{"id":2294,"date":"2017-07-11T18:26:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T22:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.nearpod.com\/?p=2294"},"modified":"2023-06-27T08:45:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T12:45:34","slug":"reference-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nearpod.com\/blog\/reference-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Nearpod Reference Media: Add media to interactive activities!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearpod is excited to announce that videos, audio files, PDFs &amp; websites can be added as reference media to assessment activities! With this feature you can ask more in depth, richer questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously teachers could add reference images to Quizzes, Polls, Open-Ended Questions, and Draw Its. This image provided valuable context to the activity. Now, teachers are not limited to the type of content they want to include in their interactive activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Watch this video to see how to add reference media to your interactive activities.<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"display: block; margin: auto; border: none; text-align: center;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jah1uEtqaDM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that you have the basics, let\u2019s review a few ways to add this to your lesson:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flipping the Classroom with Reference Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tomorrow you want to practice graphing functions with your student, but want to spend your class time reinforcing difficult concepts and not introducing the basics. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simply create a Draw It that asks students to attempt a skill you review tomorrow. 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