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title: "Waiting screen - Running a quiz"
slug: "waiting-screen"
description: "Waiting screen - Running a quiz, Play Online Trivia Quizzes | myQuiz"
updated: 2024-02-21T13:48:50Z
published: 2024-02-21T13:48:50Z
canonical: "help.myquiz.org/waiting-screen"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Waiting screen

Go to [***My Quizzes***](https://console.myquiz.org/Quizzes?type=0). Press ***Launch waiting screen***

***![](https://cdn.document360.io/1b7808e8-eed7-462f-b29b-fc3199a9cef8/Images/Documentation/EN42(2).png)***The ***Waiting screen*** is the quiz web page on which participants land when they follow your quiz invite link or enter the ***quiz code*** on ***play.myquiz.org***.

*Note: To allow participants to connect to the quiz you need to launch the* ***Waiting screen****.*

**Waiting screen for the quiz host**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/1b7808e8-eed7-462f-b29b-fc3199a9cef8/Images/Documentation/EN43(3).png)

(1) Your ***quiz code***

(2) ***Active users*** is the number of participants who are currently on the ***Waiting screen*** The (3) ***Limit*** is the maximum number of participants that can connect to your quiz according to your myQuiz plan

(4) ***All users*** is the total number of unique visitors who have connected to the ***Waiting screen*** since it was launched.

(5) The ***quiz cover*** and ***description***

(6) The ***Start*** button launches the quiz

(7) The ***Stop*** button closes the ***Waiting screen*** and returns you to the ***My Quizzes***

**Waiting screen for participants**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/1b7808e8-eed7-462f-b29b-fc3199a9cef8/Images/Documentation/EN44.png)

(1) ***Connected users*** is the number of participants who are waiting for the quiz to start

(2) Countdown timer to the ***quiz start time***

(3) The ***quiz cover*** and ***description***

(4) How to play instruction

*Note:*

- *if the* ***quiz start time*** *has already passed, the countdown timer will display zeroes and won’t work*
- *if you didn’t launch the* ***Waiting screen****, the participants will see the message “The quiz has finished” upon connecting to it*