JoinPD: A Platform to Join Presentation in Progress

JoinPD is a platform to join a presentation in progress with your Joinpd.com code. JoinPD is powered by Pear Deck which assist both the teachers and students to have virtual class. The teacher is expected to create a presentation by signing into his or her JoinPD account, send the JoinPD code to all the concerned students or individual to join at their various locations.

It’s as simple as that. However, students also need to create a JoinPD.com login username and password to be able to participate in the presentation in progress.

Therefore, whatever reason why you want to create Joinpd.com/login or reset your Joinpd password this guide will be of help. In this guide, we will walk you through how to get your  joinpd.com login username and password as a teacher as well as a student and a simple approach to go to joinpd.com/join to participate in the ongoing presentation.

What is JoinPD

JoinPD is a tool created for the interactive purpose between the instructor (teacher) and the audience which we can refer to as the students. With the JoinPD program, the teacher created a representative using Google Drive with their Google account. So, officially, to create a JoinPD presentation the teacher needs to create the presentation via Google drive using their Google account.

However, for students to participate in the presentation in progress the teacher will have to give out the JoinPD login code which the students need to provide after they have successfully logged into their JoinPD account.

There are a wide range of tools available on JoinPD for teachers to access to make learning easier and interactive without affecting the teaching-students learning relationship.

How to JoinPD Works?

We stated in the “JoinPD definition” above that teacher need to create their presentation on Google Drive and then present it via the JoinPD platform. How possible is this and how do JoinPD works?

When a teacher created a presentation and imported it into JoinPD the representative is given an access code which the teacher will then send to all participants to provide answers to the questions.

And the teacher on the other end has the power to limit and control what each student can do. Most prominent of the JoinPD features that teachers enjoy is the ability to lock students from editing or altering submitted answers to monitor the progress of all the participants.

JoinPD Login

There are two options available when creating a JoinPD account. The student account and the teacher account. The teacher’s account allows teachers to create a presentation, generate the representative code and give it to the students that are concerned, login to monitor the performance of each students and control what the students can do with the answers they provided which include the feature to lock students out from editing submitted answers to the presentation.

Create JoinPD Login

We present to you how to create a JoinPD login below.

• Go to the official JoinPD website address “Joinpd.com” or peardeck.com.
• Select “Teacher Login” on the website navigation to the top right.
• Choose the option you want to log in with. The two options available are “Log in with Google” or log in with Microsoft.”
• Allow “JoinPD” or “PearDeck” access to access your “Google Drive” account.” JoinPD will ask you some questions, answer them to the best of your knowledge. PearDeck promised not to store your data so you can count on them. Meanwhile, you can also read their data policy to satisfy your curiosity.
• Now, the process to set up your JoinPD account will start. Select “Teacher” to set up a teacher account on “JoinPD” otherwise select student to set up a student “Account.”
• As a teacher, select “Authorize” to connect your JoinPD or PearDeck as you may also refer to it, sign in with your Google account.
• Select your school from the drop menu and the location postal code. However, if you are outside the United State and your school isn’t available on the list, type the name of your school and the postal code of the region or any number (5 digits) to represent the postal code.
• Select “Get Started” to start your presentation. With this, you get PearDeck 30 days premium as a free trial and have unrestricted access to Peardeck features and tools.

If you signed in with a Google account you should select “Google Slide” or “Powerpoint Online Presentation” for the Microsoft login option.

Now, you will be prompted to get the JoinPD extension to create your slide.

How to Install JoinPD Add-on for Google Slide

JoinPD add-on makes it easier to access Google Slide for Google account users. So, I am going to walk you through how to download and install the JoinPD add-on for the Google slide.

• Open a Google slide presentation on docs.google.com/presentation. Select any presentation or click on the “+” button to open a new presentation slide.
• Select “Add-ons” on the navigation and select “Get add-on” from the drop menu.
• Google G Suit market windows will open. Search for “Peardeck” in the search box and click on it.
• Once the add-on opens, select “Install” to download and install the JoinPD add-on. A popup will appear telling you that the Peardeck need your permission before it can install. Then, select “Continue” to allow the add-on to install.
• A popup will appear, select the Gmail account or Google account to use and sign in to it. Once this is done the Peardeck (JoinPD add-on) will be downloaded and installed on your computer.

So, when next you want to use the Peardeck platform for your presentation you only need to open the Google slide and select the Peardeck add to begin.

Join Presentation on JoinPD

Follow the steps below to join the presentation in progress on JoinPD. You need your JoinPD login ID and password to complete this.

• Open your browser and  go to www.joinpd.com/join
• Enter the presentation code “5 digits” from your JoinPD.com session.

Note: The code expires after 4 days. You can also create an email link to join the presentation directly when your students click on the presentation link.