Launching the Bingo Game Presenter View

The Presenter View for your Bingo Game is a centralized display that your entire crowd sees at your event. This view shows all the details of your Bingo Game like the most recent called square, the last five called squares, Game Notes, and Live Rankings, and also displays the instructions and URL on how your crowd can access your Bingo Game on their mobile devices.

Your crowd uses the Presenter View to "follow along" while using their mobile device to play.

For more information on the Presenter View, please visit the following article: Presenter View Explained

Do I Have To Use the Presenter View?

No, your Bingo Game will still work even if you don't display the Presenter View at all. All the information needed for your audience to play is on the Presenter View on their mobile devices such as game instructions, called squares, Game Notes, Rankings, etc. However, the Presenter View also shows real-time rankings and previously-called squares in a large-format presentation view (similar to Keynote or PowerPoint), which is beneficial for your audience to follow on one centralized screen.

Launch the Presenter View

To open the Presenter View, click on the large purple Presenter View button under the Crowd Views heading on the Experience Dashboard. The Presenter View will open in a new browser tab. This browser tab can be detached and then dragged to the projected desktop of your computer.

An Experience Dashboard and a detached Presenter View window 

Set the Presenter View to Full-Screen Mode

After opening the Presenter View in a new browser tab, you can detach the browser tab and move it to an "Extended Desktop" area on your computer that is connected to a projector, HDTV, or other display sources. These are often connected to your computer's external display ports via HDMI, DVI, VGA, etc.

Once the external device is showing the Presenter View's browser tab, click the Full-Screen button in the lower right-hand corner of the Presenter View. This will put the Presenter View into full-screen presentation mode.

Your audience can now see the QR Code, URL, and instructions for joining your Bingo Game. Once they've joined, they can now use the Presenter View to follow along with your Bingo Game. The Presenter View will show appropriate messages based on your Bingo Game's status such as when it is in the Ready state, the Live state, or the Finished state. It also shows the called square, previously called squares, Rankings Leaderboard (R), and Game Notes (N).

Helpful Tip

For best practice, you should do this bit of setup before your audience arrives at your event so guests can view the Presenter View and prep to join your Experience.

Next Steps

Now that you know how to open the Presenter View and launch the Presenter View, we're ready to actually play and test your Bingo Game! This is the fun part! Go to Running the Bingo Game.