1
Open the dock and tap Timer
It drops onto your board wherever you like — drag it, resize it, make it the whole screen.
Classroom Timer
Count down anything — transitions, tasks, tidy-ups.
A countdown built for the front of the room: big digits, a ring the back row can read, and presets for the routines you run every day. Watch it run below — then put one on your own board.
Also called: countdown timer · visual timer · pomodoro timer
- Free for teachers · no login required
- A free account keeps this board ready for next lesson
How it works
Three steps, zero setup
No setup screen, no import wizard — Timer lives on the same board as everything else and it's running before the class has sat down.
The whole setup: tap it on the dock, drag it where the class can see it.
2
Set the time
Tap a preset or nudge with plus and minus. Sounds and repeat cycles live in the widget's settings.
Press start
The ring drains as time passes, so the class reads the time at a glance — no clockwatching required.
Classroom ideas
Try it tomorrow
Three ways teachers actually run timer — steal one for tomorrow morning.
Beat-the-clock tidy-up
Put 2:00 on the board and challenge the class to a clean room before it hits zero. The room resets itself and nobody argued.
Silent-reading block
Ten minutes full-screen next to the Noise Meter — the ring does the pacing, the meter does the policing.
Timed talk partners
Ninety seconds each: partner A talks while the ring drains, then swap. Every student gets exactly as long as the confident ones.
Same dock, one tap away
Pairs well with
Every tool lives on the same board — these turn timer into a whole routine.
…and the rest of the dock is one tap away:
FAQ
Good to know
Can it repeat automatically?
Yes — set a repeat in the widget settings and the timer restarts itself each cycle. Teachers use this for station rotations so nobody has to touch the board mid-lesson.
Does it make a sound when time is up?
It can. Pick a bell from the settings, or leave it silent and let the visual do the work — the ring empties and the card celebrates.
How big can I make it?
As big as your board. Drag a corner and the digits scale with it — full-screen timer for a whole-class countdown is a two-second job.
Is there a work-and-break mode?
Yes. Switch the timer type to Pomodoro and set the work time, the short break, the long break and how many sessions come before the long one. It suits long blocks that need built-in brain breaks — see the brain break timer guide.
Do I need an account to try it?
No. Open a board and play — no login, no install, nothing for IT to approve. An account only matters when you want to save boards for next week.
Put a timer on your board
Open a board, tap the dock, and it's there. That's the whole setup.