The Playback & Timing tab under the green Settings tab contains settings on timing like which Experience Playback Mode your Trivia Game uses. You can use these settings to specify how fast your Trivia Game's questions run and how your Trivia Game's playback will function depending on the type of event you are running (e.g. a live presentation, a trade show booth, an online trivia game, etc.)
Playback & Timing tab on the Experience Dashboard
Countdown Timer
This setting allows you to set a duration that your Trivia Game will count down before actually starting. This is useful if you want to indicate to your participants when your Trivia Game will start in case they join ahead of time. Participants will see a timer counting down on both the overall Presentation View and their own Participant View on their mobile devices. Your Trivia Game will automatically start when the Countdown Timer runs down to 0.
By default, the Countdown Timer is Enabled and is set to a default duration of 10 seconds. To edit the duration of the Countdown Timer, simply use the drop-down boxes to select your desired duration in minutes and/or seconds. Once you've selected a duration, any changes to this field will be automatically saved and the green box below will show how long the Countdown Timer is set for.
Editing the Poll's Countdown Timer to 20 seconds
When the Countdown Timer is enabled, the green Play button on the Playback Controls will be replaced with a blue Start Countdown (clock) button. When you click it, both the Participant View and the Presentation View will display the Countdown Timer and it will begin counting down. Your game will start when it reaches zero seconds. Alternatively, you can click the green Start button to skip the remaining time on the Countdown Timer and immediately start your Trivia Game.
An Experience with the Countdown Timer enabled |
An Experience with the Countdown Timer disabled |
To disable the Countdown Timer, simply set the time to zero. Your Trivia Game will then start immediately upon pressing the green Start button above.
No Countdown Timer enabled
Auto-Start When Countdown Ends
With the Auto-Start When Countdown Ends feature, you can set whether you want your Trivia Game to automatically start or not when the Countdown Timer ends. By default, this setting is enabled and will automatically start the Trivia Game once the Countdown Timer ends. Disabling this setting is useful if you have a long Countdown Timer for an upcoming event (e.g. several hours or more) but you would like to display or present content before actually starting the Experience once the Countdown Timer ends.
Schedule Start Time
The Schedule Start Time section allows you to schedule your Trivia Game to start automatically at a specified point in the future. This is highly useful when you want to begin the game at a future date and time without having to log back into Crowdpurr to manually start it.
For more information on this feature, please visit the following page: Schedule Start Time Explained
Schedule End Time
Alternatively, the Schedule End Time section allows you to set a duration for your Trivia Game to run before automatically ending. This is highly useful when you want your Trivia Game to end automatically without having to log back into Crowdpurr to manually close the game.
For more information on this feature, please visit the following page: Schedule End Time Explained
Question Timer
These settings allow adjustments to the time each question is displayed to your participants and how long they have to answer.
Use Question Timer
The Question Timer sets how long participants have to answer each question in your Trivia Game. When the Question Timer expires, the participant will no longer be able to answer the question. For Trivia Games, it will be treated as an incorrect answer. Participants can see the Question Timer counting down on both the Presentation View and Participant View.
If the Question Timer is disabled, participants can take as long as you, the host, allow to answer a question.
Automatically Start Question Timer
Enabling this setting will start each question's timer automatically upon updating the Active Question. Disabling this setting requires the host to manually start each question's timer using the Start Question Timer (S) button which appears in the above Viewer Controls pane. This setting is useful when you don't want to automatically start the Question Timer for each question. Perhaps you want to introduce each question first, discuss its topic, then start the Question Timer and allow participants to respond. Participants may only begin answering a question once you start the Question Timer.
Start Question (S) Viewer Display is now togglable
Hide Answers Before Question Starts
Enabling this setting will hide each question's answers until the host manually starts each question's timer using the Start Question Timer (S) button, which appears in the above Viewer Controls pane. This setting is useful when you don't want to show the answers to your audience right away. Perhaps you want to introduce each question first, discuss its topic, then start the Question Timer and allow participants to respond. Participants won't be able to see the answers to a question until you start the Question Timer. This can help keep participants focused on the host, rather than immediately trying to figure out which answer is correct.
Presentation View before starting Question Timer |
Presentation View after starting Question Timer |
Participant View before starting Question Timer |
Participant View after starting Question Timer |
Question Time
This input allows you to set how long each question lasts and how much time your Participants have to answer each question. By default, it is set to 15 seconds for a new Trivia Game.
To adjust it, use the dropdown boxes to select how many minutes and seconds you would like the Question Timer to run for. Once you've selected a new duration, click the green Save button. When set, the green box will show display the updated duration.
Points Wager Time
The Points Wager Timer sets how long participants have to submit their Points Wager selection. The timer only applies to questions with the Points Wager setting enabled. When the Points Wager Timer expires, the participant will no longer be able to submit their wager selection. Participants can see the Points Timer counting down on both the Presentation View and Participant View.
For more information on Points Wagering, please visit - Points Wagering Explained
Experience Playback Modes
This setting allows you to set what playback mode your Trivia Game uses. There are several Experience Playback Modes that are suited for various types of event formats. By default, Trivia Games run in Host Controlled Mode.
