Skip to main content
The Pear Deck for PowerPoint Online Add-in lets teachers add formative assessments and interactive slides directly to PowerPoint Online presentations. This guide is for administrators who want to deploy the Add-in to teachers in their organization. The Add-in is free, and teachers can create an unlimited number of presentations with it. If you are a teacher or individual Microsoft 365 user, see Get Pear Deck for PowerPoint Online.

​
Deploy the Add-in to Your Organization

  1. Before you begin, determine whether Centralized Deployment of add-ins works for your organization.
  2. Follow the instructions on the Microsoft documentation page Manage Deployment of Add-ins. Search for Pear Deck in the Microsoft Office store. You can deploy the Add-in to Everyone, Specific users/groups, or Just me.
  3. After deployment is complete, teachers who received the Add-in can open Pear Deck in PowerPoint Online by selecting Home > More options > Pear Deck.
Pear Deck is only available in the Online version of PowerPoint. The desktop application is not supported.
After deployment, teachers can learn the basics on the Get Started with Pear Deck Slides page.

​
Resources

Get Pear Deck for PowerPoint Online

Install the Add-in as an individual teacher or Microsoft 365 user.

Get Started with Pear Deck Slides

Learn the basics of creating and running interactive Pear Deck presentations.
Last modified on July 9, 2026