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How to Create a New Pear Deck Lesson

Information.

Pear Decks Slides presentations are all created in Google Slides or PowerPoint Online, so you can combine the editing power of Google Slides or PowerPoint Online with the interactive engagement power of Pear Deck!

Set up your Pear Deck account

• Google Slides
• PowerPoint Online
• Pear Deck presentations are automatically saved
• Present your Lesson
• Go to peardeck.com

Click Log in  and select Pear Deck . The first time you come here, you'll be prompted to create your Pear Deck account . It just takes a few minutes!

•  Y ou'll be asked to grant permissions to allow Pear Deck access to your files.  Click here   to see why we need access to your files. 
• Go to your Pear Deck Home  screen   anytime and click Create a Lesson (see Create slides below) to start from scratch, Open existing file to use a deck you've previously created, see your presentation's   Session data , open y our account settings , and more!

Create Slides

You'll create all of your Pear Deck lessons/presentations in Google Slides or PowerPoint Online. When you click   Create a new lesson on your Pear Deck Home  screen ,  you will land in the Google Slides or PowerPoint Online editor (depending on your Pear Deck account type). Now you can build interactive slides from scratch and/or add pre-made Slide Templates to your presentation. Note that you can also add Pear Deck Interactive Slides and Slide Templates to any preexisting Google or PowerPoint Online presentations!

Pear Deck's team of educators have created an array of pre-made Formative Assessment Slide Templates that are built to help your students warm up for the day, think more deeply about any subject, develop critical thinking skills, reflect on the lesson, and much more. They're all free and available in the Pear Deck Sidebar Template Library. Learn more here! There is also an array of standards-aligned decks available in our Content Orchard .

In Google Slides

• Open any deck. Put the info, prompt, question, image, etc. that you want students to see on the main body of the slide.

• In the Pear Deck Sidebar, go to the Ask Students a Question  section to add an Interactive Response for students to the slide.

You can also open the Template Library to insert pre-made Interactive Slide Templates   to your presentation.

In Powerpoint Online

• Open any presentation. Put the prompt, question, image, etc. that you want students to see on the main body of the slide.

• In the Pear Deck Sidebar, go to the Ask Students a Question  section and add an Interactive Response   option to the slide.

You can also go to the Template Library and download pre-made Slide Templates , then upload them for your own use.  

Pear Deck presentations are automatically saved as soon as you create them.

Here's how to re-open them:

• Pear Deck for Google Slides presentations can be found in Google Drive . If you launched your presentation from your Pear Deck Home, it is saved in your Google Drive  > Pear Deck folder, which we created for you when you installed Pear Deck. You can find all Pear Deck presentations in the Google Slides app , as they are built within Google Slides.
• Pear Deck for PowerPoint Online presentations can be found in OneDrive . Go to Files  and you'll see your Pear Deck files there.
• You can also see recent files on your Pear Deck Home   page for quick access.

Present your lesson

Students must j oin  a Pear Deck Session in order to engage and respond to your interactive slides! Here's how to present   a Session:

Open the Pear Deck sidebar and click the green Present with Pear Deck   (PowerPoint Online Add-in) or Start Lesson  (Google Slides Add-on) button.

• Give students the Join Code or Join Link from your Projector View or Dashboard View to enter your Session and leave responses. Learn more about how to run your presentation

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Present Google Slides Animations with the Pear Deck Power-Up

Overview .

Want to show a video about the Mars Rover in your Pear Deck presentation? Need to carefully transition items into a slide to reduce information overload? Did you find the perfect GIF of a plant emerging from its seed? To make your videos, animations, and GIFs to play at full resolution when you present with Pear Deck, install the Power-Up Google Chrome extension. The extension is only available in Chrome and for users who log into Pear Deck with a Google account at this time.

What does the Power-Up enable?

• How to get the extension

Presenting the right way

Word to the wise.

• The slide animations on your Google slides will play on the Projector and Student Views (but not the Teacher Dashboard) of a Live, Instructor-Paced Pear Deck Session.
• When you insert videos and GIFs into your Google Slides, you can play them on the Projector View (not the Teacher Dashboard or Student View) of your Live, Instructor-Paced Pear Deck Session. We recommend sharing this view with the class, either on a big screen or on a video call. On the other hand, if you want students to play the videos or GIFs on their own screen, please add them to a Website slide - the Power-Up extension is not needed in this case!

