extension ExtPose

Pear Deck Power-Up

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Description from extension meta

Ensures that videos, animations, and GIFs embedded in your Pear Deck slides play at full resolution—exactly the way they should!

Image from store Pear Deck Power-Up
Description from store Using Videos, Animations, and GIFs in your Pear Deck? Get ready to power up! The Power-up is a free Google Chrome extension. Installing it ensures that videos, animations, and GIFs embedded in your Pear Deck slides play at full resolution—exactly the way they should! To use, simply install the Power-up from the Chrome Web Store on the device you use in class. Now when you present with Pear Deck, the Power-up magically enables the display of your videos, animations, and GIFs on the projector and student devices. For more information about Pear Deck, visit www.peardeck.com.

Latest reviews

  • (2022-09-08) Ashlea: Everyone that can't get it to work needs to follow the directions on the PearDeck support site. You HAVE to launch the session from Google Slides and choose interactive mode. It does NOT work for existing sessions. Even if you create the session from google slides, then close it, and reopen it again from the peardeck.com session list, it will not work. That's the only reason why I don't give it 5 stars - it would be nice if it worked if I'm reopening a current session.
  • (2022-03-29) Robert Ferrell: I have been using PearDeck for several years and have come up with myriad ways to get beyond its limitations with animations (hidden text for pacing by paragraph) and videos (auto-start, and click-to-start) in my presentations. This power up was supposed to make my existing presentations work with the formative questions and engagement strategies I love the app for. Unfortunately, exactly nothing different happened when I downloaded and installed it. My presentations lost all of the timing (like before) and none of the other normal Google Slides functionality was unlocked. Back to the drawing board...
  • (2021-03-08) mary thomas: Didn't work as promoted. Very frustrating! I thought maybe it was because my video links were to Youtube so I uploaded videos to Google Drive. Same problem. Too bad, it was my first and last time using PearDeck. Too much time wasted.
  • (2021-02-08) Angela H Keller: This does not work as promised. Two GIFs worked, but an embedded video is just a blank screen, and NONE of my Google Slides animations (text reveals and image reveals) worked at all. Like, not at all. The animated features (text, arrows, images, etc.) don't show up and the presentation just breezes right by them. For me, animations are an important part of a presentation to limit the amount of information being displayed at one time. To mimic animations in Pear Deck, it looks like I'll need to make multiple slides for each single slide in Google Slides. UGHHH.
  • (2020-12-02) tdsf daasd: WONT WORK >:(
  • (2020-10-07) Hillary Olivier: uploaded but animations not working
  • (2020-10-06) Emma: does not work. animations still do not work.
  • (2020-10-02) Briton Tarter: When this was working it was wonderful! But, it hasn't been working since the school year started. Now, I've had to start thinking about other apps to fill the void.
  • (2020-09-03) Alyssa Salas: Y'all... If Pear Deck could just offer the same options for Powerpoint that they do for Google Slides, it would be so much easier.. Instead, I found myself signing up for a Free Trial on my personal account, since Draw/Drag isn't offered without premium, and my school account (that HAS bought the premium license) doesn't work on Google Slides, then transferring my slides from pwoerpoint to google slides, downloading this USELESS add-on, and being excited to finally present a BLACK SCREEN to my students. No, this power-up does NOT work. I cannot play videos, there are no animations, etc. I jumped through so many hoops, just to be let down. If I wanted static slides, I would have just stuck with PowerPoint. So sad. Do not waste your precious, PRECIOUS time.
  • (2020-08-27) Brian Curtin: I can appreciate what the extension is trying to do, which is why I gave it 2 stars. But it solves one problem but creates new ones. Gifs work in "Teacher Paced" but not "Student Paced". Also, if you have other Google Slides "animations" like revealing text, don't count on those showing up. Students will only see the gifs (Nice!) but not any of the text (Doh!). Will revisit if updates to the extension fix the issue.
  • (2020-08-25) Robin Nguyen: I read the reviews previously from two years ago to earlier this month. I installed the extension today (25 August 2020) and used it for distance learning and it worked well for my students! It might have updated from earlier this month, but so far I have had no issues with it!
  • (2020-08-07) It only worked once. I looked for directions on how to use it, but couldn't find any
  • (2020-04-06) Aidan Douglas: Does not work.
  • (2020-03-13) Justin Hart: I do not like the fact that it keeps giving me pop-ups saying "you installed pear."
  • (2019-10-04) Benjamin Almero: kermit sewerslide
  • (2019-09-27) Aislinn Valencia Sullivan: I was so excited about this extension. Unfortunately, besides the gifs working now, the rest of the app is more cumbersome. The most glaring issue for me and my students is that they can no longer pause their slides. Pausing is one of the best features of pear deck, especially for my EL students and those with IEPs, so it makes the power-up (and the pear deck add-on) useless. Also, once the power-up has been added, it cannot be turned on or off. The only way to stop it is to remove it altogether. I am a huge Pear Deck fan, and am constantly spreading the word and showing others how to use it. I wish this extension actually worked, because having gifs would take PD to the next level.
  • (2019-04-25) frankie shea: these peeps are bad
  • (2018-09-30) A B: It didn't work at all. Videos either open in a new window or show a black screen on the other computers. I followed all of the instructions, looked up tutorials and nothing worked. Canceled and uninstalled. What a waste.
  • (2018-09-19) I've used Pear Deck for a long time and love it, but this extension makes it even more powerful and is super easy to install. Looking forward to adding some fun stuff to my slides!
  • (2018-09-19) Sarah Chabolla: The power-up is so easy to use! I'm so excited to present my Pear Deck today :)

