A step-by-step guide for Moderators to set up and run a team quiz-style game with your audience.

Overview

Part 1: Getting Started

Part 2: Create Questions & Configure Timer

Part 3: Displaying the Game

Part 4: Running the Game

Video Tutorial

Overview: What is Team Battle?

Team Battle is a quiz-style game where groups of attendees compete against each other to answer questions correctly and quickly. Ahead of time, a moderator creates questions and teams. During the session, attendees join Team Battle just like they would a Conferences i/o session to participate in polling and audience Q&A. Team Battle questions and scoreboard are easily embedded into a PowerPoint presentation so that everyone can see what's going on, while a dedicated moderator controls the action from their laptop or tablet.

Part 1: Getting Started

Before players can join, you need to turn Trivia Battle on for your session. 

1. Sign into the session as a Moderator and click Session Settings 
2. Click Enable/Disable Features
3. Click the padlock icon next to Team Battle to activate it 
4. Return to the session and click Join the Team Battle as a Moderator! to open the game controls. 

Note: Don’t see an option to unlock “Team Battle”? Contact support@conferences.io.

Part 2: Configure Timer, Create Questions, Manage Teams

Setting up the Team Battle game requires three steps: 

1. Configure Timer: Choose how many seconds players will have to answer each question. You can set anywhere between 10 and 30 seconds. A shorter timer creates more excitement; a longer timer works better for harder questions. You can change the amount of time players have to answer the question at any time. 
   • Note: The timer is Disabled by default. When enabled, the system will automatically close the question and show the correct answer after the chosen number of seconds.
2. Create Questions: Create each trivia question, the response choices and correct answer, and the point values awarded to correct teams.
3. Manage Teams: You can create up to 100 teams in Team Battle, although we generally recommend only a few teams so that all can fit on the leaderboard.

Create & Edit Questions

1. Click Create New Question
2. Type in your trivia question.
3. Enter the answer choices (up to 5), then select from the dropdown which one is the Correct Answer.
4. Set the point value(s) for the question in a comma-separated list. These point values will be awarded based on speed to 1st place, 2nd place, etc. Point values are not required for each team, just for the placement that will be awarded points.
   • For example: "100, 50, 25" will award 100 points to first place, 50 points to second place, and 25 points to third place. Any teams finishing below third place will receive 0 points.
   • Another example: "100" without any other values will award 100 points to first place and 0 points to all other teams.
5. Click Create Question, then repeat these steps for all questions.
6. If you need to make any updates, locate the question from the Team Battle dashboard and click Edit Question.
   • A question can be deleted from the Edit Question panel if needed by clicking Remove Question.
   • You can reorder questions as needed from the Team Battle dashboard by using the Move Up and Move Down buttons.

Managing Teams

1. To create a team from the Team Battle dashboard, click on Manage Teams
2. Add the Team Name to an empty row
3. Select from the Primary Color and Text Color pickers to configure unique colors for each team.
   • This is how each team will be displayed on the leaderboard.
4. Click Save Teams. After saving is complete, the Teams & Scores section of the Team Battle dashboard will reflect the changes.
5. If any updates are needed, click Manage Teams again and make adjustments, then Save Teams.

Tip: A smaller number of teams is generally better than a large number of teams. For example, 4 to 8 teams is generally a good number to have vs. having 50 or more teams. Note: even with a small number of teams, you are not limited by how many players can be on a team. Scoring is calculated based on which team has the higher percentage of players who answer a question correctly.

Part 3: Displaying the Game

1. Go to Session Settings → Add Live Content → Download All Live Content Slides.
2. Drag the Team Battle slide into your deck
3. Make sure the Conferences i/o add‑in (Windows or Mac), or the Chrome extension is installed on the presenting computer.

Tip! To have visibility as the game moderator, click Show Fullscreen Preview to open the player view in a small window on the Moderator dashboard.

Note: Before going live, test the game on your own device and then click Reset Scoring & Players to clear any test data.

Part 4: Running the Game

Invite Players to Join

1. Ask players to open the session and click Join the Team Battle!
2. Players will then be prompted to choose their Team.

Note: Download our sample PowerPoint slide deck for Team Battle Audience Instructions and edit for your use.

Play Each Question

Repeat these steps for each question in your game: 

1. Click on the plus icon (+) to open the game moderator controls for the question
2. Click Open Question to show the question onscreen and start the countdown timer (if in use). Players now select their answer on their device, and the moderator will see the live tallies update in the question box.
3. Click Show Correct Answer to close the question for responses and to highlight the correct answer (this step is automatic if the countdown timer is in use).
   • Note: Ties are broken based on how quickly players answer the question.
4. Click Score the Results to display the updated team scores on the leaderboard, then repeat these steps for the next question.
   • Points are awarded to each team based on accuracy and how quickly the members of each team submit their correct responses. For example, for a team of 5 players to win points for First Place, they would need to have the highest percentage of players on the team submit the correct answer in the shortest amount of time. 

Concluding the Game

Tip: We strongly recommend having one question in reserve for a tie-break. In other words, after using your main series of questions, you'll want to be prepared if two or more teams are in the lead with the same number of points. So it's best to have one question held in reserve that you can open for a tie-break situation.

• Show the Winner On-Screen
  • When the game has concluded, you can display the winning team on screen for all to celebrate. Click Show the Winner On-Screen to show a brief message of "And the winner is..." followed by the winning team name.
• Game Status toggle: Active/Disabled
  • When Active, attendees can join Team Battle from the session dashboard. When Disabled, attendees will be sent back to the session dashboard.

Video Tutorial