How to get  the extension

Only you, the teacher/presenter, need to install the Power-Up extension on your Chrome browser. Students do not need to install it, and it works automatically for any student who joins your Sessions! If you are a Google administrator and want to install the extension for all users, click here . If you're installing the Power-Up for yourself, follow these steps:

• Go to the Google Chrome Web Store .
• Click Install via Chrome Store.
• In the Google Chrome Web S​tore , click Add to Chrome.
• Click Add extension. 

• Please note that you can only trigger Google Slides animations and videos on this Projector View. 
• The extension only works on one presentation, per Deck, at a time. You can certainly present additional Sessions with the same or a different Deck, and your Pear Deck interactive slides will work as always - but the animations, GIFs, and videos on those slides will be static images. To present an additional Session without the extension enabled on it, go to your Pear Deck Home , open your file under Present a File from Drive or your Sessions menu , and present from there.

Powering up is pretty cool, but rest assured that your Pear Deck for Google Slides presentations will work exactly as they always have even if you never install the extension. The interactivity and student engagement you know and love works just as always; no animations needed.  

There’s a strong case to be made for avoiding information overload. As our own Slide Doctor advises us, visual content should be a delightful and helpful counterpart to your valuable lesson! So keep it simple and easy to scan, and keep those cat GIFs to a minimum!  

If you need assistance, please write to [email protected] .

Article by Erin M.

26 Easy Ways to Use Pear Deck with Google Slides

Learn how to use Pear Deck with Google Slides and keep your students engaged. What is Pear Deck? Pear Deck is a free add-on you can install to use with Google Slides. It’s fun and easy to use. Not sure how to get started with Pear Deck? Read on for the simple, step-by-step instructions and you’ll be on your way!

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Have you ever been tasked with trying something new, then asked yourself, “Where has this been all my life?” That’s how it was with Pear Deck. I was asked by my school district to explore it, then make some tutorial videos. It was one of the most fun teaching tasks I’ve ever had to complete! I’m so happy to be able to share with you some terrific options for using Pear Deck with Google Slides. If you see a project you like, please feel free to use the idea. I’m excited for you to experience Pear Deck yourself. If creating engaging activities for your students is a priority, this post is especially for you.

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Get the pear deck add-on for google slides.

Before using Pear Deck for the first time, you will need to open up Google Slides . Under “Add-ons” in the top menu bar, click on “Get add-ons”. When you do that, you will see Pear Deck as an option. Since I’m a visual learner, here’s what the process looks like in a video tutorial.

Creating a SlideShow With Pear Deck

Before going any further, I’d like to show you how to use Pear Deck with Google Slides. In this brief tutorial, I’m going to show you the different question options. I’m also going to show you how you can use the Pear Deck Template Library so you don’t have to create all of your slides from scratch.

Do Students Need to Have the Add-On to View a Pear Deck Presentation?

If students are going to present with Pear Deck, they definitely need to install the add-on. In order to participate in lessons with Pear Deck, they need to have the add-on as well. The first tutorial included in this article will show students how to do that. My school district automatically added the add-on to all school district Google accounts.

Presenting a Pear Deck Lesson in Real-Time (Synchronous Learning)

For this article, I’m going to show you how to present a Pear Deck lesson in real-time when you are with your students. You might be with them virtually or in person, but you are all together working on the lesson at the same time. Here’s a brief tutorial to show you how to give students access to your presentation on their own devices as you are presenting. In it you will learn how to add a Pear Deck link to a Google Classroom.

Ideas for Teacher-Led Presentations

One great thing about Pear Deck is its Template Library . In it, you can access and customize a variety of slides in different subject areas. There are also general ideas for beginning a presentation and concluding a presentation. here are some activities I thought of which might be useful and fun to try.

Guide Students in Accessing the Pear Deck Add-On for Their Future Use

Since Pear Deck is an amazing presentation tool, it would be great to teach students how to use it for their presentations as well. Using a screenshot of a Google Slides screen, students could add dots or numbers to where they need to go first, next and last to access the Pear Deck add-on. Or you could have them watch the tutorial embedded above.

