Intro to Nearpod

Sign Up for a Nearpod Account 

If you already have an account, you can skip this step. Login to your account to ensure you can access it.

• Visit nearpod.com/signup 

• Use the Sign Up with Google button to create your account (if Nearpod is not approved in your district, use a personal account)

Play with a demo

• At the end of the sign up process, when you reach the home screen of Nearpod, click the Play demo button. This will show you what an activity in Live Participation mode would like from a teacher vs. student device.

Temporarily upgrade your account This is not needed if you have a paid Nearpod account through school.  

You will be opting in to a 30 day trial that provides a Gold Subscription.  This upgrade is done with a couple of clicks and you do not need to provide any payment details. The upgrade will give you the ability to demo all Nearpod features throughout the course without worrying about running out of storage. At the end of the trial your account will revert to Silver status. Upgrading gives you the option to explore paid features (the Learning Materials will not cover paid features, however you will notice that at the bottom of each page there are additional resources provided on these features for those interested in exploring extra functionalities). 

To upgrade your free account for 30 days:

• Once logged in to Nearpod, click the blue Create button with the drop down

• Select Use Google Slides Add-on

• Click Try Gold FREE

• Click Get Gold 

You will be returned to your libary. When you click your account icon in the top right you will see that your account is now labeled GOLD and you have been upgraded from 300MB to 1GB of storage. 

Here is an additional resource for you to reference now or at a later time. 

• Nearpod Teacher Resources