How-to broadcast RoboKind lessons to a TV or Projector

How-to broadcast RoboKind lessons to a TV or Projector

It may in some cases be helpful to broadcast RoboKind lessons from an iPad or computer screen to a larger display, such as a TV or Projector. This can be very helpful for group lessons.

Given the vast number of 3rd party products for broadcasting to a TV or projector, RoboKind cannot guarantee or provide support or assistance for the product and solutions described in this article.

Caution that many of the solutions described below require an HDMI port on a TV or projector, which is not a given for older devices.

Possible solutions:

  • For our robots4Autism product, one easy solution to use a computer screen instead of an iPad is our Web Companion solution, see more information here: How-to Use the RoboKind Web Companion

  • Broadcasting from an iPad to a TV or projector: (Not directly supported by RoboKind)

  • Mirroring to an Apple TV or Air Play compatible TV:

    • Required hardware:

      • For TV’s that have HDMI ports but do not have Apple Airplay, you could purchase an Apple TV device, to which you could then wirelessly broadcast from the iPad. Apple TV

      • A few newer TV’s support Apple Airplay-2 https://www.apple.com/airplay/ which can be used to wirelessly broadcast from an iPad without additional hardware.

    • https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204289 (See the mirroring instructions)

  • Broadcasting from Windows 10 to a TV or projector: (Not directly supported by RoboKind)

    • If you are teaching a lesson using Web Companion for robots4autism or from a web browser for robots4Stem, it may be possible to broadcast from your computer to a smart TV. There are many combinations of options for this and while some combinations of computers and TV’s are easy, this is not a given.

    • https://www.thewindowsclub.com/set-up-use-miracast-windows-10

 

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