Have Students Answer Multiple Choice Questions

If you insert an image or video into the slide show, you could create a separate slide to follow up with questions.

Have Students Draw an Answer on a Canvas You Give Them

This can be used with elementary map activities. Students can draw a route following map directions with different names of streets, for example.

Direct Students to Color in an Area on a Map to Demonstrate Understanding

Following along with the map theme, students could color in a section the teacher directs them to find.

Have Students Observe Primary Source Photos or Documents and Type in Their Observations in Text Form

As a school librarian, I enjoy showing my students primary source photos from past time periods. Students could observe a primary source photo, then type in answers to questions such as, “What do you notice?”

Have Students Watch a Linked Video and Type in Their Observations in Text Form

This activity is pretty self-explanatory. You could also ask specific questions after viewing the video, then have students answer in text form.

Display a Website Link and Have Students Explore, then Report Back in Text Form

Again, you could also ask specific questions after viewing the website, then have students answer in text form.

Have Students Drag a Dot or Pin to Demonstrate Understanding

If I were giving a lesson about parts of a plant, for example, I could have a graphic of a plant on display. Students could drag their dot in response to questions like “Which part of the plant carries water to the rest of the plant?”

Direct Students to Drag a Dot or Pin to Show Agreement or Disagreement

For this activity, I might wait to show student responses until everyone has had a chance to answer. That way, students would not just drag their dots to the most popular choice.

Have Students Drag a Dot or Pin to Show a Location on a Map

I like to give my students a map of the library at the beginning of the year. If I posted a map of the library, students could drag their dot in response to questions I ask, such as, “Where do you go to turn in books?” or “Where are graphic novels located?”

Display a Fiction Author’s Name and Have Students Type the Call Number in Text Form

A lot of my activities are library-related, but may be adapted to any classroom lesson. This could be used for matching authors with book titles as well if a bank of author names was displayed.

Have Students Show Answers in Short Typed Text Form and Display Anonymously to the Class

This could be a speed activity, giving students the opportunity to answer as quickly as they can. Perhaps a good idea for an exit ticket.

Have Students Type Longer Text Answers to Facilitate Discussions

When more thoughtful answers are desired, encourage students to type multiple sentences explaining their thoughts.

Give Students a Virtual School Tour at the Beginning of the Year and Have Them Identify Important Locations Using a Photograph and Dragging Dots

Similar to the library map activity, students could identify various locations in a classroom by dragging their dots.

Have Students Type in a Numbers Only Response

When needing an answer to a math problem, the teacher could have the problem on display, and students could type in the required number quickly.

Have Students Drag Dots to Place on the Book Which Would Come First in Call Number Order

This can also be done with the sequencing of a story. Students could place a dot on which event happened first.

Ideas for Student Presentations

Presenting with Pear Deck opens up a whole new realm of opportunities for students. I know my students have basically mastered presenting with Google Slides by the time they reach fourth or fifth grade. Using Pear Deck with Google Slides would really spark their interest. Student creations might have to be asynchronous (not done together), so here’s a tutorial for how that would be done.

Animal Research Presentation With Questions After Each Section

Each year I have my students complete animal research. I think the older students would enjoy inserting questions for their peers to answer throughout their presentation.

Geography Research Presentation with Interactive Map

Students could display a map graphic, perhaps of a particular state. Viewers could be asked to drag a marker to different landmarks in the state and identify the capital city.

Biography Research Presentation With Peer Text Response

Similar to the animal research project, each year I have students choose a famous person to learn about. Students could present their information, sprinkling questions and text response opportunities for the viewer to participate in throughout the slide show.

Orientation With Opportunity for New Student Questions

A group of students could create a presentation for new students for the next school year. Photos of the classroom could be shown and advice could be given. Viewers could type in any questions they had about the upcoming school year.

Web Portfolio Presentation with Peer Exploration and Comments

My fifth-grade students create online portfolios to display their digital projects with Google Sites . They could share the link to their portfolio website

Road Trip Plan with Map Display

Each spring I have my students plan a pretend road trip. For fourth grade it’s a trip to three national parks, and for fifth grade it’s a trip to three different state capitals. Students could display a map of the United States and list their destinations at the end of the presentation. Viewers would be asked to drag pins to the three different locations visited.