Latest issues

  • (2023-03-19, v:2022.10.21.00898-c7c85f36f75a0f26baf07aff583fa0ea428698ba) Mitchell Burkett: Transitions not transfering
    Whenever I have tried to use transitions in pear deck the full slides will load for my students, and I cannot transition from their end. My presentation will transition, but my students will see the full slide from the beginning. This has happened for several months, and I do not know why. I could split all my transitions into separate slides, but that is a lot of work when I know this has worked in the past.
  • (2021-03-18, v:2021.03.17.00967-a4895f5de494d39a42fcf7b4034af5fe7b831c8c) Gonzalo Concha: It does not work
    I've followed all the steps ypu mention. Still it does not work as you said it would. In a teacher paced lesson, students cannot get the video I inserted in the slide. In a student paced lesson, a screen with the video appears; however, it is only a link to the video.
  • (2021-03-17, v:2021.03.10.01060-b3f17528815b0847a39656ca9f63395291354c2c) Kristen Owen: GIFs/Videos
    I am paying for the upgraded version of Pear Deck, but my GIFs and videos won't play. I am being observed tomorrow, so I really hope things are back to normal by then. Thanks!
  • (2021-03-11, v:2021.03.10.01060-b3f17528815b0847a39656ca9f63395291354c2c) Dylan Chan: PearDeck extension and Power-Up not working
    Today, the PearDeck extension disappeared off my Google Slides and when I click the add-ons tabs it is there and works. However, it suggests to me to download the Power-Up which I have installed but it does not work. I also tried uninstalling everything and adding it again for the same result
  • (2021-01-25, v:2020.08.12.00847-32476244786da25cead2e8c3c9e03802e470ba76) Nadrah Harith fadzilah: GIF does not play
    The GIF placed in my slides does not play.
  • (2020-10-10, v:2020.08.12.00847-32476244786da25cead2e8c3c9e03802e470ba76) Amit Merose: לא מזהה את המייל שלי
    התוכנה לא מזהה את המייל שממנו אני שולחת
  • (2020-10-09, v:2020.08.12.00847-32476244786da25cead2e8c3c9e03802e470ba76) מושקי כהן: הורדות
    איה הפשר להוריד תוכנות ומישחקים למחשב
  • (2020-08-19, v:2020.08.12.00847-32476244786da25cead2e8c3c9e03802e470ba76) Jessica Harrell: Installed the Power Up but animations still not working
    I have installed the Power Up, but I am trying to have images show up on the screen on at a time and everything is just layered and there is no motion no matter where I click. What else can I try?
  • (2020-07-06, v:2020.06.08.00986-583e87448356d2374db4b5255c90efea2e19f368) Sikander Younossi: Gifs
    Do not play in the student view but do in the teacher view...?
  • (2020-06-24, v:2020.06.08.00986-583e87448356d2374db4b5255c90efea2e19f368) Brittany Redden: Gifs and Videos
    Can you please fix the GIF issue? They will not play. Also, can you fix the videos to play inside the slides and not go to another window. Thank you.
  • (2020-04-22, v:2020.03.30.01205-21ab7ab7082baa93c62993208af9c937ac590012) mine gorken: I am not able to get it
    I am not able to get it
  • (2020-03-23, v:2020.01.22.00842-ff5c183db1a0119091a9aec315eb58c4552e69f7) Carolyn Hatcher: Covid-19 -- PearDeck is great in student paced mode, but...
    PearDeck is a great tool for Online Instruction, but it is really annoying that the videos that I embedded won't play IN the peardeck slides themselves. It opens a separate tab on the kid's chromebooks. I also wish that the animations on my Google slides worked in the student paced mode. Everything works properly when I present the slides to the whole group, but student paced mode needs some work for the madness that is At Home Instruction.
  • (2020-02-05, v:2020.01.22.00842-ff5c183db1a0119091a9aec315eb58c4552e69f7) Kristina Splude: i need help
    HOW DO I DELETE THIS THING OFF MY EXTENSION !please help me this thing is very annoying
  • (2020-01-30, v:2020.01.22.00842-ff5c183db1a0119091a9aec315eb58c4552e69f7) Ikaika Kaufusi: Noone likes this
    This is gay
  • (2019-11-19, v:2019.10.07.00517-67ae5bbe55bad9555b5b417e1dbbddd188fc1b71) Nichole Freeman: Using PowerUp for slide animations
    I have created many slides that use animation. I have installed the Pear Deck Power Up, and it worked for one of my presentations. It isn't working on new presentations I made. Any suggestions how to fix this issue? Thanks!
  • (2019-11-15, v:2019.10.07.00517-67ae5bbe55bad9555b5b417e1dbbddd188fc1b71) Clark Talbot: Opening a new tab
    My school district installed this on all of its computers. Any time we open up Google Chrome, a new tab opens, and it's very annoying. Is there any way to stop the new tab from opening?

Statistics

Installs
1,172,220 history
Category
Rating
2.84 (25 votes)
Last update / version
2022-10-24 / 2022.10.21.00898-c7c85f36f75a0f26baf07aff583fa0ea428698ba
Listing languages
en

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