The screen in the corner of the hut usually shows nothing useful. A hut display turns it into a live, auto-rotating noticeboard — pulling what's coming up, this week's badge wins, helper-rota gaps and a countdown to the next camp straight from the data you already keep in Scoutworks. Set up a screen for each room, pair it to your TV with a short code, and leave it running. There's no login on the wall, and young people only ever appear by first name and last initial.
Hut displays are set up by group admins. Open Settings → Hut Display to create your first screen.
Where to find it
Open Settings from the sidebar and choose the Hut Display tab. You'll see the Hut display screens section. If you've not made one yet, it'll say "No screens yet."
Only Group Admins can create or change hut displays.
Creating a screen
Click Add display and fill in two things:
| Field | What to enter |
|---|---|
| Screen name | A name just for you, so you can tell your screens apart — e.g. "Beavers Room" or "Front Foyer" |
| Sections to show | Tick the sections that meet in that room. Leave it empty to show the whole group. |
Then click Create display. The screen is created with a sensible set of panels already switched on.
Putting it on your TV
You don't type any long web address into the TV. Instead the TV shows a short code and you enter it from your phone — the same way you'd pair a streaming app.
- On the TV (or tablet), open its web browser and go to my.scoutworks.app/tv. It shows a short 6-character code.
- On your phone or laptop, open Settings → Hut Display, find the screen you just made, and tap Pair a TV.
- Type in the code from the TV and tap Pair screen.
The TV links itself to that screen and the noticeboard appears within a few seconds — no long link to copy, and nothing sensitive ever shown on the TV. Put the browser into full-screen mode and leave it running. If the TV restarts, it remembers the screen and comes straight back up on its own.
Choosing what shows
Under Panels, switch the parts of the display on or off to suit the room. Anything with nothing to show that day quietly drops out of the rotation, so the screen never sits on an empty panel.
| Panel | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Next event | The next meeting or event for the chosen sections |
| Coming up | A look ahead at what's on over the next few weeks |
| Next adventure countdown | A sleeps-to-go countdown to the next camp or trip |
| Badge heroes | Young people who've recently earned badges |
| Helper gaps | Upcoming events that still need a parent helper |
| RSVP reminders | A nudge for events parents haven't replied to yet |
| Shout-outs | Recognitions and well-dones for members |
| Birthdays | Birthdays coming up this week — off by default |
Birthdays is switched off to start with because that panel shows young people's first names. Only turn it on if you're happy for names to appear on a screen the whole room can see.
You can also set how fast the display moves on, using Rotate every — anywhere from 8 to 30 seconds. A slower setting gives people more time to read each panel; a faster one keeps things lively.
As you switch panels on and off, the Live preview beside the controls updates straight away — a miniature of exactly what the wall screen will show, cycling quickly through your chosen panels with sample content. It's the easiest way to see what you're turning on before anyone's standing in front of it.
What people see on the screen
The display is built to be safe to leave on a public wall:
- Young people appear only by first name and last initial — never a full name, and never anything like medical, dietary, contact or payment details.
- Counts and totals are shown as round figures, not personal records.
- Only active members appear — anyone who's left or moved on won't show up.
- A live clock, your group and section name, and the room's meeting times stay on screen the whole time.
There's also a QR code in the corner. A parent waiting at drop-off can scan it with their phone to jump straight into the Scoutworks app.
Resetting a screen's link
Each screen card has a circular reset arrow in its top corner. Tapping it gives the screen a brand-new link behind the scenes, and the old one stops working straight away. Any TV that was paired to it goes blank, so you'll need to pair it again — go back to my.scoutworks.app/tv on that TV and enter the new code it shows. Use this if you ever think the wrong people might have got hold of a screen.
Removing a screen
Click the bin icon on a screen to delete it. The link stops working immediately and any wall screen showing it goes blank. This can't be undone, so only remove a screen you're finished with.
What's next
- Managing Sections — set up the sections you scope each screen to.
- Group Settings — other group-wide settings an admin can configure.
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