Math Problem Solving Activity with Peer Text Response

Students could create their own math problems and ask for a viewer number only response.

Demonstration of How To Do Something with Peers Putting Steps in Order

Viewers could place a dot on which event happened first. Viewers could also be asked a multiple-choice question about which step would be last, for example.

Tour of a Historical Site with Multiple Choice or Text Questions

Using a series of photographs, students could give a virtual tour of a historic site and sprinkle questions throughout, either in text answer format or multiple-choice format.

An Awesome Pear Deck Mashup with Flipgrid

Here’s a final, terrific Pear Deck idea. Teachers in my district have used Flipgrid and Pear Deck to listen to students read aloud. What a great idea! If you aren’t familiar with Flipgrid, here’s a quick way to learn about it . Flipgrid is a fun way for students to make videos as they participate in class discussions. Like Pear Deck, there are a lot of creative ways to use it to engage students. Here’s a tutorial showing how to use Pear Deck and Flipgrid together.

Another Pear Deck/Flipgrid Mashup Idea

Another way to have students combine Pear Deck and Flipgrid for a read-aloud is to upload screenshots of an entire book (short book for kindergarten or first-grade reading). Create a Google slide show with the photos. In the Pear Deck add-on, set the presentation to be student-paced and share the link with students in a Google classroom. Create a Flipgrid topic for students to record themselves reading. In Flipgrid, when students are getting ready to record, have them choose the screenshot option (to the right of the camera button). Have the students start recording and go back to the Pear Deck to read through the book. When the student finished, stop the recording and submit it as usual to the Flipgrid topic discussion board. It’s a great way to do a reading assessment.

What is the Pear Deck Power Up?

To ensure that videos and animations play correctly in a Pear Deck presentation, something called the Pear Deck Power Up was created. To access it, go to the Chrome Web Store . Once it is installed, your animations and videos should play as intended from within your Pear Deck presentation.

Other Questions About Pear Deck

If you create presentations for work using PowerPoint, you might be wondering if Pear Deck can be used with PowerPoint as well as Google Slides. The answer is yes. If you do a search and ask that question, you will see a whole host of answers and tutorials. Using Pear Deck with Google Slides allows for a few more options, but Pear Deck does work with PowerPoint.

Going to Give One of These Pear Deck with Google Slides Projects a Try?

I hope you have found something to try on this list of Google Slides project ideas. I have a lot of fun with Google slides. It’s an excellent way for students to share information with each other. Do you have any fabulous Google slides projects? I’d enjoy learning about them. I’m always on the lookout for more project ideas.

Another Fun Google Slides Idea

Looking for another fun way to use Google Slides? I’ve got ready-made online classroom seating charts with two different classroom background sizes. It’s ideal for busy teachers, and you can customize the charts to fit your needs. They can be used over and over, and you can have them for free . You’ll get a link to the Google Slide Online Classroom Seating Chart file, and you will be able to customize it by selecting File , then  Make a copy . I hope it simplifies things for you.

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Have a wonderful week, and have fun creating exciting Pear Deck activities with Google Slides!

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Using pear deck for interactive classroom presentations: a step-by-step guide.

Pear Deck transforms traditional lesson plans into interactive presentations that foster active learning and boost student engagement. As a versatile educational technology, it allows teachers to create dynamic slides incorporating formative assessments like quizzes, drawings, and draggable activities.

These features engage students in real-time feedback during lessons, ensuring every voice is heard.

Leveraging Pear Deck’s compatibility with Google Classroom and other platforms makes integrating it into existing learning environments seamless for educators. Its collaboration with leading educational organizations brings a wealth of specialized content directly into the classroom.

With its user-friendly interface , Pear Deck empowers teachers to differentiate instruction and cater to diverse student needs while maintaining the focus on pedagogy.

Step-by-Step Guide to Using Pear Deck

Start by creating your Pear Deck account and integrating questions into your slides to engage students. Then, present your Pear Deck to facilitate interactive classroom discussions and gather student responses in real-time.

Creating Your Pear Deck Account

Creating your Pear Deck account is your first step towards interactive presentations that captivate students. You’ll empower their learning experience by encouraging active participation right from their own devices.

