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How do I host on a laptop connected to a TV or projector?

One laptop is enough. The TV shows the game screen for the room, and your laptop keeps the host panel, where you see the answers and run the game.

Every plan

Captions are on the video.

Before you start

This works on every plan and in every game: Trivia, Family Face-Off and QuizoParty. You need a laptop that can connect to the TV or projector, with an HDMI cable or an adapter.

  1. Connect the TV as a second screen

    Plug the TV or projector into your laptop. In your computer's display settings, choose to extend the desktop, not to mirror it. Then the TV is a second screen and the room does not see your laptop.

  2. Open the game screen

    Start your game to reach the host panel. Click Big screen > Open big screen in the top bar. A new window opens with the join QR code and the game.

  3. Drag the window to the TV

    Drag the game screen window across the edge of your laptop screen onto the TV.

  4. Go full screen

    On the TV, click the Fullscreen button, the expand icon in the top-right corner of the game screen. Press Esc to leave full screen.

  5. Run the game from your laptop

    Keep the host panel on your laptop screen. You see the correct answers and the controls there. The room sees only what the game screen shows.

  6. Show the join QR for late teams

    In a Trivia game, click Big screen > Make QR big in the top bar to show the join QR code full screen on the TV. Click Big screen > Make QR small to put it back in the corner. The question clock waits while the QR is big.

Tips

  • If the whole laptop screen shows on the TV, your computer mirrors the display. Switch it to extend in the display settings.
  • Some browsers block sound until you click the game screen once. If the button reads Tap for sound - audio only plays in fullscreen, click it.
  • If nothing opens when you click Big screen > Open big screen, allow pop-up windows for app.quizado.com and click it again.

Questions

Can the room see the answers?

No. The answers show on your host panel. The game screen shows an answer only when you reveal it.

Can I use a separate computer for the TV instead?

Yes. Open quizado.com/tv in the browser of the computer connected to the TV and type your venue code. It needs no login. Big screen > Big screen link on your host panel shows the code.

Does this work for Family Face-Off and QuizoParty?

Yes. Every game has the same Big screen > Open big screen button in the top bar.

Next steps

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