Digitize, Transform and Supercharge Your Lesson with Deck.Toys

Deck.Toys’ Slide Activity turns any existing slides you have into powerful interactive slides and make your serious lessons highly engaging, whether in class or in a remote setting. You can also switch between teacher-led or student-paced modes anytime in the lesson.

Do catch up on the basic building blocks of a deck before you embark on this post!

Get started

Drag and drop the Slide Activity icon onto the map in the Deck Builder.

Click on the Slide Activity in the map to begin the transformation.

Note: Do not confuse this with Study Set Activity.

Digitize

Copy and paste, or upload any existing teaching material you have, whether in PDF, Google Slides or Powerpoint format into the Deck.Toys slide. You can also easily embed GIF, websites, videos or insert links into the slide.

Note Google Drive access is required for the Insert Media option.

Transform

Click or drag the Slide App icons into the Deck.Toys slide area to transform your basic slides into amazingly interactive slides! 

These are called Response Apps because you get immediate, real-time feedback from your students once they click and submit their responses. Easy ones to use would be the Text, Draw, Placemarker, Quick Poll, Photo, Upload and Jigsaw Slide Apps.

The more sophisticated teachers should try using the MCQ and Drag n Drop Slide Apps, which require slightly more configuration but would greatly enhance the student engagement levels! Furthermore, these apps automatically validates students’ answers, saving you the hassle of marking their work!

There are also several handy tools you can use in the Slide Apps. The Buzzer and Randomizer Apps are great ways to get your sleepy students back to attention!. 

More info here: https://help.deck.toys/article/51-slides-apps

Supercharge

Upgrade your already great slide into a hyper fun lesson with Supercharge Slide Apps!. 

The Lock App tests students’ understanding before they can move on to the next activity. This is also an essential element to make digital escape rooms or breakouts. You can create Text, Numbers, QR Code, Direction or even Voice Locks with Deck.Toys! 

The Treasure Key App allows you to create an aura of exploration within your lesson as students are required to collect Treasure Keys with matching Key IDs to unlock the Treasure. 

Use the Checkpoint App to approve or reject a request from the student to move on to the next activity. Let them submit a physical worksheet to you before you approve their request in this Slide App.

Apply the Gauntlet App to finger-snap half the class to lose half their points in the Deck.Toys Classroom. Guaranteed squeals of excitement and groans of misery from the class!

Mysterious Mystery Slide Apps

The Mystery Crypt, Mystery Mines and Mystery Piano Slide Apps are exclusive to Pro Plan users only.

Do check out how these cool Slide Apps work here! 

And there’s more!

We will explore how to configure the Slide Apps, resize these apps and even make them invisible in this blog post.

Before you go, check out this Mathematics deck incorporating the use of Slide Apps and Study Set Apps for a truly interactive lesson.

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