{"id":1688,"date":"2017-01-02T15:40:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T20:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.nearpod.com\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2023-08-10T16:10:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T20:10:45","slug":"improvement-to-the-live-session-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nearpod.com\/blog\/improvement-to-the-live-session-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Improvement to the Live Session Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearpod is excited to announce improvements to the live-session experience with a new set of features and re-designs. The changes are aimed at simplifying the live-session experience. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Teachers can pause student devices for slides containing audio and video<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teachers now have the option to pause student devices when presenting slides that contain audio or video. When projecting the teacher dashboard, this makes it easier to manage bandwidth and prevent distractions that arise when the playing the same video or audio across many student devices simultaneously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Teachers can maintain multiple active sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teachers can now maintain multiple sessions of the same lesson simultaneously. Watch this video to learn more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UTKF-myLB_Q\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Nearpod has updated the Teacher Dashboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Teacher Dashboard has been given a face-lift and the Student Roster has been moved to the bottom toolbar. 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