Presentation slides and digital lessons are accessed through the lesson level page of the digital platform. Lessons containing slides will have a Present button at the top right that allows teachers to present the lesson to students.
Presentation Slides
If the lesson contains only presentation slides, i.e is not a digital lesson, it will have a presentation icon to indicate that student devices are optional. This applies to all K-5 lessons, and some Levels 6-9 lessons. Select Present to Class when you're ready to begin the lesson.
Select Present to launch the presentation. If you previously taught the same lesson, you'll be prompted to Reopen the lesson for students to join. If the lesson has already been started by the primary teacher, or another teacher in the class, a Live indicator will appear and the teacher will be prompted to Join the live lesson.
The presentation will then open in Guidance view. Teachers can toggle to the Monitoring view if they wish to view the lesson slides without the associated guidance content. The Gallery tab is disabled by default for lessons that do not contain interactive student-facing slides.
The presentation slides will automatically launch in a new window to project to your class. From the Guidance view, you can also toggle on the Present option for a specific slide you wish to present. Teachers can also select a specific slide to present to students using the kebab menu next to the slide.
Review your pop-up settings in Chrome or Safari if you are unable to launch presentations. You’ll need to allow pop-ups from digital.greatminds.org.
Navigate through the presentation slides using the forward and backward arrows at the top of the window.
If students are joining the lesson from their devices, you can send them a specific slide to work on. Click the kebab icon next to the slide you wish to send and select Send to Students. Your presenting slide will automatically update to the slide that was sent to your students. Once you send a slide to students, you can monitor their work under the Monitoring tab. You'll also have access to the Gallery tab in order to capture student work.
View Student Work
As students work on the slide, you can monitor their work to check for understanding and capture their work to share and discuss with the class.
Select any slide from the left side panel.
Individual student work for the selected slide will appear in an array below the slide preview. You can zoom in on any student’s work by clicking on their screen in the array.
Review a particular student’s slides by selecting the student's name in the slide navigation panel. You can search for a specific student using the search bar at the top left.
Select the camera icon to capture their work in the Gallery.
Capture and Discuss Student Work
Select the camera icon in the corner of any student screen to capture a frame of that student’s work. All frames are saved in the Gallery which you can access by selecting the Gallery tab.
To create a discussion slide, drag and drop up to four frames into the Discussions space or click the + icon on the frame you wish to add to the slide.
If desired, you can add a prompt or question to the slide. To protect anonymity, student names do not appear on discussion slides.
To remove a frame from the gallery, click the kebab icon on the frame and select Delete from Gallery from the drop-down menu.
Display discussion slides to students by hovering over the discussion slide and selecting Present. Slides are presented one at a time.
To return to viewing individual student screens, select the Monitoring tab.
When you're finished teaching the lesson, select the Exit button at the top right.
- To allow students to keep working on slides, select Leave Class.
- To close the lesson for all students, select End Class.
