Activating questions in games with barcodes – EAN

You might have used QR codes to let players activate questions in  games. Less known feature is that Loquiz allows also to activate questions with product barcodes.The International Article Number (also known as European Article Number or EAN) is a standard describing a barcode numbering system used to identify a specific retail product type in a specific packaging configuration from a specific manufacturer.

In Loquiz app the the same scanner in a side menu which is used for scanning QR-s is also used for scanning barcodes.

How to make a specific product activate a question?
1 Grab a product that has a barcode and you wish to use
2 Create the question. In an Additional settings tab write to an Instructor notes field the EAN: (with the colon!) and the numbers in the barcode. The format should not have any spaces. For example:
EAN:0714676994968
3 Insert the question into a game
4 During the game when the barcode is scanned the  according question opens

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