• Visit the Pear Deck website and click on the “Teachers, Sign Up Free” button, which brings technology into the classroom with just a few clicks.
• Choose whether you would like to sign up through Google or Microsoft, ensuring seamless integration with your preferred classroom tools.
• Enter your email address and select a strong password to secure your educator profile; security is crucial in today’s digital learning environment.
• Verify your account by clicking on a confirmation link sent to your email, solidifying your commitment to enhancing student engagement.
• Fill out essential information about yourself and your teaching context to personalize the platform for your specific needs and goals.
• Opt – in for Pear Deck’s training resources like help videos or webinars, which are designed to streamline the learning curve for educators.
• Install the Pear Deck add – on or extension if you’re using Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint; this allows you to begin integrating questions into slides effortlessly.

Integrating Questions into Slides

Integrating questions into your slides transforms a standard presentation into an interactive learning experience . Pear Deck’s design allows you to easily add these elements, enhancing engagement and understanding.

• Start with your normal slide deck in Google Slides or PowerPoint.
• Open the Pear Deck sidebar to tap into its interactive features.
• Choose the type of question you want to integrate from the six options Pear Deck offers : draggable, drawing, multiple choice, number, text, or web slide.
• Place a multiple – choice question where you want students to select an answer from given options.
• Insert a text slide for open – ended questions , allowing students to articulate their thoughts.
• Add a draggable question for matching or sorting activities that require students to move objects on the slide.
• Use the drawing tool when you want students to illustrate concepts or highlight areas of an image.
• Implement number slides for math – focused queries or when precise numerical answers are necessary.
• Embed web slides for incorporating external content directly into your presentation.

Presenting a Pear Deck

After integrating questions into your slides, now it’s time to present your Pear Deck and engage your students in an interactive learning experience . Here’s a step-by-step guide to presenting a Pear Deck:

• Open your prepared presentation in Pear Deck and click ‘Start Lesson’ to launch the engaging, interactive slides for your students to see on their devices.
• As you navigate through each slide, encourage students to respond to questions, interact with the content, or provide feedback using the various interactive elements available within Pear Deck.
• Monitor real – time responses from students as they engage with the slides, providing immediate feedback or adjusting the pace of the presentation based on their understanding and participation.
• Utilize features such as draggable elements and drawing tools to encourage creativity and active participation during the presentation.
• Use the ‘Teacher Dashboard’ feature to keep track of student responses and engagement levels throughout the presentation, allowing you to tailor your teaching approach accordingly.
• Incorporate discussion points or collaborative activities within the presentation using Pear Deck ‘s interactive tools to foster a dynamic classroom environment.

Benefits of Using Pear Deck for Classroom Engagement

Pear Deck enables educators to create engaging and interactive presentations, promoting active student participation.

Using Pear Deck empowers teachers to individualize instruction and cater to diverse learning needs in the classroom.

1. Enhances Student Engagement : Pear Deck encourages active participation and collaboration, fostering a dynamic learning environment where students can interact with the material.

2. Promotes Formative Assessment : The platform allows educators to gauge student understanding in real-time, providing valuable insights for adjusting teaching strategies and addressing misconceptions.

3. Facilitates Differentiation : With Pear Deck, educators can customize content based on individual student needs, supporting inclusive classrooms by accommodating various learning styles and abilities.

4. Increases Equity in Learning : By offering diverse engagement opportunities, Pear Deck promotes equitable access to educational resources for all students, regardless of background or ability level.

5. Strengthens Teacher-Student Connection : Using Pear Deck fosters meaningful interactions between teachers and students as they collaborate on shared presentations, enhancing communication and support within the classroom environment.

Moving forward with an understanding of the benefits of using Pear Deck for classroom engagement..

Enhancing classroom engagement and fostering inclusivity has never been easier, thanks to Pear Deck’s interactive features . With carefully curated ready-to-teach lessons and user-friendly resources, educators can seamlessly integrate questions into their presentations.

By utilizing Pear Deck, teachers can create an inclusive learning environment that caters to diverse learning preferences and backgrounds. Embracing this platform empowers educators to collect valuable data for instruction while promoting educational equity in the classroom .

Empower your students through interactive learning experiences with Pear Deck today!

