How do I run a challenge with teams?

Any Count.It challenge can include teams. Just like individuals, teams are displayed on the challenge "Total Points" path. While individuals have circular avatars, teams are represented by wider "pill" shaped avatars. As the team members accumulate points, their team progresses from the challenge start toward the finish.

Teams can be created and managed by group admins, and/or admins can allow challenge participants to create and manage their own teams. Being on a team does not prevent a participant from participating as an individual in the challenge — once on a team, individuals participate both on their own, and as a team member.

A team's score in a challenge is equal to the average of the scores of its members. Because teams progress based on the average of member scores, teams of different sizes can compete fairly against each other.

Also, teams can strive for, and complete, the same challenge as individuals. For example, to complete a 10,000 step challenge, a team must collectively average 10,000 steps per day, i.e. across all team members.

Teams scores are updated dynamically any time any team member syncs new activity data.

Challenge participants can tap on any team icon to open and view the team's full profile page. At the top of the profile is a public summary of the team's live challenge stats, as well as an optional team image.

Below the stats, challenge participants who are not members of the team will see an "internal" leaderboard of all team members—with each person's rank and contribution to the team's score.

Below the stats, all members of the team will see two main tabs: Members and Feed.
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The Members tab displays the "internal" team leaderboard that all challenge participants can see, with each person's rank and contribution to the team's score.
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Tapping on the Feed tab reveals the team's private newsfeed, which team members can use to see each other's activity, post comments, share workout ideas, and connect. Only team members can access their team's feed.

Note: The Team Feed is also viewable on the main challenge Feed view, by filtering on team name.
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By default, group admins create teams, and can add or remove participants to or from teams. Challenge participants can also always add themselves to, or remove themselves from, teams.

Admins can add teams to a challenge when they create a challenge, or any time thereafter. To add or edit teams, tap on the "i" Info button at the top of any challenge screen.

On the edit challenge screen, tap the "Teams" card to go to the teams manager screen.

​ The Teams screen lists all current teams with a member count. Tap a team card to update that team's membership or name. Tap the "Add a team" button to create a new team.

On the Add Team screen, give your team a name, and tap the "Add Members" button to assign challengers to the team.

To place a person on a team, select the checkbox next to their name. To remove them, remove the checkbox. NB: In order to add a person to a team, they must have already joined the challenge!

To save your changes, be sure to tap the "Update" button, and then the "Save" button on the "Edit Challenge" screen.

By selecting "Let users add teams" in the Preferences section of the main Teams settings page, admins can allow challenge participants to create their own teams.

When this option is enabled, any challenge member will be able to add a team. The creator of team is the "Team Captain," and can also designate other captains for their team. Team Captains are designated with a "Captain" label on the Team profile --> Members tab. They can add and remove the team image, and delete their team at any time.
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Notes:

There is no default limit to the number of members on a team, but admins have the option of setting a maximum team member limit. Since team scores are based on an average, teams don't have to have the exact same number of members. However, as a general rule, smaller teams will drive more accountability.

To set a team size limit, go to Challenge Settings --> Teams, and tap on the Team Size Limit option:

By toggling on the Team Settings --> "Limit one team per user" option, admins can also restrict challenge participants to joining only one team at at time.

Admins create team goals and rewards just as they goals and rewards for individuals or the group as a whole.

While admins can assign people to teams, challenge participants can also very easily join their team. If a challenge has teams, all users will be prompted to join a team when they join a challenge. They can also join a team at any time thereafter via the Challenge Info screen.
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If teams are not visible, check the "Start" area of the challenge. This is where teams and participants are displayed before the challenge begins.

Groups often create teams that mirror existing parts of their organization, i.e. office locations, divisions, job junctions, etc. In this case, users will know what team they are on by default.