Co-Teaching allows a teacher and their co-teacher or co-facilitator to both control the pace of a lesson and get real-time insights into student responses. Co-Teaching works in Live Participation mode.
With Co-Teaching Nearpod teachers can:
- Strengthen instructional consistency by ensuring teachers are can use similar content across subjects, grade levels, PLCs, and more
- Collaborate on instruction and allow multiple teachers to teach a lesson, present information to students, and see data and insights on student understanding in real-time
Note: This feature is available to teachers with a school or district Premium Plus license only. To learn more about our license types, click here
In this article, you'll learn:
How to add a Co-Teacher to your lesson
1. Launch your Nearpod lesson in Live Participation mode as you typically would.
2. When the code appears, you will have the option to add a Co-Teaching link. Turn this option on, then copy the link.
3. Share the link with your co-teacher. They will be prompted to join the lesson.
4. Once your co-teacher enters their name and clicks "Join Lesson," they will be added to the lesson as a co-teacher.
How to promote a lesson participant to Co-Teacher
1. After your co-teacher has joined the lesson as a student (here's how), go to your Participants List by clicking on the person icon in the bottom left corner, and hover over your co-teacher's name, then click the "More" dropdown menu, then select "Make Co-Teacher."
2. Click "Yes" to confirm that you would like to promote this participant to Co-Teacher. Your Co-Teacher will then receive a notification on their device that they have been made a Co-Teacher.
What a Co-Teacher can and can't do
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Teacher |
Co-teacher |
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Controlling the lesson: |
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Navigate the presentation |
✓ |
✓ |
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Start a timed activity |
✓ |
✓ |
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Share student responses |
✓ |
✓ |
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Approve Collaborate posts |
✓ |
✓ |
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End the lesson |
✓ |
X |
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Create On the Fly activities |
✓ |
X |
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Control video play mode |
✓ |
✓ |
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Whiteboard and Live Annotation |
✓ |
X |
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Switch to student view |
✓ |
✓ |
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Viewing student responses: |
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See student responses in real-time |
✓ |
✓ |
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Direct access to post-session reports |
✓ |
X |
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Manage participants & share lesson |
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Make participant a co-teacher |
✓ |
X |
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Remove students from the lesson |
✓ |
X |
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Hide student names |
✓ |
X |
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On-screen join code sharing |
✓ |
X |