{"id":8393,"date":"2021-05-04T22:35:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T19:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/?p=8393"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:24:37","slug":"activating-tasks-with-qr-codes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/activating-tasks-with-qr-codes\/","title":{"rendered":"Task QR activation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Loquiz QR and barcodes (EAN-13) work as task activators, which means that they open the tasks once the player points the built-in code reader at the QR or EAN-13 code.&nbsp;QR and EAN-13 codes are additional activators \u2013 all the regular activators (GPS, iBeacons) still work, but these codes can be used in addition to those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There are two types of QR codes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Automatic QR codes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Custom QR codes in Creator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Automatic QR codes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When game is saved automatic QR codes are saved for each task in a game. You can download the QR codes for the entire game and use the QR-s to activate any task within a game at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Printing out the QR codes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You will find the QR codes for download on Game Edit screen on the Rules tab. This is before you enter the game editor flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>QR codes are automatically generated for each game, you can choose how many (1, 4, 9 or 16) QR codes are generated on one page. On the QR PDF you will find QR codes and above the code, there is also some extra information: task\u2019s number (order), task\u2019s short intro and regular intro. Use these intros to give extra guidance for the players, e.g. what is the task\u2019s topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is how one printable QR-code looks like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/QR_code.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/QR_code-262x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/QR_code-262x300.png 262w, https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/QR_code-52x60.png 52w, https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/QR_code-131x150.png 131w, https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/QR_code.png 389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can download specific game\u2019s QR codes PDF file by clicking on the game\u2019s name in the \u201cGames\u201d list, game overview info opens up, there you will find \u201cQR codes\u201d tab, which you need to click, and then press \u201cDownload QR codes\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"868\" src=\"https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-102351-1024x868.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-102351-1024x868.png 1024w, https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-102351-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-102351-768x651.png 768w, https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-102351-60x51.png 60w, https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-102351-150x127.png 150w, https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2026-03-19-102351.png 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, now you can download an individual QR for only one task. Open already existing task and go to the Activations tab. Clicking on \u201cDownload QR for this task\u201d will download a png to your computer. PNG is ideal if you need to insert QR to your own game material designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using QR with Creator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Within creator there are separate logic blocks \u2013 \u201cscan QR code\u201d . You can use the logic blocks to show tasks on map, show tasks in list and also open tasks. To utilize these logic blocks you need to use outside QR generator to generate suitable QR codes for your activations. Using QR codes within Creator will give you much more flexibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/how-to-use-code-reader-in-the-game\/\">How to use code reader in the game?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/hiding-or-showing-code-scanner-in-the-game\/\">Hiding or showing code scanner in the game<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Loquiz QR and barcodes (EAN-13) work as task activators, which means that they open the tasks once the player points the built-in code reader at the QR or EAN-13 code.&nbsp;QR and EAN-13 codes are additional activators \u2013 all the regular activators (GPS, iBeacons) still work, but these codes can be used in addition to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creating-questions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Task QR activation - Loquiz knowledgebase<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/activating-tasks-with-qr-codes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Task QR activation - Loquiz knowledgebase\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In Loquiz QR and barcodes (EAN-13) work as task activators, which means that they open the tasks once the player points the built-in code reader at the QR or EAN-13 code.&nbsp;QR and EAN-13 codes are additional activators \u2013 all the regular activators (GPS, iBeacons) still work, but these codes can be used in addition to [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/activating-tasks-with-qr-codes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Loquiz knowledgebase\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-04T19:35:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-19T08:24:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/loquiz.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/QR_code.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"389\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"446\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pille Neider-Kuusalu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Pille Neider-Kuusalu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/loquiz.com\\\/support\\\/activating-tasks-with-qr-codes\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/loquiz.com\\\/support\\\/activating-tasks-with-qr-codes\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Pille Neider-Kuusalu\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/loquiz.com\\\/support\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8f05da3ed51bcf358a7c7be659c166df\"},\"headline\":\"Task QR activation\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-04T19:35:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-19T08:24:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/loquiz.com\\\/support\\\/activating-tasks-with-qr-codes\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":403,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/loquiz.com\\\/support\\\/activating-tasks-with-qr-codes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/loquiz.com\\\/support\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/QR_code-262x300.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"3. 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