Every lesson comes with a ready-to-use slide deck. You can present it as is, or make your own copy to change for your students. Your edits never affect the original deck, so you can switch back to it at any time.
Before you start
Add the project to Your Projects. Editing isn't available while you're previewing a project.
Connect a Google account to your PBLWorks account. Your copy is created in that account's Google Drive. See Connecting a Google Account.
Have a full TEACH subscription. On a trial, you can present the slides but not edit them.
Make your own copy of the slides
Open your project and select a lesson from the Lessons list in the sidebar.
On the lesson's Resources tab, find the Slide Deck section. A preview of the slides appears there; use the arrows to page through them.
Below the preview, click Edit your copy.
The first time, TEACH makes your copy. You'll see "Getting Lesson [N] Slide Deck ready for you…", then "Your personal copy… is ready to edit!"
Click Edit the resource in a new window. Your copy opens in Google Slides in a new tab.
Make your changes. Google Slides saves them automatically.
Tip: After your copy exists, Edit your copy opens it straight away in a new tab, with no extra window.
If the window says your copy "was shared to" an email address, open it while signed in to that Google account.
If you see "Connect a Google account to edit your copy"
Your PBLWorks account doesn't have a Google account connected yet. Click Connect a Google account, sign in to Google, then click Edit your copy again.
If you see "We couldn't use that Google account", that Google account is already linked to a different PBLWorks account. Connect a different Google account instead.
Present your slides
The window opens on Your copy whenever you have one, so you always present your customized slides unless you switch.
In the Slide Deck section, click Present slides. The slides open in a larger window.
If you've made your own copy, use the selector at the top right to switch between Your copy and Original.
To make more changes, click the edit icon in the window. It opens your copy in Google Slides.
Tip: If you need to make more edits, both the edit icon in the presentation modal and the "Edit your copy" button will take you to your copy.
Good to know
Your copy is shared with your connected Google account. Open it from TEACH so it stays linked to the right lesson.
Each class has its own copy. If you teach the project to more than one class, each class can have its own customized slides. When you add a class, you choose whether to start from the original slides or copy them from another class. See Using classes in TEACH projects.
The original never changes. Your edits only affect your copy. To start over, switch to Original.
Deleting a project removes your copies from TEACH. Your edited slides are no longer linked to the project and can't be restored there.