Published on May 12, 2025
To join a Pear Deck session, Open your web browser and go to https://joinpd.com. Input the 5-character Join Code provided by your teacher into the field labeled Enter code.
Access the Join Page:
Open your web browser and go to https://joinpd.com.
Enter the Join Code:
Input the 5-character Join Code provided by your teacher into the field labeled “Enter code”.
Authenticate (if required):
Depending on your teacher's settings, you may be prompted to log in using a Google or Microsoft Office 365 account. If login is not required, you can join anonymously by selecting an avatar and entering a nickname.
Join the Session:
After entering the code and completing any authentication steps, click “Join Session” to enter the Pear Deck presentation.
Join Link: Alternatively, your teacher may provide a direct Join Link. Clicking this link will automatically take you to the session without needing to enter a code.
Session Expiry: Join Codes are valid for 7 days. If the code has expired, contact your teacher for a new one.
Session Modes:
Instructor-Paced: The teacher controls the pace, and student screens sync with the teacher's.
Student-Paced: Students navigate through the slides at their own pace.
Device Compatibility: Pear Deck works best on Google Chrome, but it is also compatible with other modern browsers.
1. Open Schoology.
2. Go to Courses. You can create a new course or open an existing one.
3. On the Course page, click Add Materials and select Add File/Link/External Tool.
4. In the pop-up window, select External Tool.
5. In the Tool Provider section, click on the drop-down menu and select Pear Deck.
6. Customize your assignment with a Title, Parameters, Grading enablement, etc. The URL, Consumer Key, and Shared Secret have already been installed for you
7. Make sure to check the Enable Grading box if you want students to be able to click Submit Work in Schoology when they’re done with this lesson
8. Click Submit to return to the Courses page. Your assignment is now published. If you aren't ready to continue configuring the session, you can un-publish the assignment until you have configured the session.
1. Have an interactive Pear Deck for Google Slides or PowerPoint Online Slides file ready to present. The presentation files are saved automatically in your Google Drive or OneDrive and you will select the one you want to present to students in Step 5
2. Open the Schoology Courses page
3. Click on the Pear Deck assignment you created. Note that you can give it any title when you create the assignment, but in this case I called it Pear Deck Assignment:
4. Note that the assignment is now published. You may want to use the Gear icon to un-publish the assignment while you configure the session so it does not display for your students until you are ready.
5. Click on the Select a file from Drive or OneDrive button. The first time you present a Pear Deck file in Schoology, you will be required to log into Pear Deck.
6. In the file chooser, search for and select the Google Slides or PowerPoint Online Slides file from Drive or OneDrive that you want to present to your students.
7. Choose your Lesson Mode. Depending on the Lesson Mode you choose, one of the Presenter Views (Projector or Dashboard) opens for you in Schoology.
8. Student-Paced Mode (asynchronous; recommended for this integration): When you choose this Mode, the private Dashboard View opens so you can see students' names next to their responses in real time. When students open this assignment, they get simple navigation controls on their Student View, allowing them to scroll through the slides in your presentation Session and respond to the interactive questions.
9. Instructor-Paced Mode (synchronous): When you choose this Mode, the Projector View opens and responses are anonymous by default on this View. The Student View of the slides syncs up to your slide on the Projector View, so you will need to click through the slides so students can see them and respond to interactive questions.
10. You have now created a new Pear Deck Session for your class within Schoology.