In this mode, your Trivia Game is entirely controlled manually by the host (you). The host is responsible for switching questions, triggering different views for participants (e.g. Live Answer Results, Correct Answer, Question Notes, Rankings), and progressing the Trivia Game along. Nothing will occur in the Trivia Game if it is not triggered by the host. Because of this, Host Controlled Mode is great when you want to have your crowd answer a few questions, then go to some different content or a different speaker, then return to the same Trivia Game and answer more questions. The Trivia Game will remain on the last question answered indefinitely until it is updated by the host.
Your crowd will participate in sync on the same question. This mode is designed for large groups of participants interacting together and having a host that needs to narrate or otherwise speak to the content being shown. This mode is best used for presentations made to live audiences, live virtual Trivia Games, and Trivia Games where a host or narrator is hosting the game.
In this mode, your Trivia Game runs automatically once it is started. It automatically progresses through each question based on the Question Timer and optionally shows the live answer results, correct answers, Question Notes, and rankings after each question. Your crowd is all participating in sync on the same question. This mode can automatically restart your Trivia Game for an infinite loop.
This mode is designed for use cases where the host wants to start the Trivia Game and have it run automatically and/or continuously loop all day or all through an event. When a participant joins the Trivia Game, they will join at whatever the current Active Question is.
In this mode, your crowd can participate individually at entirely different times and not in sync. Your participants can complete all of your trivia questions at their own pace. This mode is designed for surveys, walk-up booth traffic, or any use case where individuals are participating at separate times versus together in sync as a group. When a participant joins, they will always start at the beginning of a Trivia Game and then proceed at their own pace.
For more detailed information, check out the article Experience Playback Modes Explained.
Winner Reveal Animations
When enabled, the Winner Reveal Animations will highlight the Top 3 Players displaying their respective bronze, silver, and gold trophies, along with their player nicknames on both the Presentation View and Participant View.
For more information on how this feature works, please check out the following article - Winner Reveal Animations
Final Rankings Leaderboard
This section specifies which specific Rankings Leaderboard you would like to display at the end of the Trivia Game such as Individual Players, Multi-Game Individual Players, Advanced Teams, and Multi-Game Advanced Teams Rankings. You can even display the final Survivors Rankings or choose to not display any Final Rankings Leaderboard at all!
Automatic Viewer Settings
These settings specify which views are automatically shown to your participants after a question is answered.
Automatic Viewer Setting | Purpose |
Show Live Answer Results Automatically |
Enabling this setting will automatically show a question's Live Answer Results after the question's timer expires (Fully Automatic Mode) or after a participant answers (Crowd Controlled Mode). For Host Controlled, Show Live Answers (A) must be triggered manually using the Experience Dashboard button or the keyboard shortcut (A). |
Show Correct Answer Automatically |
Enabling this setting will automatically show a question's Correct Answer after the question's timer expires (Fully Automatic Mode) or after a player answers (Crowd Controlled Mode). For Host Controlled, Show Correct Answer (C) must be triggered manually using the Experience Dashboard button or the keyboard shortcut (C). |
Show Question Notes Automatically |
Enabling this setting will automatically show a question's Question Notes after the question's Correct Answer has been revealed. For Host Controlled, Show Question Notes (N) must be triggered manually using the Experience Dashboard button or the keyboard shortcut (N). |
Show Rankings Leaderboard Automatically |
Enabling this setting will automatically show the individual Rankings Leaderboard after the question's timer expires (Fully Automatic Mode) or after a player answers (Crowd Controlled Mode). For Host Controlled, Show Rankings Leaderboard (R) must be triggered manually using the Experience Dashboard button or the keyboard shortcut (R). |
Show Multi-Game Rankings Automatically |
Enabling this setting will automatically show the Multi-Game Rankings Leaderboard after the question's timer expires (Fully Automatic Mode) or after a player answers (Crowd Controlled Mode). For Host Controlled, Show Multi-Game Rankings (M) must be triggered manually using the Experience Dashboard button or the keyboard shortcut (M). Check out the article Multi-Game Trivia Rankings & Trivia Rounds Explained for more information on Multi-Game Rankings. |
Show Team Rankings Automatically |
Enabling this setting will automatically show the Team Rankings Leaderboard after the question's timer expires (Fully Automatic Mode) or after a player answers (Crowd Controlled Mode). For Host Controlled, Show Team Rankings (T) must be triggered manually using the Experience Dashboard button or the keyboard shortcut (T). Check out the article Team Trivia Explained more information on Team Mode. |
Automatic Restart Settings
These settings control how your Trivia Game restarts when using Fully Automatic Mode.
Restart Experience Automatically
For Fully Automatic Trivia Games only, enabling this setting automatically restarts the Trivia Game when it finishes the final question. This will cause your Trivia Game to infinitely loop while continuing to accumulate players and scores throughout the day or week.
This is useful for longer-format events like trade shows where the crowd may join the Trivia Game at any time and not necessarily play together.
Clear Crowd Responses Automatically
For Fully Automatic Trivia Games that have the above Restart Experience Automatically setting enabled, enabling the Clear Crowd Responses Automatically setting will automatically clear crowd responses each time your Trivia Game restarts. This will cause your Trivia Game to start fresh with zero existing responses or rankings after each automatic restart. This is useful when you want to run a Trivia Game repeatedly over the course of an event but have it start fresh with zero participants or scores each time it loops.
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