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# Use the Student Toolbox

> Enable the Student Toolbox to give students access to drawing tools, a text tool, and annotation tools during a Pear Deck session.

The Student Toolbox gives students access to annotation tools — including a pen, text tool, and eraser — directly in their Student View during a Pear Deck session. Teachers control whether the toolbox is available. When enabled, students see the **toolbox** icon in the lower-right corner of their Student View.

## Enable or Disable the Student Toolbox

The Student Toolbox is controlled from the Pear Deck sidebar during a session.

1. Open your presentation in Google Slides or PowerPoint Online and launch the Pear Deck sidebar.

2. Start or resume a session. The toolbox setting is available once a session is active.

3. In the Pear Deck sidebar, locate the **Student Toolbox** toggle.

4. Turn on the toggle to enable the toolbox for students, or turn it off to disable it.

5. Verify the result: When enabled, students see the **toolbox** icon in the lower-right corner of their Student View. When disabled, the icon does not appear.

## Use the Toolbox as a Student

Students can open and use the toolbox from their Student View when a teacher has it enabled.

1. Join the session using a Join Code at [joinpd.com](https://joinpd.com) or the Join Link shared by the teacher.

2. Look for the **toolbox** icon in the lower-right corner of the Student View.

3. Click the **toolbox** icon to open the tool panel.

4. Select a tool and use it to annotate the current slide.

5. To close the toolbox, click the **toolbox** icon again.

<Note>Toolbox annotations are for the student's own reference and do not appear in the Teacher Dashboard or affect submitted responses. To submit a response, use the response area on the slide.</Note>

## Understand Available Tools

The Student Toolbox includes tools for annotating slides during a session:

| Tool               | What it does                      |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------- |
| **Pen**            | Draw freehand on the slide        |
| **Text**           | Add typed text to the slide       |
| **Eraser**         | Remove annotations from the slide |
| **Color selector** | Change the pen or text color      |

## Resources

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Present a Session" href="/products/pear-deck/present-a-session">
    Launch a session, invite students, and run your lesson from the Projector View.
  </Card>

  <Card title="The Teacher Dashboard" href="/products/pear-deck/use-the-teacher-dashboard">
    View student responses and manage session controls from the Teacher Dashboard.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>