Hosting a myViewBoard session

The Companion app allows users to interact with an active myViewBoard session directly from their device. The host must provide a Host session ID that will allow participants to join the session. 

Classroom setting

In an educational setting, use the Companion app to promote interaction between Teachers and Students during your myViewBoard session.

Teachers and educators (who now act as Host) must use their ViewSonic account to:

• Log in to their myViewBoard app to make their Host session ID accessible and ready to receive responses.
• Log in to Companion app under the Host/IT Admin role to use Companion's remote control features.  

Once the myViewBoard canvas is ready, students can join as one of the following roles:

• Participant. 
  Students sign in with their ViewSonic account. Companion automatically uses their myViewBoard name (or email) to label their responses.  
   
• Guest. 
  Students just provide a Host session ID and a Name to join a session. This provided Name will be used to label their responses.

For more information about these sign-in roles, refer to the article below:

• Companion sign in on mobile

Host requirements

Upon successful sign in to myViewBoard app, Teachers and educators (who now act as Host) must now share their session ID to their audiences.

Session ID location

Hosts can trigger the display of the Session ID popup via the following locations:

• Tap the myViewBoard name on the upper left of the myViewBoard app, or 
• Locate the QR code icon on selected Magic Box features. 

For more information, visit the following articles below:

• Share files via Throw
• Respond to a Pop Quiz
• Answer Poll questions

About session ID

The Host must provide their session ID to all users who wish to join as Participants and Guests for the current session. To customize this session ID (or myViewBoard Name), the host can set this value before the session begins by going to the following location on the ViewSonic portal: 

• myViewBoard settings  »  Preferences  »  myViewBoard name setting

During the session, the host must sign in to a myViewBoard app so the session ID becomes live and accessible. Afterwards, perform one of the following to share the session ID with the audience:

• The session ID will be visible on the upper left corner of the myViewBoard app. Tap on the session ID to open a sharing window with a QR code and a URL to the user's myViewBoard portal. 
• Selected features of myViewBoard have a QR code icon on their interface. Tapping on this icon will also bring up the sharing popup with the QR code and URL.

Session passwords

If a session password has been set, the host must also share their session password from within myViewBoard. Note the following behavior for session passwords:

• If the session host has set a password, Participants and Guests must type this password along with the host name.
• If you are signed in as a Host/IT Admin, no session password is required.
• If you are signed in with the same account as the myViewBoard host, no session password is required.
• If you wish to interact with the myViewBoard session and you are not the host, the session password will be required.
• Session passwords are not saved between sessions and are immediately discarded if a user switches or joins another session ID.