight to students\u2019 own mobile devices. This means that during lectures or seminars, a tutor can control progress through the slides and students can interact via their mobile devices using an app or via a web browser. If required, students can add their own notes during the presentation. Presentations also can be controlled from a mobile device, enabling teaching staff to move around the room and interact with students while presenting. Alternatively, presentations can be set to \u2018student-paced\u2019 and worked through outside class time. This allows users to create \u00a0exciting, interactive lessons, and has potential for flipped and distance learning.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Building a Nearpod presentation<\/p><\/div>\n

As well as using Nearpod to deliver learning content, teaching staff could use Nearpod to gather feedback on students\u2019 engagement and progress, to view reports of student progress or to view feedback of students\u2019 results during the presentation. For further examples of Nearpod in higher education, please see:<\/span><\/p>\n