A Play Session is a quick way to run a simulation with a group — for example, during a training on Zoom or Webex — and see everyone's results live. You create a link, share it in the chat, and learners play right away. They don't need an account or an LMS. Play Sessions are available on every plan, and the simulation doesn't need to be published.
How to start a Play Session
On the Simulations page, click the Publish icon (rocket) on the simulation's card, then open the Play Session tab.
Type a title for the session, for example the group or the date. The title is optional, up to 100 characters.
Click Create link. A link to the session appears, with a copy icon next to it and a View results button.
Click the copy icon and share the link with your learners, for example in the meeting chat.
The Publish window on the Play Session tab. The text explains that the link works with self-registration and a gamified leaderboard, that registration is optional and that the data is stored for a limited time. The Title (optional) field and the Create link button are highlighted; next to them is View all sessions.
The Play Session tab after clicking Create link. Highlighted: the session link (https://play.branchtrack.com/…) with a copy icon next to it, and the View results button.
What learners see
When learners open the link, they see the simulation's title and the message "Please introduce yourself. Or not. We will assign you a random number then." They can type their name in Your name (optional), or leave it empty and get a random number. Then they click Let's play!
The screen a learner sees when opening a Play Session link: the simulation title “ID Control: Person Assessment [demo]”, the message “Please introduce yourself. Or not. We will assign you a random number then.”, the highlighted field Your name (optional) and the highlighted Let’s play! button.
See the results
Click View results to follow the session live. You see:
Completion and Average score for the group.
A live ranking of the learners with each learner's place, name, progress and score. A green check mark shows who has finished.
The results of the Play Session “Sales team”. Highlighted at the top: Completion 8/8 and Average score 14.6 pts. Below is the ranking: each learner’s place, name, a progress bar with a green check mark when they finished, and their score, from Maria (1st place, 30 points) to Emma (8th place, 0 points).
Good to know
A simulation can have many Play Sessions. To see all of them, click View all sessions on the Play Session tab, or choose Play sessions in the card's More actions menu. The list shows each session's title, players, average score, last activity and creation date. Click New session to create another one.
To copy a session's link again, hover over its title in the list and click the link icon ("Copy player link to clipboard").
Play Session links keep working even if you make the simulation private.
Play Session data is kept for a limited time.
The Sessions page for “ID Control: Person Assessment [demo]” with 16 sessions. The New session button (top right) and the list of sessions are highlighted. Each row shows the session title (for example Sales team, Customer care A, Leadership, week 1), the number of players and how many finished, the average score, the last activity and when it was created.
A close-up of the sessions list. Next to the session title “Sales team”, the link icon is highlighted, with the tooltip “Copy player link to clipboard”.