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[Article 2 Keywords]: interactive classroom presentations, Pear Deck, engage students, real-time feedback, collaborative learning environment, step-by-step guide, presentation software.

1. How does Pear Deck transform presentations into interactive experiences?

Pear Deck converts traditional classroom presentations into dynamic and engaging sessions by enabling students to provide real-time feedback and participate in a collaborative learning environment.

2. What are the first steps to using Pear Deck for my classes?

Begin by integrating Pear Deck with your existing presentation software; follow our step-by-step guide to seamlessly incorporate this tool and start creating interactive slides that will captivate your students.

3. Can I monitor student engagement during a Pear Deck session?

Absolutely! With Pear Deck, you can keep track of how actively each student participates and tailor your teaching methods in response to their levels of engagement during the lesson.

4. Is it complicated to set up a collaborative learning session with Pear Deck?

Setting up is straightforward: simply prepare your slides as usual and then employ the features of Pear Deck to turn those slides into an opportunity for every student to contribute from their own device.

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Pear Deck- Full Review and Ways to Use it In Classroom

By Med Kharbach, PhD | Last Update: December 11, 2023

What does Pear Deck do?

• Ways to use Pear Deck in the Classroom

How to add Pear Deck to Google Slides?

How to create a pear deck lesson or presentation, how to add pre-made slide templates to your presentation, how to manage students responses, instructor-paced mode versus student-paced mode, add questions to your pear deck lessons/presentations, a- pear deck teacher feedback, b- give students feedback using takeaways, grading students responses, is pear deck free.

• Pear Deck Video tutorials 

• Create interactive lessons and presentations to engage students in learning. 
• Use Pear Deck to conduct formative assessments in your class. Create presentations that embed specific questions to test students comprehension and use teacher dashboard to view students responses in real time. Similar tools to use for formative assessment include:  Quizalize , Kahoot , Quizlet , Goformative , Blooket , and Quizizz .
• Empower students voice by allowing them to share feedback (anonymously if you want) and encourage them to take ownership of their learning.
• Ask students to work in groups or individually to create interactive presentations to share with the whole class.
• Create interactive presentations to use in various educational activities in class including bell ringers, reflections, and exit tickets.
• Provide shy students and those who are afraid or embarrassed to ask questions in front of their peers with a venue to speak, share, and be engaged.
• Pear Deck supports multiple learning styles. Students can type, draw, or provide numeric responses and feedback.
• Students use Flashcard Factory game to create vocabulary lists to review and enhance their vocabulary learning.
• Open a presentation in Google Slides
• Click on Add-ons
• Select get add-on
• Search for Pear Deck and click to install it.
• Log into Pear Deck
• Click on Create a Presentations
• In Google Slides, click on Add-ons and select Open Pear Deck Add-on
• Use the Pear Deck Sidebar to add questions , audio, or pre-made templates
• Beginning of lesson: Use these templates to introduce lessons and they include ‘easy-to-use warm-up, temperature check, and reflection slides’.
• During lesson: “Slides in this section could be used to prompt additional thought, discussion, or deeper engagement. Slide types include true/false, checks for understanding, summary, diagrams, maps, graphs, and more. These flexible slide types can be customized to an unlimited array of subjects.”
• End of lesson: Use these slides in activities that ‘wrap ip class with opportunities for reflection and exit tickets’.
• Text-based questions: Students textual responses to your prompt.
• Multiple choice questions: Students pick the right answers
• Number: Students provide numeric responses
• Website: Students view and interact with a website embedded on their device
• Draw: Students draw an image or text on their device in response to your prompt
• Draggable: they can be in the form of agree/disagree or thumbs up/down.

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Best Free Formative Assessment Tools for Teachers

The best free formative assessment tools can help teachers track student progress and personalize learning.

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This article was updated in April 2024.

Formative assessments are crucial for educators to understand their students’ grasp of concepts and skills as they work their way through lessons. With this understanding, educators can better direct learners to spend more time practicing and gaining mastery of topics with which they struggle.

The following free assessment tools and apps are some of the best ones for gauging student progress at any point in the curriculum. Most make it easy to sign up for a free account with Google or other popular platforms. And although most of these tools are “freemium,” several are 100% free for educators. 

