1. The first step is to open the slide deck you want to use for the pear deck. Make any edits you wish to make to the slides before starting the Pear Deck.
When you are ready, click Add-ons.

2. Click on Pear Deck for Google Slides Add-on.
If you do not see it click Get add-ons and search for Pear Deck.

3. Click Open Pear Deck Add-on

4. Click Start Lesson

5. Click Student-Paced Activity.
Note: You can switch back and forth between student and instructor paced after starting the Pear Deck by going to the menu in the dashboard (see step 10)

6. Click Copy Link. This is the link you will share with your students.
Note: You can retrieve this code again later by clicking the 6-letter join code in the top right corner to reopen this screen.

7. Once you have the code, click Go to Teacher Dashboard to close this screen.

8. The Pear Deck is now set up.
If you have saved or posted the student link you can close this tab or your computer without closing the Pear Deck.

9. If you want to access the student's responses later you can rename the session (see step 11) and either click home in the dashboard menu (step 11) or go to peardeck.com, login with your school Gmail account, and go to Sessions.  

10. To open the menu, click the three dots.
Here you can switch between paces, invite a co-teacher, open projector view, and more.
If you want to rename the session to find it later, click Unnamed session and type in a new name.

11. If you want to rename the session to find it later, click Unnamed session and type in a new name.
You can also access your Pear Deck account to view and access your sessions by clicking Home. 

12. That's it. You're done.

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