Add Media to Your Nearpod Lesson

Getting Ready ... 

• Login to your Nearpod account

• From your lesson library, hover over the lesson you created during last module's task and click Edit

• If you imported an existing Slides or Powerpoint file last module and there is content you do not want or need, click on a slide and then click Delete Slide (or right-click on a slide and select Delete). Repeat this for each slide you do not want. For example, if the presentation included an embedded video you can delete that slide as it will not play in Nearpod. 

Add Media - Interactive Elements to Your Lesson

Add these Media - Interactive elements to the lesson to help to engage students in exploring the content

A) An interactive video

• Click Add New - Interactive - Video - Add

• In the YouTube tab search for a video on the subject (do not use one of Nearpod's premade videos for this lesson)

• Select a video

• Preview the video to ensure it it what you want AND that it's not too long (if it is you can trim it later), then click Save in the bottom right

•  Trim your video either from the front or the end so that it is less than 2 minutes (Click Trim, adjust the blue slider bar, then click Trim to save your changes)

• Use the Add Activity button to add a Multiple Choice question to the video. Type your question, provide at least 2 answer choices, select the correct answer, then click Back to Video.  You will be returned to the video. 

• You will see a blue dot on the video timeline that indicates a question has been added. Position the question to the proper location in the video using drag and drop. 

• Position the Video tile where it fits best in your lesson

B) Add 1 of the following elements: Web Content, Nearpod 3D, Simulation, or VR Field Trip (please only add 1)

• Click Add New - Interactive 

• Choose 1 of the above options and click Add

• Complete the steps to add the interactive media into your lesson

• Once added, position the element in your lesson where it makes the most sense

* Please only add what is required. After your lesson is reviewed and returned you may add more elements if needed. 

Add Media - Create Elements to Your Lesson

Add these 2 Media - Create elements to the lesson to help present content to students.

A) Insert an Image that will serve as the title screen of your lesson

• Click Add New - Create - Images - Add

• Search for an image, select the one you would like to include, and click Save 

• Position this element so it is the first slide in your presentation (If you already had a title slide, you may delete it)

• Optional: If you would like, you can double click on the image slide you just created and add text to the slide.

B) Insert a Slides element to create a directions (both written AND verbal) before the Web Content, Nearpod 3D, Simulation, or VR Field Trip element

• Click Add New - Create - Slides - Add

• Replace "Click to add title" with "Directions"

• In the "Click to add paragraph field", type directions for students on how they should interact with the slide that follows. For example if you incoporated a Virtual Field Trip, tell students what they will be exploring, how to interact with it, and what to look for, etc.

• You may change the Slide theme, colors and fonts if you wish. 

• Next, click the Audio icon (speaker) and select Record audio. Allow nearpod.com to use your microphone if prompted. 

• Use the record button to record yourself either reading the slide or providing additional details to students. Click pause when done. 

• Use the play button to preview your audio. To re-record, click the trash icon and repeat the above step. If you are happy with the audio, click the Save button positioned in the slide next to the recording to save your recording (not the one in the bottom right of the screen).

• Once the audio finishes uploading, click the Save button in the bottom right of your screen. 

• Position this slide so that it is immediately before the Web Content, Nearpod 3d, Simulation, or VR Field Trip element.

Save your Lesson & Exit

• Once the Media elements are added and positioned, click the Save & Exit button at the bottom of your lesson.

Here are some additional resources for you to reference now or at a later time. 

• Nearpod's Content (Media) and Activity Features - Find support articles and video that highlight each element you can add to a Nearpod Lesson

• How to use Flocabulary Videos in a Nearpod Lesson - Flocabulary Video with school/district license to Flocabulary