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Pear Deck Video Tutorial for Instructors

OER: Pear Deck Video Tutorial for Instructors

The following is an instructor's tutorial on the use of Pear Deck in an online learning environment. Pear Deck is a Web 2.0 tool that allows an instructor to create interactive slides to monitor students' progress and understanding of a topic within a synchronous learning environment. It is a very useful formative assessment tool that provides an opportunity for meaningful engagement and expression. 

The learning objectives:

Goal: To provide a demonstration on the use of Pear Deck for an instructor using Google slides for a synchronous class.

  • Students will be to integrate the use of the Pear Deck extension on their web browser.
  • Students will create an interactive formative assessment presentation using premade slides in Pear Deck. 
  • Students will test their Pear Deck presentation both as an instructor and as students. 

Discipline: Education

Target Audience: Online Instructors, Educators, Teachers

Level: Educators at secondary and university

Language: English

Author: Fariah Hyatali

Email: fariah.hyatali@my.open.uwi.edu

Organization: University of West Indies, Open Campus. 

Technical Format:  YouTube 

Supporting Documents & Universal Design of Learning considerations: Transcript available, Handout, closed captioning embedded on video and PowerPoint Presentation- Step by Step Guide for Instructors.


This video is an instructor's tutorial on the use of Pear Deck in an online learning environment. Pear Deck is a Web 2.0 tool that allows an instructor to create interactive slides to monitor students' progress and understanding of a topic within a synchronous learning environment. It is a very useful formative assessment tool that provides an opportunity for meaningful engagement and expression. The learning objectives: Goal: To provide a demonstration on the use of Pear Deck for an instructor using Google slides for a synchronous class. Students will be to integrate the use of the Pear Deck extension on their web browser. Students will create an interactive formative assessment presentation using premade slides in Pear Deck. Students will test their Pear Deck presentation both as an...