Best Free Formative Assessment Tools for Teachers 

Create Formative Assessments with an AI Chatbot With one simple prompt template, teachers can create multiple formative assessments across the curriculum. To make your formative assessment even more specific, tailor prompts to your desired specifications. Tech & Learning’s Best Free AI Quiz Generators details the pros and cons of various chatbots when creating assessments. 

iCivics Assessments The nonprofit iCivics platform is not only a free social studies lesson creation and planning tool but also a robust repository for formative assessments. Educators can simply create a free account, then click Teach >Tags>Assessments. Search for assessments filtered by grade level, type, standards, topic, and more. Each assessment is linked to lessons and extension activities.

NoRedInk A complete literacy curriculum designed to help teachers foster strong writing skills, NoRedInk’s free account allows formative assessments covering a variety of topics, from clarity and style to SAT skills. Teachers can create classes and assign quizzes through the platform. 

Woolclap A fun site for creating and sharing interactive presentations and quizzes of various types, including word clouds, multiple choice, polls, open-ended, and more. Although the free account only allows two questions per event/quiz, users can create unlimited events for up to 1,000 participants, and present real-time answers to the class.  

ASSISTments Formative Math Assessments Created by middle school math teachers in 2003, ASSISTments is a nonprofit that provides a fully free math assessment platform dedicated to the idea that high-quality formative assessments are the key to learning. Features include integration with Canvas and Google Classroom, strong professional learning resources, and an educator community forum. Assessments are tied to Common Core State Standards. 

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Nearpod Highly popular with teachers, Nearpod lets users create original multimedia assessments or select from a 15,000+ library of pre-made interactive content. Choose from polls, multiple-choice, open-ended questions, draw-its, and gamified quizzes. Free silver plan provides 40 students per session, 100 mb storage, and access to formative assessment and interactive lessons. 

Pear Deck Pear Deck, an add-on for Google Slides, allows educators to quickly create formative assessments from flexible templates, turning an ordinary slideshow into an interactive quiz. Free accounts provide lesson creation, Google and Microsoft integration, templates, and more.

PlayPosit The web- and Chrome-based Playposit platform provides customizable interactive video assessments, helping teachers accurately gauge their students’ mastery of video-based content. Free Classroom Basic account includes templates, free premade content, and 100 free learner attempts per month.

Flip This simple-to-use, powerful, and fully free learning tool allows teachers to initiate class discussions by posting videos. Students then create and post their own video response, adding enhancements such as emojis, stickers, and text. 

Formative Educators upload their own learning content, which the platform automatically transforms into assessments, or choose from the outstanding Formative library. Students respond on their own devices via text or drawing, continuously updated in real time on the teacher’s screen. Free basic account for one teacher offers unlimited Formatives, real-time student response, basic grading tools, feedback, and Google Classroom integration. 

Padlet Padlet’s seemingly simple framework— a blank digital “wall”—belies its robust capabilities in assessment, communication, and collaboration. Drag and drop almost any file type to the blank Padlet to share assessments, lessons, or presentations. Students respond with text, photos, or video. Free basic plan includes three Padlets at one time.

Socrative This super-engaging platform allows teachers to create polls and gamified quizzes to assess student progress, with real-time results visible on screen. Socrative’s free plan permits one public room with up to 50 students, on-the-fly questions, and Space Race assessment.

Google Forms One of the simplest and easiest ways to create and share formative assessments. Create video quizzes, multiple-choice, or short answer questions quickly. Link the Google Form to a Google Sheet in order to analyze responses. Before you share your quiz, be sure to check out 5 Ways to Prevent Cheating on Your Google Form Quiz .

Quizlet Quizlet’s vast database of multimedia study sets includes a variety ideal for formative assessment, from flashcards to multiple-choice quizzes, to the asteroid game Gravity. Free for basic features; the premium Quizlet Plus account allows for customization and tracking student progress. 30-day free trial, then $35.99 annually for teachers.

Edpuzzle Edpuzzle’s video-based learning and assessment platform helps educators turn one-way videos into interactive formative assessments. Upload videos from YouTube, TED, Vimeo, or your own computer, then add questions, links, or images to create meaningful evaluations. Free basic accounts for teachers and students allow interactive lesson creation, access to millions of videos, and storage space for 20 videos. 

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