What it does
Decks have 5 to 30 slides: title, section dividers, bullet points, pictures, two columns, quotes, activities, questions, videos and a recap or exit ticket at the end. Where a photo can't show the idea, Heapso draws a chart (line, bar, column, pie or scatter), a diagram (flow, cycle, hierarchy, Venn, timeline or labelled parts) or a table. Made-up numbers are labelled as example data.
Pictures come from Wikimedia Commons with their licence and attribution, and you can add up to two YouTube videos. Every slide has speaker notes. Choose from nine themes, and present with slide transitions and bullets that appear on click.
Who it's for
Teachers who present to the class every day, and anyone who wants slides that match the lesson plan instead of starting from a blank deck.
Example
The water cycle
10 slides, Ocean Explorer theme
Slides
- Title: Where does rain come from?
- Section: Evaporation
- Diagram: the water cycle as a four-step cycle
- Question: Why do puddles disappear on a sunny day?
- Recap: three things I learned, one question I have
Speaker notes
- Ask students to think, pair and share before revealing the diagram.
Why teachers use it
- Matches your lessonMade from your plan, the slides follow the same intentions, vocabulary and sequence.
- Pictures you can useFreely licensed images with attribution, and charts and diagrams drawn for you.
- Present from your phonePair your phone with a code to see notes and change slides. Only one phone can pair, so students can't take over.
- Export anywhereDownload PowerPoint (opens in Keynote too), open in Google Slides, or print one slide per page.
- Fix one slideRewrite a single slide with an instruction, swap the picture or change the theme for the whole deck.
How it works
- Pick the sourceA lesson or unit you've planned, or a topic and year level.
- Choose the sizeHow many slides, a theme, and whether to add videos.
- Present or exportPresent in the browser with your phone as a remote, or export.
Questions teachers ask
How much does a slide deck cost?
Can I edit the slides in PowerPoint?
Where do the pictures come from?
Do I need an app for the phone remote?
Works well with
- Lesson plansA full lesson plan with learning intentions, success criteria and timed steps, in about a minute.
- Live quizzesA live class quiz from any lesson. Students join with a PIN on their own devices.
- Make the setFrom one lesson: slides, a worksheet, a quiz, an exit ticket and a task sheet in one go.
- Images and postersClassroom images in five styles, and printable A4 or A3 posters.
- Google, Word and PowerPointOpen plans in Google Docs and Slides, share to Google Classroom, or download Word and PowerPoint.